A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 23, 1991
I
Holstein Breeders Highlight Year
(Continued from Pago A 24) , . _ ,
land County who signed up 10
new members in Cumberland
County.
The following persons solicited
from five to nine new members.
They include: George Cashell,
Franklin; John Coleman. Lancas
ter; Russel Wyles, Bedford;
Duane Wilcox, Bradford; Paul
Hartle, Centre; and Ray McMil
len, Perry.
The Pennsylvania Holstein
Association also recognized three
clubs which have reached their
membership goal for 1990-1991.
Listed are the clubs and their
membership chairman; Lehigh-
Bruce Deitrich; Perry- Ray
McMillen; Sullivan- Robert
Coombs.
Twenty-four Pennsylvania
Holstein members were honored
with the prestigious Progressive
Breeder Registry Award.
Keystone Farms, Easton,
received the award for the 33rd
time this year while six breeders
received die award for the first
time. They include: Allen & Lor
raine Andrews, Gillett; Charles J.
Bean, Franklin; Christ L. Stoltz
fus, Honey Brook; Vincent &
Juliet Wagner, Myerstown;
Richard D. Wheeler, Gillett;
Duane H. Wilcox, Canton.
Other PBR winners in Pennsyl
vania for 1990 are: 24 Years-
the Snyder County DHIA board.
He is an active member of the
Grange and the Salem Lutheran
Church. He has held many office
and committee chairs in both his
church and the Grange.
Some of Boyer’s other areas of
service include the Red Cross,
Selinsgrove School Board, Rotary
and Boy Scouts. He also served as
the executive director of the Penn
sylvania ASCS Service from
1969-1973.
Pegan was bom and raised on
his Century Farm in Cochranton,
Crawford County. The farm was
started by his grandfather in 1846.
He has devoted his entire life to
the Holstein cow and the better
ment., of farming in Crawford
County. Robert and his wife Jane
have been married for 50 years.
They have two children and three
grandchildren. He now farms in
partnership with his son Richard,
milking approximately 35 head of
Registered Holstcins.
Pegan is a graduate of Cochran
ton High School and Edinboro
College. He fanned and taught
school for 12 years before going
into farming full time. He is a
member of the State and National
Holstein Associations. He has
served as a director of the Craw
ford County Holstein Club, hold
ing a number of leadership posi
tions. He was also active on the
County DHIA Board and a direc
tor of the Cochranton Co-op
Association.
Pegan is a lifetime member of
the United Methodist Church of
Cochranton. He also has served on
the local School Board.
Pegan was an organizer and
original consignor to the Crawford
County All-Breed Sale. His fami
ly is also regular consignors to a
number of local and state sales as
well as exporting animals to a
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number of countries. He and his
family have shown cattle for 35
years at the Cochranton Fair and
the Crawford County Fair. He was
one of the first breeders in Craw
ford County to use artificial
insemination.
The Young Holstein Breeder
Award winner for 1990 is Vincent
and Juliet Wagner from Myers
town in Lebanon County.
The Wagner’s started farming
on their own in 1976 milking 39
head of registered Holsteins with a
herd average of 16,984 m 621 f.
Today they are milking 58 head
with an average of 22,539 m 847 f
707 p. They received their first
Progressive Breeder Registry
Award in 1990.
They are very active members
of the Lebanon County Holstein
Club. Vince is serving his second
year as president of the club. He
has also held a number of other
offices within the club. They are
also active on the DHIA Board, in
Northern Lebanon Young Far
mers and as 4-H club leaders.
They list as some of their Hol
stein accomplishments receiving
their first PBR Award, developed
11 excellent cows, developed four
Gold Medal dams, and receiving a
Dairy of Distinction Award in
1990.
Vincent and Juliet credit their
children Stephanie and Christo
pher with helping them achieve
many of their goals and allowing
them to be an active progressive
dairy farm family.
The Wagners, as Pennsylva
nia’s winners, will have their
applications submitted to the
National Holstein Association for
consideration in National Distin
guished Young Holstein Breeder
Contest.
The membership solicitors
were scheduled to be recognized
this morning. Special recognition
went to Curtis Day from Cumber-
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19 Years- Jay & Mary Houser,
Spring Mills. 11 Years- Junge
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5 Years- Thomas A. Boyer, York;
Dale E. Hostetler, Annville.
Also. 4 Years- Dale & Dorothe
Hostetler, Atglen; Smysers Rich
lawn Farms, Robert & Rodney
Smyser, York; Alvin S. Stoltzfus,
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Salisbury; Wayne A. Hall, Ship
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Ten Holstein Milk Promotion
groups were recognized for their
work during the 1990 year in milk
promotion efforts. Each club
received a monetary award.
Cambria Co. Sets Crops Meeting
EBENSBURG (Cambria Co.)
Tuesday, February 26, 1991 is
the date for the Cambria County
Extension crops educational meet
ing. The session will begin at 9:30
a.m. at the United Methodist
Church Hall. Ebensburg and con
tinue to about 3:30 p.m.
Two agronomists from Penn
State will be featured at the meet
ing. Greg Roth will give a talk on
the environmental consequences
of corn management practices
(weed control, etc.) as well as pro-
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Conveyors
Eaclrpromotion group submit
ted a scrapbook detailing their
promotion efforts. Each scrap
book contained news articles,
photographs, letters, etc. high
lighting their promotional
activities.
The top three scrapbooks were;
Huntington County- Max & Elea
nor Isenberg,' chairpersons;
Beaver/Lawrence- Marlene
Mitcheltree, chairperson;
Lebanon- Sue Werner,
chairperson.
The seven other clubs and their
promotion chairmen recognized at
the convention were: Adams
County- Scott Deputy; Centre
County- Mary Ann Zimmerman;
Perry County- Patti McLaughlin;
Clinton County- Dee Courier;
Dauphin- Doris Schaffer; Blair
County- Margaret Smith; Butler
County- Aileen Cudoc & Ellen
Linamen.
ducing quality com silage. Lynn
Hoffman, also from Penn State,
will discuss new tillage tools and
no-till grain production.
The day meeting will qualify
for update pesticide credits.
The Department of Agriculture
will also have a calibrating mois
ture meter available to measure
the accuracy of farmers’ moisture
meters. Each person must bring
their own moisture meter to be
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