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Vol. 39 NO. 16
Pennsylvania DHIA Makes Adjustments For Competitive World
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) —The sixth annual meeting of
the Pennsylvania DHIA took place
last Friday and Saturday with a
note of optimism. The basis of this
optimism came from the general
feeling that Dave Slusser, the new
general manager, was the right
person to pull members together.
In fact, Dave set the tone for the
Jennifer Grimes, Pennsylvania state dairy princess, relaxes with the Phillie Phana
tic between presentations at all the elementary schools in Philadelphia. This program
to reach 112,000 students enrolled in the schools promotes the importance of drink
ing milk. Both MAMMA and Dairy Council, Inc., have programs that feature the Phana
tic. See stories on the Kids Page 810. In addition, a report on the annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Milk Promotion Program can be found on Page A 26.
York Holstein Club Names Officers, Schedules Events
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
YORK (York Co.) A bam
meeting at the Zirkle family dairy
farm kicks off this year’s lineup of
activities planned by the York
County Holstein Club.
The annual spring event is sche
duled for Thursday, March 24, at 1
p.m,, hosted at the Manchester
area dairiy operation of Doll and
Troy Zirkle. Extension specialist
engineer Dan McFarland will pre
sent various options for considera
tion when constructing cattle
housing facilities. Recently com
pleted heifer and dry cow housing
at the Zirkle farm will be open for
visitors to inspect.
Annual bus trip plans are also
under way, with an eastern Penn
sylvania tour tentatively sche
duled for April 6. Final itinery and
date will be announced at the bam
meeting.
Scheduled for the summer acti
vities are the annual county Hol-
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meeting iii his address Saturday
morning when he took the role of a
servant for himself and the
organization.
“l am humbly honored to be
your servant,” Dave said. “Our
mission is to be positive about our
organization. Not everyone is per
fect, but when we understand our
imperfections, we can better
accept the imperfections of others!’
On the plus side for Pennsylva
stein show at the York Fair
grounds, tentatively planned for
Thursday, July 28. A picnic and
recreational afternoon the follow
ing week, on August 4, will be
hosted at the Leroy Walker fami
ly’s Walk-Le farm, New Freedom.
The annual fall meeting and
banquet has been moved to Jan
uary 1995, to accommodate more
timely fecognition of both junior
and senior local award winners at
the state level.
York County Holstein Club of
ficers for 1994 are Philip Laugh
man, York, president, Dan
Hushon, Delta, vice president;
Larry Amspacher, York, secre
tary-treasurer, and Frank Feeser,
Hanover, state director. Also serv
ing on the board of directors are
Mark Bupp, Brogue, Darla Doll,
Glen Rock, Doug Kilgore, Air
ville, Tom Taylor, Delta, Gail
Thoman, Dallastown and Leroy
Walker, New Freedom.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 26, 1994
nia DHIA, Dave listed the good
employees who are hard-working
and the perfect scores the associa
tion has received for technician
training, data processing and
laboratory services.
“No one is any better in these
scores than we are,” Dave said.
“Yet we have lots of business com
petition that does not have these
perfect scores. We need to get this
message out. We do have good ser-
Officers and directors of the York County Holstein Club are, from left, seated, Gail
Thoman, vice president; Dan Hushon, president; Phil Laughman, secretary-treasurer,
and Larry Amspacher. Standing are Darla Doll; Mark Bupp; Leroy Walker; Frank Fees
er; Tom Taylor, and Doug Kilgore.
vices to provide to our members.”
To cut expenses, Dave said the
association plans to give up the
offices on College Avenue and
move the total operation back into
the lab building on the Penn State
campus. In addition, there will be
National DHIA To Honor
Several At Convention
SAN ANTONIO, Texas A
number of individuals are to be
recognized by the National Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
during its annual convention and
trade show which starts today in
San Antonio, Texas.
Those receiving recognition
have been selected because of out
standing service to the organiza
tion and its members. They are to
receive their awards during the
convention which runs until March
1, and is being held in the Hyatt
Hotel.
John Noble, of Noblehurst
Farms, in Pavillion, N.Y., is to
receive the H. Victor Joachim Dis-
High Tunnel Systems
May Provide Earlier,
Greater Yields
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) Vegetable growers can
benefit in a big way from using
high tunnel systems perhaps
real big.
Tomatoes can be picked about a
month early and can yield twice as
much as field tomatoes if growers
utilize the technology of high tun
nel production.
Dr. Otho Wells, extension veg-
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some employee reduction to lower
costs, but the goal is to not lower
quality of service.
“I would like to turn Pennsylva
nia DHIA upside down,” Dave
said. “The most important people
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tinguished Leadership Award for
his outstanding contributions to
the dairy industry.
Dr. Kenneth Butcher, director of
Dairy Records Processing Center
at Raliegh at North Carolina State
University, is to receive the
National DHIA Outstanding Ser
vice Award.
Sam Chafin, manager of United
DHIA, headquartered in Blacks
burg, Va., has been chosen to
receive the Martin A. wilson
Memorial Award.
Noble was selected to receive
the H. Victor Joachim award
because of his more than 13 years
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etable specialist with the Universi
ty of New Hampshire, spoke about
the results of trials using high tun
nel production on Monday at the
New Holland Vegetable Day.
About 150 area farmers and agri
business representatives attended.
Wells said that, in results
obtained from a simple, 14 fool by
96 foot high tunnel, a grower
experienced a one-month increase
in market opportunity for his
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