honored for having the
county's top-producing
Guernsey herd on test. She
owns the herd with Axel
The county’s top
producing Brown Swiss
herd on test is owned by
Richard Wenger of
Manhelm.
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Wednesday - December 13
Members, Supervisors Honored At Lancaster County DHIA Banquet
BY LISA RISSER
SMOKETOWN (Lancaster
Co.) Members and supervisors
were honored during the Lancaster
County Dairy Herd Improvement
Association annual banquet on
Monday at the Good ’N Plenty
Restaurant.
The state DHIA’s most presti
gious award, the superior service
award, which is given to one per
son each year, was presented toJay
M. Risscr who has been working in
Lancaster County as a supervisor
for a total of 36 years, 34 of which
are consecutive.'
Patti Johnson, who has'been a
Lancaster County supervisor for
the past 11 years, received the dis
tinguished service award, which is
Jay Rlsser, a veteran
supervisor having served 36
years, was honored with the
superior service award,
which goes to only one per
son In the state.
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Several Lancastei junty JIA supervisors received Red Rose awards during the
county’s annual banquet. The recipients are, from left, Harold Lindecamp, Nelson
Kreider, Joan Probst, Wilbur Houser, Harold Probst.
given to one person in each district
for outstanding service to DHIA.
The Dexter Putnam award,
given to the supervisor who has the
least errors in the state, was pre
sented to Harold Lindecamp, who
made no errors in the past year.
Lindecamp also is the senior-most
supervisor in Red Rose DHIA,
having 39 years under his belt.
Red Rose Performance awards
were given to Wilbur Houser, Patti
Johnson, Nelson Kreider, Harold
Lindecamp, and Harold and Joan
Probst.
Attendees honored their mem
bers who had outstanding herds.
The top Ayrshire herd, with an
average of 15,501 pounds of milk
and 623 pounds of fat, is owned by
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Warren Schmuck of Peach Bot
tom. The top Brown Swiss herd,
with an average of 16,120 pounds
of milk and 630 pounds of fat, is
owned by Richard Wenger of
Manheim.
Axel Linde and Mildred Wid
mann of Kirkwood own the top
Guernsey herd, which had an aver
age of 12,614 pounds of milk and
507 pounds fat. The top Holstein
herd, with an average of 23,457
pounds of milk and 851 pounds of
milk, is owned by John H. Howard
of Willow Street.
With an average of 13,796
pounds of milk and 646 pounds of
fat, Karl Herr’s herd was the top
among Jerseys, and Douglas
Marsh of Nottingham had the top
Milking Shorthorn herd, which
had an average of 12,614 pounds
of milk and 507 pounds of fat
The only herd on test with a
somatic cell count of less than
100,000 was owned by Roy E.
Scnsenig of Nottingham. His
herd’s average count was 87,000.
The association’s herd with the top
fat production was the Honey
Brook herd owned by Henry U.
Stollzfus Jr. His herd averaged'
22,447 pounds of milk and 885
pounds of fat.
Honored for having herds with
an average fat production of 800
pounds or more were Robert and
Karen Gochcnaucr of Lancaster,
873; Robert and Linda Scnsenig of
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