Dreisbach family
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When asked what she looks for
when buying a good cow, Helene
states, “You do your homework
before you go.” (to a sale) “1 go by
the pedigrees and the numbers, but
I do like to have seen some
daughters,” she adds. “They don't
have to be fancy,” she continues,
“just look like they’re going to last
fora long time.”
She first seeks the depth of
pedigree and then looks for the
bulls in the pedigree that have
good functional daughters in many
herds.
Her eye for good cows has
proven itself over and over again
as many of her purchases have
gone “excellent” and made
records well above herd average.
For example, “Jester”, high
filing cow in the Waverly sale in
April, was purchased by the
Dreisbachs. “Jester” a
“Quicksilver” daughter, was
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“Jester’s” son, “Jokers Wild”, has
been selected to sell in the 1983 A'l
American Jersey Sale in
Louisville, Ky. on November 6.
Known as the “sale of sales” in
the Jersey world, the All American
Sale seeks the best, and it is quite
an honor to have a bull chosen to
sell. Each year three or four bulls
are selected from the best across
the nation. High standards must be
met and only the best selL
“This will be the first “Top
Brass” son to sell at auction,”
Helene states excitedly. She added
that she gave toe national club
their choice of all toe best
pedigreed bulls at toe fans and
they chose this one because his
pedigree was a little bit different
Deep pedigreed bulls, along with
their dams, abound at Long
Meadows farm. In addition to
“Jester” and her son, there is also
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Collete. These three cows all have
sons in A.I. and are currently being
super-ovulated.
Of the three, Helene is most
proud of “Collete”. “Collete” is
currently projected to 18,383
pounds milk and 918 pounds fat in
305 days. She is classified “VG-88”
and has two daughters on the farm
milking above herd average. Her
sons were purchased by Carnation
Genetics, California, and NOBA,
Ohio.
“We bred the whole family,”
Helene proudly states of
“Collete's” pedigree. “She’s a real
cowman’s kind of a cow.”
When Helene states, “I think the
cows we’re breeding are as good as
the cows we’re buying,” she is
referring to many of her
daughters’ animals. Younger
daughter, Carol, is the owner of the
highest “Wilderness” cow on the
Elite Cow List, “Twilight”.
“Twilight” was also Bth in the
National Youth Production Contest
for Carol, and her daughter,
“Twinkle” won the state’s Youth
Production Contest.
Carol, who “tends to love her
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cows,” according to her mother,
also purchased “Valerie” who
went on to win the Pennsylvania
Pot of Gold Contest of that year
and also gave Carol a heifer calf.
“Vicki” who went on to win the
contest for her new owner. Carol
will also be in Kentucky the first
week in November with her heifer,
“Monday”, who will be shown in
the All American Junior show on
Saturday, Nov. 5, and the open
show on Monday. “Monday” was
shown to Reserve Junior Cham
pion by Carol in the state junior
show in Harrisburg. Showing at the
All American for 4 years, this will
be the first time Carol has gone
with a high winner at the state
level and she is looking forward to
showing this heifer.
Although Patty will not be
showing any animals at the All
American this year, she does
mention her favorite, “Silk”, as
one of the top home-bred animals
on the farm. “Silk” took Ist place
senior 2 year old in Harrisburg and
Champion Bred by Exhibitor. She
is due the week of the All American
and the family did nor want to risk
trucking her at that time.
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something else to think about
Fatty is currently the Penn
sylvania State Jersey Queen and
she will be competing for the
National title on Not. 5 in Ken
tucky. If Patty is as successful as
she usually is, she will be handing
out the ribbons to her sister on
Monday at the show. Very en
thusiastic and excited about the
contest, Patty says that she loves
the Jersey people that she has met
and looks forward to meeting the
other girls and socializing at the
contest.
The enthusiasm of the whole
Dreisbach family for their cows
and way of life is obvious as they
discuss their “favorites”, their
particular jobs on the farm, or
their ideas for improved
marketing of their product.
Although they employ two full time
people to help on the farm, each
member of the family also pitches
in.
The approximately 75 milking
animals are milked in a
“pregnant” side opening parlor
with 3 on a side and square,
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