Lambert Hood, dean of the PSU College of Agricultural
Sciences, presents a national 4-H award to state Rep.
Samuel Hayes Jr. The award was one of eight presented
nationally this year.
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Penn State Alumni Meet At Ag Progress Days
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VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre
Co.) Members of the Penn
State University College of Agri
cultural Sciences Alumni Society
held their annual meeting Tuesday
at the Rockspring Ag Progress
Days agricultural technology and
research fair.
Several hundred attended the
meeting during which five mem
bers were elected to the 32-mem
ber board of directors and a new
president was named.
Also, in addition to presenting
several awards to members and
friends of the society. Lambert
Hood, dean of die college, dis
cussed the direction, achievements
and problems the college has
experienced during the past year
and the outlook for the future.
Outgoing president MeeCee
Baker introduced guest and sup
porters, and called for approval of
the minutes as part of her last offi
cials duties.
Alan Bair, chairman of the nom
inations committee, reported on
the results of elections, which were
held recently through mail
balloting.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 21,
According to Bair, of the five
positions on the board, four were
taken by re-election. However.
Mary Ann Keith, agricultural
administrator for Mid-State Bank,
in New Enterprise, was elected for
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ers culled out.
Table 2 is a section of the
Raleigh DHIA Herd Summary
Report. It shows Lancaster Coun
ty DHIA averages for herds whose
records are processed at Rcleigh.
Notice that the ME projections for
first lactation cows are about 500
pounds less than that of the second
lactation group. But, after the low
producers were culled out in their
first lactation, we observe about a
1000 pound gain as we compare
the second lactation group to the
older cows.
Another place where you can
track daily production by lactation
number and by stage of lactation is
on the Herd Summary Report.
Table 3 is a section from the
Raleigh Report that shows Lan
caster County averages. As you
a first time.
Those re-elected include
George Jugovic, Bob Storch, Lolly
Lesher, and Collette Williams.
study this section of the report
keep in mind, the averages are
only for the few cows shown on
the top two lines that were in that
stage of lactation on the last test
day. The Penna. Herd Summary
(Table 1) uses percent persistency
to track daily production changes
through the first S months of
lactation.
Are your cows peaking the way
they should and do they hold their
peaks well? Are you making pro
duction gains with the new gener
ations of genetics coming into the
herd? Are you two-year olds per
forming as well as they should be?
Your DHIA records may pro
vide some clues that can help you
answer these questions more accu
rately. If you spot problems, the
next challenge will be to deter
mine the root cause and take
action to correct the problems in
an effort to put the herd on a more
profitable track.
Table 3. Lactation Number, Days in MUk
and Daily Milk Production
STAGE OF LACTATION
STAGE OF
LACTATION
PROFILE
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NUMBER
JNOIIATBI
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MILKING
HERD
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SNOtLATES
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AV DAILY
MILK
PRODUCTION
2ND I LATEA
IST LACT
■k
AV SCC
SCORE
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