P2—Lancaster farming, Saturday, February 27,1982
LANCASTER Next week,
Holstein breeders from across the
Commenwealth will gather in
Harrisburg for the annual state
convention.
The meeting offers breeders a
chance to enjoy a well-earned
vacation, exchange ideas and
reminisce about the 1981 show
season.
At least two breeders will be
celebrating the recent news of
their All-American picks out of five
Pennsylvania nominees. „
The Arthur Baxters of Stoneboro
just got word that their junior
heifer calf, Garden-Acres P Penny
received an All-American
Honorable Mention. And the only
Pennsylvania bull nominated, Gor-
Wood-D Elevation Rocky-ET,
owned by Gordon and Dorothy
Wood, Mansfield, finished with
High Honorable Mention.
Three other breeders were in the
running. Cmda Oakes, Cochranton,
a Holstein Junior member, had an
intermediate calf, Vel-Rus
Elevation Boots Lovely m the All-
American pnd Junior,, All-
American competition. The. Lovely
calf earned a Junior AA High
Honorable Mention. In addition,
Oakes’ second Junior AA nominee,
Vel-Rus Marvex Penstate Maria,
received Junior AA Honorable
Mention.
Star Bright Uoistems, Bath, had
an AA nomination in their top 4-
year-old, James Hill Elevation
Betsy and , Bradford County
breeders, Lynn and Bonnie Miller
were, nominated for their junior
yearling heifer, Apache Royal
Hentage-ET.
In addition to tile AA recognition,
Baxter’s Penny heifer, a Pete
daughter earned All-Pennsylvania
honors along with another Baxter
heifer, Garden Acres Goldyvale.
The dams of both heifers, are by a
homebred bull, Garden Acres
Trade Mark. The bull is by Elm
croft Pontiac Chieftain Son out of a
93 point Marquis. The dam of the
Penny heifer, Garden Acres
Donna, a Very Good 88, boasts a
top record of 26,567 pounds of milk
and 918 pounds of fat for a 347 day
lactation as a 4-year-old.
The Trade Mark bull has a great
influence m the Baxter herd with
five milking daughters. Four of
them are Very • Good and one
NJ. Holstein breeders
plan spring forum
FLEMINGTON, N.J. - The
annual "Spring Forum,” con
ducted by the New Jersey Holstein
Association for its members and
all other mterested dairymen, will
be held on Tuesday, March 2, at the
Andover Firehouse, Kt. 206, An
dover. The program will begin at
9:30 a.m., according to Lester
Jones, Jr., Medford, Chairman tor
the event.
Speaker will be Dr. Jim Jarrett,
DVM and noted writer for Hoards’
Central Jersey Holstein
club names officers
FLEMINGTON, N.J. ~ Bernard
Beatty, Bethlehem Township, was
elected president of the Central
Jersey Holstein Association at a
recent meeting of the board of
directors. Beatty succeeded Mark
Douglass, Pittstown, N.J., in the
leadership of the 95-member
organization.
A life-long resident of Hun- Rogers, Raritan Township;
terdon, N.J. Beatty was bom and William Teets, Clinton Township;
raised on the family farm located and Howard J. Sutton, Tewksbury,
on the West Portal-Asbury Road. Committees were named and
He and his father, Sam, operate activities scheduled for the year
the 160-acre dairy farm. The herd N during the board’s reorganization
Pa. breeders
carries a score of 91 2E. The
Mercer County dairy carries a
rolling herd average of 19,298
pounds of milk and 665 pounds ot
fat on 42 cows.
Gor-Wood-D Acres’ AA pick,
Gor-Wood-D Elevation Rocky-ET,
Very Good 88, is the only son of the
Woods’ "once m a lifetime cow,”
according to Ron Wood.
Rocky’s dam,C Kasgar Roberta
Rockman, 3E 94 finished her
lifetime production with 179,509
pounds of milk and 6,068 pounds of
fat. She made her best record of
27,132 pounds of milk and
pounds of fat, as a 12-year-old on
365 days.
In her lifetime', the Tioga County
brood cow has produced one High
Honorable Mention AA, one
Honorable. Mention AA, One
Honorable Mention All-Canada 2-
year-old. She was twice named All-
Pennsylvania Dam and Daughter
with two different daughters. All ot
her scored offspring have
classified no less than 86, with two
scoring Excellent. The Woods
maintain a rolling herd average of
17,868 pounds of milk and 637
pounds of fat on 122 cows.
The AA nominee of Crawford
County Junior Cmda Oakes, Vel-
Rus Elevation Boots Lovely is a
Sweet-Haven Lochinvar Boots
daughter out of a Very" Good,
Kmgway Elevation Very. The
fancy calf earned Junior All-
Pennsylvania intermediate Calf
honors.
Towanda breeders, Lynn and
Bonnie Miller’s AA nominee,
Apache Royal Hentage-ET, is'an
Elevation daughter out of Royal
Haven Brett Sherry, Ex 95, picked
as AA 4-year-old in 1978. The junior
yearling is due m July to Valiant.
James Hill Elevation Betsy, the
AA nominee of Star Bright
Holstems, is by Elevation out of
James Hill Paclamar Betty-Twin.
Currently bred to Carhn M.
Ivanhoe Bell, the Star Bnght
nominee carries a top record of
24,008 pounds of milk and 868
pounds of fat on 365 days.
When the Holstein breeders
gather next week and the talk
shifts to fancy cows, among those
names dropped most likely will be.
Rocky, Betsy, Lovely, Penny and
Heritage.
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Dairyman. He will discuss all
aspects ot dairy herd health. In
addition to being a very
knowledgable "cow” vet. Dr.
Jarrett is an excellent speaker,-
says Jones.
The program will be repealed ui
South Jersey at 7:30 p.m., same
day, at the Dutch iifn Motel,
Gibbstown. There will be a
nominal registration -tee. Pre
registration is not required.
and 50 head of young stock.
Beatty is married to the former
Sharon Teets and they have three
daughters and twin sons. '
George AUes, Raritan Township
was re-elected vice-president,
Floyd Schwab, East Amwell was
elected secretary-treasurer.
Other directors are: Charles
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Co. 4-H Show, where she was named Jur
Champion.