F4-Lancast«r Farming, Saturday, August 16,1986
Linear-Mate Aids Sire Selection
Reprinted by oermlsslon ABC
Transmitter, Jone-July 1986
Since Atlantic’s Linear-Mate
program was announced to
members nearly four years ago,
thousands of cows have been
evaluated in detail and sires
recommended by Linear-Mate
Specialists. Progeny resulting
from the earliest matings are now
milking in members’ herds who
were among the first users of this
new program. Recent farm visits
with a few of them in south-central
Franklin County member Dennis Bricker and his family with a typey, good producing
daughter of Mandate.
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Pennsylvania reveal how Linear-
Mate is working to develop
breeding problems for herd im
provement.
“Some people have to cull 50% of
their young cows, but we hardly
cull any. We’re proud of our young
cows,” says Dale Fischer of Fulton
County, who farms with his son,
Tom. Their DHIA rolling herd
average for May was 19,548 M and
713 F on 88 Holsteins, and the
heifers are contributing their
share toward this high level.
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Dale Fischer
Diamond Sta-Sharp sections
With this low culling rate,
Fischer comments further
“We’ve sold Atlantic-sired heifers
and often they’re among the
highest producing cows in the new
herd as two-year-olds. That tells us
how our Linear-Mate is working! '
This herd followed sire
recommendations from Linear-
Mate’s predessor the Mate-Rite
program for many years and the
Fischers are building on several
top producers that they have bred
and developed. Topping the list is a
Marvex that tested up to 145 lbs. of
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Atlantic member Clifford Hawbaker discusses his herd
breeding program with Area 2 Supervisor John Stevenson
and Linear-Mate Specialist John Frey.
milk per day. A Mariner has made
120M/d, and they are very happy
with the stature and good udder on
her VG-85 Oak Star daughter.
Fischer’s breeding goals are to
hold up the milk level while im
proving fat test. Generally, he
wants to improve the conformation
traits of udders, rumps, and up
standingness. Sires currently
recommended most on his Linear-
Mate printout are Basic, Steady,
Bachelor, Mil-Nor, and Hilton.
“We prefer Linear-Mate because
of the genetic improvement and
consistency we see,” Dale says. He
also likes die features in Atlantic’s
program that lets him add new
cows after freshening, or apply
new proven sires to previously
evaluated cows.
“It helps to have another person
look at your cows,” this member
says. “When I see them every day,
I don’t notice the bad legs, narrow
front ends, and other weaknesses.
It’s a big ‘plus’ to have someone
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come in who only sees my cows
once or twice a year. A Linear-
Mate Specialist is 100% objective.”
Atlantic’s 28-year veteran
Technician in Fulton County, Dale
Souders, says “Dale (Fischer)
knows which bull he wants to use
for each cow, so I follow his
requests when I get to his farm.”
Souders also likes to check the
“Dairyman Workability” analysis
in the sire directory. He sees it as
another aid to improving herd
uniformity.
Has Fischer ever wanted to AI
his own cows? “We’ve got too
much other work to do, so we
prefer to call a Technician,” he
answers. How about other AI
bulls? “We’ve always gotten good
results with Atlantic, so why
should I switch?” he reasons.
Dennis Bricker
On a very well-kept farm tucked
back off the main roads west of
Chambersburg in Franklin
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