Cl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,1980
KUTZTOWN - The 1980
Berks County DHI banquet
and Awards program was
held last Friday, at the
Kutztown Grange. Ap
proximately 250 Berks
County dairymen attended.
Burd Schantz, Berks
County DHI Association
President presided over the
meeting and introduced the
speakers who this year were
all Berks County dairymen
Each was the recipient ot
one of this year’s production
awards, and each was
requested to spend some
time discussing their
respective management
programs
This year, high herd for
milk was that of Charles and
Tun Kisslmg with a yearly
average of 22,182 pounds.
High fat herd was Hemdel
Farms Inc. owned by George
and Glen Seidel with a
yearly average of 775 pounds
of butterfat
The top milk cow in the
county was owned by F.M
Brown’s Sons, Inc with a 305
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George Troutman received a plaque honoring
him as owner of the cow with the highest lifetime
milk production record in Berks County.
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Berks County honors top DHIA herds
day lactation record of 30,332
pounds of milk.
Andrew Stoltzfus owned
the top fat cow in the county
with a 305 day lactation
record of 1244 pounds of fat
This year two new
longevity awards were
added with George Trout
man being recognized as
owner of the cow with the
highest lifetime milk
production record and Ray
Seidel was recognized as the
owner of the cow with the
highest lifetime butterfat
record.
Of the county’s 171 herds,
164 completed records of 400
pounds milk or better
Average milk production per
cow was 14,813 pounds milk
and 554 pounds fat with a 3 7
test.
Berks County dairymen
averaged $1220 return over
feed costs, about $5O ahead
of the state average of $ll6B
Figures were computed on
the 11,085 cows on DHIA in
the county
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From (eft, award winners at the Berks County
DHIA meeting included Mr. & Mrs. Andrew
Stoltzfus, Mr. & Mrs Ray Seidel, Mr. & Mrs. Tim
Order 4 milk price pegged at $15.30
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -
Middle Atlantic Order
Market Administrator
Joseph D. Shine Monday
announced a Class I milk
price of $15.30 per hun-
RjK THE BAUMCB MT
$ 2.99*
25%
*1.99,.
*3.50*
dredweight for January 1981.
This price is up 10 cents
from the December price
and is $1.25 above the
January 1980 price.
Order No. 4 prices are
announced for milk testing
3.5 percent butterfat, f.o.b
plants located within 55
miles of Philadephia, and
also within 75 miles from the
nearer of Washington, DC or
Baltimore, Md.
There is also a six-cent
direct-delivery differential
MUSSELMAN LUMBER INC. I
200 BRIMMER AVENUE, NEW NOLL AND, PA f
Phone 717-354-4321 I
Hours: Daily 7AM »o 5 PM, Saturday 7AMtoI2 PM |
Kissling, Glen Seidel, Charles Brown, Mr. & Mrs,
Charles Kissling, Mrs. Glen Seidel, Mr. & Mrs.
George Seidel.
applicable to producer milk
received at plants located
within 55 miles of
Philadelphia.
Shine announced a Class II
price of $l2 60 per hun
dredweight for November
1980 and a butterfat dif
ferential of 17.0 cents for the
month. The Class II milk
price also increased 10 cents
from the previous month
while the butterfat dif
ferential is up one-tenth of a
cent.
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These class prices are
based on the November 1980
Mmnesota-Wisconsm man
ufacturing milk price of
$l2 52 per hundredweight
adjusted to a 3.5 percent
butterf at content.
The USDA reported that
the wholesale price of Grade
A butter at Chicago for
November was $1.4760 per
pound and the nonfat dry
milk price $ 9333 per pound,
f.o.b. plants in the Chicago
area.