Swatara Springs from Page C 36) her slapped as tops of the show, waiting for her m the bams beating the grand champion She bellowed the whole wav bull for the honor. around the ring “Rowina was nervous, like “ T he judge kept looking at a race horse. She was a two- her—he couldn’t take his AMERICAN BREEDERS SERVICE A BOOT-NICK ' T I „ x '■'V v* v Alpine-Haven Charlens Nickie, VG-85 3-5 309 2x 20.969 M 3.8% 7908 F BOOT-NICK’S proof; RPT 91% +99s +956M -.06% 268 F RPT 82% POT +1.91 TPI +359 Over The Years ABS has been a leader in the dairy industry. AMERICAN BREEDERS SERVICE is the only Al Organization to have its own research team. 1950 - The first successful embryo transplant in the US was performed by Dr Elwm Willetof the ABS veterinarian staff 1953 - May 29, first born calf from frozen semen was ABS sired 1954 - ABS and Linds developed the first LN refrigerators 1956 LN refers available commercially 1958 - First and only Al Organization in the US to have its own national distribution system 1963 - Estimated Daughter Superiority (EDS), first herdmate comparison for milk production, used by ABS for sire evaluation 1965 - USDA adopted predicted difference (PD) - a version of EDS 1968 - ABS has the first sire to exceed +2OOOPDM 29H1879 Westside AB Seaman 1968 - The Genetic Mating Service (GMS) - first computerized sire recommendation program available in the industry 1973 - First US Al Organization to sample 100 young Holstein bulls in one year 1975 - The Genetic Trait Summary (GTS) - the first individual trait summary computed by the herdmate comparison method ‘Bellies’ eyes off her. The more she went in the ring, the better she got And, he picked her a<? the best.” showring peacock has been a successful mother in his herd ever smce. And this year she gave birth to her first set of twins. One of Stem’s pet peeves is the fact that most breeds give most of the credit of top performance to the bulls. “A cow means an awful lot,” he said emphatically. In his herd, Stein is aiming for improvement. He keeps most of his registered females for replacements in his cow/calf operation. “And, I don’t register them unless they’re good. I wait until they’re almost a year old so that I can see how they grow, culling them 6ut if they don’t make the grade.” Stein’s policy of not wanting Ms name on anything that isn’t top-notch carries through to his bull calves. “I don’t raise bulls unless they’re exceptionally good, and I won’t sell them unless they’re real good.” To see how his bulls stack up against the competition from other breeds. Stem has entered several animals in bull tests at Penn State and the University of Maryland. His bull, Swatara Springs Boas Chimes, was the first Belted Galloway to offically complete the Penn State Bull Performance test in 1976, he boasted. Li his efforts to improve the breed, Stein began crossbreeding three years ago. He introduced his purebred bulls to cows of AN EXCELLON Vigo Excellon Fond Rose, VG-85 2-4 365 2x 23.063 M 4.0% 9228 F EXCELLON’S proof RPT 79% +ll9s +1023M 00% 378 F RPT 74% PDT +.57 TPI +315 (Turn to Page C3B) '¥ - -'ongi. . this protective Brown Swiss mother. The perfectly marked heifer calf is by Richard Stein’s purebred Belted Galloway bull, Swatara Springs Boas Chimes. Casually munching some hay. Boas Chimes displays the characteristic shaggy coat and white belt of his breed. In 1976, this bull was the first Belted Galloway to officially complete the Penn State Bull Performance Test. SALUTES THE DAIRY INDUSTRY A DIPLOMAT RuAnn Diplomat Trigger, VG-88 Sooner Chip Sharma 2-6 365 3x 24.200 M 3.4% 8278 F 3-4 161 2x 10.350 M 39% 4048 F DIPLOMAT’S proof; - SOONER’S proof: RPT 66% +l4os +1251M - 03% 41BF R £[33% +1425+1203M +Ol% +4SBF RPT 64% PDT +.95 TPI +386 RPT 26% PDT + 148TPI + 434 ABS constantly seeks to identify carriers of undesirable recessive genes (muel foot, pink tooth, etc.) and remove them from service. Currently we are the only Al organization to develop four bulls over +2OOOPDM: Seaman, Monarch, Chris, and Demand. ÜBS Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 7,1980—C37 CALL YOUR ABS REPRESENTATIVE ... he has the world's genetic leader behind him. Bangor, PA Eric Hemsohn Baptistown, NJ Cindy Gordeuk Columbia, PA James Charles Ephrata, PA Darvm Yoder Holtwood, PA Paul Herr Lebanon, PA Paul Martin Leola, PA Lynn Gardner NewviHe, PA Jerry Baboms Port Murray, NJ Robert Kayhart Prospectville, PA William Tyner Reading, PA Robert Greider Stewartstown, PA Tom Engle Thomasville, PA Ira Boyer West Grove, PA Maurice Stump Elmer, NJ Cindy Hertzell Taneytown, MO Jack L. Kling Mt Airy, MO Allan Pickett Monreoville, NJ Cyndy Hetzell Taneytown, MO Jack L. Kling Mt. Airy, MO Allan Pickett ♦- r ASOONER 215-588-4704 201-996-2088 717-898-8694 717-733-0966 717-284-4592 717-949-2381 717-656-6509 717-423-6451 201-689-2605 215-542-8479 215-378-1212 717-993-6836 717-225-3758 215-869-9187 609-455-8187 301-447-2742 301-663-4191 609-769-2791 301-447-2742 301-663-4191 *• r\ Ea
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