A2O-Lancast»r Famine, Saturday, December 6,1986
Halteman , Delp Share Top Montgomery County DHIA Honors .
CREAMERY - Harold
Halteman of Telford received the
high herd award for fat and protein
in Montgomery County at the
county’s annual Dairy Herd Im
provement Meeting. Halteman
averaged 20,552 pounds of milk, 741
PFA President Urges RCMA Sign-ups
CAMP HILL - The president of
the Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association called on independent
dairymen to join the effort to
improve milk prices through the
Regional Cooperative Marketing
Agency Inc.
PFA President Keith Eckel of
Lackawanna County said, “For the
past few years dairymen have
been saying we need less govern
ment in the dairy industry and
more money in our milk checks.
RCMA is the answer.
“It’s not a government program,
but a farmer-controlled program
which already represents 85
percent of all dairymen in nine
Northeastern states. But before it
can bargain effectively with milk
handlers for higher fluid milk
prices it needs 95 percent of total
dairymen’s support. That means
we need the help of independent
producers.”
Eckel noted that the PF A Board
of Directors has voted
wholehearted support for the
RCMA program. PFA has also
joined with other farm
organizations in a campaign to
enlist members in the RCMA.
Eckel said, “RCMA is a proven'
marketing agency that has been
upheld in the Supreme Court. It is
supported by all the major dairy
cooperatives in the Northeast, all
the farm organizations in the
Northeast, and all the agriculture
departments in the nine-state
area.”
Maryland Researcher
‘Scientist Of The Year’
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A
researcher who uses ultraviolet
light and bacteria to detour farm
chemicals from polluting ground
water in the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s 1986 “Distinguished
Scientist of the Year.”
Philip C. Kearney, a biochemist
who heads the Pesticide
Degradation Laboratory in
Beltsville, Md., will receive the
highest award given for scientific
achievement and leadership by
USDA’s Agricultural Research
Service.
Kearney designed a mobile unit
that combines high-energy
ultraviolet light with oxygen to
break down a pesticide before it
enters the soil.
“We moved the unit to a
research farm and tested it on 11
major pesticides and were able to
break down every one of them,”
says Kearney.
Kearney also leads a group of
researchers using biotechnology to
engineer bacteria that destroys
pesticides. The group has isolated
and cloned a gene that produces
the enzyme parathion hydrolase
from a type of bacteria called a
Flavobacterium, increasing its
ability to destroy pesticides.
“Ultimately,” says Kearney,
“we hope to develop a simple kit
that would contain a preserved
organism. A farmer would add the
organism to a drum that has
pesticide waste in it, and simply let
the organism work on the pesticide
right in the drum itself.”
As distinguished scientist,
Kearney will receive $5,000 and up
to $40,000 in equipment and other
support for his research. A
graduate of Cornell University, he
has been with USDA’s research
agency in Beltsville since 1962.
At the ceremony, Kinney also
will cite three “Outstanding
Scientists of the Year” and seven
“Area Scientists of the Year.”
pounds of fat and 641 pounds of
protein on 71 cows. His herd
ranked second in the county for
milk production.
Durrell and Dawn Delp,
Souderton, edged Halteman by 133
pounds to claim the high herd
He added, “Now it’s up to the in
dependent dairymen. With their
support, RCMA can go to all milk
handlers and seek a premium over
the minimum prices established
under Federal Market Orders.
Under RCMA all handlers will be
treated equally and any over-order
premium collected wUI be shared
equally by participating
dairymen.”
Select 30 Units From These 12 Bulls ...
8H584 Cil-Clirk Board CHAIRMAN. V6|BBj TPI +570
USDA7/86 RIP 62% aAa 341526
8,566 dtrs, 3,452 herds 19,433 m 36% 6911
Frail. DIN. (’B2) +*ll4 +l.oBBm -.05% +3Ol Rply. 09%
Protein +lll5 +.01% +3BP Rply. 90%
HFA Typa Summary, 7/86 POT +IIC Rply. 99%
Sire MILU BETTY IVANHOE CHIEF
9H643 HAGER
-+sllo +1,129m -.08% +261 Rpty.B3%
POT +0.55, Rpty. 81%
9H787 ELVATE
+5120 +966m +.02% +3Bl Rpty. 98%
POT +0.20, Rpty. 95%
9H771 PEBBLE
+slso +974(11 +.11% +561 Rpty. 69%
POT -0.63. Rpty. 74%
9H719 Whlttler-Firms NED BOY. VG|BB| TPI +717 9H758 Brooki-Twiln Viliint SAMMY-ET. V6|B7) TPI +OO6 1H406 Thonym* SECRET. VG|BS| TPI+S9B
USDA7/86 RIP 2% aAa 516423 USDA7/86 RIP 18% aAa 123465 USDA 7/86 RIP 32% aAa 354126
63 dtrs 53 herds 18,402 m 38% 6941 109 dtrs 91 herds 18,639 m 36% 6691 41 dtrs 31 herds 19671 m 36% 7151
Pnd Dili |’B2| +*lB2 +1.145m +.09% +577 Rpty 78% Pred 0111. fB2| +SI4O +l.l9Zm +.00% +427 Rpty. 84% Pred. 01(1. |'BZ| +*l6o +1.340m +.00% +497 Rply. 65%
Protein +SIB6 +.04% +43P Rpty 78% Protein +sl4l +.01% +39P Rpty 84% Protein +*lB9 +.08% +SIP Rply 64%
UFA Type Summery. 7/86 POT +1 77. Rpty 78% HFA Type Summery. 7/86 POT +0.77. Rpty. 85% HFA Type Summery. 7/86 POT +O.OB. Rply. 70%
Sire CA-LILL STANDOUT CAVALIER Sire S-W-D VALIANT Sire LOCUST-GLEN IVANHOE ELEVATION
1H385 Knolllop Reckere ACE. EX|92| TPI +535
USDA 7/86 RIP 41% aAa 564123
4492 dtrs 1313 herds 17952 m 37% 6591
Pred OKI |'B2| +SII6 +B4Sm + 05% +4Ol Rpty 99%
Protein +*los - 05% +I7P Rpty 99%
HFA Type Summary. 7/86 POT +OB5. Rpty 98%
Sire ROUND OAK RAG APPLE ELEVATION
award for milk. Their 46 Holsteins
averaged 20,685 pounds of milk, 727
pounds of fat and 635 pounds of
protein. This production qualified
the herd for the third high herd
ranking in fat and protein.
