BY JOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
DALLASTOWN York County
Holstein members heard a dairy
advertising update, and honored
junior member production winners
during their annual meeting Oc
tober 24 at the Blymire Church
Fellowship Hall.
Speaker for the program session
was Dick Norton, manager of
dairy promotion for Federal Order
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advertising efforts and their tie-in
with the $5O million dairy
promotion program funded by
national checkoffs through the
dairy diversion bill.
Largest chunk of the $5O million
promotion budget is aimed at
cheese sales. Cheese is the
“romance item” in Norton’s
opinion, since each pound of cheese
sold represents a market for ten
pounds of fluid milk. Thus, a lion’s
share of the ad monies, 48 percent,
or $24 million, is aimed at this
dairy commodity growing most
rapidly in consumer sales.
New cheese advertising, says
Norton, is already stirring in
terest, and local retailing brokers
are ordering in larger amounts of
extra cheese purchases.
Fluid milk advertising portion of
San-Bo dispersal in Lebanon averages $1,430
BY ROBIN PHILLIPS
Staff Correspondent
LEBANON “You breed a lot of
cattle before you get one like this,”
the auctioneer chanted when San-
Bo Conductor Clarinda came into
the ring. The stylish two-year-old
daughter of Wapa Arlinda Con
ductor topped the San-Bo
Dispersal on Monday at $4000.00.
She sold to Galen Martin, Ephrata.
“He’s going to miss her,” stated
Sandy Lentz, wife of owner, Robert
High seller at San-Bo dispersal in Lebanon on Monday is San-Bo Conductor Clarinda
at $4,000. Behind cow are Robert Lentz and his wife, Sanday, with daughter, Brenda, at
halter.
Penn State plans dairy computer conference
UNIVERSITY PARK - Dairy
farmers who want a taste of
feeding and milking computer
systems can get first-hand ex
perience at the 1984 Penn State
Dairy Computer Conference,
scheduled for Dec. 13 and 14 at the
university’s Keller Conference
Center.
The conference will “answer
questions the dairy farmer may
have, whether or not he owns a
system,” Jud Heinrichs, assistant
professor of Dairy and Animal
Science Extension at Penn State,
Holstein Club hears advertising update
York
the budget is at 34 percent. About a
third of the $l6 million is aimed at
6-12 year-olds, with the remainder
of monies geared toward ad
vertising to adult women, who do
the bulk of the nation’s family
grocery buying.
“ The calcium issue can do as
much for the dairy industry as
cholesterol did against us,”
predicts the advertising specialist.
Funding for a “calcium con
nection” ad drive originally won
four percent apportionment of the
national promotion budget, but
recent board action boosted that
figure several times, to $l4 million.
Centering on a theme that people
never outgrow their need for
calcium, the advertising will focus
on how dairy product calcium is
beneficial in helping to prevent two
major osteoporosis, or brittle
bones disease, and hypertension,
high blood pressure.
Several junior members won
milk promotion t-shirts for out
standing milk and fat production
records by their animals. These
records will be forwarded to the
state contest, with awards
presentations scheduled at the
Pennsylvania Holstein Association
junior convention, set for
February, in Philadelphia.
In the two-year-old class, Sun
Lentz, R 6, Lebanon. Because of the
high interest rates, current dairy
situation and a desire to reduce
their short term debt load, Robert
and Sandy Lentz decided to make
their breeding stock available to
the public. Their decision resulted
in the dispersal of 75 milking cows
and their 1984 calf crop.
“We elected to pay off our short
term debt,” Lentz stated before
the sale on Monday. “These girls
have done super well for us,” he
said last week. “It will include
many aspects of dairy computer
systems.”
Nine seminars specializing in
computerized feeding and milking
are scheduled over two days. In
addition, five two-hour workshops
that offer hands-on experience
with computers are available. The
workshops will involve instruction
on spreadsheet (cash flow), data
base, dairy herd management,
milking equipment sizing and
ration balancing.
“This was the most popular part
nybend Fabulous Kingpin was high
milk winner for owner Patty Bupp,
with a 2-11, 305-day lactation total
of 18,867 milk, 670 fat. C.E. Hub-
bard topped the butterfat category
with his Kowraygan Creek Linnan
Jean’s 305-day, 2-year record of
17,946 milk and 753 fat.
