NEW BLOOMFIELD - The
dairymen of Perry County are the
best in the State according to John
P. Harris, County Agricultural
Agent. The County Dairy Herd
improvement Association
recorded an average of 16,436
pounds of milk and 616 pounds of
Butterfat for the year ending
September 1981. This places Perry
County first among all counties in
Pennsylvania fo> both milk and
Butterfat production.
County recognition was given to
many Dairy herds at the Perry
County Annual DHIA and Holstein
Banquet held Tuesday, December
8 at the Centre Presbyterian
Church.
Ken and Jane Benner, Miller
stown, had the high herd in the
county with an average of 20,031'
pounds milk and 789 pounds of
butterfat. Other herds over 700
pounds butterfat are: Ray Me- president of the Amencan-
Millen, Loysville with 19,985 International - Charolais
m pounds milk and 757 pounds but- Association has been announced by
terfat; Milmay Farm, Loysville, AICA President Arnold Wienk,
19,244 pounds milk and 743 pounds Lake Preston, S.D.
butterfat; Ben Dum, Elhottsburg, The new executive officer will
with 19,768 pounds milk and 733 assume his duties in the -
butterfat; Robert Gabel, Newport, Association’s Houston
with 19,169 pounds milk and 714 headquarters December 21, 1981.
pounds butterfat; Milligan He succeeds Dr. Donald D. Nelson,
Brothers Loysville, with 18,288 ' h 33 joined the staff of the
pounds milk and 709 pounds but- National Cattlemen’s Association,
terfat; Carl McMiUen, LoysviUe,'
with 18,142 pounds milk and 707
pounds butterfat; and Alfred
Albright and Sons with 18,790
pounds milk and 703 pounds but
terfat.
The county Holstein Club
recognized the high producing
Registered Holstems within four
age divisions.
The highest producing aged cow
and tops in the county for both milk
and fat is Ray-Mc Rag Apple
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HOUSTON, Tx. - The ap
pointment of Joe T. Garrett, head
of the College of Applied Science
and Agriculture at Northwest
Missouri State University,
Maryville, as executive vice
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Perry Co. DHIA finishes first in PA
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pounds milk and 1,156 pounds ot
butterfat. She is uv\ued by Ray
McMiUen.
In the 4-Year-Old Division the
highest cow for milk was Santee
Acres R. Maple with 27,414 pounds
milk. The high 4-year-old for
butterfat was Santee Acres
Combination Anna with 1,022 lbs.
butterfat. Both 4-year-olds are
owned by Ken & Jane Benner.
The 3-year-old milk production
winner was Bamview Jc h • acu 1
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12,1981—A15
with 25,621 pounds milk and is
owned by Robert and Bernice
Gabel. The butterfat winner in the
3-year-old division was Alrada
Elevation Laune with 1,005 pounds
butterfat and is owned by Alfred
Albright and Sons.
The top 2-year-old tor milk
production was Dumbelle Com
plete Tammie with 22,592 pounds of
milk and iS owned by Tom and
Shayne Bum of Landisburg.
The butterfat winner in the 2-year-
Denver, as policy vice president.
“Garrett relates well to livestock
producers, and through practical
management of college farm and
beef cattle programs, knows the
producer’s problems on a day-to
day basis,” said Wienk.
“For the past eight and one-half
years, Garrett has been closely
involved in performance testing,
growth rate and feed efficiency
studies, which are closely aligned
with Cliarolais characteristics. He
has demonstrated his ability to
work for long-range improvement
of these traits, all of which are
important in bifef production,”
Wienk said.
old divisions is Santee Acres Honor
Lone with 802 pounds of butterfat.
Richard Maurer, County
Holstein Director presented
plaques to the owners of the above
listed record winners.
All herd averages and individual
production records are under the
direct supervision of the three
Perry DHIA Supervisors. They are
Walter Stydinger, ElliottsbUrg,
Michael O’Toole, Blam and David
Shenk of Newport.
As head of the university’s
College of Applied Science and
Agriculture, Garrett also was
director of the university’s farm
system. He established, through
donations, three herds of
registered beef cattle while
developing a visible beef cattle
production program at the
university.
The university’s bull per
formance testing program was the
first in the state to install an
electronic feeding computer to
measure individual feed intake for
evaluation of feed efficiency, using
a system which Garrett had helped
develop while supervisor of the
bull test station at Connors State
College, Warner, Okla.
Beef cattle research conducted
by Garrett m Missouri also
measured the relationship between
frame size, growth rate, feed ef
ficiency and carcass charac
teristics of crossbred steers.
Prior to joining the Northwest
Missouri University staff, he was
an instructor and chairman of the
Agriculture Department of Con
nors State College. His duties there
included supervision of the
school’s bull test station. He also
served as executive secretary of
the Eastern Oklahoma Beef Cattle
Improvement Association.
Garrett received his Ph.D. from
the University of Missouri, using
studies of the relationship between
selected hormones, growth rate,
feed efficiency and body com
position of young bulls for his
dissertation. He received his
Master of Education and Bachelor
of Science degrees from Texas
A&M University, College button,
with emphasis upon agiiculture
education and animal science.
He is a member of tne American
Society of Animal Science, the
American Association of
University Agriculture Ad
ministrators, the National
Association of 'Colleges and
Teachers of Agriculture, Sigma Xi,
Gamma Sigma Delta, and Alpha
Zeta.
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