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
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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
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