Warren Dairy Farmers
WARREN (Warren Co.)
The annual Dairy Herd Improve
ment Association (DHIA) and
Holstein Club banquet was held
recently at the Wrightsville Fire
Hall.
According to James Cowden,
county extension agent, the 40
county herds enrolled in the Penn
sylvania DHIA produced at nearly
the same level as last year.
The final statistics included
2,467 cows that produced an aver
age of 16,497 pounds milk, 612
pounds butterfat, and 529 pounds
of protein per cow.
Top herds were honored at the
meeting, Maple Place Farm of
Sugar Grove was the high herd in
milk production. The cows pro
duced an average of 21,478
pounds of milk. Owner Alan Lud
wick received an award plaque
from Pennbank for his herd’s
achievement.
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The best herd in both butterfat
and protein production was that of
Floyd Beardsley, Pittsfield. The
Beardsley herd averaged 788
pounds of fat and 675 pounds of
protein. He received plaques
sponsored by Marine Bank and
Penn West Farm Credit for his
respective honors.
the herd with the lowest soma
tic cell count was Twin States
Farm of Sugar Grove. Their cows
averaged 108,000 somatic cells,
and they received a plaque from
the Conncaut Lake Veterinary
Clinic.
• One herd received all three of
the most improved honors. The
herd of Mike and Pam Donaldson,
Akeley, had the most improve
ment in milk, butterfat, and pro
tein. The Donaldsons’ Brown
Swiss cows increased production
by an average of 2,894 pounds of
milk, 94 pounds of butterfat, and
Receive Honors
98 pounds of protein. For their
achievements the Donaldson fam
ily received plaques from Penn-
West Farm Credit, Northwest
Savings Bank, and Mosher
Mobile Milling and Nutrena
Feeds.
The top individual cows were
also honored at the banquet.
The high cow in milk produc
tion was owned by Willard Hitch
cock of Lander. The Holstein cow
#49 produced 29,841 pounds of
milk. The nearly 3,500 gallons of
milk produced by this one cow
could supply enough milk for over
40 families during a year. A tro
phy was awarded Hitchcock by
Falconer Agway.
The high cow for butterfat and
protein production was from Gla-
Don Farm in Sugar Grove. The
Holstein #2ll owned by Wayne
Gruber produced 1,099 pounds of
butterfat and 888 pounds of pro-
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tein. Gruber’s cow was awarded
trophies from Cony Agway and
5M Feeds.
The DHIA presented rosettes to
the highest herds in protein and
butterfat production. Cowden
noted that Pennsylvania DHIA
began to rank herds on the basis of
ADC Elects
SOUTHAMPTON
(Bucks Co.) Atlantic
Dairy Cooperative’s
board of directors
elected officers for the
1990-1991 fiscal year
and announced the
results of director elec
tions during the
cooperative’s annual
meeting Nov. 15-16.
Robert B. McSpar
ran, Peach Bottom, was
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protein instead of butterfat in
1990. True protein is a more accu
rate measure of the cheese yield
for milk than the fat content. Also,
Cowdcn said that today’s health
conscious consumer prefers milk
with less butterfat
(Turn to Pag* A 29)
Officers
elected to his 11th term
as president of the
3,555-member coopera
tive. The Lancaster
County dairy farmer has
served on the board for
24 years.
McSparran and his
wife, Charlotte, own
and operate a 300-acre
farm and milk 60
Guernsey cows. They
are in partnership with
their son, John W.
Re-elected as first
vice president was Ivo
V. Otto Jr., Carlisle.
Otto has been a member
of Atlantic for 30 years,
serving on the board of
directors for 23 years.
He and his family oper
ate a 300-acre farm in
Cumberland County
and milk 100 Holstein
cows.
Elected to his fourth
term as second vice
president was Roy W.
Hetrick, Bemvillc. Het
rick has been a director
of Atlantic since 1974.
He and his family oper
ate an 870-acrc farm in
Berks County. They
milk 275 Holstein cows
and farm an additional
450 acres.
Also re-elcctcd as
officers were: Dr. Paul
E. Hand, Warminster,
secretary and general
manager; Robert M.
Dever, Philadelphia,
assistant secretary and
assistant general mana
ger; and Evan L. Fine
man, Philadelphia, trea
surer. Hand, Dover and
Fincman are employed
by the cooperative at us
Southampton
headquarters.
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In addition to the
officers, the following
directors were re
elected during their tall
district meetings:
Robert R. Gchman,
Coopers burg. District 1;
J. Wade Groff, Lancas
ter, District 5; Roy W.
Hetrick, Bcmvillc, Dis
trict 9; Elvm M. Rohrcr
Jr„ Cochranvillc, Dis
trict 11; Curtis r
Akers,
District 12; and Jason
R. Hcrtzlcr, Milton,
District 19.
New to the board are
William R. England,
Williamsburg, and Eli
zabeth A. Smith, Mon
trose. England, the new
District 20 director,
replaces Byron E. Sol
lenbergcr, Curryville,
who retired from the
board. Smith fills the
District 23 position, for
merly held by Lawrence
M. Spadine, Nicholson.