Aiijancaster Fan*ing,S*turd«y, Dectmlwr 20, 14&6
Adams County DHIA Improves By Nearly 1,000 Pounds
By Ginger Sec list Myen
Adams County Correspondent
BIGLERVILLE - “Im
provement” was the catch-word at
the 58th Adams County Annual
DHIA Banquet held recently at the
Biglerville Fireball. County Ex
tension Director Tom Piper
highlighted that the county’s herd
average has improved by 913
pounds of milk and 14 pounds of fat
over the county’s 1985 average.
There were 55 whole year herds on
test in Adams County in 1986.
Most improved herd in the
county in all three categories
belongs to Melvin and Carolyn
Durbarow, Gettysburg. The
Durbarow’s 64 Holsteins improved
their average by 3,272 pounds of
milk, 131 pound of butterfat, and
107 pounds of protein in 1986.
Kling-Ayr Farm, Charles and
Martha Klinger, New Oxford, was
second in all three categories for
improvement, but came out on top
of the list as the high herd in the
county. Their herd averaged 21,336
pounds of milk, 753 pounds of
butterfat, and 678 pounds of protein
on 35 cows.
The high lactation cows for milk
and fat both came out of the Ray
Dutterer herd, Littlestown.
“Helen”, a registered Holstein had
the top milk record at 8-7 with
32,774 pounds of milk. A Holstein,
cow number 115, in the Dutterer
herd made the county’s top fat
record at 5-9 of 1,119 pounds.
High lifetime cow for milk went
to Lagging Stream Farm for
“Cupid” who produced 226,984
pounds of milk in 11 lactations. Top
lifetime fat producer was
“Angela” who made 8,231 pounds
of fat for Brown Valley Holsteins in
nine lactations.
Robert Hoffman, York Springs,
received the trophy for the
county’s lowest somatic cell count.
Featured speaker for the
evening was Robert Damm,
director of marketing and field
services for Pennsylvania DHIA.
Damm’s presentation emphasized
that improvements being made in
DHIA must be made to com
pliment changes in the future that
DHIA will have to make to remain
a relevant service to dairymen.
Damm stated, “There is no
reason for DHIA to exist except as
a service to dairymen. It is the
business of DHIA to make your
business more profitable.
Ultimately, you are the end user of
the records and data received from
those records, and also the initial
producer of these records.”
To facilitate improvements
needed to keep pace with industry
changes, Damm stressed that the
membership must recognize that
they own and control Pennsylvania
DHIA. However, he noted,
ownership and control does not
necessitate doing the day to day
operations of the program. For
this, there is the hired staff.
Damm touched on several
current issues including the fact
that DHIA should be completely on
their new main frame computer by
the first of the year. There is also a
new SCC machine on line. Damm
stressed that changes in SCC in a
herd is one of the most reliable
indicators of the economic level at
which that herd is operating.
Finally, he encouraged
dairymen to return their super
visor evaluation sheets as soon as
possible to DHIA, stating, “What
happens in the barn really is very
important to us.”
Award winners at the 58th Adams County Annual DHIA Banquet included, left, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Klinger, Kling-Ayr Farm, for high herd in the county with 21,336
pounds of milk, 753 pounds of fat and 678 pounds of protein. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin
Durboraw were recognized as having the most improved herd average in the county,
increasing their 1985 average by 3,272 pounds of milk, 131 pounds of fat, and 107
pounds of protein.
New members elected to the
Adams County DHIA Board in
cluded: Dan Leer, Jeff King, and
Alan Zepp. Officers for 1987 will
Clear Spring Dairymen Tabbed Inter-State Director
SOUTHAMPTON - Donald L.
Spickler has been named a
director of Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative, according
to Robert B. McSparran,
president.
Spickler, Clear Spring, Md., was
elected by Inter-State’s District 25
members. He replaces L. Elmer
Vickers, Keameysville, W. Va.,
who served as a director for 11
years.
Spickler, 48, has been an Inter-
If someone tells you they have never seen a
better feeder than flat chain, ask them
if they’ve ever seen ULTRAFLO -
Chore-Time’s new feeder.
Experts in poultry feeding.
z —;
agn
| systems
NEW ADDRESS; FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK
139 A West Airport Rd. Lititz, PA 17543
be: Timothy Brown, president;
Doyle Waybright, vice-president;
and Marcia Brown, secretary
treasurer. Other Board members
State member for 22 years. He and
his family own and operate Cedar
Brook Farm Inc., where they milk
100 Holsteins and farm 600 acres.
Active in various agricultural
organizations, Spickler is a
member of the Washington County
Farm Bureau, the county, state
and national associations of soil
conservation districts, the Fair
view Grange and the Maryland Ag
Week Inc.
In addition, Spickler is active in
lorthcasll
Cage Systems Specialists.
For more infonnation call: (717)569-2702
include: Gerald Stoner, Russell
Redding, David Kehr and Wayne
Roadgers.
community organizations, in
cluding the Washington County
Planning and Zoning Commission,
the Chesapeake Bay Program, the
Wilson Ruritan Club, the Elks
Club, the Hagerstown/Washington
County Chamber of Commerce and
the Governor’s Commission for.
Appalachia, as well as others.
A graduate of the Hagerstown
Junior College, Spickler received
an associate degree in business
administration.
80 FEET A MINUTE! - sliding Flex-Auger,
driven, like a chain, with a sprocket.
Handles all feed without skips or
separation.
Hens or pullets can’t pick feed while
feeder is running
Flex-Auger in trough bottom restricts
hens or pullets from piling feed and
billing feed into pit and isles.
5 Year Warranty