every day,” he said. ‘‘You’re
going to have to do something.”
Travel to Expo
Despite his busy schedule,
Musser will travel to die 1990 Soy
bean Expo in Milwaukee on July
27, where he will formally receive
the award.
“DuPont is a tremendous spon
sor of the soybean associations,”
he said. “Most of Du Pom’s spray
materials are geared to soybean
production. Out of the dozen or
more chemicals that they produce,
most of them are for soybeans. So
they sort of have gotten behind the
soybean associations and spon
sored a lot of their activities.”
After the trip, Musser may try to
find time to take off from the long
days. “We take some time off.
Dad’s still here helping us out a lot.
So you know if we want to, we can
get off to visit somebody or go to
the beach in the summer. It’s nice
when you have the family here.”
Jim Musser, Mt. Joy, was recognized by the Mid-Atlantic
Soybean Association and the American Soybean Associa
tion (ASA) as this year’s winner of the DuPont Young Lead
er Award. In 1988, Musser was the state winnerinthe Market
Builders Program sponsored by the American Soybean
Association and ICI Americas Corp.
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Date Set For AGA
National Convention
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio
The 113th American Guernsey
Association (AGA) annual meet
ing will be held in Evansville, IN,
on June 18. The convention, sche
duled for June 15-18, will be held
at the Bob Greene Executive Inn.
The Indiana Guernsey Breed
ers’ Association has planned a
number of relaxing, enjoyable
social events during the weekend
prior to the meeting. Some of the
activities include touring historic
New Harmony, dinner and danc
ing on the Executive Queen river
boat and viewing the Lincoln Out
door Drama.
The youth will also have an
enjoyable and educational time
competing in the quiz bowl com
petition, the queen contest and
spending a day at the amusement
park, “Holiday World.” During
the annual youth banquet Sunday
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 12,1M0-A2l
evening, the national outstanding
Guernsey youth will be named as
well as the Outstanding Young
Guernsey Fanner.
Some of the awards to be pre
sented at this year’s convention
include the Master Breeder Award
which will be awarded to Bernard
and Mary Pralle of Onalaska, WI.
Breeders and developers of Fauv
er Hill Guernseys, the Pralles have
contributed many years of dedi
cated service and quality cattle to
the Guernsey breed. Their disper
sal this past year was the highest
averaging Guernsey dispersal in
four years.
Carl Fortkamp of Coldwater,
OH, is the recipient of the AGA
Distinguished Service Award. The
77-year-old breeder of Gold Ban
ner Guernseys has spent most of
his life promoting and educating
people about the Guernsey cow.
His herd of Guernseys has been
well promoted locally, statewide
and nationwide.
High production awards in both
the junior and senior divisions will
be presented. These will include
high herds for all production
levels, junior gold star breeds and
high individual production for the
junior among others.
Directors for district one and
four will be announced during the
annual meeting on the 18th.
Richard J. Cronin of Jane Lew,
WV, and Robert Holcomb of
Greene, NY, are the two nominees
for district one. All active mem
bers of district one are eligible to
vote by ballot until June 17. This
district is comprised of the states
of Connecticut, Delaware,
Washington D.C., Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island, Vermont, West Vir
ginia and foreign countries.
Donald Peterson of Cashton,
WI, and Weldon Peterson Sr. of
Malone, WI, are the two nominees
for district four which is com
prised of the state of Wisconsin.
All active members of district four
are eligible to vote. Ballots must
be returned by June 17.
Following the annual meeting,
the National Convention and Heif
er Sale will be held in the conven
tion center of the hotel. Approxi
mately SO head of top quality
Guernseys from around the United
States will be auctioned. Headlin
ing the sale are Excellent cows
with high production, fancy show
heifers, embryo packages, bull
packages and potential bull
mothers.
Reservation deadline for con
vention activities is May 25. Hotel
reservations are due June 1. For
more information about the AGA
convention, contact convention
chairman, Lee Riggs, 1161 Volk
man Rd., Evansville, IN 47711, or
(812) 867-5035. Registrations
should be sent to Indiana Guern
sey Breeders’ Association, RR2,
Box A 202, Silver Lake, IN 46982.
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