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Huntsdale Farms
Donald Ace, section coordinator
for Dairy Science Extension said,
“DHIA has come a long way
baby!”
“Like the famous advertisement
of the Virginia Slims Lady covered
from head to toe in apparel and
now years later she is sauve and
sophisticated,” said Ace, “the '
DHIA program has taken the same
turn. At one time the supervisors
were covered up to their heads in i
paperwork, now years later the
system is efficient and mechanized ;
because of supervisors, managers <
and dairymen who believed in the 1
program.” j
Lehman-View Anty Jack produced 1040 pounds of but
terfat for Donald & Dave Lehman and, was awarded the
highest cow in butterfat in Cumberland County for I^Bo-81.
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The DHIA program is 76-years
old-It began in 1905 in the state of
Michigan. Ace noted that, in 1910,
the program finally arrived in
Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Twenty herds started the program
there, and the farmers named
their association, the Penn
sylvania Brandywine Testing
Association.
Soon after, in 1914, the Extension
Service at Penn State joined forces
with the association across the
state to provide a .needed
educational program for the dairy
farmer. Ace remarked, “The
Extension Service has been
providing educational and in
formative programs about DHIA
ever since.”
Over the years, the program
pushed ahead, said the coor
dinator, and a central processing
system was introduced in Penn
sylvania in 1957.
Ace said, “Looking back at those
beginning years, one can see that
the strong roots of the Penn
sylvania program lies at the
county level, as it still does today.’ ’
He added that Pennsylvania has
remained with this system since
the program’s birth, and it has
worked well. “However, the dif
ferent county rules across the state
can cause problems for this multi
million dollar business,” he
warned.
Ace said he feels that the DHIA
members-and program must push
ahead and .begin thinking of state
organization. “But, before any
organizing can be accomplished,
each county organization must ask
its members How far do you want
to go in structural organization?
The coordinator sees the
development of a state
organization as a “beautiful
system” with greater uniformity
and benefits for all in the program.
Ace also dreams of a State DHIA
Directors Conference being born.
“This would be a learning, sharing
and enriching conference for aU
directors and the county programs
would reap the benefits.”
The coordinator also foresees the
use of computers on the farm.
"The' computers will be used
selectively among farmers,
especially farmers who milk a
hundred or more cows. It can be
monetarily beneficial to his milk
production, breeding records,
costs and feeding program,” he
said.
The milk market is taking a new
swing for the future, too, said Ace.
Cheese, dry milk and butter offer a
new market for Pennsylvania
dairymen that is growing by leaps
and bounds in the state, creating
added use for DHIA protein
testing. Recently, remarked Ace,
over 2,000 dairy cattle have been
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Cumberland County’s highest cow in milk production is
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added to the protein testing lists of better,” said Ace. “The future
DHIA, so they too can supply the looks bright for the program, with
new markets. new programs, new developments.
“The dairy industry is in its DHIA Is a program that helps the
golden years. Records and dairymen help himself.”
production have never looked
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Forestry in cooperation with the sales, consulting foresters and
Dauphin County Agricultural individual gypsy moth control.
Service Center will sponsor a For tuelwood cutters, a chain
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November 21 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m! demonstration will be part of a
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