A24fLancaster Farming, Saturday, April 9, 1994 MIRIAM WERT Becky Woodward, Juniata Juniata Co. Correspondent County dairy princess, spoke on PORT ROYAL (Juniata Co.) the nutritional value of milk and of The Juniata County Holstein its many uses. She reminded the Association annual meeting was group that they can promote the held April sin the Port Royal use of milk by giving dairy basket Community Building. gifts and ordering milk in restau- Current directors. Glen Henry rants. She mentioned that candi and Russell Adamire, Jr., were re- dates are needed for Dairy Prin elected and are joined by newly- cess for the coming year, elected Karen Diffenderfer. Donald Adams, sale chairman. Junior Nancy Toms, right congratulates David Clock for receiving 2 firsts and 1 second production awards in the two-year-old cow division. Junior Activities Chairperson Nancy Toms, right, con gratulates Diane Clock for receiving four production awards in various categories for her cows ages 3, 4 & 5. President Ronald Mummah, second from left, stands with re-elected directors Glen Henry and Russell Adamire, Jr., and newly-elected director, Karen Diffenderfer. Juniata Holstein Association Presents Awards reported that there will' be more embryo and cattle exports to Saudi Arabia, which has very strict, re quirements. Nancy Toms, junior activities chairperson, gave the junior awards for production as follows: Two-year-old cow, two-year re cord of milk production Ist, David Clock, 20,746#; 2nd - Dan ielle Mummah, 18,732#; 3rd - Mark Wagner. 18,724#; 4th - Ronda Mummah, 18,560#. Awards were also given for but terfat and protein content, with David Clock winning Ist in the protein category and Danielle Mummah winning Ist in the but terfat category. Diane Clock won Ist in all categories for 3, 4 and 5-year-old cows. It was announced that the Juni ata County junior judging team took first place in the state, being an unusual forty points ahead of second place. The senior team placed 11th. The junior team was made up of Tara Kocher, David Clock and Ronda Mummah. Sen ior team members were Diane Clock, Missy Hostler and Averin Donough. Diane was 10th overall, out of about 100 entrants in the oral report presentation. The oral report must be given as to the judges’ reasons for their selec tions, just as professional judges of 4-H competition do. Diane Clock received a special award given by the PA Holstein From the left, Ronda Mummah, Tara Kocher, David Clock, Missy Hostler and Diane Clock, members of the Juniata County 4-H Junior and Senior Judging Teams, with their awards given at the anquet. Absent was Averin Donough. From tho loft, Tara Kochar, David Glock, Diane Clock, Danielle Mummah and Ron* da Mummah, outstanding Juniata County Junior Production winners, display awards given at the banquet. Association for being a finalist in the 4-H state competition for dis tinguished junior member in the intermediate division. Dan Gues siner was a finalist in the senior di vision. This is a very prestigious award because they must present a scrapbook of all they have done in 4-H, write a story and be inter viewed. Six boys and six girls were chosen in the state, and Juni ata County is proud to have these finalists. Special guest speaker was Dave Rama of Delhi, NY, owner of the Cattle Exchange Auction Service. Rama travels through PA and other eastern coast states as well as Canada, helping purchasers look for hi-grade cattle. In that ca pacity, as well as an auctioneer, he is instrumental in selling about 8,000 head of dairy cattle a year. Rama gave many good points to the listeners concerning merchan dising of their cattle. First, they must set specific goals and keep to them, and it is important never to let go of type. He mentioned three categories, namely Index, Show, and Red & White, the latter being 75% of all cows in the world as they are a dual puipose breed. The Index and-Show cattle make up 4% of the cattle population, leav ing the remaining 96% for the more ordinary producers such as are on most family farms. Rama continued to emphasize never to let go of type; be consistent; never lose sight of the importance of breeding toward accomplishing that purpose.-not only for develop ment of the herd but also to be pre pared for good sale of the animals. Rama finds that only about 80% of dairy farmers know the net amount of their milk check. Thus it is possible that they do not have sufficient records for them to set a selling price when approached by a buyer or in consignment sales. He urged the farmers to contact the State Holstein Association if they need help as to keeping re cords or for advice on sales. He finds that many farmers ask for too much money for their cows. They must take time to figure the amount they have invested in the animal and add 25 or 30%. More than that will probably lose the sale. Rama also urged sale of a show cow before the show. If an animal is shown and is not a winner, it will king a much lower sale price after the sale. He also mentioned that integrity is a must, as happy clients are important for future sales. Always thank a buyer even if the selling price was not as high as expected. Export sales of cattle and em bryos continue to Japan and other countries and should not be over looked by farmers in our area. In formation on this can also be ob tained from the state association.
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