Second high herd honors for fat
and protein went to Merrill Mest,
Schwenksville. His 31 cows
averaged 18,133 pounds of milk, 730
pounds of fat and 592 pounds of
protein.
The association honored the top
10 herds in the county based on fat
production. Rounding out the top 10
are; Arlin Halteman,
Harleysville; Patty-Run Dairy
Farm, Spring City; Fred Seipt
Family, Lansdale; Richard
Bechtel, Harleysville; Gehringer
Brothers, Bally; Du Mar Farm,
8H778 Vigo Vlllsnl ELVAN. V6|Bs| TPI +585
USDA7/86 RIP 32% aAa 246135
53 dtrs, 42 herds 18,192 m 35% 6401
Prad. OKI. fB2| +Bl2B +1.179m -.04% +351 Rpty. 70%
Protein +8123 -.02% +34P Rpty. 70%
HFA Typo Summary, 7/88 POT +O.BO Rpty. 75%
Sire S-W-D VALIANT
9H754 MAGIC
+5123 +1,161m -.05% +331 Rpty. 74%
P0T+0.45. Rpty. 74%.
IH3I3NITE TRAIN
+s9B +29Bm +.22% +491 Rpty. 74%
P0T+1.57. Rpty. 67%
9H626 SAUL
+s73 +sB4m +.01% +231 Rpty. 86%
P0T+1.45. Rpty. 77%
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Northcentral PA - Leighton Khngler - Phone (717) 523-3090 Ted Ridgely - Phone (301) 898-9101
Western PA - Roger Peril - Phone (412) 794-5423 WEST VIRGINIA:
Southcentral PA - Ed Gulnac - Phone (814) 847-2520 Washington, Green and
Southeastern PA A NJ- Willard Odenwelder-Phone (717) 866-6158 Fayette Co. In PA
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Harleysville; and Edward Wisser,
Palm.
Spring Meadow Holsteins,
Collegeville, owned the high cow
for fat production. Their 2 year old
produced 1,041 pounds of fat in 305
days.
A 4-year-old cow owned by Du
Mar Farm claimed second place
with a production of 997 pounds of
fat. This cow produced the top
protein record in the county with
828 pounds.
David Longacre, Hereford,
owned the second high cow for
protein production. His 5 year old
complete a 305 day lactation with
821 pounds of protein.'
Harold Halteman owned the high
cow for milk production. His 6-
year-old Holstein produced 29,179
pounds of milk.
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The next high cow for milk
production produced 28,317 pounds
and is owned by Arlin Halteman.
Patty Run Dairy Farm claimed
the most improved herd for milk,
fat and protein production. The
Spring City dairy increased its
average by 3,218 pounds of milk, 95
pounds of fat and 99 pounds of
protein.
Merrill Mest produced' the
second best increase in fat and
protein herd average with 92
pounds of fat and 99 pounds of
protein. Gehringer Brothers
registered the second highest
increase in milk production with
2,913 pounds.
Montgomery County posted a
high average for the 3,407 cows in
the county of 16,067 pounds of milk
and 582 pounds of fat.
9M802 POTTS Southirn Mm-Twln. GP(B2| TPI +5BO
USDA7/B6 RIP 0% aAa 354126
55 dtrs, 43 herds 17,808 m 36% 6401
PrtB.DIH.rBZ) +llO5 +l.o7#m -.07% +251 Rply. 75%
Protiln +SIOI -.01% +3IP Rpty 74%
HFA Typi Summiry, 7/88 POT +1.34, Rpty. 71%
Sire ARLINDA JET STEAM-TWIN
1H331 REDCAP
+1129 +1,182m -.04% +3Ol Rpty. 72%
POT+O.IS. Rpty. 08% ■
16HI12DAN
+*lo9 +S3Om +.10% +471 Rpty. 89%
POT +0.38, Rpty. 78%
9H822 STEWART
+SSS +so7m -.02% *l5l Rpty. 89%
POT +1.84. Rpty. 85%
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