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involved in dairy projects.
Enlisting adult volunteer lead
ers to train youngsters, Morris
developed a nearly unbeatable 4-H
dairy judging program in his home
state. Half of the 26 judging teams
Morris coached won the national
contest and six won in internation
al competition at the Royal Agri
cultural Show in Great Britain.
The judging program became self
perpetuating as champion 4-H
iudges Morris trained grew up to
be volunteer leaders.
In addition to his 4-H leader
ship, Morris has judged local, state
and national dairy shows in all
breeds and was an official classi
fier for both Jerseys and Brown
Swiss. This year, he is official
judge for Ayrshires at the Pennsyl
vania All-American Dairy Show,
the same assignment he had at the
first Pennsylvania All-American
25 years ago.
During his career, Morris has
received many honors, including
the first Maryland 4-H Distin
guished Service Award, the
National 4-H Service Award, the
National FFA Honorary American
Farmer Degree and the State 4-H
Alumni Award. He has been hon
ored by several organizations,
including the Maryland Dairy
Shrine, Maryland Holstein Associ
ation and National Association of
Shrine Student Award
Shelly Keller, a 1988 agricultur
al journalism graduate from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
has been named winner of Dairy
Shrine's 1988 Student Recogni
tion p - ,T ram. The program is
designed to recognize dairy sci
ence students who, upon gradua
tion, plan to work closely with
dairy cattle. In its 20th year, there
were 24 contestants from the same
number of universities and col
leges. All received lifetime mem
berships in Dairy Shrine.
For her first-place honor. Keller
will receive a $l,OOO cash award
September 28 at the Dairy Shrine
annual awards banquet held during
the Pennsylvania All-American
Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pa.
Placing second through fifth in
the contest were: Kevin Kulzcr,
University of Minnesota; Jonathan
Merriam, California Polytechnic
State University: Douglas McCul
lough, Virginia Polytechnic Insti-
Valiant Daughter
Brings Top Bid
BY BETSY YODER
Huntingdon Co. Correspondent
A welcome relief of cooler
temperatures and gentle breezes
greeted dairy folk at the Mifflin
County Summer Classic Sale. The
event was sponsored by the county
Holstein Club and the Pennsylva
nia Holstein Association.
Gamering the top bid of the
evening was Blessed-Acres Val
iant Lilly; consigned by G. Shel
don Peachey of Belleville. Lilly is
a 4 year old daughter of the famed
S-W-D Valiant bull. She has
records to 21,898 of milk and 739
of fat and is scored very good 86.
The dam is a Elevation Pete
daughter with records to 20,304 of
milk and 689 fat. She is also very
good at 85. Lilly was sold with a
contract to Eastern A.I. Coop.
Kore Peachey, Milroy, bought this
outstanding young cow for $3550.
Another Valiant daughter was
Extension 4-H Agents and has
been named to the Maryland 4-H
Hall of Fame.
Prior to joining the University of
Maryland, Morris served in the
U.S. Army and spent four years as
a ficldman for the Holslcin-
Fnesian Association. He is a gra
duate of lowa State University
(8.5.) and University of Delaware
(M.S.). Since his retirement from
Extension work, Morris has been
secretary-treasurer of the Mary
land Holstein-Friesian Assoc
iation.
Morris and his wife, Martha,
reside in Frederick, Maryland.
They have four sons.
Keller Wins
tutc and State University; and
Francis Costello, lowa State Uni
versity. They will receive cash
awards of $5OO, $4OO, $3OO and
$2OO respectively.
the second high animal. Samuel
Yoder paid $2400 for Per-Lo Val
iant Jackie, a 3 year old. Her dam is
scored 85 and has records to
20,934 of milk and 779 of fat. She
was consigned by Percy S. Yoder.
Glickdale Ramses Nina was the
third high cow. Edwjn Click con
signed this just fresh 2 year old
daughter of Robthom Ramseo. Her
dam is scored very good 88 and has
consistendy tested 4.3 and .above.
James Yoder bought this promis
ing young cow for $1625.
Persy Yoder also consigned the
fourth high selling animal. Per-Lo
Gold Betts a two year old daughter
of Tri Day Valiant Gold sold for
$1550. Her dam has records to
21,188 of milk and 904 of fat. Paul
Yoder bought this young cow.
$1475 bought the fifth high ani
mal for Milbcr Farm of Martins
burg. This stylish Board Chairman
daughter was just fresh with her
John Morris
Shelly Kell
Dorothy Schnerlng
Dairy Shrine To Honor Three Pioneers
Dairy Shrine will honor three
dairy industry pioneers posthum
ously at the organization’s annual
banquet during the Pennsylvania
All-American Dairy Show on Sep
tember 28, in Harrisburg, Pa. The
three pioneers arc W. Lewis
“Lew” Campbell, Elis Knutson
and Dorothy Schncnng.
Lew Campbell (1915-1983)
spent 32 years managing A.I.
cooperative? and during that lime,
was a driving force in developing
cow indexes and better methods of
processing and packaging semen.
