AlB-Lincaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 1994
HONESDALE (Wayne Co.)
The 67th annual meeting and din
ner of the Wayne County Dairy
Herd Improvement Association/
Pennsylvania D.H.I.A. was held at
Kuester’s Restaurant and Lounge,
at Beach Lake, PA.
Gary Rickard, Wayne County
D.H.I.A. Advisory Committee
member, conducted the annual
meeting business.
John Castrogiovanni, northeast
counties state director, Pennsylva
nia D.H.1.A., announced that
Pennsylvania D.H.I.A. will have
new member districts for 1994.
The new District 16 is to in
clude all Pennsylvania D.H.I.A.
member heads in Susquehanna,
Wayne and Pike coundes. This
will account for a total of over 2SO
dairy herds.
New revised Pennsylvania
D.H.I.A. By-Laws went into ef
fect as of Jan. 1. Also, the 1994
From the left, Doug Davis, Karl Eisenhauer, and Ed Pruts
Sr., receive plaques from the Wayne County/Pa.DHIA in-rec
ognition of outstanding production. Davis is herd manager
for Eisenhauer, owner of Richfield Farms, which was the
high herd for milk and protein production. Prussia owner of
Pruss-Vale Holsteins and his award is for owning the cow
with the highest protein production.
Charles P. Dennis Jr., receives a plaque from the Wayne
County/Pa.DHIA in recognition of his high quality milk
production.
Wayne DHIA Holds Annual Meeting
Pennsylvania D.H.I.A. state an
nual meeting is scheduled for Feb.
18, at Toftrees Resort, near State
College.
Also, some rate increases will
be put in effect for the new testing
year.
Jessica Chyle, 1993-1994 Way
ne County Dairy Maid, spoke
briefly about Wayne County Dai
ry Promotion activities.
Ed Pruss, Wayne County Ex
tension agent, reviewed the “new”
Wayne County D.H.I.A. Annual
Report compiled by Pennsylvania
D.H.I.A. He added some addition
al Wayne County D.H.I.A. infor
mation, including a printed sum
mary and record of Wayne County
D.H.I.A. yearly production since
its inception as an association
back in 1927.
He announced the D.H.I.A. pro
duction averages for the
1992-1993 testing year. A total of
94 Wayne County herds repre
senting 4,684 cows completed the
most recent D.H.I.A. testing year
with an average production level
of 16,953 pounds of milk, 620
pounds of butterfat and 542
pounds of protein. The average
value of product (milk) above feed
cost was $1,210 per cow.
Rick Verbeek, sire programs
manager for Sire Power Inc.,
Tunkhannock, was the guest
speaker at this meeting. Rick men
tioned his responsibility for the
ongoing and successful GOLD
and LAMP Programs offered to
area dairymen by Sire Power Inc.
He also coordinates the work of
the young sire/daughter evalua
tions and the special SET work as
sociated with proving young A.I.
sires. Rick discussed the import
ance and value of using D.H.I.A.
information to successfully obtain
early, reliable production informa
tion on young sires.
The announcement and presen
tation of all of the production
awards and management awards
was conducted. They included:
High Herd For Milk Production
- 22,653 pounds of milk and High
Herd For Protein Production - 701
pounds of protein per cow - Rich
field Farms (Karl Eisenhauer Jr.),
Lakeville.
High Herd For Butterfal Pro
duction - 850 pounds per cow and
High Cow For Butterfat Produc
tion - “Daylight” - 1,291 pounds
of butterfat - Rowe Brothers,
Honesdale.
High Cow For Milk Production
- “Joyce” - 31,538 pounds of milk
- Carl Shepstone, Damascus.
High Cow For Protein Produc
tion - “Shevaughn” - 948 pounds
of protein - Pruss-Vale Holsteins,
RD 1, Lake Ariel.
High Lifetime Cow for Milk,
Butterfat and Protein - “Bambi” -
258,725 pounds of milk, 9,352
pounds of butterfat and 7,362
pounds of protein in 9 lactations -
Jack and Ella Chyle, Pleasant
Mount.
High Quality Milk - 88,000
(Somatic Cell Count) - Sunrtsc
Ave. Farm (Charles P. Dennis Jr,),
Honesdale.
Herd Production Improvement
Award For Milk, Butterfat and
Protein - James Slocum, Susque
hanna, and James and Julie Yat
sonsky, Honesdale.
Herd Production Improvement
Award For Milk and Butterfat -
David Noble, Beach Lake.
Herd Production Improvement
Award For Protein - Carl A. Rob
inson, Pleasant Mount. Ken and
Elaine Soden, Starrucca.
Pennsylvania D.H.I.A. Herd
Management Awards - James Slo
cum, Susquehanna, Arthur Rute
ledge, RD 1, Damascus, Richfield
Farms (Karl Eisenhauer Jr.),
Lakeville, Kevin Burleigh, Plea
sant Mount
Wayne County D.H.I.A. herds
that attained a protein production
level of at least 650 pounds of pro
tein per cow, for the testing year,
received a rosette.
Included are Richfield Farms
(Karl Eisenhauer Jr.), Lakeville -
701 pounds; Kevin Burleigh,
Pleasant Mount - 681 pounds;
Highland Farm (William R. Bry
ant), HC Honesdale - 671 pounds;
Dale Worobey, Thompson - 664
pounds; David Noble, Beach Lake
- 664 pounds; Sunrise Ave. Farm
(Charles P. Dennis Jr.), Honesdale
- 661 pounds; Ronald J. Mayeski,
Lake Ariel - 660 pounds; Al-Mar
Farm, Honesdale - 659 pounds;
and Gary Fielding, Lake Ariel -
657 pounds.
Wayne County D.H.I.A. herds
that achieved a butterfat produc
tion level of at least 750 pounds of
butterfat per cow, for the
1992-1993 testing year, also re
ceived a rosette.
They are Row Brothers, Hones
dale - 850 pounds; David Noble,
Beach Lake - 814 pounds; Kevin
Burleigh, Pleasant Mount - 790
pounds; James Slocum, Susque
hanna - 782 pounds; Dale Woro
bey, Thompson - 770 pounds;
Sunrise Ave. Farm (Charles P.
Dennis Jr.). Honesdale - 770
pounds; Gary Fielding, Lake Ariel
- 759 pounds; and Al-Mar Farm,
200 Sunrise Ave., Honesdale -
755 pounds.
Pennsylvania D.H.I.A. Supervi
sors/Technicians serving Wayne
County dairymen are Linda L.
Wagner, Moscow, Steve Kammer,
Hawley, Steve Williams, Starruc
From the left, daughter Jessica stands with her mother
Ella Chyle, who with husband Jack (not shown) receive an
award from Wayne County/Pa.DHIA for their cow Bambi for
high lifetime production. Bambi made 258,725 pounds of
milk, 9,352 pounds of fat and 7,362 pounds of protein in nine
lactations.
Julie and Jim Yatsonsky receive an award from the Way
ne County/Pa. DHIA for the beat herd production improve
ment award for milk, butterfat and protein. Over the past
year, the couple’s herd showed an average increase in pro
duction by 2,169 pounds of milk, 64 pounds of of butterfat
and 76 pounds of protein.
ca, and Gary Williams, Stamicca.
Any dairymen seeking informa
tion about the Wayne County or
Pennsylvania D.H.I.A. programs
should contact the Wayne County
Cooperative Extension at
253-5970, x 239 or Pennsylvania
D.H.I.A. at 1-800-DHI-TEST.
Door prizes donated by North
eastern Farm Credit, ACA, and
Sire Power, Inc., both of Tunkhan
nock, were awarded at the close of
the meeting.
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