Elevation...thousands
LANCASTER As father’s day
rapidly approaches in this June
Dairy Month, it almost seems
fitting to salute one of the most
prolific dairy “fathers" of the 20th
century.
Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation,
bred by Ronald A. Hope, Round
Oak Farm, Purcellville, Virginia
was bom August 30, 1965. His sire.
Tidy Burke Elevation was a Gold
Mi
edal Sire with more than 2,314
daughters in 637 herds. His Dam,
Round Oak Ivanhoe Eve EX 94 4E
finished with a lifetime record of
more than 200,000 pounds of milk.
Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation. EX 96 was lived from August 30, 1965 to April 25, 1979
bred by Ronald A. Hope of Purcellville, has proven to be, if not the greatest, one of the
••Virginia. The Gold Medal Holstein sire who most prolific sires in the dairy industry.
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call him father
Hope sold Elevation to Virginia
Artificial Breeders Association,
which later became a member of
Select Sires, when he was a calf.
He was proven jointly by Virginia
ABA and Maryland ABC, now a
part of Sire Power.
A conservative estimate in
dicates that Elevation’s female
offspring alone have brought then
owners $5O to $75 million additional
income through sales of milk and
breeding stock, as compared to
daughters of an average Holstein
bull. His most current proof
clocked in at PDM +1,477, PD
-cent test - PDF +5l and
PD| 182
repeatability.
The thousands of Elevation sons
scattered throughout the world can
be expected to multiply this sire’s
influence on the Holstein breed.
When he died on April 25, 1979,
Elevation left behind a legacy
which included 23,452 tested
daughters; 13,744 classified
daughters; 11,000 registered sons
with the HFAA; 5,687 herd owners
of tested daughters in all 50 states;
438 Excellent offspring classified
by HFAA; 270 proven sons; 17 Gold
Medal sons.
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Junior Holstein assoc.
plans judging schools
STATE COLLEGE - The
Pennsylvania Junior Holstein
Association is sponsoring a
summer program including
Judging Schools.
This year the program has ex
panded to three schools to service
the growing number of par
ticipants. The three schools are as
follows: July 5-6 Eastern Penn
sylvania, Northampton/Bucks
Counties, Chairperson Donald
A. Seipt, Headquarters Sheraton
Easton Inn, Easton; July 7-8
Central Pennsylvania,
Blair/Huntmgdon Counties,
Chairperson Judy Black,
Headquarters Minuet Manor,
Altoona; July 9-10 Western Penn
sylvania, Beaver/Lawrence
Counties, Chairperson Shirley
Mitcheltree, Headquarters
Hobday Inn, Beaver Falls.
Lois Rems burg, HFAA Con
sultant in Virginia will be the of
ficial judge for all of the three
schools. She is a qualified in
dividual having been a member of
the 1975 Virginia Polytechmcal
Institute Collegiate Judging team
that placed Ist in the National
Contest. Lois was 2nd high in
dividual placing as a tie for Ist in
reasons. In 1979, she coached the
Maryland State 4-H Judging team
that placed 2nd at Nationals. She
has also worked with Agn-
Graphics’ sbde and tape sets for
judging
Each school has been planned by
local committees with youth in
mind and each school has it’s own
special features. The Eastern
School participants will be judgmg
10 classes of three various breed.
Keystone Farms will host the
group for the evening for a picnic.
The Central School will have the
opportunity to judge four breeds of
dairy cows in ten classes. The
evening meal will be a barbeque
Plushanski
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1979, when Persuader’s first proof public relations Bruce Odeen.
came out, the Plushanski Syn
dicate kept four full semen tanks
and constantly shipped semen by
bus.
“We couldn’t collect fast
enough,” said Clyde. By now.
Persuader was collected three
times a week.
While awaiting his proof, the
Plushanskis paid to have all his
daughters classified and
photographed, which included
offspring in seven different states.
According to Charles, it cost
roughly $15,000 to advertise,
classify, photograph, collect and
ship.
When his proof hit the press the
young bull was +1,500 pounds for
milk and was ranked 12th in his
Total Performance Index When
his second proof came out, the
Berks County bull stood second to
none.
About that time, Tri-State, an
artifical breeding cooperative
based in Wisconsin was looking for
a good Elevation son. The news
had traveled north and eventually
the Plushanskis struck up a lease
deal.
The lease deal brought an end to
the Plushanskis’ home collection
and shipping service in order to
comply with the lease agreement
However, the Plushanskis receive
approximately 36 percent of the
bull’s semen sales.
The lease agreement also
relocated the bull from his Berks
County roots to his new home in
Westbe, Wisconsin.
“Certainly, Persuader hs been
the most popular bull we’ve had at
Tri-State,” explained director of
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Juim 19,1982—A2S
followed by work on reasons and
then a surprise is in the planning.
The Western School has a special
feature. Juniors will have the
opportunity to mingle with the
Beaver-La wren ce County Holstein
Club members The evening meal
will be held in conjunction with
their club’s Annual Barbeque at
the Richard Kroll farm Four
breeds of dairy cows will be judged
at this school.
Arrangements have been made
at all of the schools for the
swimming facilities at host farms
or at the hotels.
This educational program is an
ideal opportunity for all youth
interested in dairy cattle Learning
about judging functional type
dairy cattle makes mating
decisions easier when analyzing
the cow to be mated This is also an
opportunity for judging teams to
work together as well as improve
individually Youth also get to see
many varied types of operations at
each host farm adding to their
educational experience
For more information contact
the Pennsylvania Holstein office at
839 Benner Pike, State College, Pa
16801,814-234-0364
“Since he came into the facility,
we’ve sold everything he’s
produced as fast as he’s produced
it,” Odeen added
When Persuader entered Tri-
State, Odeen was an active
dairyman on the co-op’s board of
directors. He noted that he had a
Persuader daughter at the tune
“His daughters are growthy
animals with a tremendous ap
petite...and as friendly as a
puppy,” he laughed
Like father like daughter. Odeen
explained the bull is currently
collected three tunes a week,
which is the maximum He’s
housed in an end stall and more
than once has greeted visitors by
stretching an ear outside the iron
bars for a scratch, said Odeen
His current proof is PDM 1,095,
PD for test +.OB, PDF 52, PD* 166
with an 83 percent repeatability.
He’s plus on type at 2.19
His plus for test and type have
made him a popular sire overseas
The Plushanski farm has been
visited several times by overseas
guests
Perhaps the true mark of Per-
suaders’ influence is the fact that
he’s now being used as a mating
sire and has several ; ns on the
ground
Even though the bull isn’t housed
at the Plushanski farm, visitors
from all over pour in to get a look
at his daughters. Since his proof
first came out, the Elevation son
has remained in the top 50 of
Holstein sires.
“I just wanted him to be good
enough to get a lease deal,” un
derstated Charles Plushanski
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