A24*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7, 1992
Pennsylvania Holstein Convention News
Pennsylvania Holstein
Has $12,300
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
Wanendale (Allegheny Coun
ty) A colorful setting of gold
and black balloons and gold
sweatshirt-clad sale crew bright
ened both the spirits and the bid
ding from a standing-room-only
crowd at the annual Pennsylvania
Holstein Association convention
sale.
Top seller from the sale ring set
up in the spacious ballroom of the
Sheraton Inn was Willowcrag
Mocal May. a recently-freshened
heifer that commanded the final
bid of $12,300 from buyers G.W.
and Shari Snider. Goshen Indiana.
Consignor of the sale topper was
Jim Miller of Columbiana, Ohio.
Sired by Eric-Dew Quietcove
Micheal, the two-year-old is from
a Walkway Chief Mark dam
scored EX-90 as a three-year-old.
The dam’s three-year milk record
topped 26,000 with 1080 pounds
of fat Second dam was a VG-86
Gold Medal Dam Valiant and
third dam was a VG-88 Gold
Medal Dam.
Second high seller was an
1991 Young Holstein
Breeder Award
WARRENDALE (Allegheny Ben Beiler when he was 12 years
Co.) The Pennsylvania Hoi- old, at age 19 Tim and Ben formed
stein Association Distinguished a partnership in which Tim owned
Young Holstein Breeder Award 25 percent of the herd, at age 27
winner for 1991 is Timothy and Tim and Phyllis purchased the re-
Phyllis Barlow, Cochranville, mainder of the herd from the Bed-
Chester County.
Tim Barlow be;
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Tim and Phyllis Barlow, Chester County, were named dis
tinguished young breeder award recipients. President Way
ne Harpster, left, announced the presentation.
Sale Topper
October heifer sired by Southwind
Bell of Barlee, fetching a winning
$B2OO bid from William Pettit,
Vincentown, New Jersey.
Singing-Brook M Win Nadine-
ET is from four generations of
maternal excellents, sired by
breed greats including Board
Chairman and Valiant She was
consigned by the Obie Snider
family’s Singing Brook Farm,
Imler.
Maplebound Tradition Cookie
was third high on the sales list
with a final bid of $7200 from
William Conyngham,
Shavertown.
The VG-88 three-year-old is
sired by Bis-May Tradition Clei
tus and a granddaughter of the
well-known Swampy-Hollow
Sugar-Twin, 3E-91. She milked
19,310 milk in her first lactation,
with a 4.0 protein and 4.8 fat test.
Interest for a possible bull-calf
contract was indicated. Consig
nors were Timothy and Teresa
Kissling, Robesonia.
Bidding continued spirited
through the sale of the 60 head,
tallying a sale average of $3364.
for The Barlows started with 30
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Mocal May, purchased by G. W. and Shari Snider, Goshen, Illinois, and consigned by
Ohio Holstein Breeder, Jim Miller.
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The first cow in the ring at the Holstein Convention sale was Maplebound Tradition
Cookie, purchased for $7,200 by Bill Conyngham, Shavertown, and consigned by Tim
and Teresa Kissling, Robesonia.
head averaging 16,533 m, 644 f, to
day they milk 90 Registered Hol
steins with rolling average of
23,074 m, 818 f, 728 p, they also
have 80 head of young stock they
feed and care for. Their BAA
stands at 103.7 with five excellent
cows in the herd.
The Barlows are members of
the Chester County Holstein Club.
Tim has served on the Board of
Directors and as the County Sales
Representative. He also serves on
the Chester County DHIA Board
of Directors and is Secretary to
that Board. They are also mem
bers of the Chesco Cooperative.
They list as some of their goals
to improve their herd average to
the 25,000 milk range, and their
BAA to IOS as well as increasing
their pounds of milk produced per
man and decreasing the feed costs
by improving their forage quality.
They would also like to invest in
two or three top cow families and
do some embryo transfer work on
them.
Tim and Phyllis have three
young children who they hope
will be interested in the Dairy in
dustry in the future.
The Barlows, as Pennsylvania’s
winners will have their application
submitted to the National Holstein
Association for consideration in
the National Distinguished Young
Holstein Breeder Contest.
The Pennsylvania Holstein As
sociation is pleased to recognize
and congratulate Tim and Phyllis
Barlow on being named Pennsyl
vania’s Distinguished Young Hol
stein Breeder Award winners.