06-Lancaster Fanning Saturday, September 28,1985
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BUSINE
Pennfield names Horn president
LANCASTER - Donald E.
Horn, 604 Woodbine Road, has
been named President of Pennfield
Corporation, 711 Rohrerstown
Road. The announcement was
made following the annual meeting
of the corporation’s Board of
Directors. He succeeds Ernest 0.
Horn, Jr., York, who has been
appointed Chairman of the Board.
Donald Horn, the previous
Executive Vice President and
Secretary, has also served as
Manager of Pennfield Farms
Eggs; and Vice President of the
company’s Allied Division.
Other officers elected for Penn
field Corporation at the annual
board meeting were Richard A.
Hobday, Vice President of Finance
anb Treasurer; Ernest 0. Horn,
111, Vice President and Secretary;
Ray S. Lehr, Vice President;
Richard W. Wright, Controller and
Assistant Secretary; and Betty J.
Bair, Assistant Treasurer.
Also elected as officers for the
subsidiaries were Hugh R. Mac-
William, Vice President,
Beachley-Hardy Seed Company;
Len-Lyn bull chosen by ABS
DEFOREST, Wis. A young
Holstein bull, Len-Lyn En
chantment Braden-ET bred by
Galen Crouse of Stevens, has been
selected by Amercian Breeders
Service to enter its Progeny
Testing Program.
He has been moved to that
company’s facilities at DeForest,
Wis., where he will join ap
proximately 200 other bulls being
tested this year. During tesfmg,
Len-Lyn Enchantment Braden-ET
will be mated to 700 cows in herds
associated with the ABS testing
program from all across the
United States. After a four-year
wait, during which his progeny will
Sperry offers dairy promotion ad kit
supply of ready-to-use advertisements promoting milk as an important part
of the family diet is offered in a free kit by Sperry New Holland for use in community
relations advertising by agri-businessmen and dairymen. The ads are designed to be
used in high school athletic programs, playbills, special events programs, and other
community activity publications local business people are usually asked to advertise in.
As long as supplies are available, dairymen and others can obtain a kit free of charge by
writing to Sperry New Holland, Milk Promotion KitfM.S. 215), Sperry New Holland, New
Holland. PA 17557.
and Glenn U. Smith, Vice
President, Pennfield Poultry.
be evaluated, a decision will be
made as to whether he enters into
regular semen production.
Len-Lyn Enchantment Braden-
ET is the result of a specially
planned mating between the highly
regarded Cor-Vel Enchantment,
+s2ll, +1859M and +S6BF and
Windy-Mont Matt Kathy. His dam
has production records to 26,460
lbs. of milk. She is classified EX-91
and is sired by No-Na-Me Font
Matt.
ABS is the nation’s largest A.I.
organization and supplies semen to
each of the 50 states and to over 65
foreign countries.
Donald E. Horn
Doebler’s celebrates 50th birthday
Leading the 50th birthday celebration of Doebler’s Hybrids were .esident Ted
Doebler, second from left; his mother, Hazel Doebler, widow of the founder; sales
manager Willard Jones, left; and research director Bill Camerer, Jr., right. The late
Taylor Doebler launched the Jersey Shore farm in the seed business with a 19-acre crop.
This year the Doebler family will harvest 2075 acres of seed corn, making it the single
biggest producer in the East. Doebler brand hybrids are now sold in eight Eastern
states.
QUARRYVILLE
BIOMETRICS LABORATORY is
proud to announce that Nancy L.
Croyle is now a ‘Pennsylvania
Approved Dairy Laboratory
Director and Approved Sampler’.
Harry M. Behney, Laboratory
Evaluation Officer, PA Depart
ment of Agriculture, certified
Nancy after she successfully
completed the rigorous
requirements of the Milk
Sanitation Division. In addition,
her laboratory at Biometrics is
now certified to test milk, frozen
desserts and milk products in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Croyle’s many years of
clinical experience helped prepare
her to pass the concentrated
course and on-site performance
evaluation. Before joining her
husband, Dr. Richard C. Croyle, at
Mrs . Croyle certified
Biometrics she was employed by
York Hospital. At the hospital,
Nancy was an instructor in
microbiology for the School of
Medical Technology and later the
supervisor of the Department of
Microbiology.
Nancy attended Drexel
University and graduated from the
York Hospital School of Medical
Technology. She is a registered
medical technologist and a
member of the American Society
of Clinical Pathologists and the
American Society for
Purina scholarships to 65
ST. LOUIS, MO - Sixty-five
outstanding state university and
land grant college juniors and
seniors throughout the U.S. were
awarded $750 scholarships through
the Ralston Purina Scholarship
Program, according t(\_ W.M.
Jones, president of Purina Mills,
Inc.
The scholarships, awarded
annually for the last 31 years, are
intended to encourage agriculture
studies. This year, schools across
the nation, from the University of
Hawaii to the University of Maine
were represented. Winners were
selected on the basis of scholastic
achievement, participation in
Pen-Col bull goes to ABS
DEFOREST, Wis. - A young
Holstein bull, Pen-Col Bonfire,
bred by Pen-Col Farms of
Millville, has been selected by
American Breeders Serivce to
enter its Progeny Testing
Program.
He has' been moved to that
company’s facilities at DeForest,
Wis., where he will join ap
proximately 200 other bulls being
tested this year. During testing,
Pen-Col Bonfire will be mated to
700 cows in herds associated with
the ABS testing program from all
across the United States. After a
four-year wait, during which his
Microbiology. Dr. and Mrs. Croyle
live in Drumore with their four
children.
Biometrics is an agribusiness
located at the Buck in southern
Lancaster County. It is certified by
the Environmental Protectin
Agency and the PA Department of
Environmental Resources to
conduct water and wastewater
analyses. In additin, the firm
analyzes soil, forages and feed,
and 'manure and is the only
commercial laboratory in the state
to culture for Johne’s Disease.
campus activities and financial
need.
“The future of agriculture
depends on the nation’s youth,”
Jones says. “We feel it is our
responsibility to assist and en
courage agriculture studies at
higher, education institutions, and
we accept this responsibility
wholeheartedly.”
Since the program’s inception,
Purina has awarded scholarships
to nearly 2,000 students who have
shown a committment to the future
of agriculture. Students selected
for the scholarships are recom
mended by a committee of college
faculty members.
progeny will be evaluated, a
decision will be made as to
whether he enters into regular
semen production.
Pen-Col Bonfire is the result of a
specially planned mating between
highly regarded S-W-D Valiant,
+sl6s, +1219M and +S2BF and
Old-Quarry Jet Stream Bonny. His
dam has production records to
30,573 lbs. of milk. She is classified
VG-85 and is sired by Arlinda Jet
Stream-Twin.
ABS is the nation’s largest A.I.
organization and supplies semen to
each of the 50 states and to over 65
foreign countries.