A32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,1984
BY BARBARA RADER
CHICORA Approximately 165
Holstein breeders and interested
persons recently attended the
annual Butler County Holstein
Twilight meeting hosted by Ro-
Ann Haven Farm, owned by
George and Peggy Dean, Chicora.
Featured guest speaker Jud
Guest speaker Jud Heinrichs, Penn State University, and
Lawrence County Extension agent Susan Fox compare notes
during the Butler County annual Twilight meeting.
Dean’s host Butler County Twilight meeting
Heinrichs, Penn State University
Extension dairy specialist,
enlightened the group on “What
We Have Learned About Raising
Replacements,” focusing on four
key factors - measuring progress,
handling changes, measuring
results and then making necessary
changes. Farm management
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techniques under this program
include good record keeping,
looking at growth, good health
programs, changes in feeding and
ventilation needs.
The key, Heinrichs explained, is
to take these results over a period
of time, study them and then make
additional changes, which in the
end boils down to dollars.
The Dean family was the first to
enter the program of measuring
and weighing its heifers and calves
under the direction of Robert
Rugaber, Butler County Extension
agent. Rugaber, conducting ex
tensive research and promotion of
the program, has over 200 dairy,
farms and some 6,300 calves and
heifers recorded with the state.
The county’s program is one of
the most talked about topics, and
stories on the program have ap
peared in state and national farm
publications. Since Butler County
began the program, adjoining
counties Indiana and Erie have
adopted the same.
Dairy judging, under the
direction of Butler County Ex
tension agnet Curtis Hughes, with the
assistance of Penn State
graduate Lisa Cooper, tested the
ability of the Holstein dairy
members. Prizes, donated by local
farm businesses, were awarded to
eight overall winners.
Divided into two divisions, the
junior winner was Kathy Crighton,
followed by a three-way tie broken
by guessing the weight on one cow.
The remaining junior winners
were Melissa Wilson, Harold
Rader Jr. and Carolyn Shiever.
Becky Moser headed up the senior
division, followed by Ken
Scheidemantle, Jim Zeidler and
Luella Gallagher. These last three
placings were also determined by
a tie-breaker.
Leadsmen for the 2-year-olds
Butler County Twilight meeting hosts George and Peggy
Dean, with their children Angela and Michael, stand with
favorite Holstein, Meadow-Green Cloudy Jean.
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and the aged cow classes were
Janice Schultheis, Chuck
Stephenson, Larry Lang and Jeff
Kennedy. Schultheis, Stephenson
and Lang are employed by Ro-Ann
Haven Farm. Susan Fox,
Lawrence County Extension agent
served as the official judge.
Janet Jones, the 1983 Butler
County Dairy Princess, gave an
update on happenings of the Milk
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