016192 1299 PER]OniXALb DlVlblON ■ w;:,°9 £f^]j£ A l sTATF^UHIVrRBIIV r, E N®i“ i 4 *"- 180 - • _______ VOL 35 NO. 1 Gloria Named Pennsylvania’s Top Milk Producer BY LINDA WILLIAMS ROARING SPRING (Blair Co.) Gloria, a registered Hols tein belonging to Ken Mowry, has been named the top milk produc ing cow for 1989 in Pennsylvania. Producing 37,850 pounds of milk in 305 days, Gloria’s butter fat record was 1,478 pounds and the protein was 1,183 pounds. “She comes from four genera tions of Excellent cows,” says Steve Mowry. “It took us a while to realize how good she really was. We can’t really feed her enough to keep up with her milk production.” It marks the second outstanding New Campaign Emerges From Dairy Promotion Agreement BY KARL BERGER Special Correspondent FREDERICK, MD Consumers across much of Pennsylvania cur rently are seeing the first majw -fruits of the recent partnership agreement between three of the four major dairy-promotion groups, operating in' die Dale. Television and radio advertising using the theme, “Milk: America’s Health Kick,” currently is airing in several major Pennsylvania mark ets. The advertising is sponsored jointly by the Pennsylvania Dairy Thirty-Four Years Young Jlovember Is Lancaster Farming's birthday month. In 1955, tha first Issue of the new county-wide farm news paper appeared in rural mailboxes. Now, on the paper’s 34th birthday, Lancaster Farming still appears In rural mailboxes—4B,ooo of them. News, features, markets, columns, and advertising of intent to fanners and agri-businesses fill the pagee from week to week, and while farming has changed over the years, the empha sis remains unchanged: farming, faming, faming. Mr./Ms. College Of Agriculture Named Michele Swope and Andrew Hippie Four Sections Home Of World Champion Corinne achiever for the Mowrys who farm 1,000 acres in Morrison’s Cove and milk 215 head of regis tered Holsteins. In 1974, they were awarded the World’s Champion Cow title for Corinne. “Corinne was six at the time,” remarks Mowry. “She died six years later, the same day her 44,000 pounds in 305 days record was broken. We all had to laugh because it looked as though Cor ine didn’t want to be beaten.” In accessing the milk produc tion of their champion cows, Mowry says, “Luck is the biggest factor. Genetics is second and, (Turn to Pago A 34) Promqtion Program (PDPP), the Syracuse, N.Y.,-based American Dairy Association and Dairy Council Inc. (ADADC), and the Columbus, Ohio,-bused Mid-East InuSaDairy Industry Association uDIA >- , t The three groups also have reached agreement on a joint $2.1 ration program for 1990. Each group will contribute $700,000 to promote fluid milk throughput much of the year, ice cream in the summer, and dairy products in (Tom to Pago A 23) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11,1989 Steve Mowry Is at the halter of Gloria, the top milk producing cow in the Pennsylva nia for 1380. ThisS-year-okt produced 37,850 poundtof milk 1n305 days, with 1,478 pounds of butterfpi and 1,183 oounds of protein. CoaniWoaeiiißd the World Cham pion cow title m 1874 tof Veterinarians Discuss Animal Welfare COLLEGE PARK. MD Transportation and slaughtcrprac ticcs are the major animal welfare issues confronting today’s dairy industry, according to panelists at a recent conference for bovine veterinarians sponsored by the University of Maryland Coopera tive Extension Service, the Va.-Md. Regional College of Vet erinary Medicine and the Ameri can Association of Bovine Practi tioners, District 11. “On-farm dairy husbandry practices are generally excellent,’ ’ noted Dr. William R. Stricklin, associate professor of animal sci ences at the University of Mary UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Andrew S. Hippie, the son of Jack and Patricia Hippie of Trout Run in Lycoming County, and Michele -Swope, -the daughter of Clarence and Margaret Swope of Bemville in Berks County were named the 1990 Mr. and Mrs. Col lege of Agriculture at Penn State. Swope, a junior majoring in agricultural science, brings an impressive background to her new role. As spokesperson for the Hor ticulture Club and exhibit chair person at the Horticulture Show, she has already helped promote the college. She is president of the Society of Ag Science Students, a member of Collegiate FFA and a representative on the Ag Student Council. “The role of the College of Agriculture in supporting the industry is not well known,” says Swope. “As an official representa (Tum to Pago A 22) 50c Per Copy land at Collage Park. '‘Neverthe less, more attention should be directed at understanding the behavior of domestic animals and using the knowledge gained to guide husbandry decisions.” Dr. Melanie Adcock, a veter inarian with the Humane Society of the United States, agreed. Pay ing more attention to behavior. she said, ‘‘would be more humane and might alsd increase productivity.” As an animal welfare organiza tion. the Humane Society recog nizes that people will use animals for various purposes, including food production, but advocates humane and appropriate treat ment. The organization does not support die contention of ‘ ‘animal rights” activists that animals should be accorded the same legal rights as people and does not con- Robinson Calls Farmland Trust Expert On “Transfer Of Heritage ■ Planning” BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor Bird-In Hand (Lancaster Co.) —“If we want Lancaster County Agriculture to be at its genesis and not its exodus with the next generation, we as a communi ty, as a nation, must reorder our values,” said Don Robinson, vo-ag instructor of Eastern Lancaster County. Robinson gave the keynote address at the Lancaster Farmland Trust annual meeting Thursday evening. “We have misplaced values when a rock star, movie star or a drug dealer makes millions of dol- $12.50 Per Year done the activities of “animal liberationism.” “Our primary transportation concerns involve ‘downers’ (dis abled cows) and calves,” said Dr. Adcock. “We want to make sure that injured animals are not dragged; they should be moved on a conveyance of some sot, their fractures should be stabilized prior to transport and they should be placed in a separate compartment during transportation.” Young calves that have trouble walking also are subject to drag ging, she added. She suggested that the United States adopt guide lines similar to Canada’s, which requite a minimum age of five days for transportation. A dry umbilical cord and the ability to walk without difficulty could be (Turn to Paq* A 32) lan for their contribution to socie ty and farmers fail to earn enough for their product and the heritage they contribute,” Robinson said. “You work hard at preserving land so we have open spaces and farms,” Robinson told the group assembled at the Plain and Fancy Restaurant. “Let us work just as hard to make fanning profitable. And let us work hard for vocation al agriculture. With the increased requirements in science and math for students, it’s hard to elect voca tional agriculture, the organization dedicated to establish students in agriculture.” Robinson said that preserving (Turn to Pag* A 46)
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