CERTIFICATE OF MERIT HERDS
Atlantic Breeders was pleased to honor these herds at our recent membership meetings. All had 1980 DHIA herd
averages that were at least 15 percent above the state average for milk and fat production, and consisted of at least 65
percent Atlantic-sired cows.
DAIRYMAN
Noel & Holmes Hanover
Yellow Buttercup Farm E Berlin
El Rho Farm, Abbottstown
Stoner Bros Dairy, E Berlin
Roy A Weaner Jr , Gettysburg
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
Mayview State Hospital, Bndgeville
ARMSTRONG COUNTY
Leroy Shrock Dayton
McChesney Bros New Galilee
BEDFORD COUNTY
Luther & Phil Steele New Enterprise
Dawn Baker Martmsburg
G W & R G Baker, Martmsburg
Blackcrest Farms Altoona
James Smith Roaring Spring
Donald R Smith Martmsburg
Harry Brubaker Roaring Spring
Donald L Brumbaugh, Martmsourg
Emile Dilling Williamsburg
Dennis A Smith, Martmsburg
Mary Walters, Claysburg
Walterß Wurster Ottsville
Clifford W Moyer Perkasie
Ralph S Thrower Saxonburg
FredW Heinz Butler
David Myers Summerhill
Pond Dale Farms Warriors Mark
CHESTER COUNTY
John S Stoltzfus Atglen
J Raymond Harnish Oxford
Walmoore Chatham
Gerald Whitlmg Knox
Glenn Hicks Dußois
William McFadden Grampian
Norman Whitaker Curwensville
R Wnglesworth A Son Grampian
CRAWFORD COUNTY
Laverneß Johnson Linesville 50 9 Hoi
D Slusser&B Gilson Centerville 65 7 Hoi
Hines Brothers, Cochranton 62 3 Hoi
MikeZulovich Edmboro 43 5 Mix
Dennis B Halfast Centerville 42 2 Hoi
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Paul Struck Mechanicsburg
Norman Hertzler Mechanicsburg
DAUPHIN COUNTY
Paul L Cnssmger Gratz
Resttul Acres Hershey
Frank Pollack, Union City
John Lmdstrom Corry
James Akam Spartansburg
Henry Ester Wattsburg
Calvin Henry Wattsburg
RViSV Hollenshead Mercersburg
Wayne A Hall Shippensburg
R V & S V Hollenshead Mercersburg
Kenneth E Oliver Greencastle
Oakleigh Farm Mercersburg
Robert E Harwood, Shippensburg
Walterß lie, Newburg
Meyer Lo Farm Chambersburg
Wallace A Mellolt Harnsonviite
J Dale Fischer Crystal Spring
We congratulate these and other DHIA herds on their fine performance this past year, and extend best wishes for
continued progress. We appreciate your cooperation in sampling our young sires and developing their daughters to help
provide more top Al-proven sires like Marvex, Superior, Progressor, Blend, Titan, Mariner, Boots, Mandate, Duke,
Ideal, Very and Lightning which are all now available daily through our Professional Technician service program and
Direct-Herd semen sales.
