Fielding Has Top Milk, Fat Records In Wayne DHIA
1988
The Wayne County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association com
pleted its 62nd year of milk testing
on October 8, 1988 with 104
whole year herds. In addition, five
owner sampler hods completed
ihe testing year. During 1988 5364
cows were on test in the county
producing on the average 15,419
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pounds of milk and 556 pounds of
butterfat per cow.
The top herd in milk and butter
fat production was Gary Fielding,
Lake Ariel, with a record of
20,999 pounds of milk, 838
pounds of butterfat and 635
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and Ella Chyle, Coldsprings, had
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with 20,676 pounds of milk, 711
pounds of butterfat and 662
pounds of protein.
Other dairymen with herds in
excess of 700 pounds of butterfat
per cow were Kevin Burleigh,
Pleasant Mount, 745, and Rowe
Brothers, F.E. 2 Honesdale, 710.
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of 600 pounds were Kevin Bur
leigh, 642; Highland Farm (Wil
liam Bryant), Star Route, Hones
dale, 617; E.W. Lcpro, Orson,
616; Bruce Avery, Star Route,
Honesdale, 614; Charles P. Den
nis, R.D. 2 Honesdale, 602.
The cow with the highest but
terfat lactation record in the asso
ciation for the year was “April”
owned by Gary Fielding. She pro
duced in 30S days 23,862 pounds
of milk and 1098 pounds of fat
“Michele” a cow owned by Alton
Olver, R.D. 3 Honesdale, had the
top lactation milk record, for in
305 days she produced 28,520
pounds of milk and 777 pounds of
butterfat. The current record hold
er for the highest lifetime total in
milk production is “Satifac”
owned by Rowe Brothers. In 11
lactations she has shelled out
222,213 pounds of milk and 7782
pounds of butterfat “Wilma” in
10 lactations, owned by Kevin
Burleigh, Pleasant Mount holds
the top lifetime record in butterfat
with 210,399 pounds of milk and
8319 pounds of butterfat.
The high quality milk award
has been earned by James Slocum,
R. D. 3 Susquehanna. This award
is presented to the herd owner
with the lowest average somatic
cell count for the testing year,
which in this case was 78,000.
Other herds with somatic cell
counts of 150,000 and below were
Carl Conbeer and Son, Beach
Lake; Alton Olver, R.D. #3
Honesdale; William Taninies,
R.D. 4 Honesdale; Randy Howell,
PA’s Milk Production Up
HARRISBURG (Dauphin)
Milk production in Pennsylvania
during November totaled 834 mil
lion pounds, an increase of 1 per
cent over November 1987 produc
tion, according to the Pennsylva
nia Agricultural Statistics Service.
The number of milk cows in the
Commonwealth during the month
averaged 716,000 head, down
3,000 from October and 5,000
fewer than November a year ago.
Milk production per cow aver
aged 1,165 pounds in November,
down 15 pounds from the preced
ing month but 20 pounds more per
cow than November 1987.
In the 21 states surveyed, milk
production totaled 9.97 billion
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R.D., Waymart; David Noble,
R.D. 4 Honesdale; Michael Neb
zydoski, Pleasant Mount and
Charles P. Dennis, R.D. 2 Hones
dale.
Ronald J. Mayeski, #3, Lake
Ariel has been recognized for hav
ing the largest increase in milk
production over the previous year.
The Wayne County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association held its
annual meeting November IS at
the J and J Lounge. David Soden,
president of the group presided.
Awards were presented and Dr.
William Heald, extension dairy
specialist, Penn State University,
spoke on new developments in the
Pennsylvania DHIA program.
New directors elected for three
year terms were William Bryant,
Charles Dennis, Marlyn Shaffer
and Henry Antoniolli. Other
directors are Ellis Dix, Michael
Nebzydoski, John Pawloski, Gary
Rickard, James Slocum, David
Soden, and Grant Teeple. Mrs.
Marilyn Johnson, R.D. 1 Hones
dale, serves as secretary-treasurer.
Dairy herd improvement super
visors employed by the associa
tion are Stephen Kammer, R.D. 2
Hawley; Linda Wagner, Hamlin;
Patricia Hess, Starrucca; and Ste
phen Williams, Stanrucca.
Information on the programs
offered by the Wayne County
Dairy Herd Improvement Associ
ation can be secured by contacting
any of the DHIA supervisors or
the Wayne County Extension
Office, Courthouse, Honesdale.
pounds during November, 2 per
cent more than a year earlier. Milk
cows in those states averaged 8.57
million head, 1 percent less.
Production per cow averaged
1,142 pounds, 37 pounds less than
the preceding month but 35
pounds more than November
1987.
During the July-September per
iod, the 21 selected states pro
duced 85.1 percent of U.S. pro
duction. If producers in the 29
states not surveyed on Dec. 1 fol
lowed the trend shown by the
reporting states, U.S. milk produc
tion would total about 11.5 billion
pounds during November.