Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31, 1987-Al9 Burket, Freese Discuss Philosophies Of Holstein Breeding Program BY JOYCE BUPP age of 22,000 milk and 770 fat, and the AAA coding, although Burket too, is interested in a “good” cow, of stud-proven sires to breeder- York Co. Correspondent croping 200 acres foi feeing, emphasizes that many successful adding, “I don’t like a good- proven sires. For his consideration, YORK A panel discussion Merchandising of the herd’s high cow analysis-mating programs are looking cow that doesn’t milk, ora breeder proven sires must have featuring two well-known cattle production, high-indexed herd is available. good milker that doesn’t look higher percentages of repeatability breeders headlined the annual the key emphasis at Glee-Hi “if you breed a cow with good.” and be honestly done, accord- York County Holstein meeting and Farms, and a heavy use of embryo longevity, and she gives you sever- Breeding programs, he figures, ing to Freese. Fabrication of proofs banquet, held October 21 at S. transfer technology from selected al daughters, only one is needed to -do not have to be complicated. The and records will eventually catch Matthew Lutheran Church. individuals. At present, Freese has replace her,” he added. Other three-point program he has fol- up and weed out the problems, cor- David Burket, East Freedom, 22 bulls, all under a year old, head daughters are then available for lowed for 17 years has resulted in a reeling themselves, and Glen Freese, Oxford, detailed for A.I. organizations. herd upgrading or merchandising, herd B.A.A. of 106. Freese had Other speaker at the York their philosophies of breeding Burket, a leader of the Breeders And, if cows are mated properly, bred 20 Excellents 102 Very Good meeting included national Hols dairy cattle in a question-answer Majority, a grassroots Holstein Burket believes, lower TPI sires individuals in that time. te * n director John Cope and PHA forum, moderated by Jed Beshore. industry movement to restructure can be used and result in quality First step in his program is AAA membership director Ken Raney. The Burket’s three sons are all current “numbers” indexing for- offspring. analysis, initially after heifers Cope briefly reviewed the activ mvolvcd in the Blair County oper- mulas, stressed his emphasis on Few cattle are purchased by the freshen at two years, and again as ilies ofthe national Holstein Asso alion, with 90 registered milking type conformation and a “general- Burkets, and cow index is not a three-year-olds. cialion, noting that traditional Holsteins, including both red and ty good cow” when selecting major factor in those acquisitions. Continuing study of the “Red income methods no longer provide polled bloodlines, and cropping of matings. “A purchased cow would have Book,” USDA’s semi-annual list- adquate funding and creative new 350 of the family’s 700 acres. “What constitutes a good cow, to be one I can look at and like,” ing of sires, is Freese’ second finance methods are being studied. Rolling herd average is al the and who should decide what con- stressed Burket. “I would buy a breeding program focus. Ofthe top e f^ rat * o " volume is down 20,000 level. With notable success sistilucs a good cow are where a lot cow on looks, if she milked, but 100 TPI sires, he considers only 23,000 applications from the level on the showring circuit, Burkett of the differences lie,” believes never on index alone.” the highest 25, and then, lastly, one a B°> running about Falls has bred an All-American Burket, of the continuing industry He added, however, that he matches those with comparable 2,000 less monthly, and reserve winners, plus several debate on the value of the “num- would be “one of the last to do AAA codings to each his herd However, due to the cattle All-American nominees. bers” computer indexing genetic away with numbers and indexing individuals. export activity generated by the Freese’s Chester County farm valuation of cattle. entirely, but they’re too heavily Freese holds to a ceiling of $4O Farm Bill s Export Enhancement includes 70 head of registered Burket Falls cattle have been- emphasized.” on the sires he chooses, except for Program, Cope related that the Holsteins, with a rolling herd aver- mated over theyears through use of ' Freese acknowledged that he, cows being flushed for embryo Holstein Friesian Services, Inc. transfer. (HFS), is in a very positive condi r M “Breeding is not as precise as tionandhas wiped out aprevi- Qc we think it might be,” Freese sug- ous d ?kt to the parent Holstein -B ™ gests. He adamantly believes that organization. quality management, from calf- Exports are expected to con -0 hood through maturity, can add tinue, according to state member- I fl Ij W five to seven points to an individu- ship director Ken Raney. The past ■ ■Am ■ V IWI I ml * al’s type score, while poor man- year’s high level of export acuvity ~ sf. W agement may cost an animal 10 to has generated some $5.7 million 2O points worth of business for PHA. Income from merchandising of “Cattle are moving well, prices IX , __ »*>llw cattle has equalled the income of are U P> and we’re looking for It VOU 3T6 HOI completely nsppy the Glee-Hi herd’s milk produc- mother busy year, Raney said. T. , tion for the last three years, accord- Recognition for her five years as With VOU r rurrpnt fPPn ing to Freese. And the herd’s top York’s dairy extension agent was WIIM yuui LUI ICIII ICCU selling individuals each of the past extended to Shannon Neumann. nIoSCO CAnCirlof I—JoCC IVVIIIIO five y ears h ave averaged over Three new directors were |JICQOv wUI lOIUCI I I vOO IVIIIIO • $70,000. elected for three-year terms during “We keep registered cattle to the annual business meeting. Fill •wat give our family a good standard of j n g those board seats are Jed ” ~ ¥w C vlllvl living, and provide money for Beshore, New Cumberland, Dale investment,” he emphasized. Fuhrman, Hanover, and Melvin • Prompt Convenient Service using a Hoisiem pic- Marks, Aimue. r lure he received as a gift in 1959, York County’s Holstein Associ # it • • i Freese noted differences in what a i, on is sponsoring a three-day trip • Custom Computerized Nutritional was considered the ideal cow near- to the Royal Winter Fair in Toron r ly 30 years ago to present confer- t o Canada, November 12-14. 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