A32-lanc*st*r Farming, Saturday, March 10,1990
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member of Maryland 4-H Hall of
Fame; contemporary of MD Dairy
Shrine; Guest of Honor of Nation
al Dairy Shrine.
Martha taught chemistry at Bar
nard College and later joined MD
Extension Service and served as
Home Demonstration Agent in
Anne Arundel and then Cecil
Counties. She has always worked
close with 4-H clubs. After her
marriage, Martha spent all her
time working for John L. Morris
& sons. The couple have four sons
and five grandchildren. Martha
was elected Assistant Secretary
and Treasurer of the Maryland
Holstein Association on Decem
ber 6, 1988. Martha served 25
years as leader of the Gaithersburg
Girls 4-H Club. Martha also is
active in her church, serving on
the consistory as elder and sings in
the adult choir.
Junior Awards were presented
by Donna Myers and Nona
Schwarl/bcck in the following
categories:
PRODUCTION AWARDS Maryland Holstein Scholar
were presented for high ECM in' ship- $500.00- Jenelle Rinehart
305 days or less as follows: and James Swift
Coldsprings Farm Trophy- Overall Trophy Winner-
Marlin Hoff Family- Charles T. Matthew lager,
Dean, 111- 2 year old- Dean C-T-
Valor Comet-ET- 26,862 ECM.
Del-Myr Farm Trophy- Gay
lene Smith, 3 year old- O-C-S
Dairy Val Phil Patty-Z- 30,862
ECM.
Brooklodge Farm Trophy-
Charles T. Dean, HI- 4 year old-
Dean-C-T Pete Missie- 32,220
ECM.
Oakview Ridge Farm
Trophy- Carl Bender Family-
O. Clay Smith- 5 year old, O-C-S
Dairy Jerrys Moonshol- 30,842
ECM.
Kingstead Farms Trophy-
Amy Savage,- 6 years and over-
Shirl Tops Maryland
Convention Sale
Gay-Ridge Astro-Jet Shlii, sold for $6BOO to top the sale.
In the photo (L to R)- Dale Bendlg, representing Robert Gal
llvan of Halfway, Mo., Purchaser, Chris Hill, Leadsman.
EVA MARTIN
Maryland Correspondent
BEL AIR, MD. The MD
Holstein Convention Sale was
held at the Bel Air Equestrian
Center on Saturday, March 3. The
77 head consigned sold for a total
Morris Honored At Maryland Holstein Banquet
Savage-Leigh Jo Amy- 29,731
ECM.
Peace & Plenty Farm
Trophy- Joseph Schwartzbeck
Family- Brian Ehrhardt,- Lifetime
Production,- Dean C-T Star Ann
-156,533 FCM.
RECORD BOOK WINNERS
Junior Girls
Cynthia Fell
Kelli Savage
Kelly Myers
Junior Boys
Mark lager
Chip Savage
Matthew Day
First Year Book- Girls- Jami
Savage; Boys- Darren Wolf.
Senior Girls
Jenelle Rinehart
Stacey Guyton
Tanya lager
Senior Boys
James Swift
David Lenhart
James Allen
Patrick Hoff Memorial
Scholarship- $lOO.OO- Cynthia
Fell and Mark lager.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Judy lager, Scholarship Com
mittee Chairman, presented
$500.00 scholarships from the
Maryland Holstein Association to
the following recipients: Johanna
Remsberg, University of Mary
land; Gary Dell, University of
Maryland Institute of Applied
Agriculture; Donald Anderson,
VA-MD Regional College of Vet
erinary Medicine; Nancy Powell,
Virginia Tech; Susan Kelly, Vir
ginia Tech; William Swift, Virgi
nia Tech; Karen Knutsen, Univer
sity of Delaware.
Charles lager invited everyone
to attend next years convention
of $177,395, an average of $2303
per animal.
Top selling heifer, Gay-Ridge
Astro-Jet Shirl, 1989 All-
Maryland Junior Calf, owned by
Gay Ridge Holsteins, Ijamsville,
Md., was purchased by Robert
and sale in Howard County on
March 8-9, 1991 at the Turf Val
ley Country Club.
