Red Rose DHIA
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The mixed herd honors
I it to Samuel F. Long, R 2
reach Bottom. His herd of 74
head turned in a record of
16,257 pounds milk and 606
pounds butterfat.
Average production of
butterfat for the 499 mem
bers of the Red Rose DHIA
was 556 pounds, with 14,941
pounds milk on a 3 7 percent
test. Those figures are
nearly identical to the state
average.
In addition to the milking
Top Ayrshire herd in the Red Rose DHIA is
owned by Harold Shelly, Manheim. His herd made
15,318 pounds milk and 612 fat. Award was
presented by Jay E. Landis, left, Vice Presidents
the DHIA.
awards, four DHIA testers
were honored for their long -
service to dairymen in the
county.
Cited for 30 years service
was Harold Lmdecamp, R 2
Peach Bottom.
Plaques for 25 year’s
service went to Head Tester
J. Wilbur Houser, Lam
peter; and to Jay M. Risser,
Lancaster
A citation for 20 years
service went to Robert
Brmton, Quarryville.
Trophy for top butterfat production in Lancaster
County went to Nelson H. Wenger whose
Registered Holsteins set a county record of 771
Dairymen were treated to
a presentation of “Milk, the
American Way” given by
Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Connie Balmer.
Her talk, backed by
patriotic music, was
strongly in favor of
promotion for dairy
products.
A motivational talk was
given by Karl K. Kettering,
Epbrata. He outlined six
steps to realizing success. /
Included were the
realization that opportunity
lies within us; the need to
establish goals; the need to
control one’s mental at
titude; the benefits of en
thusiasm; the reward of
work; and the returns from
desire, the spirit inside one’s
self.
Glenn A. Shirk, county
extension dairy agent, urged
Lancaster Farming, Saturda;
pounds butterfat. Presenting the award is Red
Rose DHIA Vice President Jay E. Landis, right.
dairymen to make smart
management decisions.
He told dairymen to keep a
close check on profits per
cow.
He also warned about
borrowing money at today’s
soaring interest rates to
grow larger instead of
borrowing to grow better.
Raymond Pruss, ad
ministrative assistant of the
Pennsylvania DHIA
congratulated all the far
mers who had increased not
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their production, but rather
their return over feed coste.
Lancaster County DHIA
members averaged $1155
return over feed cost per
cow. Although the figure is
up $6O per cow from last year
it is $l3 per cow under the
state average.
One reason may be found
in the slightly higher
estimate of feed cost per
hundredweight of milk.
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