C6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 10,1984
FLEMINGTON, N.J. - It went
unnoticed by most of the 200 dairy
fanners and friends that this was
the artificial breeding co-op’s 45th
year. The occasion was Unit HVs
annual dinner meeting at Stanton
Grange Hall, just off rt. 31, mid
way between Clinton and
Flemington.
Unit HI was the first artificial
insemination cooperative formed
in the U.S. And, the first calf born
to the a.i. co-op’s service was on
the farm of the late Richard
Schomp, a mile, as the crow flies,
from the grange hall.
Unit #1 is now a part of Sire
Power, Inc., headquartered at
Tunkhannock, Pa. It is in District 4
area of the large breeding co-op,
which serves Maryland, West
Virginia, much of Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, and beyond.
Early Headquarters
The unit had its beginning in
Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren
Counties. Opening day was May 16,
1938. The late Dwight Babbitt, then
Hunterdon County Agent, ac
companied Jack Henderson, the
unit’s first technician, on his
rounds. There were four farms on
call for opening day. We still have
in our file Babbitt’s handwritten
note listing the calls for the day.
Bulls were housed in the very
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Al’s Unit 1 marks 45th year
early days at Peter Van Nuys’
Hillsboro Farm; Belle Mead;
Tranquillity Farm, Allamuchy;
and Uoyd Wescott’s Mulhocaway
Farm, near Clinton.
To facilitate semen collection
and processing, bulls were moved
to Mulhocaway and housed there
until a farm at Clinton Point was
purchased and developed into a
suitable headquarters.
The unit was joined as tune went
on by other units m the state,
eventually forming New Jersey
Cooperative Breeders’ Assn. In
1964, NJCBA merged with three co
COLLEGE PARK, Md. A new
Maryland workman’s com
pensation law denies coverage to
some farm workers covered under
previous legislation, according to a
University of Maryland
agricultural economist.
The former version of the state
Workman’s Compensation Act
covered only seasonal and
migratory farm laborers who
operate machinery. A new version
extends coverage to other
previously uncovered employees,
according to Dr. Dean F. Tuthhill,
but leaves one group of machinery
operators without protection.
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NEBA, Northeastern Breeders’
Assn. And NEBA joined up with
Maryland-West Virginia co-op to
form Sire Power, Inc., some years
later.
Still Unit #1
Unit H\ does maintain its iden
tity...and proudly. The unit has
four full-time technicians: Frank
Baylor of Phillipsburg is Unit
Manager, Rodney Harrison and
Kevin Rush, Warren County, Peter
Mishisk, Hunterdon, make up the
staff. Will Hoser of Stewartsville
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Md. work-comp law changes coverage
Maryland Attorney General
-Stephen Sachs interpreted the
modified Workman’s Com
pensation Act for Governor
Hughes’ office May 24,1984 while it
was under proposal. Now law, the
Act has the following effect on
farm labor, according to Sachs:
“Any person, including a
seasonal or migratory farm
laborer, who performs farm work
for a farmer who has three or more
fulltime employees, or a yearly
payroll for his or her fulltime
employees of $15,000 or more, is
covered by the Workman’s
Compensation Act unless that
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Baylor was recognized by Sire
Power for 30 years of service. A pm
and gift were presented by Willard
Odenwelder, District 4 manager.
Pete Michisk was recognized for 10
years of service.
The meeting was chaired by Ed
Woolf, Unit #1 advisory committee.
Elected to the committee at the
meeting were; Mark Douglass,
Pittstown; Wm. Mannon, Port
Murray; Russell Smith, Warren
Glen. Voting delegate was Ed
Wood, Asbury; Holstein com
mittor rr''" vih ''r - Floyd Schwab,
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employed for 13 weeks a year or
less.”
“It cuts back on the coverage of
seasonal workers,” Tuthill says,
‘‘especially those seasonal
workers operating machinery and
living within a 25-mile radius and
working 13 weeks or less in a
year.”
Sachs noted this same problem
last May when he interpreted the
bill to modify employee coverage
under the Act.
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Speaker at the meeting was
Margin Stout, Jr., Sales & Service
Director for the NEBA area. He
discussed the financial health of
the co-op, new facilities, and
showed pictures of top sires and
their daughters.
Enterainment was provided by
the County Gate players of
Belvidere. Members of the cast of
recently presented “Oklahoma”
performed to the pleasure of the
audience.
new law is in the wording. Mr.
Sachs pointed this out to the
Governor’s office in his letter and
recommended the law be rewritten
during the next season.
“I would think they intended to
have anybody covered who is
operating machinery,” Dr. Tuthill
says.
Tuthill says that, in view of the
Attorney General’s recom
mendation, he expects the
language of the Workman’s
Compensation Act to be reviewed
during the next state senate
session.
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