BURKET ADDRESSES
MARYLAND HOLSTEIN
CONVENTION
Dave Burket, PA Holstein
breeder was the speaker for the
afternoon session of the Maryland
Holstein Convention. His unique
delivery and keen observations
had the undivided attention of his
audience. Burket noted a similari
ty of the MD and PA conventions,
both having celebrities for speak
ers. PA having former President
Carter and MD having Burket!
Burket opened by saying he
was given two assignments. The
first was “Breeding a Paper Cow.”
His answer to that was, learn to
read, count and add numbers.
AMEN! His second was to chal
lenge his audience to “breed a
herd of cows for the nineties.” He
noted that one of their herds low
est producing cows was ranked
18th in their herd. He observed,
“Don’t try to beat the numbers,
but be sure the numbers don’t beat
you.” Burket said that many
breeders are admitting the num
bers system is not meeting expec
tations. At a recent visit to Burk
et’s farm, visitors from Germany
saw a real fancy cow they liked
and were extremely interested in
until they found she was -500. She
would not be eligible to enter Ger
many, Burket said. This is an
example of how good cows are
excluded due to lack of numbers.
Burket also noted that Cornell
University for many years breed
All American cows. They are now
using the top 1% of the bulls to
breed their herd. He challenged
anyone to visit and if they feel that
Cornell is still breeding All
Americans, he will personally pay
for the trip and a visit to see a psy
chiatrist Burket said it is time to
turn to the real experts, the breed-
1989 Maryland Holstein Progressive Breeder Award Winners.
Gallivan of Halfway, MO., repre
sented by Dale Bendig, for
$6,800.
Art-Acres Mark Kay O, con
signed by Arthur Rhoderick of
Hagerstown, Md., was the second
highest animal sold. She was pur
chased by George Stauffer of Wil
liamsport, Pa. for $6,700.00.
Harold and Colleen Smith,
Monkton, Md., were the owners of
the third highest animal, Ladys-
Manor Sugar Pie-Red, which sold
for $6,100 and was purchased by
Elm Park Farm of Scheboygan
Falls. WI.
Also selling at the sale was
Glen-Tocton Clcitus Beth-ET,
owned by William, John and
Michael Allen of Jefferson, Md.
The $l4OO received from this
heifer was donated to the MD
Dairy Judging Team for their trip
to the International contest in
England.
John and Martha Morris were honored at the Maryland Hols
tein Banquet for years of service to the dairy industry. John
retired as secretary/treasurer after 13 years of work for the
association. The package contained a beautiful quilt with
the inscription: “In appreciation for years of dedicated ser
vice. We love John. We love Martha.”
ers. He said some say we can not
breed for longevity. Compare it
with com, he noted. We used to
have 85-day com, now we have
125 - 130-day com. Burket says
he would rather have a hot
10-year-old than a hot 2-year-old.
How important is fancy, Burket
asked. When you were dating, did
you want a girl that was functional
or did you prefer one that was fan
cy? When a potential buyer looks
at ten heifers, which one does he
pick first? The big fancy one or
the small ugly? If we breed better
cows, we can sell more and better
breeding stock, Burket said. At
present, indexes start high and go
Lady«-Manor Sugar-Pit-Red, told for $6lOO at the con
vention tale.
FUN AUCTION HELD
FOR DAIRY JUDGING TEAM
Anyone collecting milk bottles
down. Buiket feels indexes should
start low and go up.
The highest achievement for a
breeder is standing first at Madi
son or breeding an All American.
Burket said Bull Studs stand taller
when daughters from their bulls
are selected first at ringside. Burk
et asked why Canada now domi
nates the show at Madison. He
added that we have lots of milk, so
why not breed for better, more
fancy cows. We can win the battle
to breed better cows if we can
devise the formula! Answering a
question from the audience as to
who has the formula, Burket said.
“You the breeder have the
answer.”
found they had to pay premium
prices at the MD Holstein Con
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