WILKES-BARRE - The
Luzerne County Local of the
Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Im
provement Association held its
55th annual meeting on Nov. 15.
The Local finished the year with 28
herds on test including 20 DHIA
herds and 8 Owner-Sampler herds.
Special recognition was afforded
several county dairymen at the
luncheon meeting which was
highlighted through a talk on milk
marketirig by Lackawanna County
Agent Thomas Jurchak.
Honors for high herd in butterfat
production went to the 55 cow
Holstein herd of Robert Hough, R 1
Stillwater; with 691 pounds and an
average milk production of 18,110
pounds per cow. The Pecora
Brotheres Dairy Farm, R 1 Drums:
Herds finishing the testing year with DHIA averages over 600 pounds of
butterfat include
Owners Name
And Address
RDI Stillwater
RD2, Drums
RD7, Shavertown
RDI, Berwick
RD2, Shickshinny
RD6, Lehighton
RD2, Shickshinny
RD6, Lehighton
Robert Hough
Pecora Bros
Hillside Farms Inc
Wm Dagostin & Son
George R Taylor
Rampant Farms
Larry Baron
Carl E Troxel
YORK - Ticket sales will close
Dec. 7 for the 11th Mid-Atlantic No-
Till Conference to be held Dec. 19
at the York County Fairgrounds.
The event attracts farmers from
the states of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware,
Virginia, and West Virginia.
John Shearer, Franklin County
Extension director and conference
chairman, pointed out that tickets
are available from county Ex
tension Service offices in the six
states. Shearer affirmed that “no
luncheon tickets will be sold at the
door.”
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Luzerne honors top DHIA producers
had high herd in milk and protein.
Their 161 Holsteins produced an
average 18,622 pounds of milk, 687
pounds of butterfat, and 612 pounds
of protein.
Most improved herd average by
milk and protein was awarded
Hillside Farm, R 7 Shavertown; for
increases of 2,053 and 65 pounds
respectively, while Pecora
Brothers showed improved but
terfat of 66 pounds. High cow for
milk was 60 pounds from the
William Dagostin & Son herd, R 1
Berwick; with a 305 day production
of 28,128 pounds. Pattie 1 from the
Robert Hough herd was top but
terfat producer at 1,105 pounds,
and #72-1597, a Pecora Brothers
Holstein captured top protein
honors with 861 pounds.
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firms will exhibit no-tillage
products at the conference in
Memorial Hall at the York
Fairgrounds. Memorial Hall will
open at 8 a.m. on December 19 so
farmers can examine various
equipment before the speaking
program starts at 9:30 a.m.,
Shearer indicated.
The chairman added that 10
speakers will present the latest
inforamtion on no-till fanning
during the morning in Old Main at
the fairgrounds. Following lunch
at 12:15 p.m., a “Quiz the Experts”
session will provide an opportunity
farmers to have nestions
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Average Lbs. Lbs Lbs.
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54 5 18110691 587
160 6 18622 687 612
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Directors of the Luzerne County Local DHIA are shown seated, left to right, William
Conyngham, R 7 Shavertown, Secretary-Treasurer; David Stull, R 1 Plymouth, Vice
President; Jeanette Yost, R 2 Wapwallopen. Standing: James Cook, Lehman; Larry
Baron R 2 Shickshinny; Carl Troxell, R 6 Lehighton; Robert Hough, R 1 Stillwater,
President; Ralph Sands, R 3 Wyoming; and William Baucher, DHIA Supervisor. Absent:
Donald Gregory.
answered by the program par
ticipants.
One of the featured topics will
describe the problems and possible
solutions of soil compaction caused
by no-till farming methods. This
will be presented by Dr. Donald
Griffith, Purdue University
agronomist.
Dr. John Ayers, Penn State plant
pathologist, and Dr. Erik
Stromberg, plant pathologist at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, will
discuss potential disease problems
in no-till com and alfalfa. Dr.
Morris Decker, University of
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Maryland agronomist, will present
information on cover crops for no
tillage farming.
Dr. Nathan Hartwig, Penn State
agronomist, will discuss con
trolling perennial weeds in no-till
com, and Dr. Douglas Beegle,
Penn State Extension agronomist,
will present information on starter
fertilizers for no-till com.
Dr. Tony Mazzaccaro, assistant
director of the Marine Advisory
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program will be a panel discussion
on no-till alfalfa systems that
work. Participants will be David
Brower, a farmer from Marshall,
Virginia; Wayne Harpster, a
farmer from Spruce Creek,
Pennsylvania; and Dr. Lester
Vough, agronomist at the
University of Maryland.
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