A2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7,1981
Robert E. Gift, left, R 2 Littlestown,
welcomes a Japanese bull-buying mission.
From left are Rill Nichol, Pennsylvania
Holstein Association; K. Okada, and N.
Japanese buyers
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records; and well known bulls in
the animal’s history.
At Penn Gate the Japanese
group looked long and hard at
Penn Gate Wallie Skystar, not
quite a four year old bull.
Thirteen of Skystar’s daughters
were lined up on the right side of
the bam, including a Farm Show
junior champion who finished
second m the open show.
During the trip, the Japanese
looked at about 60 bulls They hope
to buy five or six.
Members of the Japanese trade
delegation included Kazutoshi
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Okada and Non Yanagawa, both
with the Japan Holstein Breeding
Service Company; and Ray Ishida
and Frank H Fukumoto, both with
Nosawa.
The Japanese said their herds
average 22 cows, with 14 milking.
Herd averages run around 10,000
pounds.
Herds in Hokaido, Sapporo, tend
to be larger, averaging 35 cows per
herd. When the Japanese
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vice; R. Ishida, and F. Fukumoto, of Nosawa
and Co. Ltd., an import-export house
“You mean the Japanese
Pennsylvania,” he said.
Otherwise, the project to trade
cows for Toyotas went smoothly.
Nichol said Pennsylvania far
mers can consider themselves
fortunate to sell one or two bulls at
most to the Japanese team.
In a friendly exchange with the
Japanese, State Governor Dick
Thornburgh told them, “The dairy
industry is this state’s leading
agricultural industry ”
He spoke of a trip he took to
Japan and recalled the courtesy of
the Japanese hosts He added that
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exporting to Japan is that our milk
production has increased even
though the number of cows in our
herds has decreased,” Thornburgh
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dairy farmer, to explain pedegree
charts and point out the sound
qualities of the cattle in the Gitt
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Yanagowa, a breeding
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BLUE BALL Pseudorabies, a
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The high production argument
was graphically illustrated in Penn
Gate’s bam where only 40 cows
occupy 70 stalls.
“That’s to help the surplus,”
Robert Gitt explained.
“Why were we chosen to host
such a distinguished group?” Jean
Gitt asked as the Governor and the
Japanese prepared to leave.
“Class always tells,” Thorn
burgh explained.
The Japanese certainly saw a lot
of Holstein class at Penn Gate and
at the other Pennsylvania dairies
they visited.
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