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.