A3B-lancaslsr Farming, Saturday, March 19, 1994 Dixit L. Burris, Membership Development, f \ (Nil 1->IOO-I)III*TKST for Inrormnihm. I > Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Impruvcmenl AMutlalhw DHIA Service Center, Orchard Rond, University Park, PA 16802 STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The smart choice for today’s dairyman who is looking to the future is AM-PM testing through the Pa. Dairy Herd Improvement Association (Pa.DHIA). AM-PM testing works because dairymen, using this method of testing cow and herd production, save time and money, and they also receive the same management records as the dairymen who use 2X DHI testing. In addition, the AM-PM testing records are official with some breed associations (if a technician is present to record the data). For AM-PM plans, two milking times must be recorded the time of the actual milking that is to be weighed and tested, and the time of milking just previous. These two times are recorded in order to make proper calculations Public Auction Register Closing Date Monday 5:00 P.M. of each week’s publication MARCH SAT. MAR. 19 - B:3OAM Saxby's Annual Auction, Rt. 251, Mendon, N.Y. Farm & Lawn Equipment, 100 Lawn Mowers, Farm Tractors & Machinery. Roy Teitsworth, Inc., aucls. SAT. MAR. 19 - 9AM, Annual Benefit Consign ment Sale. Located At Flmtville, Pa., 2 Miles North Of Schaefferstown On Route 897 & 4 Miles South Of Lebanon, Follow Signs. Local Aucts. SAT MAR. 19 -10 AM, Public Sale Of Tools & Per sonal Property. Located At 2979 Newcomer Rd., Chambersburg, Pa Own er, Zelda B Wise Marvin B Amsley, Auct SAT MAR. 19 - 10 30AM Farm Equipment Auction, Rt 113,% West of Rt. 63, Harleysville, Montg. Co For Francis Kulp Ralph D. Freed, auct WED MAR. 23-4 PM Anti ques & collectibles, trains, load of glass, households. Held at Fremont Fireball, Mt Pleasant Mills, Pa. From Harrisburg travel N. on Rls. 11-15. Just N. of Liverpool, turn left on Rt. 104 Continue to intersec tion of Rt. 35. At traffic light turn left. Proceed % mile Turn left. Kenneth E. Has singer, Neil A Courtney, aucts. THURS. MAR. 24 - 12 Noon Restaurant equip, auction. Davenports Inc. Warehouse, 1051 Hummel Ave., Lemoyne, Pa Mark Baranowski, Mark Yelk, aucts SAT MAR. 26 - 9AM Anti ques, onental rugs, estate jewelry, fine furniture, dolls, glass & china Bonnie Brae Auction, Rt. 724, Spring City, Pa (8 mi. W of Valley Forge, Pa.) Richard J Moyer, auct SAT. MAR. 26 - 9AM Atlas American Legion Post 804 Rt. 61, Atlas, Pa (Next to the Uni Mart as you approach Mt. Carmel). Fur niture, collectibles, misc. household. Ray Moncav age, auct FOCUS for estimated sample-day yields and percentages. The time' of milking and the amount of time between milkings influences factors which are used, along with measured milk weights and the percentages of milk com ponents, to make sample-day calculations. The way the program works, on a practical basis, is that the AM PM program requires a technician to test one milking per month. Every other month, the techni cian switches from testing the morning milking to testing the evening milking (thus the AM-PM name). When the technician actually comes to test the herd, what is recorded are milk weights, man agement data, and the previous milking time. The more accurate the information provided the tech nician, the more accurate the OPEN HOUSE FARM KITE (7.5 ACRES) SATURDAY, MARCH 2* 12:00-4:00 FM ottering 5 large BRS, LR, rR w/tireplace, J 5 large eat-in Kit, C/A plus a 2-car garage & a 3 40’x 56’ barn w/horse stalls that incl water & * electric service. This home has many more fine features