A2tLancttter Farming, Saturday, September 24, 1988
Schraders Named Maryland’s Outstanding Junior Breeders
BY SUE CROW
Maryland Correspondent
TIMONIUM, MD The Out
standing Junior Breeders for 1988
were Bruce and Ann Schrader of
Chcstertown. Bruce and Ann are
partners on the Schrader family
farm just south of Chcstertown,
Md., where they have operated
since 1971. As a youth in 4-H and
FFA, Bruce was outstanding in
dairy judging and highlighted his
judging experience as a member of
Maryland’s State 4-H dairy judg
ing team. This group narrowly
missed being national champions
by a few points at the Columbus
contest.
The Schraders have three boys,
Brian, Brad and Brett. Brian is
active in 4-H and participates in
judging and showing. The Schrad
ers have been very active suppor
ters of the 4-H program and the
Holstein Club in Queen Anne’s
County, hosting bam meetings,
picnics, judging practices and fill
ing several offices in the local
Holstein Club. In 1972, Bruce
served as Pres-dent of the Mary
and State FFA Chapter and is cur-
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rently serving as President of the
Queen Anne’s County Holstein
Club.
Ann plays a very vital role in
this organization by keeping all of
the financial records. She also
gives the vital back up support to
Bruce in areas that need a woman’s
touch such as assembling informa
tion for meetings and activities that
they become involved in. Their
approach to their business is very
much a team effort.
They milk 170 Registered Hols
teins and last year’s herd average,
DHI, was 19,094 milk, 4.2%, 804
Fat. In 1983, their herd was first in
the state for large herds with an
average of 20,741 milk, 4.0%, 830
fat This herd has been known for
its high butterfat production and
has consistently produced at a high
level with 4.0% or higher fat.
Bruce credits this achievement
to a strong background of Pawnee
Farm Arlmda Chief blood and
close attention to quality forage
production. Their farm is cropped
intensively with rye for silage fol
lowed by double crop com and
alfalfa for a hay crop.
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The close management on their
farm has earned the Schraders the
Queen Anne’s County Outstand
ing Herdsmen Award for four of
the last five years. This award is
based on several criteria including
number of cows milked, herd aver
age for production, cull rate, days
open to first breeding, calving
interval, age at first calving and
services per conception.
Use of outstanding A.I. sires has
been a part of the program for quite
a while. Currently daughters of Cal
jne at .uce Schrader received the 1988 Outstanding Junior Breeder Award
from Buddy and Charlotte Hill, Jr. With them are their children Brian, Bradley and
Brett.
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Bruce’s approach to breeding
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used successfully on this herd.
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of 4-H calves to the herd.
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