*3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Pmrtff 3,1983
BYJOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
YORK Smyser’s Richlawn
Farm made nearly a clean sweep
of top awards during York
County’s annual DHIA banquet
last week at the Holiday Inn.
With 68 head of registered
Holsteins averaging 21,485 milk
and 792 fat, the family dairy
operation topped the county’s
DHIA listing for October, 1962,
through September, 1963. With a
total of 890 pounds of protein, the
herd also edged out all other
county herds on protein produc
tion.
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The Smyser family’s Richlawn Farm won a bevy of top honors during the York DHIA
awards presentations. Among their accomplishments are high bred for milk, fat and tation cow for Yo rk DHIA in 1983. Lonnie Robinson, center,
protein, and high 305-day lactations for both milk and fat. From left to right are Joyce, increased his herd fat production a total of 116 pounds, and
Rodney, Marie, Richard and Robert Smyser. Joe Stump accomplished a 113-pound fat increase.
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Richlawn Farm sweeps York DHIA honors
Two individuals in the herd
earned the Smysers plaques for
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Richlawn Pritt Capsule Tara,
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Her berdmate, Richlawn Apollo
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and fat went to a long-time herd
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milk and 10,077 fat.
Stump Acres, York R 6, won
recognition as the most improved
herd in butterfat in the over-550-
pounds category. The 90-cow herd
of Joe and Glendora Stump jumped
113 pounds of fat during the DHIA
1962-83 year, finishing with 773
pounds of fat and a milk average of
19,905.
Logging a 116-pound fat jump
from the previous year was the 43-
head herd of Lonnie and Nina
Robinson, Airville Rl. The
Robinson’s herd finished the year
with 527 fat, earning them a plaque
for the largest herd increase in the
400-500 fat range.
Awards of merit were received
by three of the county’s testers.
Marianne Walter, Jeff Grove and
David Miller earned their cer
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ficiency and correctness in han
dling their testing duties.
During the business session,
three new directors were elected to
seats on the county DHIA board.
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Edwin Calhoun, Glen Rock R 2, and
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Martin Grey, president of the
county DHIA organization, in his
report to members, advised that a
testing fee increase may be
necessary in the next year to cover
higher fixed costs encountered in
operating the program.
A slowed cash flow situation, due
to lagging payment by some
members, has also created some
bookkeeping problems for the
association, and could result in
tighter fiscal policies on testing fee
payments.
Awards and ribbons were
sponsored by several York area
agri-businesses. Supporters in
cluded Spangler and Sprenkle,
Agway, Farm Credit, W. L.
Mummert, Carnation Milling,
Service Feed and Supply, Penn
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