After serving in World War 11,
Campbell was an Extension Dairy
Specialist in West Virginia, and
heavily promoted A.I. to dairymen
there. He helped organize the West
Virginia Artificial Breeding Co-op
and managed the organization
from 1948 to 1957. He was instru
mental in forming partnerships
with other A.I. cooperatives in
order to improve service to far
Scott Is Distinguished Dairy Cattle Breeder
The 1988 Dairy Shrine Distin
guished Dairy Cattle Breeder
Award is bestowed upon Hope
Scott. She will receive the award at
the organization’s annual banquet
during the Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show on Scplcm
ber 28 in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
Scott is the owner of Ardrossan
Farms, long recognized as one of
the top-producing Ayrshire herds
in the nation. Last year’s herd
average on 1-07 cows was 21,027
pounds of milk and 870 pounds of
butterfat. Other 1987 production
accomplishments include six
150.000- milk and 12
100.000- milk lifetime certi
ficates 19 800-pound butterfat cer
tificates and 39 20,000-pound milk
certificates.
Scott’s herd also received its
28th Constructive Breeder Award,
three Maurice Benson Memorial
Protein Awards and the French
Trophy for herds over 100 cows.
During the past 78 years, Ardros
san Farm has bred 124 cows that
made over 100,000 pounds of milk
and/or 4,000 pounds of butterfat.
Seven Ardrossan Ayrshires pro
duced lifetime totals over 200,000
pounds of milk and/or 8,000
pounds of butterfat.
This prestigious herd is known
for more than the cows it has deve
loped and sold. Over the years, 24
Ardrossan-bred sires have entered
AI service. Currently four bulls
carrying the Ardrossan prefix are
plus-proven sires. The first bull
raised at Ardrossan, Ardrossan
Finalyston, was the second bull of
the breed to be approved.
second calf. During her first lacta
tion she produced 20,325 of milk
and 687 fat. She was consigned by
Kim Gromis.
David'Spicher, sale chairman;
Korc J. Peachey and Joshua D.
■
mers. These partnerships eventual
ly resulted in formation of Sire
Power, which Campbell managed
from 1970 to 1980. Campbell was
president of the National Associa
tion of Animal Breeders and sec
retary of the Maryland PDCA.
Elis Knutson (1910-1983) was
known as a great Holstein cow
man, breeder, showman and judge.
With his brother, he operated
Pabst-Knutson farm in Oconomo
woc, Wisconsin, for 22 years and
later managed Holstein herds at
Chambric Farm, Rockford, Illinois
and Nehls Farm, Juneau, Wiscon
sin. Over his career, Knutson
showed more than 70 Holstein All-
Americans and Reserve All-
Americans, and he earned the
Klussendorf Trophy in 1957. He
was a sought-after consultant and
judge, both nationally and interna
tionally. Knutson passed along his
dairy knowledge to more than 30
young Japanese who worked on
Hope Scott
Management has always been
and continues to be a strong point
in Ardrossan’s success. For nearly
40 years Scott has managed this
farm which was started by her
father Colonel Robert L. Mont
gomery. Ardrossan was the first
herd in the United States to be cer
tified free of Bangs Disease and
holds Pennsylvania bangs-free
certificate #l. Today’s herd health
program includes a monthly repro
duction check and a vaccination
program as recommended by the
University of Pennsylvania New
Bolton Center, which Scott is
closely associated with.
The Citation for Distinguished
Yoder are to be commended on a
very good sale with many high
quality animals. Forty-two aver
aged SI 130. Oren Bender was in
charge of pedigrees and Mark
Click was the auctioneer.
farms he managed. These efforts
were instrumental in building the
market for U.S. Holslcms in Japan.
As president and, later, board
chairman of Curtiss Breeding Ser
vice of Cary, Illinois, Dorothy
Schncnng (1893-1973) contri
buted greatly to dairy cattle
improvement. Schncnng look over
management of Curtiss after the
death of her husband, Otto, found
er of the A.I. firm and also a Dairy
Shrine Pioneer. She built Curtiss
into an A.I. leader, insisting on
high pedigree standards and pay
ing then-unheard-of prices of up to
$50,000 for top-notch proven
bulls. Today, 20 years after
Schnering’s retirement, many
standout cattle in all four breeds
trace back to Curtiss sires. Her
influence in helping people deve
lop to their full potential is appa
rent in large numbers of her former
employees who are now dairy
industry leaders.
Service Award from the Ayrshire
Breeders’ Association was given
to Scott in 1966. Twenty years
later the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives presented Scott
with a citation for developing one
of the top Ayrshire herds in the
country and her active involve
ment in soil conservation.
Horses have also played a large
partin Scott’s life. Chairman of the
board of the Devon Horse Show,
she has been inducted into the
National Horse Show Foundation
Hall of Fame. She is also the only
woman to judge the Madison
Square Garden Horse Show.
Many positive comments have
been made about this octogenarian
by her comrades. Scott’s herdsman
for 12 years, Hem/, Mielke said,
“She is personally involved with
registering, selecting animals
which are to be kept or sold, and
naming all of the animals. In the
evening she spends hours studying
pedigrees, going over farm
records, etc.”
Tom Whittaker, auctioneer and
sale manager in Brandon, Ver
mont, said, “Few owners are as
completely knowledgeable about
the many details of their farming
operation as Mrs. Scott and still
fewer know their cows as well. She
has an intuitive ability to instantly
relate most any animal that is men
tioned and point out the cow fami
ly of which it is a member.”
The man who nominated Mrs.
Scott for this honor was G.A.
Bowling of Lewisburg, West Vir
ginia. This former West Virginia,
University professor, Purebred
Dairy Cattle Association secretary
and Stralhglass Farm manager
stated, “During the 60 years I have
been associated with the purebred
dairy cattle industry... 1 have
known most of the long-time great
herds of pedigreed dairy cattle,
their owners and managers. Not
one of them could compare with 78
years of Ardrossan Farms.”