A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12,1983
Annual
CHAMBERSBUEG - The
Pennsylvania's Jersey Cattle Club
will hold its annual meeting,
awards banquet, and calf sale next
Friday and Saturday at the
Holiday Inn, Exit 5, 1-61, Cham
bersburg.
District II members will be on
hand Friday evening, to welcome
all to the festivities beginning at
7:30 p.m. with the annual Jersey
Queen Contest. Contestants will be
interviewed and asked to speak
about their own Jerseys and their
contributions and dedication to
Jerseys, 4-H, and their com
munity.
The winning junior will be pa-
Chairman is no. 1 TPI sire
TUNKHANNOCK - The line-up
of Holstein A.I. proven bulls from
Sire Power is stronger than ever.
Highlighting the summaries, 9H584
Cal-Clark Board CHAIRMAN
continues to be one of the elite sires
in the A.I. industry. CHAIRMAN
increased his PDM to +2438 and
increased his HFA Type Summary
to +1.96. This new information
gives him a TPI of +737, and
CHAIRMAN remains the highest
TPI bull in the Holstein industry.
CHAIRMAN’S credentials com
bined with a +s2B9 Profitability
figure makes him a great addition
to any dairyman’s breeding
program.
Sire Power’s Young Sire Sam
pling and Development (GOLD)
Program continues to yield out
standing results. There are eight
new bulls added to the proven line
up of which six were graduates of
the GOLD Program. One
graduate, 9H616 Oak-Hillranch
LIBERTY had an outstanding
proof of +2041m -.16% +49f +5223,
and +0.35 on his HFA Type
Summary. LIBERTY ranks fourth
according to dollar value on the
line-up. LIBERTY is a Milu son out
of a high producing Kingpin
daughter. Three other graduates
had production proof over +l7OO
PDM and are all plus on type.
Graduating with an excellent HFA
Type Summary was 9H622
STEWART with a +1.77 PDT.
STEWART is a Job son out of an
Excellent Elevation daughter.
The eight bulls added to the Sire
Power line-up have Predicted
Difference Averages of + 1657 m -
& MAN HOURS
HERD has what you need to cut your energy
use Both fuei and physical energy are saved
with HERD broadcasters HERD also has a mtm
hopper so you can spread both small seeds as
clover and alfalfa and oats at the same time
doing two jobs in one fast trip and with no strips
Cover up to 40 acres per hour • With HERD'S
ability to center the spread you can use HERD
broadcasters for ah types of seeds fertil zers
herbicides and insecticides with an even pat
tern guaranteed • HERD has 7 sizes to choose
from from 77 lbs to 2440 lbs orl2bu to 32
bu 3-pt electric or V-belt driven so you can
gel the one of your choice
The GT-77 (shown right) has been pro-
moted from a garden tractor/seeder
(shown) to a farm seeder Many are putting
this seeder on ATVs 3-wheel Motor Bikes
with flotation tires and an assortment of
vehicles to get the seeding done when
ground is wet and soft Why not have fun
while doing your seeding’
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P.O Box 448, Logansport, IN 469'
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m-l HAMILTON EQUIPMENT, Inc.
567 South Reading Rd.. P.O. Box 478
lißßfSfl Ephrata, Pa. 17522
Phone: (717) 733-7951
Jersey meeting/banquet opens Friday 6
nounced at the awards banquet the
following day and will crowned by
the outgoing queen, Anna Ulhman,
of Chester County. The duties of
the new queen will be to represent
the Jersey Club at all shows and
functions in the coming year and
will be eligible to compete in the
national contest for the title of
Jersey Jug Queen in Louisville,
Ky., in November.
Next Saturday morning after
“breakfast on your own”, District
II members welcome visitors to
tour their farms and look over
their Jerseys while waiting for the
Annual Calf Sale scheduled for
.10% +slBB with 62% repeatability.
Their Predicted Difference for
Type averages is +.55 with 57%
repeatability.
A breeder proven bull, 9H786
MAR-BIL Glendell Master, en
tered service and has a Predicted
Difference figure of + 1463m-.07%
+42f +sl72 with 45% repeatability.
This combined with his PD Type of
+1.21, will make him a Popular
new sire.
Sire Power’s +2OOO pound milk
club now includes 4 bulls. They
are: 9HS4BCHAIRMAN (+2438m),
9H625 STARFIRE (+2082m),
9H616 LIBERTY (+2041m), and
9H107 JETSTREAM (+2104).
The top 9 milk bulls average
+2023 PD milk and are Plus on
Type; 11 bulls are over +s2oo
Profitability; 14 bulls are over
+l.OO PD Type; and 8 bulls are
Plus on test. These figures com
bined with the superior selection
criteria has resulted in the con
tinual rise of pedigree indexes
which offers outstanding
production, test, and functional
type throughout the Sire Power
line-up.
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BREAKING MILK RECORDS!
Lancaster Farming Carries
DHIA Reports Each Month!
10:00 a.m. at the farm of Paul
Gsell, 1 mile south of Ship
pensburg, on Rt. 11. The calf sale
twill highlight 14 well-bred calves
just right for showing to be sold to
the highest bidder. Sale catalogs
are available by request from
Susan Dietrich, Rt. 1, Box 229,
Newburg, Pa. 17240, or call (717)
423-6758.
Following the sale, there will be
a luncheon buffet at the Holiday
Inn. Reservations are needed by
Monday. Call or write Ruth
Martin, 3962 Guilford Springs Rd.,
Chambersburg, Pa. 17201, or (717)
375-4367.
The annual meeting of the PJCC
will follow the luncheon with the
presentation of the Youth Awards -
the Robert Olmstead and Fet
terhoff Trophies, the Ist year 4-H
and Scrape book Awards, and the
announcement of the 1983 Pa.
Jersey Queen. The Distinguished
Service Award will highlight the
awards presentation and
production and protein awards will
also be presented to the high herds
in the state.
H.-- Duane Norman, Research
Geneticist with the United States
Department of Agriculture, will
speak on the subject: “Young Sires
and the Jersey Breed,” following
the awards presentations. Nor
man, originally from Normandell
Jersey Farm in Liberty, Tioga
County, is primarily responsible
for development of the “Modified
Contemporary Comparison”
(MCC), the sire evaluation
procedure used in the. United
States for estimating transmitting
abilities for milk and fat yields. He
is also responsible for developing
the USDA-DHIA Milk Components
Sire Summary. He developed Sire
Summaries and Cow Indexes for
type. His procedures are currently
used to calculate the official breed
conformation ratings for sires and
cows of the Ayrshire, Guernsey,
Jersey, Brown Swiss, and Milking
Shorthorn breeds.
For more information on the
program call Florence Robinson,
Secretary, PJCC, 9269 Mentzer
Gap Rd., Waynesboro, Pa. 17268,
Phone: (717) 762-3380.