Roth Recalls AI History
(Continued from Pago A 1)
the early ’7o’s. That’s when prog
eny testing programs began to
accelerate and take on new mean
ing. Bull generations began to turn
over faster, and the top bulls in the
genetic pool greatly increased pro
duction per cow. That’s how the
farmers became more efficient.
“Now we look for the next reve
lation to keep fanners efficient. I
believe technology has something
for us. But the challenge to the
family farm will be an emotional
thing, a crossing point. The eco
nomics is one side, but the family
aspect and the way of life to raise a
family and teach children moral
values is the other side. That cre
ates real trauma, and society will
need to fit in. We will be affected
by it.
“In the ’4o’s when the AI indus
try started, we had 25 million cows
producing enough to feed our
nation. Now with human popula
tion greatly increased, we feed our
nation with nine million cows and
still have a surplus. In addition, the
AI industry has down-sized. In the
'so’s the nation had 100 AI organi
zations, in the ’6o’s we had 20, and
now we have only a few, and sever
al of them have plans to merge.
Along with progeny testing, fro
zen semen was the breakthrough
that brought the industry into high
gear. Farmers then had the oppor
tunity to be selective on genetic
input. Emphasis was placed on sire
selection.”
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Roth was the first person in the
industry with the title of sire anal
yst. Today with the larger number
of proven bulls, the selection from
the top bulls gives the dairy farmer
a good chance to improve genetics
regardless of which bull he uses.
Roth said that when he received
word that he was to receive the dis
tinquished service award, he was
suprised.
“When I consider the patriarchs
of the industry who have received
the award, I ask myself if I am real
ly in the class of all those others
who did all those outstanding
things,” Roth said. “I have had the
opportunity to do a lot of things to
contribute to the Al industry. The
thing I enjoy most is to help things
along and bring people together to
motivate unity. If I am in the lime
light or not is immaterial. I would
just as soon be working along with
the group and see things happen.
I'm not looking for accolades. I’m
just as happy out in the cow bam as
anywhere you could put me. I
enjoy working on a low key basis
with farmers.”
It should be noted that Roth was
largely responsible for bringing his
part of the AI industry together
from local units into a state organi
zation much the same way that
Pennsylvania DHIA is in the pro
cess of doing.
“I’ve been blessed with good
training and have been taught the
work ethic,” Roth said. “I’ve been
taught sound basic principles from
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a Christian family. I have tried to
make it easy for farmers to identify
with me.”
Roth has been General Manager
of Atlantic since January 1. 1985.
He also is Chairman of the Admi
nistrative Council of Federated
Genetics, a partnership of three A 1
cooperatives that carries out an
extensive national and internation
al semen marketing program.
Raised on a Holstein dairy farm
near Allentown, Harry is a gradu
ate of the Pennsylvania State Uni
versity with a major in dairy sci
ence. While at Penn State, he was
active in the Ag Honorary Society,
Dairy Science Club, Dairy Judging
Team, and Delta Theta Sigma
fraternity. Roth was a member of
the York' County, Pennsylvania
Agricultural Extension staff for
one and a half years prior to his
career in A 1 in 1956. Starting as a
fieldman for Western Pennsylva
nia Artifical Breeding Cooperative
at Clarion, he later assumed the
duties of sire analyst and was
named general mamager in Octob
er of 1960. He held that position
until the July, 1964 merger with
Southeastern Pennsylvania ABC
to form Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative, when he was named
breed programs director. He
served as operations director prior
to being named general manager.
Roth is a member of the Board
of Directors for the Pennsylvania
All-American Dairy Show and for
13 years was chairman of the
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Judging Contest He was approved
by the Purebred Dairy Cattle Asso
ciation to judge Holstein and
Guernsey shows. In 1970 he was
alternate judge for all three nation
al Holstein shows and judged the
Western National the following
year.
of the Dairy Shrine Club and Gam
ma Sigma Delta.
Roth currently serves on the
Pennsylvania Council of Coopera
tives’ Finance Committee and the
Program Development Committee
for its director and officer training
program. He is on the Board of
Directors of Penn State’s College
of Agriculture Advisory Council.
He is also a member of the Gover
nor’s Partnership Board on Eco
nomic Development for the State
of Pennsylvania.
Roth is an active member of the
Zion Church at Millersville. He
and his wife Ruth have three
daughters and five grandchildren.
The NAAB convention is sche
duled to be held August 24-26.
1994, at the Hershey Lodge and
Convention Center.
Chester Holstein Breeders Set Field Day
He served on the Board of
Directors for the National Associa
tion of Animal Breeders from 1977
to 1983, including one year as
President. He currently serves on
the NAAB’s Managers and Nomi
nating Committees and has been
active on the Long-Range Plan
ning. Ethics and Practices,
Research, and Dairy Sire Evalua
tion & Genetic Improvement
Committees. He is also a member
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Holstein field day is scheduled to
be held at the farm of Harry and
Dorothy Troop on Thursday,
August 11.
The Troops emigrated to Ches
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in 1966. Their family includes four
children: Jeanette, David, Diane,
and Joyce. David and his family
still work in the operation.
The farm is located south of
Cochranville off Route 10. The
Faggs-Manor prefex comes from
the historic Faggs-Manor Pre
sbyterian Church, which is directly
south of the farm.
The rolling herd average on
DHIA test is 22,000 m 763 f 690 p.
The herd consists of 62 milk cows
and 70 replacement heifers. The
herd has been 100 percent regis
tered for the past 25 years.
The Troops have bred two
excellent cows. The first was sold
to a buyer from California. The
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