Jenelle Boyer’s Sunny bend
Fancy Kit B-Boots outmilked
another Hubbard entry in the
three-year-old division. In 305-
days, at 3 years and 2 months,
Boots’ production was 21,981 milk
and 744 fat. Hubbard collected a
second butterfat award with
Beshore Elevation Miranne Eve,
freshening at 3-7 and finishing 305-
days with 20,512 milk and 795 fat.
Both awards in the aged cow
division went to Chris Wolf. At 305
days, her Sunnybend-bred
Holstein, freshening at 5 years, 7
months, produced 29,110 milk with
993 pounds butterfat.
During the business session,
Holstein members elected a trio of
new directors to three-year terms
on the county association’s board.
Electees are B. Robert Charles,
Carlisle Road, Dover, Wayne
Myers, S. Salem Church Road,
Dover and Daniel Hushon, Delta
R 3.
At the close of the meeting,
members were invited to con-
continued. Stating that he has
always bred for good udders, feet,
and legs, in addition to “playing
the numbers.” Lentz added,
“they’re saleable cows.”
The Lentz’ have been at their
present site for five years after
building the farm from “scratch.”
Although they did consign to
several sales in the past, they have
been building up the herd for a
major disperal like this. They are
keeping the bred heifers and older
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of last year’s meeting,” Dr.
Heinrichs said. “Everyone wants
more computer experience.”
Conference speakers will also
talk about some of the dairy
computer networks available
throughout the country. Two
speakers will address participants
on state and national computer use
of the Dairy Herd Improvement
Association.
“The conference deals with what
dairy farmers will see tomorrow,”
Heinrichs said. “We want to let
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York Junior Holstein members receiving production
awards at association’s annual meeting include, from the left,
C.E. Hubbard, Jenelle Boyer and Patty Bupp.
tribute toward a fundraising effort breeder Gary Thoman was
for the Thoman family of seriously injured earlier in the
Dallastown, members of the harvest season through a silage
county association. Holstein equipment accident.
Robert Lentz, with members of his family, introduced his
herd at dispersal sale on Monday. “I hope they do just as well
and better for you," he said.
cows to begin building a herd
again. “In probably a year or so,
we’ll have the barn full again,”
Mrs. Lentz stated.
The herd currently averages
16,677. milk, 3.6 percent test, and
622 fat. the sale featured many of
the breed’s top sires and 24 very
promising two year olds. The 82
head selling averaged +1,430,000,
with the help of a crowd that
packed the tent.
The sale topped, “Clarinda,”
was not scored yet but featured a
typey udder and depth of pedigree.
Her dam, San-Bo Ideal Clarissa,
who sold for $2150.00 to the same
buyer, is “excellent” with records
over 22,000 and a 3.8 percent test.
The two-year-old was fresh in July
and bred back to Marshfield
Elevation Tony. “She’s got her
whole life ahead of her,” Lentz
stated and added that he thought
them know what’s coming down
the road - and that includes DHIA
networking.”
Computer programs used at the
conference were developed at
Penn State, Heinrichs adds, so
dairy farmers interested in using
workshop skills on their own farms
can purchase Penn State software.
Advanced registration is $4O, or
$45 paid after Dec. 1. Registration
deadline is December 10. Each
optional hands-on session costs $5,
but applicants are limited to two
this heifer would be the sale top
per.
Other high selling animals in
cluded;
San-Bo Willow Rose, a VG-88,
out of a VG-87 “Elevation”. Rose
has records over 23,000 milk, and
3.7 percent and sold to George
Knight, Airville, for $2750.00.
San-Bo Persuader Josie, a VG
Persuader out of a Penstate
Ivanhoe Star. She sold to Allen
Rohrbach, Breiningsville, for
$3300.00.
San-Bo Chairman Candy, just
fresh on August 11, featured a VG
Astronaut dam and a Ivanhoe Star
granddam. She sold for $2800.00 to
Kevin Sattazahn, Womelsdorf.
San-Bo Milestone Nancy, testing
4.0 percent and just fresh, sold for
$3000.00 to Daniel Harnish,
Richland.
sessions. Since campus computers
are limited, sessions are available
on a first-come, first-serve basis.
To register, send a check
payable to “The Pennsylvania
State University” along with an
application to the “Agricultural
Conference Coordinator, The
Pennsylvania State University, 409
J.O. Keller Conference Center,
University Park, PA 16802.”
For more information, contact
Heinrichs at (814) 8633916, or
Larry Muller at (814 ) 865-7638.