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VOL. 33 NO. 34
BY
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
SAN DIEGO, Calif.— A grade
up program that was up for
delegate vote here this week at the
National Holstein Convention lost,
but not by much- 126 no, 116 yes.
“People were divided on the
issue,” said Jim Yanizyn, Public
Relations Director for the National
Association. “With all the infor
mation that was dispensed by the
farm press, winter forums, and
direct mail, yet people thought
they didn’t have enough informa
tion. Many still thought the idea
was coming at them too fast. It’s
been a different kind of convention
with most of Tuesday devoted to
the discussion of the gude-up
issue,” Yanizyn said.
This major issue before the con
vention dealt with the proposal to
Agriculture, Called “Whipping Boy” In State Budget Cuts
BY
EVERETT NEWSW ANGER
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HARRISBURG Agriculture
became the ‘‘whipping boy" under
Governor Robert Casey’s line-by
line budget cuts this week, accord
ing to State Representative John
Salunga Farmer’s Hereford
Calves Shot And Stolen
BY USA RISSER
SALUNGA (Lancaster) Bob
Hess, cattle fanner, is offering a
reward for any information that
leads to the arrest and conviction
of the person that wounded a bull
calf and stole a heifer calf from his
Salunga farm.
The 3/2 -month-old calf was
discovered on the morning of June
24, several hours after it had been
wounded by a target-type arrow.
The arrow had entered the animal
Dairy Cooperatives Honor
Outstanding Farmers
BY PAT PURCELL
LANCASTER Many young
fanning couples were honored by
the Pennmarva Dairymen’s Feder
ation at the 18th Annual Young
Cooperators Awards luncheon
held June 23-24 at the Willow Val
ley Family Resort in Lancaster.
Young cooperative members from
the Atlantic Dairy Cooperative,
the Mid-Atlantic Division of
Dairymen Inc. and the Maryland
and Virginia Milk Producers com
peted in the program.
The Outstanding Young
Cooperators Program is an educa
tional program designed to deve
lop leadership in the young mem
bers of the cooperative. The prog
ram which lasts one year begins in
the spring when each district
selects a representative. Each rep
Four Sections
Holstein Grade-Up Voted Down, Cope Re-elected
bring grade cows with proper iden
tification into registered status.
Some breeders think this will prop-
Barley (R-100). On top of the list
ofcuis was the $3,500,000 slated
Pennsylvania’s fairs. Since
the new budget takes effect July 1
the local fairs will not have state
matching funds to back their com
mitments for this year.
Barley said the only way to get
behind its right eye and lodged
deep in its throat, leading police to
speculate that it had been shot at
close range while lying down.
The bull calf was taken to New
Bolton Center where veterinarians
pulled out the arrow. The calf is
doing fine, and its vision will not
be impaired.
The calves were kept in a pas
ture with their dams and 18 other
cow/calf pairs. The pasture is
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resentative attends an educational
seminar and in June of the follow
ing year these farming couples and
singles compete for the tide of
Outstanding Young Cooperator.
The Outstanding Young
Cooperator and the second place
Holiday Hours
The office of Lancaster Farming
will be closed Monday, July 4th
and will re-open at 8 a.m. Tuesday,
July sth. Deadlines for the July 9th
issue:
Mailbox Market Ads- Tuesday
noon.
Public Sales Ads- 5 p.m
Tuesday.
Have A Safe Holiday.
John Cope
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 2, 1988
erly allow grade cows with excel
lent type and production to become
part of the future genetic base.
Others think the grade-up will
penalize the farmer who has kept
up his registry program and will
induce other breeders to stop regis
tering their catde. In the end, with a
close vote, the National Holstein
Breeders will continue the discus
sion in the winter forums and take
up the issue again next year at the
National Convention.
Jay Landis, Pennsylvania State
President, reported that Pennsyl
vania National Director John
Cope, Dillsburg, was re-elected. In
addition, Richard Coyne, New
York, and Douglas Maddox, Cali
fornia, were re-elected. Sherman
Polender, Washington, was
elected in place of Jere Kling, Mis
souri, who was not eligible for re
election.
the cuts back into the budget would
be to reinstate them line by line
with a two-thirds majority to over
Southeast Regional Livestock Winners Named
BY LOU ANN GOOD
MANHEIM (Lancaster) Sixty
eight 4-H’ers gathered at the Man
heim Fairgrounds on Thursday. It
was the third annual Southeast
Regional Livestock Judging
Contest
In the Junior Division, Cumber
land County swept six out of the
top ten awards. Diane Conaway,
The Lancaster County team placed first In the senior division of the third annual
Southeast Regional 4-H Livestock Judging Contest. From left: Sue Ann Clandon,
assistant coach; Arlissa Snavely, Woolies Club; Fred Weaver, top individual and
member of Red Rose Beef Club; Dwayne Llvengood, Red Rose Beef Club; and Chet
Hughes, wounty extension livestock agint.
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President Max Herzog, Califor
nia, and Vice President, Donald
Seipe, Gaston, Pennsylvania, were
both re-elected.
In the dairy bowl Eastern con
testants took the top places in both
divisions. Virginia and Pennsylva
nia went into the final round with a
tie won-loss record. And in what
Landis called “another close con
test” Virginia edged out Pennsyl-
Farm Management Column
LITITZ (Lancaster) Lancas
ter Farming welcomes Pennsyl
vania Cooperative Extension Farm
Management agents to its pages
this week in a new weekly column
titled “Farm Management”.
Each multi-county agent will
address many facets of farm man-
ride the vclo-not a very likely
prospect. Or the General AswriM
ly could run a supplemental BUT
coach for the team, explained her
county’s award winning streak by
saying, “They practice year
around—that builds confidence.
Plus, the kids have terrific parental
support. Without that we wouldn’t
be here.”
Fourteen-year-old Jennifer
Miller, Cumberland County,
placed first in the overall individu-
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vania for the win
Team members are: Virginia:
Brandie McDonald, Stephens
City; Kathy McComb, Purcellvil
le; Brent Eaton, New Market;
Chris Vest, Ashbum; and Coach
Carol McComb. Pennsylvania:
Eugene Hess, Marietta; Tom
McCauley, Elizabethtown; Matth
ew Wanner, White Horse; Tom
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agment: Alan Strock of Lancaster
and Chester counties; Bruce
Krcider of Lebanon, Dauphin and
Berks; John DeFassio of Northum
berland, Schuylkill, Lehigh coun
ties and Roland Freund, Adams of
Franklin and Cumberland coun
ties. See page A-36.
But Barley said the Senate seems
kgfplined to want to make the gover
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al junior division and in beef and
sheep judging. A student at Big
Spring Middle School, she is an
active member of the Central Penn
Swine Club for two years. She
raises and exhibits her own hogs
and enjoys caring for horses.
Fred Weaver of Ephrata placed
first in the overall individual senior
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