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VOL 36 NO. 48
Computer Technology Sees What The Judge Can y t At KILE
John Hough, vice president for education and research with the Polled Hereford
Association, measures the height of a calf before the Genetic Focus Show at KILE.
Thornburgh Vows Farm Support
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
MILLERSVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) “To put it very simply,
where I stood as a governor. I’ll
stand as a senator,” said former
Pennsylvania Governor Dick
Thornburgh.
Thornburgh was on hand Thurs
day afternoon at Funk’s Farm in
Miliersville. There, he addressed
mote than 100 farmers and agri
Astro Kat Is Champion Holstein Of The World
EVA MARTIN
Maryland Correspondent
MADISON, Wis. C Ross
land Astro Kat, owned by Gay
ndge and Kingstead Farms of-;
Ijamsville, Md. was named
supreme champion over all breeds
at the World Dairy Expo in Madi
son this week.
Amid the fanfare, celebration
and reminiscing of the 25th
anniversary of the Expo, the grand r
champions of the six breeds were
paraded before a panel of judges
and international audience of spec
tators. The selection took place in
the Dane County Coliseum as the
final event of the World Dairy
Expo.
This 6-year-old beauty also
claimed the supreme champion
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INDEX
Sec. A... Market Reports
& General News.
Sec. 8... Women’s News,
Public Sales & Mailbox
Market.
Sec. C.. Business News
& Classified 4-36.
Sec. D... Classified 1-3.
See Story Index Page A 3.
Four Sections
business ttaders in the area as part
of a three-location campaign tour
before the senate election on
November 5.
Thornburgh, governor from
1979-1987, told supporters that if
elected to the seat, now held by
incumbent Harris Wafford (D-
Bryn Mawr) since the accidental
death of forma* U.S. senator John
Heinz (R-Pittsburgh), he will run
the office in way ‘ ‘characteristic of
our farm families in your commun-
Evan the champion Holstain of tha world won’t always
put har ears toward to pose for a photograph. From the left,
with the new champion, are Ontario Dairy Princess Heather
Mclntosh; Distinguished Junior Holstein Member Tom
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 12, 1991
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ity,” he said.
"We were tight wads,” he said.
“We cut taxes, we cut expenses,
we left (the state) with a $4OO mil
lion surplus and I was proud of the
fact that we could keep our books
in balance.”
Thornburgh said the statements
he made "are clues to how I will
conduct myself as a United States
senator in working for the agricul
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ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
In the past, looking at a prize
heifer and thinking she’d have no
trouble with calving was all you’d
have to go on.
But often, at birth, the cow
needed assistance. Pelvic area
might have been too small, or other
characteristics may have affected
it at birth.
Often times, what the judge
appears to see in the show ring is
not what is. But new techniques
that marry human medical compu
ter technology to progeny analysis
in cattle help determine a true
winner.
Enter the Polled Hereford Asso
ciation’s Genetic Focus Show,
held last week at the Keystone
International Livestock Expo
(KILE). There, two days before the
show began, approximately 145
PennAg Names Officers
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
PennAg Industries Association, an
agribusiness trade association rep
resenting more than 500 compa
nies, has announced its officers for
the 1992 term.
The officers for the 1992 term
are President, Ed Rhoads, Rhoads
Mills, Selinsgrove; Ist Vice Presi
dent, Mike Horn, Pennfield Corp.,
Lancaster; 2nd Vice President,
James Bradley, New Holland
Supply, New Holland; 3rd Vice
President, H. Glenn Esbenshade,
Eshenshade Mills, Ml Joy; Trea
surer, John J. Hess, 11, Hess Mills,
Paradise.
The following have been
Nugent; Wisconsin Dairy Princess Melissa Goldade; donor
of the award Allen Hefts; John Buckley at the halter; co
owners Greg and Mary Louise Wilcom and Doug King; and
Judge Ken Empey and associate judge Dr. Gary Rogers.
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cattle, from calves to cows, were
brought under scrutiny by the
association.
First, the cattle’s height was
measured. Second, using ultra
sound techniques, backfat and
ribeye areas were measured. Third,
pelvic measurements were taken,
and cattle were weighed.
Scores from the data compiled
from the measurements were com
bined with the judges’ visual
scores to determine final placings
in the show on Sunday.
"We take an image of the cross
section of ribeye, as well as the
loin eye area,” said Dr. Jim Stouf
fer, president of Animal Ultra
sound Service, Inc., which con
ducted the tests.
Using “the same technology
used in hospitals," said Dale Mill
er, technical representative for the
elected to serve on the Board of
Directors: Reelected for a second
term: William Robinson, Kreamer
Feed, Kreamer; Richard Weaver,
Nelson Weaver & Son, Lititz;
John Zerbe, Purira Mills, Inc.,
Camp Hill; George Williams,
Codorus Fertilizer Service,
Codorus.
Elected for the first term: John
Moyer, Moyer & Son, Inc.,
Souderton; O. Wendell Judson,
Judsons, Inc., Columbia Cross
Road; Patricia Boova, Shearson
Lehman Bros., Bala Cynwyd;
Scott Hodgson, Martinsburg Mill
ing, Martinsburg-
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