BREEDERS COOPERATIVE
Member NAL Affiliated Breeders
LIVESTOCK
SERVICES
ADAMS COUNTY
BEAVER COUNTY
BLAIR COUNTY
BUCKS COUNTY
BUTLER COUNTY
CAMBRIA COUNTY
CENTRE COUNTY
CLARION COUNTY
CLEARFIELD COUNTY
ERIE COUNTY
FRANKLIN COUNTY
31 1 Hoi
105 0 Hoi
FULTON COUNTY
24-Hour Toll-Free Phone Nos. For Service:
Pennsylvania 800-732-0391 Lancaster 569-0411 Del. & Md. 800-233-0216
cows
MILK
60 0 Hoi
108 0 Hoi
51 9 Hoi
66 7 Hoi
56 3 Hoi
19 246
17,923
17,267
17 646
16 268
54 2 Hoi
18 358
40 7 Hoi
17 256
27 4 Hoi
19,448
73 5 Hoi
17,832
106 7 Hoi
70 4 Hoi
67 3 Hoi
40 9 Hoi
61 7 Hoi
30 6 Hoi
92 4 Hoi
75 8 Hoi
43 2 Hoi
55 7 Mix
19,403
19 700
18,167
18 446
17 043
17 040
17 183
17,489
16 845
12 666
61 5 Hoi
67 5 Hoi
19 045
17 237
61 0 Hoi
33 0 Hoi
18 261
16 436
82 6 Hoi
17 503
84 0 Hoi
17 946
68 0 Hoi
78 0 Hoi
131 0 Hoi
18 554
18 665
17 667
19 536
46 0 Hoi
18 834
18 927
17 600
17 081
58 6 Hoi
45 9 Hoi
32 2 Hoi
50 2 Hoi
19 038
18 449
17 072
17213
17 291
18 767
17 664
121 0 Hot
40 0 Hoi
17 180
17 188
74 0 Hoi
60 0 Hoi
18 142
17 515
16 603
17 089
19 161
27 4 Hoi
51 5 Hoi
62 7 Hoi
36 2 Hoi
50 5 Hoi
21 118
19 147
18 483
18 324
18 351
17 869
17 825
15 425
32 0 Hoi
34 2 Hoi
50 3 Hoi
88 5 Hoi
37 5 Hoi
30 1 Mix
11 722
17 555
51 8 Jer
75 5 Hoi
DAIRYMAN
FAT
753
701
666
658
649
Huntingdon Furnac Fm Tyrone
Sidney R Ortnsby, Tyrone
Richard Black & Sons Marion Center
Lawrences Tom Wallace Marion Center
Kenneth Dick, Marion Center
647
Londondale Farm, Punxsutawney
Corbinview Farms, Reynoldsville
Hidaway Farm, Mayport
Mowreys Sprucelawn, Reynoldsville
Vendge Farms, Reynoldsville
Vendge Farms, Reynoldsville
656
717
710
Paul H Martin Ephrata
Gusty Crest Farm, Lancaster
Christian Zook, Gap
John M Harmsh, Lancaster
Adam A Jerrene Zimmerman East Earl
Hiram S Aungst, Elizabethtown
J Robert Kmdig Conestoga
Glenn E Burkholder Washington Boro
Earl R Hursh Ephrata
Abraham Shelly Jr , Manheim
J Ray Ranck, Paradise
Sprmgarden Farm, Gordonville
C Nevin Hershey, Ronks
Gerald Martin, Ephrata
King-Ridge Farm, Leola
Earl N Landis, Manheim
Ivan S Stoltzfus, Honey Brook
Bart Dell Farm Quarryville
Thomas C Lapp, Gap
Harold B Good Stevens
Elam Petersheim Morgantown
Don Ranck Paradise
Elmer A Kerry Boyd Ephrata
695
650
668
648
652
692
M & Harold Wilson Portersville
LEBANON COUNTY
732
640
630
David Brandt Annville 67 0 Hoi
Marvin K Meyer & Sons Quarryville 84 0 Hoi
MERCER COUNTY
728
Ed& JuneAnderle Fredoma 24 0 Hoi
A Nych & M Beveridge New Wilmington 17 0 Hoi
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
717
707
674
658
Richard A Bechtel Harleysville
Gehnnger Brothers Bally
George C Stahl Somerset
Latuch Brothers Rockwood
Donald Glessner Berlin
Timothy D Chtes Berlin
689
652
650
601
588
PaulJ Pyle Rockwood
Donna L & K W Brant Fnedens
659
659
William & Bobbie Geer Franklin
Burns Bros Venus
Richard G Rhoades, Emlenton
Ellwood Mitchell Cooperstown
Paul E Runmnger Franklin
Darwin Bell Utica
658
643
688
652
644
639
637
Edge Grove Farm Sugar Grove
Donald Ekey Russell
Plainfield Farm Carmichaels
Mike i Robert Sustnk Daisytown 51 9 Hoi 17 477
Clyde & Robert Robsion Coal Center 117 IJer 11,483
YORK COUNTY
Smysers Richlawn Farm York
Lynn Wolf Abbottstown
Sinking Spring Farm York
Wayne E Myers Dover
Wayne B Mummert, East Berlin
B Robert Charles Dover
652
642
