Heifer Project Sends Buyout Heifers To Jordan
HARRISBURG On Thursday
morning, May 14, 1987, 89 heifers
boarded a plane, destined for
Jordan where they will be
distributed as “family cows” to
needy families. These cattle are
from herds included in the Dairy
Termination Program, and as such
had been destined for slaughter.
Heifer Project International, a
U.S. based interfaith charity,
working with several
organizations in Jordan has
arranged for this shipment and the
distribution of the animals in
Jordan.
A telephone call from Jordan on
Friday morning, May 15, 1987,
indicated that all the animals have
arrived safely and in good health.
In spite of nearly 15 hours of flying,
the cattle did not seem to have
suffered from their journey, and
were already enjoying their first
meal, grazing in a pasture that had
been prepared for their arrival.
Heifer Project International
started at the end of World War II
as a relief program aimed at
providing cattle to families in
Europe who had lost their animals
during the war. Initially, boatloads
of cattle were sent to Europe, but
by the end of the 1940 s Heifer
Project was sending all types of
food-producing animals to
programs around the world. In the
more than 40 years since that first
shipment, Heifer Project has sent
more than 75,000 food, fiber and
traction animals, including cattle,
goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits, horses
and mules, and over 1.5 million
poultry units, including chicks,
hatching eggs, ducks, turkeys and
geese.
Animals are distributed through
local organizations after recipients
have been trained in the care of
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their animals and the use of the
products anticipated from the
animals. When animals are
distributed, extension workers in
each area call on recipients to assit
with any problems that might be
encountered. Finally, when the
animal reproduces, the first off
spring is passed on to another
needy family, and the process of
training and follow-up repeats with
the recipient of this offspring.
The local cooperating
organization in Jordan for this
shipment is the Jordanian
Economic and Social Organization
for Retired Service Men. JESORS
is a private voluntary organization
providing assistance to the
country’s 41,000 ex-servicemen
who are struggling to return to
civilian life. A number of these
servicemen are handicapped as a
result of war injuries, but do not
have any significant disability
income. JESORS is the primary
organization providing assistance
and employment opportunities.
One such employment op
portunity has been the Dulail
Dairy Farm, an operating dairy
provided to the program by the
Jordanian Government. Some of
the men working on this farm had
requested a milk cow of their own,
and some of the offspring from this
farm were distributed to a few
participants in the program.
However there were many more
requests for cows than the Dulail
Dairy could provide, and few
additional sources of cattle were
available within Jordan, and so
Heifer Project was asked if we
could send some bred young
heifers from the United States.
The first shipment to this project
was made before the current Dairy
Termination Program, a total of 87
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heifers in 1985. All these animals
are currently producing milk for
the families that had received
these cattle. A second shipment of
90 heifers was sent in 1986 at the
start of the Dairy Termination
program, and this will be the third
shipment.
All the organizations par
ticipating in the program are
pleased with the results so far. Not
only have many families been
helped with a family milk cow, but
through this program a significant
amount of milk is now being
produced in a country that has a
serious shortage of milk and dairy
products. This is also having an
excellent effect on the nutritional
level of all families and children
HONESDALE - Kevin
Burleigh, Pleasant Mount had the
leading dairy herd in the Wayne
County Dairy Herd Improvement
Association in the April test period,
according to the Cooperative
Extension Service. The herd of 43
Holsteins had a rolling herd
average of 20,346 pounds of milk
and 778 pounds of butterfat.
Other top herds were: Jack and
Ella Chyle, Pleasant Mount, 21,300
milk and 739 fat; James Slocum,
Susquehanna, 18,782 milk and 738
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17,548 milk and 703 fat; Willard
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Charles P. Dennis, Honesdale,
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and 683 fat; Robert Fielding and
Son, Lake Ariel, 18,327 milk and 675
fat; Golden Willow Holstein,
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participating in the program and
using the milk.
A special point of interest in this
particular shipment is the par
ticipation of students from nine
Catholic Schools from the Arch
diocese of Philadelphia. Many of
these children are from inner city
areas, and have never even seen a
cow. However many of them have
been receiving some of the
“surplus” milk through their
school lunch programs, and felt
that it would be good if they could
share some of this with less for
tunate children in other lands.
They set a goal of each school
saving one cow by raising $3OO
each, and have nearly achieved
that goal. On Sunday, May 3, two
busloads of children representing
Wayne County DHIA
Honesdale, 19,624 milk and 672 fat;
Frank Marks, Damacus, 18,438
milk and 667 fat and James
Woodmansee, Lake Como, 17,136
milk and 667 fat.
The cow completing the highest
lactation of 305 days or less during
the April test period was a three
year old Holstein owned by Golden
Willow Holsteins. “Orlo” produced
21,805 pounds of milk and 828
pounds of fat.
Other top producers were
“Sable” owned by Clearfield
Farms, Honesdale, 22,218 milk and
788 fat; “Ruth” owned by George
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four of these schools, came to
Harrisburg to participate in the
dedication of the cattle, and to
actually see some of the cows they
had “saved.”
Additional cattle have been
“saved” from the Dairy Ter
mination Program by Heifer
Project and are being sent to
several countries, including
Mexico, Honduras, Bolivia, Egypt
and Uganda. Heifer Project also
has projects in more than 35 ad
ditional countries, as well as a
dozen states within the United
States. For more information,
write to Heifer Project In
ternational, P.O. Box 188, New
Windsor, MD 21776, or caU 1-800-
422-0474.
Schmidt, Preston Park, 22,642 milk
and 761 fat; “Echo” owned by
Clearfield Farms, 20,720 milk and
759 fat; “Mary” owned by
Clearfield Farms, 19,302 milk and
759 fat; “Jacinda” owned by
Milton L. Vail, Honesdale, 23,251
milk and 749 fat; “Fuzball” owned
by Golden Willow Holsteins, 25,148
milk and 745 fat; “Crocket” owned
by Golden Willow Holsteins, 22,315
milk and 743 fat; “Ellen” owned by
Golden Willow Holsteins, 23,935
milk and 742 fat; and “Helen”
owned by Golden Willow Holsteins,
19,843 milk and 728 fat.
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