that you’ll fall in love with! You must SEE IT to BELIEVE IT, REALTOR ASSOC: Jessica Dunning DIRECTIONS: Rt 23 East thru Leola. Property on left. 321 East Main Street New Holland, Pennsylvania 17557 717-354-6416 report the dairyman gets and can put to use. On test day. milk samples also are taken and .sent to Pa.DHIA’s Central Milk Testing Laboratory for analysis. Results of the tested milk sam ples. along with the other informa tion, gathoed during test day, are processed through the Dairy Records Processing Center. The milk, fat and protein con tent values reported are factored to represent 24-hour production. The main advantage of this type of test is that it saves the dairyman money, and it takes up less of his time. Those interested in AM-PM testing should ask their technician or region manager. For more information on this type of testing, call (800) 344-8378. Included with Pa.DHIA AM PM testing (Code 31) are three variations DHIA Milk-only (Code 33); DHIA Milk-Only AM PM (Code 34); and DHIR AM PM. To participate, contact Pa.DHIA at (800) 344-8378. Herds participating in any of these testing variations have to fol low certain test procedures. Milk weights and samples are to be obtained for all cows on each test day (this is as prescribed in NCDHIP Rule 4), with the excep tions that a milking interval recor der is not required, and for those enrolled in “DHIA Milk-only,” no milk samples are taken for compo nent testing. All herd data is collected by DHIA field technicians. Those using Milk-only are to follow the same guidelines. Other Testing Programs (~ ‘ — I , : i NEXT REPOSSESSION SALE SATURDAY, MARCH 26th, 1994 AT 10:00 A.M. Approximately 200 Repo’s & Off Lease Vehicles Will Be Offered 150 Dealer And Public Units KEYSTONE JlilSl* PUBLIC AUTO ISTI \ EXCHANGE AH-000057-L PUBLIC SALE OF RESTAURANT ft CATERING EQUIPMENT. RESTAURANT SUPPLIES. STAINLESS STEEL COOKWARE, SERVING ARTICLES - LINENS - UTENSILS OTHER MISC. SUPPLIES THUR., MARCH 31, 1994 AT 9:00 A.M. Sale to be held at Al Starr Firemen’s Building, Village of Willow Street, Lan caster Co., PA (South of Lancaster, along Rt. 272, behind fireball). Sale by: A.T. SUBLETTE (BO SUBLETTE) Howard E. Shaub, Inc. (717) 464-3541 Auctioneer (AU-000831-L) Food Served As far as any special procedures or data required, bulk tank ship ment milk weights must be reported by the producer (as described in the NCDHIP rules. Appendix 2). How Does Your Herd Compare? STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) These data are calculated usine information pulled from Pennsylvania DHIA’s mainframe computer each week. It is a one-week summary representing approximately one fourth of the herds on test, as they are tested monthly. These data are valuable from a business management standpoint and can be used for comparing your operations to the averages from about one-fourth of the herds across the state. DHIA Averages for all herds processed between 02/26/94 ando3/05/94 Number of Herds Processed Number of Cows Processed Number of Cows Per Herd Milk Per Cow (Lbs) %-Fat Fat Per Cow (Lbs) %-Protein Protein Per Cow (Lbs) Average Days in Milk Per Cow •Value for CWT Milk(s) •Value for CWT Grain(s) •Value for CWT Hay(s) •Value for CWT Silagc(s) ♦Value for Pasture Per Day(s) •Value for Milk Per Cow Per Ycar(s) ♦Feed Consumed Per Cow Per Year(Lbs) A: Grain B: Hay C: Silage D: Day Pasture ♦Feed Cost Per Cow Per Year(s) A: Grain B: Hay C: Silage D: Pasture ♦Total Feed Cost Per Cow Per Year(s) ♦lncome Over Feed Costs Per Year(s) ♦Grain to Milk Ratio ♦Feed Cost Per CWT Milk(s) Avg Level For 844 SCC Herds *M«akar