VOL 33 No. 18
Opening Holstein Herdbook Debated
BY KARL BERGER
Special Correspondent
If a cow looks like a registered
Holstein, produces milk like a
registered Holstein and, most
importantly, is bred like a regis
tered Holstein, is it a registered
Holstein?
That’s the question Holsticn
breeders across the country are
asking themselves as a result of a
controversial proposal to allow at
least some grade Holslcins to
achieve registered status in the
herdbook of the nationwide Hols
tein Association.
The issue of “national identifi
cation,” as it’s been labelled by
Mindy Johnson, Damascus, Maryland, (center) was
crowned the 1988 Maryland State Jersey Queen at the Mary
land Jersey Cattle Club’s 67th Annual Meeting held in New
Midway last Saturday. Crowning Mindy is last year’s Queen
Tonna Caple (right). Esther Hoffman, Queen Contest coor
dinator (left), helps with her banner.
Goal: Put Maryland
Jerseys On Map
GINGER SECRIST MYERS
Adams Co. Correspondent
NEW MIDWAY, MD. “Our
goal is to put Maryland Jerseys on
the map. This includes excellence
not only in the showring, but also
showing that our cows can be pro
fitable.” This was the challenge
issued by Maryland Jersey Cattle
Club President James Sloncsifcr in
Bergland To Speak
At Lancaster Ag
Energy Conference
Former U.S. Agriculture Secret
ary Robert Bergland will be the
keynote speaker at a one-day con
ference on energy in agriculture
Monday, March 14 at the Lancas
ter County Home and Farm Ccn
|kr Starting time is 10 a.m.
Bergland, the executive vice
President and general manager of
!hc National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association (NRE
CA), will participate in the confer
ee aimed at the Pennsylvania
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Holstein officials, is sparking
healed discussions at regional,
stale and county meetings in the
Mid-Atlantic area. It was the major
topic at the Holstein Winter Forum
in Culpeper, Va., March 7-8 and is
expected to highlight the agenda at
the winter forum for Pennsylvania
and New Jersey breeders March
14-15.
These meetings, part of a series
of winter forums the association
conducts each year for members in
various parts of the country, have
become a kind of primary vote for
proponents of the grade-up plan.
Reportedly, feedback from these
meetings will determine whether
his opening remarks before the
67ih Annual Meeting of the Mary
land Jersey Cattle Club. The day-
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Yules Pride Farm In Columbia County. (See story Page A-28)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1988
the association’s board of directors
puts the issue to a vote of the direc
tors attending this year’s national
convention in San Diego.
As proposed by the “Holstein
Identification Task Force” a
committee of 10 members
appointed in June 1987 by Hols
tein Association president Kip
Herzog the grading-up process
would involve four mam steps.
Like the similar “genetic recov
ery” programs already in place
among Jersey and Guernsey breed
ers, the Holstein plan would start
with a grade cow that is manifestly
Holstein in appearance, but whose
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Dairy Of Distinction
Seeks Applicants
WILLIAMSPORT The
Northeast’s most beautiful dairy
farms are invited to compete for
this year’s Dairy of Distinction
.-wards. Dairy of Distinction appli
cations are now available for the
states of Pennsylvania, New York
and New Jersey.
The purpose of the Dairy of Dis
tinction program is to recognize
attractive farmsteads. Farms are
judged on neatness, good
maintenance, and roadside appear
ance. The program is based on the
theory that attractive farms can
increase consumer confidence in
the quality of dairy products.
All dairy farms producing milk
for sale are qualified to apply for
the award. Applications are avail
able at all county cooperative
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extension offices, local farm publi
cations, as well as through the
American Dairy Association and
Dairy Council (ADADC).
A number of awards will be
made during 1988. The stales of
Pennsylvania and New York have
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Six Sections
Bedford COunty'a Outstanding Holstein Youth, Saran
Ann Baker of Bedford RD 4, is a yo<i: j woman of many inter
ests and talents. She’s studying courses in floriculture at
the Bedford-Everett Area Vocational-Technical School and
designed the arrangement on the table behind her. (See
Story Page A-22)
Multi-County Agents
Setting Up To Aid
Pennsylvanians
BY LISA RISSER
SCHAEFFERSTOWN The
wheels set in motion last summer
with the $5-milhon on-going
appropriation from the Pennsylva
nia legislature to Penn State’s
extension system are beginning to
pick up speed. Multi-county
agents, a direct result of the fund
ing, are being established around
the slate with a concentration of
58.50 Per Year
manpower in the south-eastern
portion, Alletta Schajjlcr told
attendees of the 71st Lebanon
County Extension Meeting.
“We’re excited about the prog
ram. The concept of multi-county
agents and teamwork is impor
tant,” commented Schadlcr, who is
the Lebanon County Extension
Director on loan to the Berks
County Regional Center and is
responsible for helping to locate
people to fill the new positions.
The appropriation, which was
earmarked for upgrading the exist
ing extension program as well as
increasing staff, allows the exten
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Egg Cholesterol
May Be Lower
Than Reported
BY
KVKRKIT NKWSWANCJR
Managing Fditor
LANCASTLR - The now
rescaich proeram lunded In the
Ament an Tog Board anti managed
in Uni'cd Lgg Producers lias some
exciting implications foi tho egg
nuUisuy. according to Calhv
McCharen, Vicc-Prcsidcni, Lgg
Nutrition Center, Washington,
DC. Speaking at the Poultry Prog
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