" AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 27, 1981
Fun, facts, feasting await Holstein conventioneer §
BALTIMORE, Md. A group ot
nearly 3,000 national Holstein
Association members, their
families and other industry leaders
are expected to congregate in
Baltimore, this week, to par
ticipate in the 96th annual con
vention of the Holstein Association
of America.
Maryland Holstein Association
Convention Chairman Marlin Hoff
reports. “We’ve been actively
working for more than two years
on plans to bring the national
convention to Baltimore.”
Visiting dairymen, from coast to
coast, will have the opportunity to
sample seafood from Maryland’s
shore, visit local Holstein farms,
and tour nearby Washington and
Annapolis.
Delegates will act on the
business of the national Holstein
Association and everyone will have
a chance to bid on some fine
Holstein cattle af the national sale,
according to Hoff.
The convention program will
feature the proposed details of the
1981 farm bill, new cow indexes,
future Association activities,
policy revisions and USDA animal
health priorities.
The annual business meeting
and the national Holstein sale will
be held in the new $5O million
Baltimore Convention Center.
Centrally located, the center is
connected to convention hotels and
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor project
with its many shops and
restaurants.
The Convention Chairman said with embryo transfers, feeding
social activities will be held on and nutrition, milking procedures
Sunday and Monday, before the and advertising and promotion,
business meetings on Tuesday and On Wednesday, the second an-
Wednesday. The national sale is nual Holstein Dairy Bowl, a con
scheduled for Tuesday. test of teams testing dairy
Special arrangements have been knowledge, will conclude the
made to visit Maryland Holstein junior activities. The six
farms within a one-hour drive of distinguished junior members will
Baltimore on Sunday. Buses will be recognized at the convention
take visitors to such well known banquet that evening.
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farms as Kmgstead, Maple Law,
Rinehart, Lovdal, Killdee,- Long
Green, Fair Hill, KmgLea, Sunset
View, and Hickory Hill.
Buses will return m tune for
conventioneers to attend the
President’s Reception and dinner.
Association President Ivan K.
Stnckler will welcome delegates
and their families to a traditional
Maryland crab feast.
With close proximity to the
nation’s capital, it’s only natural
that Holstein guests will have the
opportunity to spend a day in
Washington, D.C. A tour of the city
features a guided tour of Capitol
Hill on Monday with stops at the
Supreme Court and the Library of
Congress. The Jefferson
Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial,
the Kennedy Center, the Depart
ment of Agriculture and Embassy
Row will be part of this trip.
In the afternoon, tourists will
have a choice of three walking
tours: FBI building,''Smithsonian
Institution, or Mount Vernon,
histone Virginia home of George
Washington. An optional day trip
to' Annapolis, home of the U.S.
Naval Academy, and capital of the
state, may be taken by guests.
Maryland hospitality will extend
to Holstein juniors throughout the
convention days. They also will be
able to enjoy a round of tours to
Washington or Annapolis with the
chance to swim, canoe and hike in
the beautiful Catoctm State Park.
On the more serious side, juniors
may attend workshops dealing 1
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At the first Early Bird session,
held on Tuesday, Senatorial
Economist William Bailey and
House Staff Agriculture Director
Fowler West- will discuss the
national farm bill.
On Wednesday, at the second
Early Bird session, USDA Ex
tension Dairyman Basil Eastwood
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Tractors
Manufacturers estimated PTO no
will speak on cow evaluations with
special emphasis on the new, four
source cow index developeid by
USDA.
On Tuesday, the two-day annual
meeting of the national Holstein
Association will convene with
delegates present to elect officers
and four directors to replace those
whose terms have expired. Two of
the directors are eligible for
reelection lor a second term.
Delegates also will act on other
business to come before the’'con
vention.
Harry C. Mussman, director of
the Animal and Plant Health In
spection Service, mil address the
convention assembly on Tuesday
afternoon. In 1971, Mussman
(Continued from Page Al 7) second, lightweights/ 207 Ibs.f^
Farm, Lancaster County, third, 54.00; Ed Ranck, Lancaster
mediumweight, 217 lbs., 54.25; County, first, lightweights, 201 lbs.,
. Jerry Rutter, York County, fifth, 55.00; C. David Landis, Lancaster
mediumweight, 225 lbs., 54.75; County, fourth, lightweights, 200
Marlin Moyer, Lancaster Colunty, lbs., 54.00; Christ Hess, l -aneasr^r
222 lbs., 54.00; Little Piggy Hill County, fifth, lightweights, 206 lbs.,
-Farm, New York State, 217 lbs., 54.00; dhd Harold Kready, Lan
caster County/third, lightweights,
Harold Ney, Lancaster County, 215 lbs., 54.50.—DA-'
joined USDA and became deputy
administrator in the meat and
poultry inspection program. Later,
he filled a post with APHIS, then
served with the UN’s Food and
Agriculture Organization before
returning to APHIS as its director.
On Thursday, the convention will
end with the national sale. Con
ventioneers will see some of the
country’s finest Holstein cattle-put
up for auction at the convention
center. ’
At the 1980 convention sale a top
price of $75,000 was bid for a
Holstein bull; the highest selling
female Holstein went for $36,000.
An average sale price of $10,465
was figured on the total sale
receipts of $1,230,500.
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