HUNTINGDON COUNTY
INDIANA COUNTY
JEFFERSON COUNTY
50 0 Hoi
49 0 Hoi
39 0 Hoi
76 0 Hoi
15 0 Hoi
19 0 Gue
LANCASTER COUNTY
LAWRENCE COUNTY
SOMERSET COUNTY
49 9 Hoi
VENANGO COUNTY
WARREN COUNTY
61 6 Mix
WASHINGTON-GREENE COUNTIES
CERTIFIED SEMEN SERVICES
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1981—A27
COWS MILK
68 8 Hoi
65 6 Hoi
17,265
16,495
14 477
14,729
15,553
55 0 Mix
66 9 Mix
58 9 Mix
21,189
18 285
17,756
17,956
14,384
12,621
39 0 Hoi
31 0 Hoi
55 0 Hoi
158 0 Hoi
29 0 Hoi
56 0 Hoi
55 0 Hoi
64 0 Hoi
39 0 Hoi
43 0 Hoi
44 0 Hoi
82 0 Hoi
50 0 Hoi
48 0 Hoi
37 0 Hoi
50 0 Hoi
47 0 Hoi
27 0 Hoi
59 0 Hoi
38 0 Hoi
76 0 Hoi
70 0 Hoi
28 0 Mix
18 303
25 0 Mix
17 983
18 291
18 439
17 771
17,637
14 974
55 7 Hoi
58 3 Mix
19 695
19,802
19,106
17 021
16 611
17 194
63 4 Hoi
79 2 Hoi
35 8 Hoi
36 3 Hoi
38 4 Hoi
17 941
17 333
17 676
16,275
16,764
16,418
45 7 Hoi
40 3 Hoi
178 9 Hoi
66 3 Hoi
24 8 Hoi
56 5 Hoi
29 0 Hoi
17,233
13 682
99 1 Hoi 18,808
72 0 Hoi 20 470
46 0 Hoi 20 017
65 0 Hoi 17 670
53 0 Hoi 17 683
72 0 Hoi 17 490
46 0 Hoi 17 260
Sellers
financing
farms
LANCASTER -
Seller financing of farm
and ranch land is
sharply on the nse,
reports Lee Schuster,
executive vice president
of Kansas City-based
Oppenheimer In
dustries, the
agricultural manage
ment and investment
company
FAT
652
643
614
612
551
747
687
676
664
643
606
“It’s becoming a
viable popular alter
native to funding from
life insurance com
panies, which have been
fully committed in their
agricultural portfolios,”
says Schuster.
Although the scarcity
and high cost of in
stitutional money is the
prime reason why
sellers are accepting
mortgages, Schuster
notes another factor.
“We see quite a few
owner-operators who
would like to sell their
land while continuing to
run it or work on it,” he
explains. “They may
want to lease or manage
the land and they find
it’s relatively easy to
work out a suitable
arrangement with an
investor in return for a
below-market interest
rate ”
712
How much below
market’
677
676
“Typical seller
financing is in the 10 to
12 percent range today,
and that’s for constant
rate mortgages,” says
Scnuster. “Institutions
are charging 14 to 16
percent on loans that
usually entail penodict
review of the interest
rate.
663
647
654
601
770
748
734
659
653
648
“Since the investor
who is buying the
property has no in
tention of becoming a
working farmer or
rancher, a leasing or
management arrang
ement with the seller
can be ideal for both
parties,” Schuster adds.
“The new owner can be
confident that the land
is in knowing hands. ’ ’
Another reason why
sellers sometimes
become mortgages is a
desire to avoid the tax
consequences of an all
cash sale, Schuster
points out. But regar
dless of the seller’s
motivation, the investor
should be prepared to
put down close to 30
percent which is about
the same amount an
institutional lender
would require
743
695
680
666
664
649
641
568
713
707
659
769
703
691
681
640
616
Schuster notes that
with more and more
lending sources turning
to equity participation
as an inflation hedge,
seller financing may
soon represent an in
vestor’s last opportunity
to buy agricultural land
without giving up some
benefits of ownership.
Oppenheimer In
dustries is one of the
largest agricultural
management firms in
the United States