A22*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 28.1993
Of special Interest at the Lancaster County Holstein Field Day, this Prelude daught
er has a deep bottom side that includes three generations of dams with excellent
udders. Admirers of the calf include from left, Steve Kerr, Don Buffington, Bill Nichol,
the Coleman family: Shelly, Jerry, Jack and Donna, and John Howard.
Lancaster Holstein Breeders
Fellowship At Field Day
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likely to decrease to 7 million by
the year 2,000, the registered cow
population will also diminish,"
Kerr said. “Questions about the
relationship of the two herdbooks
will likely answer themselves by
that time.”
The national association con
tinues to look for ways to identify
animals that are easier than the pre
sent way of sketching or photo
graphing each animal. Several new
ways of identification are being
tested. These include electronic
transponders planted in the ears;
transponders in the ear tags; or ear
tags alone.
“Sketches or photographs are
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some farm operations.”
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committee working to formulate a
pedigree rating system that would
be in addition to index numbers.
Some breeders like the index num
ber system and others do not like it
Kerr said all breeders were impor
tant to the association.
‘The association was a little
careless in appearing to tilt to the
genetic side as much as it did,”
Kerr said. “When you have so
many good breeders who say they
want to do it another way, it is
incumbent on the association to
come up with a scientifically sound
rating system tool that will be help
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and make it useful for breeding
selection.
He said the new type evaluation
system with the feet, legs, and
udder in separate categories from
general appearance is working
“slick as a whistle”. The system
will produce more consistancy
between classifiers and provides
the means to accrurately describe
the cow. “You can look at the five
major breakdowns and have an
accurate picture of the cow that you
can work from person to person,"
Kerr said.
And international marketing
continues to be a major effort for
the national association. Right
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now, they are processing 25 bulls
for Poland and 1,000 bred heifers
for Saudia Arabia. “Poland has
been closed to us for decades,”
Kerr said. “We have spent a lot of
time and money trying to change
the health regulations. But it is
good business for us and we try to
spread this business around to our
members so as many people as pos
sible get a share of the action.”
Six years ago, Jack and Donna
Coleman moved their family to
Lancaster County from a farm in
New Jersey. Since that time they
have developed a nice herd of 60
cows that currently average
23,097; 847 f 736 p with a BAA of
102.2 The group of 300 farmers
and their families gave special
attention to Prelude calf from a
cow that is the third generation of
excellent mammary and herself
scored 92 (2E).
At Cherry-Crest they also run a
tourist business that gets publicity
from a sign on one of the farm
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Association Awards
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
The Adams County Poultry
Association recently awarded five
scholarships to Adams County
students enrolled in the College of
Agricultural Sciences at Penn
State University. Total awards
amounted to $3,000.
Successful applicants were
Troy Eckert New Oxford; Travis
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sengers on the Strasburg Railroad.
In the judging contest, Carolyn
Lowe had a perfect score of ISO
points. Sheila Balmer was second
in the ladies’ division with 147
points and Carolin Landis had 143
points.
In the men’s division Paul Zim
merman had 149 points; Mel Eby
had 147 points; and Dick Mellinger
had 146 points.
In the youth division, Darren
Good and Jeremy Welk were tied
with 147 points. Good was named
the winner because of his close
guess of the weight of one of the
cows in the judging class. Darren
Martin had 141 points.
Other officials involved in the
program included; Bill Nichol,
executive director, Pennsylvania
Holstein Association; Glenn Shirk,
Lancaster County Agent; and John
Howard, national director. Don
Buffington was the type judge for
the contest
Scholarships
Green, Gettysburg; Jayne Hess,
Gettysburg; and Jason Howe and
Ryan Howe, Gettysburg.
Awards for the 1993-1994
academic year represent the 27th
year that the association has parti
cipated in the scholarship program
at Penn State University for
Adams County students.
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