VOL 36 No. 47
Maryland Holstein Is All-American Supreme
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) A 6-year-old Holstein
cow owned by Gay Ridge and
Kingstead Farm of Ijamsville,
MtL, was named supreme champ
ion of the Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show late last
week at the state Farm Show
complex.
The All-American Dairy Show
is the premier dairy cattle show in
Pennsylvania. It is sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Daily and Allied
Industries Association in coopera
tion with the state Department of
Agriculture and the Farm Show
commission.
There were 2,000 entries repre
senting breeders’ animals from 20
states, and four of the six breeds
held their national shows in con
junction with the All-American.
“C Rossland Astro Kat” was
named supreme champion over the
top cows shown from the six
breeds recognized in the annual
show. She is owned by Donald and
Mary Wilcom, sons Grey and Dan
ny, and Mary Douglas, Jane, Irv
ing and Harold King.
According to records. Astro Kat
had a 4-year-old record of 24,240
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Milk Hold
On Hold
A national milk withholding
that waste take place Oct I hat
been indefinctly postponed, but
is not cancelled, according to
organizers.
Roger Hess, an organizer of
the milk withholding effort in
Pennsylvania, said that while a
huge number of dairymen were
ready to withhold their milk,
there was not enough of a com
mittment to go through with the
action.
The plan is not over, howev
er. If prices, which have been
slowly rising, once again plum
met and additional producer
support is mustered, a new
withholding date will be
announced.
Hal Doran To Receive National
Cooperative Education Award
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The director of Penn
State’s Cooperative Business Edu
cation Program for the past 25
years, Harold (Hal) F. Doran, was
selected to receive the National
Cooperative Education Award
sponsored by the National
Cooperative month planning
committee.
Doran received this distin
guished honor at the 1991
Cooperative Month Planning
“kickoff” breakfast held at the
National Press Club in Washington
D.C. this week.
A visible figure in the northeast
cooperative community for almost
50 years. Doran is credited for
developing model programs and
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From the left, Obie Snider, president of the All-American
Dairy Show, dairy princess Tanya Martin, Steven Kerr, Mary
Louise Wilcum, and John Buckley, at halter, stand with the
supreme champion of the whole show and first place
champion in the first-ever genetic challenge competition.
Second place is Lockway Holly Sexation, shown by owner-
DHIA Decides To Offer Service To Members Only
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) —In a move to clarify its pos
ition well ahead of the deadline, the
board of directors of the Pennsyl
vania DHIA voted to provide ser
vices to members only after Octob
er 1, 1992.
Hazlett Named To Livestock Hall Of Fame
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
At the opening ceremonies of
KILE here in the small arena of the
Farm Show Complex, Vemon E.
Hazlett Penn State professor, was
named to the Livestock Hall of
Fame for his contributions to the
industry in training and education
of leaders and future leaders.
Managing Editor
Hal Doran
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 5,1961
Effective After Oct. 1 . 1992
The association is in the latter
stages of a long effort to standar
dize milk component testing and
Held services by joining all the
county associations under a state
wide unbrella.
Responsibility and liability for
the hiring of supervisors and pro
viding official records will then lie
Hazlett is know for his work
with students “at the barn” and for
developing swine bloodlines that
have kept Penn State in the lime
light at die national shows and pro
duction evaluation contests.
In addition, he has been active
with 4-H and FFA programs and
for many years he was the instruc
tor for a large part of each short
course held in alternate years at
educational materials about the
cooperative way of doing busi
ness. In his position as director of
cooperative business education
programs, Doran is responsible
for guiding long-term programs
such as the Summer Institute for
Teens, Young Cooperative Lead
ers conferences, Pennsylvania
Cooperative Director’s Schools,
cooperative employee training
programs, and the recent Ag Hori
zons programs for extension per
sonnel and teachers of agriculture.
He has been the Penn State liai
son with the statewide cooperative
trade association, formerly known
as the Pennsylvania Association
of Farmer Cooperatives (PAFC),
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breeder C. Richard Locke, while Wayne Sliker, who judged
the Ayrshire show and showed the grand champion Brown
Swiss, shows the third place genetic challenge Holstein.
Also shown are Onalee Smith, dairy princess, Boyd Wolft,
state agriculture secretary, and Tom Smith, representative
Atlantic Bleeders Cooperative.
with the state association. Under
the plan, individual dairy farmers
become direct members of the state
association and the county boards
become advisory councils and liai
sons between the state and local
districts.
The motion that was passed here
at their regular board meeting
Penn state for swine producers. By
a conservative estimate, he pro
vided in excess of 800 people with
a fundamental knowledge of good
swine production.
A member of the faculty at Penn
State for more than 30 years, Haz
lett has guided Penn State’s swine
breeding and production program
that included two national York
shire boars at the Yorkshire Type
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The Nlttany Lion Shrine is an attraction for all students
and families who visit Penn State University. In a story this
week, the Lion becomes the Introduction to a summary of
the history and the offerings made to present day students
In the college of agriculture, especially In the department of
dairy and animal science. If you have an Interest In Penn
State’s undergraduate program, turn to page 814.
60s Per Copy
Thursday morning reads as
follows:
“As of October 1, 1992, Pen
nsylvania DHIA will provide ser
vices to direct members only. Indi
vidual dairymen may apply for
direct membership. Supervisor
employees may apply to become
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