FanabiK. Saturday, March S, 1983
Nichol reports successful H~l
BY SYLVIA COOPER
Staff Correspondent
ERIE The 71st Pennsylvania
Holstein Convention last week was
a tremendous success with
Holstein breeders from all across
the state taking part and enjoying
the hospitality extended by the
northwestern breeders.
Executive secretary. Bill Nichol,
said that the past year was a
successful one for the
Association’s 49 local Holstein
clubs and 15 junior clubs. Of the
over 6200 member organization,
about 450 are new members.
“Pennsylvania has a lot to be
proud of,” Nichol said. “The
Association was responsible for
helping raise $97,000 at the Ag
Arena Benefit Sale a year ago. The
sale represents hard work,
donated time, labor and money by
the Association, consignors,
auctioneers and students. “Pa. is
particularly proud to host the All-
American show and sale at
Harrisburg,” Nichol said. The
three top consignments at this
year’s sale came from Pa.
breeders.”
The state calf and bred heifer
sales will be held this year on April
7 and 8 at Harrisburg. The State
Spring Show will be held on April 8.
Bob Freyermuth, of Crawford
County, and Paul Countryman, of
Somereset County, were elected as
new executive board members for
the Northwest and Southwest
Districts. Retiring board members
are Arthur Baxter from the
Northwest District and Robert
Taylor from the Southwest
District.
Dr. Paul Wangsness, head of the
Department of Dairy and Animal
Science at Penn State, reported
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that ground breaking for the new
Ag Arena will occur on April 15.
Wangsness said that teaching,
research and extension are the
three mam functions offered to the
state’s dairymen through Penn
State:
Dr. Larry Specht, state chair
man of the Dairy Shrine Club,
reported that the Shrine now has
10,000 members with Pa. having
the third highest membership. The
aim of the Shrine is to recognize
leaders of the day and honor those
of the past, Specht said, and-new
members are encouraged to join.
The American Dairy Association
was represented by Mr. Earl
Polling and Richard Norton. Both
encouraged dairy farmer support
m nutrition education and a
stronger advertising campaign.
As one of its resolutions, the Pa.
Holstein Association decided to
endorse the Pa. Beef Council,
which has been faced with anti
meat campaigns by several in
dividuals. The Association also
urges that beef producers support
the Council at 25 cents per beef and
dairy animal sold for meat pur
poses.
The Association also pledged its
support to the Dairy Compliance
Program proposed by the National
Milk Producers Federation. The
Program is to restore a balance
between supply and demand of
dairy products and maintain farm
prices while reducmg government
subsidy costs through a National
Milk Promotion Program.
As part of the men’s program, a
workshop was conducted on the
use of computers on the farm. Two
special speakers, Del Burnett, a
nutritionist, and Jack Suleski,
from Radio Shack, spoke about the
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versitility of the personal com
puter.
Dave Slusser, a dairyman, ex
plained how he uses a computer to
formulate his feed rations. He said
that with the computer he can
balance his rations monthly. He
stressed that the major inputs into
the computer, like the weight of the
cows and forage analysis, must be
accurate to acquire meaningful
output from the computer.
Don Ranck, Lancaster County
dairy farmer, uses a personal
computer in sire selection. Rank
has selected the top 400 bulls in PD
dollars value to enter into the
computer. Information on all of the
bulls can then be sorted into 45
different columns. Some of the
columns he lists .are calving ease,
TPI, DMS, fertility average and
type information.
Pa. honors outstanding contributors
ERIE The Pennsylvania
Holstein Association honored
outstanding contributors to
membership, breeding, exhibiting
and sales programs during the
annual awards breadfast, which
opened the final day of the state
convention last Friday at the
Hilton Hotel.
Membership awards went to 11
individuals who solicited over five
new signups for 1983. Topping the
list was Wendel J. Smith, Butler
County, with an impressive 16 new
members to his credit. Second was
Franklin Countian George Cashell,
with ten new memberships.
Others include Bruce Matson,
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bers; C. Sherman Allen, Crawford,
eight members; William Schultz,
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Heaps, York, and Joseph Blank,
Snyder, six members each; and
five new members each for Clark
Yoder, and Willard Maust,
Somerset, Adam Lobaugh, Adams,
and Charles Baker, Bedford
County.
Six county clubs reached their
membership goal by the January
15 deadline, earning $2OO for thein
treasury balance. They are
Clarion-Venango, Larry Taylor,
chairman; Lehigh, Roger Miller,
"chairman; McKean, Paul
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State Secretary of Agriculture P.enrose Hallowed, right,
presents Pennsylvania Holstein Association president Marion
Alsdorf with a plaque commemorating the designating of milk
as the state’s official drink. A pen used by the Governor jn
signing the milk proclamation is centered on the plaque that
will hang at the association offices.
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Althouse, chairman; Nor
thumberland-Montour, Clifford
LeVan, chairman; Snyder, Ken
neth Boyer, chairman; West
moreland, James McQuaide,
chairman.
Recognition plaques were
presented to six consignors of
animals that were leaders at the
state Holstein sales. Topping the
state calf sale was Lonely-Spot
Cavalier Fluke-Red, consigned by
Joseph Hartle, Jr., and David
Burket’s, Burket Falls CaLil Saffy-
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heifer sale. A Tradition son, from
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