A2B-Lmcast«r Farming, Saturday, December 1,1984
Hicks and Orner dominate
Clearfield DHIA
CLEARFIELD —Two herds tied “Dougo” had the high Guernsey
for highest fat production at year fat record of 921 lbs., while
end in the Clearfield County DHIA. “Huffy” had a record 19,148
The herds of Glenn Hicks, Dußois, pounds of milk for the Guernsey
and A.L.-Orner Sons, Rockton, breed.
both produced 756 lbs. of butterfat Hi lifetime production records,
at the conclusion of the testing two cows topped 200,000 pounds,
year Sept. 30. “Nancy,” part of the Orner Sons
But in milk production, the Hicks herd, produced 222,675 lbs. milk
herd of registered and grade and 8352 lbs. of butterfat in 13
Holstpins outproduced all the Jactations. “Sombe,” of Pond Rose
others with 20,934 lbs. of milk. The Farm, Falls Creek, had 204,116 lbs.
herd also produced the most of milk in 10 lactations,
protein in the county with 680 lbs. Top lifetime butterfat producers
The A.L. Orner Sons Holstein were “Jean,” of the Orner Sons
herd produced 20,269 lbs. of milk. Holstein herd, with 8379 pounds in 9
Other top milk and fat production lactations, and “Phylis,” an Orner
records were achieved by John Sons Guernsey, with 8216 pounds
Sankey, Clearfield; R. from 11 lactations.
Wriglesworth and Son, Grampian; The Clearfield County DHIA
Duane Peters, Woodland; and averaged 1,404 cows for the year
Fairman Farms, Dußois. with an average of 14,493 lbs. of
Glenn Hicks and A.L. Orner Sons milk and 553 lbs. of butterfat.
also had cows with high individual Thirty-four herds completed the
production records. In the Holstein 58th year of DHIA work in the
category, “Shelly,” had the high county.
fat record in the county with 963 Officers of the Clearfield DHIA
lbs, and “Faith” had a top record are: Frank Orner, president; Dan
of 25,415 lbs. of milk. Both cows are Gearhart, vice president; Joe
part of the Hicks herd. Harkleroad, secretary; and Myrtle
From the Orner Guernsey herd, Way, treasurer.
Oat status changed
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Producers may no
longer repay loans
without penalty on
farmer-owned reserve
oats, according to
Everett Rank, ad
ministrator of the U.S.
Department of
Agriculture’s Agricult
ural Stabilization and
Conservation Service.
USDA officials made
the decision following a
review by the Com
modity Credit Cor
poration of its average
market prices Nov. 1, as
reported by USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing
Service, Rank said. The
prices were adjusted to
reflect the market price
received by farmers, he
said.
The national average
adjusted price of $1.62
per bushel for oats on
Nov. 1 was 3 cents below
the reserve release
level. Rank said storage
payments for reserve
oats will resume in all
states.
The daily market
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Annual Bedford DHIA banquet
BEDFORD - The Bedford
County DHIA annual banquet was
held on Nov. 15 with 130 DHIA
members attending. Production
award winners were presented
plaques sponsored by local agri
businesses.
Byron Over had the highest herd
for butterfat and for milk. He
received plaques from Curryville
Agway for a 783 pound fat average
and from J. Lester Snowberger for
20,845 pounds milk.
The cow with the highest but
terfat record came from the herd
of Clarence and Ken Mowry.
Burchfield, Inc. sponsored the
plaque for the record 1161 lbs. at
4.1 percent test. The Mowrys also
earned a plaque from Hartley
Bank for the cow with the highest
milk record, 29,621 lbs. from a 5-
year, 11-month cow.
The award for best production
progress, sponsored by Forshey’s
Inc., went to Herbert Ritchey for a
2,494 lb. increase over 1983.
James Eshelman and Denton
Clark earned plaques from Paul
Ford and Son for the lowest
somatic cell counts in the county.
Junior awards were also
presented during the evening
banquet. The high 3-year-old cow
award, sponsored by Harclerodes
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produced 14,217 pounds of milk.
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earned the awards for the highest individual cows for milk
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