C2-Lancastor Fanning, Satorday, Dacambar 1,1984
Cohimbia DHIA
cites Jurbala
BLOOMSBURG - Leading the
Columbia County DHIA for the
recently completed testing year
was the herd of Frank and Jan
Jurbala of Orangeville. Their fifty
cow herd of registered Holsteins
averaged 21,654 pounds of milk and
822 pounds of butterfat. Following
the Jurbala herd was Richard
Kriebel, Benton, who averaged 774
pounds of butterfat and 20,336
pounds of milk on the 47 cow herd
of registered and grade Holsteins.
And the Schultz Brothers herd,
Bloomsburg, had 18,493 pounds of
milk and 764 pounds of butterfat
from 70 registered Holsteins.
There were 60 members and
friends attending the annual
meeting on Nov. 17, where
recognition was given to high herd
averages and herds with out
standing increases in production.
William Blissinger, Bloomsburg,
posted an increase of 2559 pounds
of milk and 104 pounds of butterfat
over the previous year on his herd
of 36 Holsteins. There were five
herds with over 700 pounds of
butterfat and fourteen more herds
that exceeded 600 pounds of but
terfat. Robert Bronson, Bloom
sburg, received an award for
having the lowest average somatic
cell count for the year.
Columbia County’s DHIA
average for 1964 was 15,790 pounds
of milk and 605 pounds of butterfat.
There were 38 herds that com-
pleted the year with 2325 cows on
test.
Top lifetime producers in the
county were: “Milly”, a 12-year
old Holstein at Pen-Col Farms with
233,682 pounds of milk and 8431
pounds of butterfat in nine lac
tations; “Vallie”, a 12-year-old
Guernsey in the Albert Hack herd
of Berwick, with an eight lactation
total record of 109,472 pounds of
milk and 5,306 pounds of butterfat.
These cows are still producing and
adding to their life-time records.
Other herds with distinguished
life-time records were: Fred J.
Hess, Benton; Shultz Brothers,
Bloomsburg; Jack W. Dent,
Berwick; Hunter Crest Farm,
Orangeville; Robbins Farms,
Bloomsburg; Richard Kriebel,
Benton; Thunder Bird Farm,
Benton; Robert C. Bronson,
Bloomsburg; Lyons Den Dairy,
Millville: Glenn Bowman,
Bloomsburg; Richard D. Wenner,
Stillwater; Fairwood Farms,
Berwick; Hosier Brothers, Ber
wick; Frank Jurbala, Orangeville;
Tri Vale Farms, Bloomsburg;
Barry Wise, Benton; Robert
Schlichter, Benton; John Turofski,
Catawissa; Faus Triple Run
Farms, Millville; and William
Bissinger, Bloomsburg.
Following is a list of dairymen
who posted 700 pound butterfat
averages this past year; Frank
Jurbala, Richani Kriebel, John W.
Turofski, Circle C. Farms, and
Shultz Bros.
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CLASSIFIEDS
Potato breeder honored
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell
University scientist Robert L.
Plaisted, who specializes in potato
breeding, has been elected an
honorary life member of the
Potato Association of America
(PAA) for his “many ac
complishments and contributions”
to the nation’s potato industry.
PAA also cited Plaisted for his
meritorious service to the
organization. He is one of four
scientists so honored this year at
the PAA’s 68th annual meeting of
the University of Maine at Presque
Isle. In 1971-72, Plaisted served as
president of the group, which has
more than 1,700 members in the
United States and 80 other coun
tries.
Plaisted is a professor of plant
breeding in the New York State
College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences at Cornell. He served as
chairman of Cornell’s department
of plant breeding and biometry
from 1964 to 1979.
Plaisted is on a team of Cornell
scientists that has developed
several new potato varieties in
cluding “Bake-King,” a baking
variety of exceptional culinary
quality, and “Rosa” and “Hud
son” that have built-in resistance
to the golden nematode, an im
portant potato pest in New York
State. Another golden nematode-
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James Slocum, Susquehanna, had the leading dairy herd in
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Susquehanna 29,828 milk and 1127 fat; "JoJo” owned by
Robert Fries, Aldenville, 20,425 milk and 1023 fat, "Polly”
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Fries, Aldenville, 20,201 milk and 878 fat
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