ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - A record 651
registered Angus breeders have
qualified 2,526 cows and 78 bulls to
be listed in the 1981 Angus Path
finder Report, according to Dick
Spader, executive vice president of
the American Angus Association.
The Association’s Pathfinder
Report will be published in this
month’s Angus Journal.
The Pathfinder program was
initiated in 1978 as a research for
superior producing registered
Angus cows that are enrolled on
the Angus Herd Improvement
Record program.
Pathfinder bulls must sire at
least 5 daughters that qualified as
Pathfinder cows. This year 78 bulls
qualified.
The top bull is Rito 707 of Ideal
933 70, with 47 Pathfinder
daughters. He is owned by
Jorgensen Ranches, Ideal, South
Dakota, and American Breeders
Service Inc., DeForest, Wisconsin.
Four other bulls have sired 25 or
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More than 2500 Angus measure
up to Pathfinder yardstick
more daughters listed in the
report. They are: Schearbrook
Shoshone, 29; Ankoman Dynamo,
27; Rito 707 of Ideal 836 71,27; and
Blacklock McHenry 13 Y, 25.
The herd with the most Path
finder cows (59) is Nichols Farms,
Bridgewater, lowa. In second
place with 45 cows on the list is
Summitcrest Farms, Summitville,
Ohio. Third place honors, and the
only other herd with 30 or more
Pathfinder cows, was Bon View
Farms, Canova, South Dakota,
with 32 on the list.
Specifically, for a cow to qualify '
for the Pathfinder program, she
must calve the first tune within 30
days of the average for first
calving m the herd that produced
her. She must then maintain a
regular calving interval of every 12
months, with a few minor ex
ceptions.
The cow must produce at least
three consecutive calves to qualify
for the first listing and each of
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these calves must have a weaning
weight ratio of 105, or 5 percent
above the average of con
temporaries. The calves must be
weighed with at least 10 con
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Md, strawberry season opens
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Good news
comes from the strawberry fields
of Maryland’s Lower Eastern
Shore: it’s strawberry tuneagam
and the Princess Anne auction
block just began selling the tasty
berries, but good volume should
begin on Monday.
Russell Bozman, manager of the
Eastern Shore Vegetable Growers
Co-op, Inc., which operates the
Princess Anne’s auction block,
says berry supplies will be light for
the first couple of days and then
pick up bountifully for about two
weeks and then close-out
production gradually the third
week.
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To continue to qualify for the
program, a cow must calve
regularly and wean calves that
maintain the average weaning
ratio of 105 or better.
The block will operate Monday
through Saturday, weather per
mitting, and swing mto action as
soon as the berries begin arriving
m the mid morning.
Weather is the key factor in
strawberry production, both as to
quality and quantity, particularly
so with the Maryland grown
berries which are unequal in flavor
and texture. Maryland berries,
precious as they are, do not ship
and store as well as the “big
competition” from the West, but as
anyone knows, they can’t be beat
for canning and freezing.
Rules for the auction are simple
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Sat. 7:30 to 11:30
Complete information on the
program is available from John
Crouch, director of breed im
provement for the American
Angus Association.
as it is open to anyone buying on a
cash basis. The berries are sold in
sixteen quart crate units and the
transactions are simple and direct.
In the past, many church groups,
buying co-ops, and roadside
markets have bought right along
with commercial brokers. All a
buyer has to do is register with Mr.
Bozman’s office prior to bidding.
Those with further questions about
buying are invited to contact Mr.
Bozman during business hours at
301-651-2153, and in the evening, at
301-651-1265.
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