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“Originally, we just wanted
registered bulls to run with
heifers,’’Clauss stated, “but the
AJCC (American Jersey Cattle
Club) started pushing for us to
prove the bulls.”
One of the first bulls purchased
by the group, Crescent C Favorite
Chip, bred by Sheldon Sawyer of
Crescent Farm, Walpole, New
Hampshire, just received his first
proof - USDA (1/83) Rpt. 31% PD
+1474 milk, -.24% +49 fat, +lB4s,
PTI +227, Rpt. 23%. “Chip”, still
running with heifers when his
proof came out, is currently being
collected at Delta G’s facilities in
Turlock. Jerseyland Sires has the
contract with this stud as the
“exclusive supplier of Jersey
semen.”
This group currently owns 45
bulls with the oldest m specially
built pens and the youngest run
ning with heifers. Semen is
collected from each bull as he
reaches age, and then bulls are
rotated between dairies and semen
is distributed to each member to
use immediately. Cows are bred
A.I. and the heifers are hred to
these young bulls. The genetic base
in their herds are widen con
siderably, since these bulls
represent completely different
bloodlines in the East.
One of the first steps in Penn
sylvania was at the “Vantage”
herd of Don and Angie Koontz, of
Fredoma. After viewing some
superior “Duke Orator Beacon”
daughters, it was on to their Berks
County hosts, Robert and Helene
Dreisbach, Hamburg. These
Californians could not decide
whether it was the “Wilderness"
Jerseys at Dreisbach’s, the
hospitality of the Dreisbach
family, or Helene’s “good
cooking’” that brings them there
year after year, but they did agree
that it was one of their favorite
stops. The group also visited Irish
Creek Jerseys, owned by David
Phillips, Mohrsville, and after
spending the night at Dreisbach’s
Long Meadows Farm, headed for
Lancaster County with Helene
serving as “official chauffeur and
tour guide.”
Since the formation of “Jer
seyland Sires” in 1978, the concept
of acquiring sires has changed.
Originally the group asked for
pedigrees with a minimum PI of
800 to 850 and that the bull must
qualify for the AJCC Young Sire
program. Now, they must have a
minimum PI of +lOOO or more.
Also, instead of advertising for bull
pedigrees to be submitted for
consideration, the breeders now
favor finding the “superior type of
individual in mind” and mating
her to the sire of their choice.
PhilFanelliis the “appraisor” of
the group and seems to have a