A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 20, 1988
Wolff,
BY BONNIE BRECHBILL
Franklin Co. Correspondent
EDENVELLE “How can we
have a bull that is minus 2000
pounds on milk and plus two
points on type?” Dennis Wolff
asked the audience at the Franklin
County Holstein Club Field Day
August 2. “And how can a bull that
transmits feet and leg problems be
plus two points in type?"
Wolff explained that the Hols
tein industry is going to have to put
more emphasis on functional type
traits. Too much emphasis has
been put on such factors as size,
depth of body, spring of rib, esthe
tic lines, and smooth foie attach
ment, he said. Longevity factors
should be number one in impor
tance. The traits important in
longevity are udder depth, teat
placement, and foot and leg
structures.
“Jersey breeders have put more
emphasis on functional type,” he
continued. “This will make the
Jersey cow more competitive.
Jersey breeders have made tre
mendous strides. Holstein breed
ers should learn from the programs
Jersey breeders have put in place.”
“Cattle that are functionally cor
rect will be in demand,” Wolff
concluded. “We have to look
ahead to the future, not back at
tradition.”
Wolff is a Holstein breeder from
Pen-Col Farms in Millville. He
milks SOO-600 registered and
grade Holsteins. The farm has an
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embryo transplant program in
which cows are flushed weekly.
Tom Dum, consultant for the
National Holstein Association,
spoke to the 200 people in atten
dance about milk pricing.
‘There’s a problem with the
way we price milk in this country,
he said. “The inefficient dairy far
mers are already out of business.
Now, the ones who are leaving are
the ones who have had bad luck.”
Dum advocates supply manage
ment, also called a quota system.
“We need to price our own pro
duct,” Dum said. “We take a
wholesale price for our milk, and
everything we buy is retail. We
need someone to step forward and
get farmers to think one way. And
we can’t go through the existing
farm organizations-they’re always
arguing with each other. We need
to line up together and say YES to
a quota system.”
Dum, of Elliottsburg, told the
audience about the unfair charges
levied on dairy farmers concerning
the milk surplus. “You pay three
times,” he said. “First, the dairy
farmer pays income tax, just like
everyone else, and part of this is
used to support the military. Sec
ond, when the government buys
dairy products to feed the military,
they get these dairy products at a
discount because they are called
“surplus”. And third, calling these
products “surplus” effects the
Wisconsin-Minnesota milk price
downward, according to Dum.
ADDITIVE
Ken Raney of the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association announced
that between August 1 and
November 30 any heifer between
the ages of twelve and twenty-four
months can be registered for $2O if
the owner is a member of both the
state and national Holstein
associations.
The Field Day was held at Wil-
Show steers went to 15 buy
ers at the Garden Spot Baby Beef
Club show and sale at the Lancas
ter Stockyards on Wednesday. Big
buyer of the sale was Gimbel’s
Food Plan of New York who paid
$1.02 per pound for the Grand
Champion.
Champion of the show was
Blackie, a stocky Angus weighing
1,105 pounds. He carried off the
purple ribbon for his youthful mas
ter, Billy Hackman, 12, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willis H. Hackman, Eli
zabethtown R#3. Bill, who will be
in the eighth grade, plans to use the
receipts from the sale of his steer to
buy a saving certificate. When
asked what he was saving for. Bill
said that he planned to start farm
ing, “But school comes first,” his
dad was quick to remind.
ILAGE
30 YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
Wyoming,
Wyoming and Lackawanna
Counties Holstein Association
held their annual picnic recently.
The picnic was held on the farm of
George and Paul Sheypuk.
After enjoying a delicious steak
meal, the chairperson of the
Wyoming and Lackawanna coun
ties Dairy Princess Committee,
Doris Hirkey, introduced and pre
sented a savings bond to Patty Spa
dinc, Dairy Princess, daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Spadine of
Nicholson; Wendy Ellsworth,
alternate Dairy Princess, the
daughter of Anna Ellsworth of
Meshoppcn; Donna Spadine,
Dairy Maid, the daughter of Mr. &
soncreek Farm, operated by
Dwaine and Kevin Brechbill. The
brothers farm ISO acres and milk
45 registered Holsteins.
Activities at the Field Day
included a judging contest. Wolff
served as official judge.
Winners in the Senior Division
were Ed Reichard, Keith Grove,
and Ken Mellott. Junior Division
Martin Witman, RDI Mar
ietta, placed sixth in level land
plowing competition at Hershey
on Wednesday. In competition for
the Pennsylvania crown and the
right to compete in the National
contest, Witman made a score of
413 points.
A local poultryman is one of
a group of franchised hatcherymen
who have become the new owners
of the Mount Hope Poultry
Department.
J. Russell Johnson, Johnson’s
Hatchery, Ephrata, PA, is a direc
tor of the new organization to be
known as Mt. Hope Poultry Farm,
Inc. The announcement was made
by J. Rockerfeller Prentice, speak
ing at the Mount Hope sales con
ference, Aug. 13.
Twelve county poultry
queens will enter the 1958 Miss
Holstein
Club
(16 and under) winners were Toby
Horsh, Damon Harwood, and
Brian Reichard.
The Donald Upperman Surge
dealership supplied milk for the
event. Ice cream was provided by
Franklin Feed and Supply Com
pany. Production Credit, Pennfield
Feeds and Paramount Feeds
donated the tent.
Pennsylvania Poultry Industry
Contest at Hershcy, Pennsylvania,
j Saturday, Aug. 23. The contest
will climax the Bth Annual Pcn-
nsylvania Poultry Festival held
during Dutch Days and in conjunc
tion with the National Plowing
J Contest.
The County queens were
selected by local poultry associa
tions in cooperation with the Pen
nsylvania Poultry Federation to
represent their county in the State
Poultry Queen Contest. They are
Ethel Faye Hess, RDI, Shoe
makersville, Berks Co.; Diane Bit
ting, Plumsteadville, Bucks Co.;
Joyce Ann Zilhaver, 220 W. High
St., Erie, Erie County; Janice Kos
er, RD2 Manheim, Lancaster
County; Sandra Lee Kelly, Jones
town, Lebanon County: Phyllis
Troutman, RDI, Herndon, North
umberland County; Patricia Baum,
RD2 Selinsgrove, Snyder County;
Karen Ryland, RD2, Pine Grove,
Schuylkill County; Carol Jane
Gabel, New Bloomfield, Perry
County; Donna Sue Warfield,
Fawn Grove, York County. Blair
County and Northeastern Queens
are to be selected.
Lackawanna
Club Picnic
Mrs. Lawrence Spadinc of Nichol
son; and Kim Mattocks, Dairy
Maid, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
Gordon Mattocks of Meshoppen.
The two dairy princesses reported
on the different activities they have
attended. The dairy princesses are
available to make appearances at
schools, malls, grocery stores, and
community groups. If you would
like to have the dairy princesses
and maids for a promotion, please
call Patty Spadinc at 942-6567 or
Joyce Mattocks, booking chairper
son, at 836-4644.
Mary family members cooled
off by going swimming, which
was a great way to end a nice picn
ic day.
The most critical 28 days in the profitability
of the lot.
Invitation to Moorman’s
Cattle Feeding Meeting
FRAME-BUILDING
To develop an animal that will perform in the
finishing phase, while using available
roughages.
Where; Twin Pine Auto Sales
downstairs
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Date; August 30, 1988
FINISHING
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gains.
Call: Warren Wenger
717-865-6723
Thomas Sharp 717-738-2509
BUI Pipkin 717-548-2718
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