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Holstein Convention outlines
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -
Some 2400 Holstein leaders,
Association delegates and
dairy families will meet m
Nashville, Tennessee, June
28 to July 2, to take part m
the 95th annual national
convention of the Holstein
Association of America.
Farm use of mini
computers, cattle blood
typing, future Association
programs and bylaw
revisions, and USDA
research priorities will be
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featured on the convention
program at the Opryland
Hotel.
Outside the formal
schedule, families will enjoy
the attractions of the
Nashville area-Grand Ole
Opry, Country Music Hall of
Fame, Andrew Jackson’s
home, Belle Carol Riverboat
and the Opryland U.S.A.
park. Social activities will
start Saturday and Sunday,
June 28-29, before the
business meetings on
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980—D19
Monday and Tuesday, June
30-July 1.
Dr. Jerry Caldwell,
director, immunogenetics
laboratory, Texas A & M
University, will outline
cattle blood typing and its
uses for holstem breeders, at
an early bird session,
Monday, at 8 a.m. Richard
Nelson and Irma Robertson,
of the Association will define
problem areas and animal
registry procedures
At 8 a.m , j. Paul
T. Chandler, of a Tennessee
livestock management firm,
will moderate a panel
discussion on the new role of
computers in dairy herd
management Chandler will
introduce the management
tools that are available
through the use of small
computers.
A panel of Holstein
breeders will describe
computer management
systems in operation at their
farms. The dairymen who
will participate on the panel
are Tom Spike, of Michigan,
and Peter DeGroot and Tom
Sawyer, of California.
Convention business will
be conducted on Monday and
Tuesday. Delegates will act
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on a senes of bylaw
revisions and convention
items, and elect officers and
members of the national
Holstein Association board
of directors.
Association staff members
will present a panel
discussion on what
Association programs will
be available m the future.
Long-range management
goals, field services, and
applications of on-line data
processmg will be discussed.
Anson R. Bertrand,
director of science and
education, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, will be the
featured speaker at the
convention. Bertrand serves
as policy advisor to the
Secretary of Agriculture and
directs the government’s
efforts m agricultural ex
tension, education and
research.
On Sunday, June 29, the
Tennessee Holstein
Association has arranged a
number of leisure activities
including two separate bus
tours to sights in the area. A
“discover music city” tour
will be taken to the homes of
Minnie Pearl, Eddy Arnold,
Tammy Wynette, the late
Tex Ritter and Hank
Williams, Sr., then stop on
“music row” where the
Country Music Hall of Fame
and Country Music Wax
Museum are located. The
tour includes the State
Capitol, Fort Nashboro, the
original Grand Olde Opry
House, and the Governor’s
Mansion.
The second tour of the day
will be taken to a walking
horse farm about 100 miles
from Nashville to visit two
world champions. There will
also be a training demon
stration at the farm.
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The third option will be
Opryland, U.S.A., a park
situated not far from the
Opryland Hotel. The musical
theme park features some 15
show productions and more
then 20 rides for the whole
family.
Special activities for
juniors will be held
throughout the days of the
convention. In addition to all
the shows and the tours,
juniors will be invited to a
hospitality mixer at the
Opryland Hotel. A field trip,
on Monday, the 30th, to the
University of Tennessee, will
feature a Holstein genetics
workshop. In the evening,
the juniors banquet will
present the 1980
Distinguished Junior
Members, after which a
Tennessee hoedown com
plete with Hillbilly costumes
and a hog-calling contest will
be held.
On Tuesday morning,
there will be workshops for
juniors on financing a dairy
operation and good dairy
recordkeeping.
The convention banquet,
on Tuesday evening, will
highlight comedian Jerry
Glower. Glower has been
named Country Comic of the
Year for the past six years
by major country music
publications. He is co-host of
a national TV show,
“Nashville On The Road.”
At 10 a.m., Wednesday, a
rare spectacular will take
place on the stage of the
Grand Ole Opry House.
Where stars performed on
Saturday night, US.
Holstems will be sold on
Wednesday. It’s a first for
the grand Ole Opry House.
The sale will end the 1980