A24-Lamaster Farming, Saturday, April 22, 1995 Pa. Ayrshire Association Names Brubaker To Hall Of Fame LINDA WILLIAMS Bedford Co. Correspondent BEDFORD (Bedford Co.) A queen was elected, a new member of the Ayrshire Hall of Fame announced, and an Ayrshire Spring Calf and Heifer Sale high lighted the first day of the 199 S Pennsylvania Ayrshire Convention. Kicking off the eventful weekend was the “Princess Pre sentation,” with Kathy McKenzie of Clinton, being named princess. Katie Young of West Grove and Elizabeth Seaman, Thompson, were runners-up. Junior princesses woe Erica Seaman, Thompson, Rebecca Nolan of Pottstown, and Jennifer Maulfair of Jonestown. Rodger Hoyt, sire analyst for Select Sires, was the guest speaker following the banquet, held at Cla ra’s in Bedford. Pointing out the shortfalls of Ayrshire breeders over the past five years. Hoyt noted a need for a greater protein increase. “ The key to better genetics,” Hoyt said, is to sample a large number of bulls in organized programs.” “Sire selection is 90 percent of genetic improvement because we . PK »y Association, presents Milton Brubaker, an inductee into the association’s Hall of Fame, with a plaque. State Ayrshire royalty are Katie Young, Kathy McKenzie, Elizabeth Seaman, Erica Seaman, sitting, and Rebecca Nolan. Not shown is Jennifer Maulfair. don’t know a lot about cows, but we do know a tremendous amount about bulls.” He recommended all Ayrshire farmers to adopt a better breeding program; have DHI testing; breed 30 percent of cows to young sires in an organized program; set rea sonable goals; and select cows for lifetime profits. Milton Brubaker of Lititz was announced as the 199 S “Hall of Fame,” inductee. Now a resident of the Brethren Village, Brubaker, 84, has belonged to the Ayrshire organization fen* 61 years. He began farming in 1934 and is still active in the organization helping to publish the Ayrshire Digest. A sale immediately followed the banquet at the Bedford Fair grounds. Wayne Weaver was auc tioneer while Kristen M. Russell did the pedigrees. A bid of $1,400 topped the bid ding for the evening for Wentworth-Farm Trident Karess, a summer yearling owned by Rob and Bonnie Wentworth of Quarryville. Close second was Conebella Corben Rachel, a winter calf, sold for $1,360. She was owned by Don Gable of Conebella Farm, Elverson. “The steal of the sale,” accord Calves and heifers sell at the Pennsylvania Ayrshire Association annual conven tion sale. ing to the auctioneer, was Rever sion Kpjak’s Sandra, a spring year ling of Plum Bottom Farm, Belle ville. The cow brought only $325 with a set of horns seeming to be the culprit of the low bidding. Other bids were a winter year ling owned by Jacob S. Zook, Hon ey Brook for $540; a summer year ling owned by Charles H. Pent, $500; a fall yearling owned by Mike S. Zook, $720. Allied Milk Producers Hold 45th Annual Meeting GAY BROWNLEE Somerset Co. Correspondent JOHNSTOWN (Cambria Co.) Approximately 250 mem bers and guests of Allied Milk Pro ducers Cooperative Inc. attended the co-op’s 4Sth annual meeting, held recently at the Masonic Temple in Johnstown. Allied Milk Producers Coopera tive is a dairy promotion coopera tive with members in a nine county region including Somerset, Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, Blair, Westmoreland, Jefferson, Arms trong, and Clearfield. Its board of directors include Joel Rose, president, Fred Shankle, vice president, Lowell Friedline, scretary, Janice Lidwell, treasurer, Robert Beatty. Dave Myers, and Marvin Thomas. In his president’s report. Rose said that radio advertising con tinues to be the cooperative’s best promotion tool, and also its most expensive, at $72,000 per year. He said that a series of 30-scc ond commercials are used by 14 radio stations in the area, with changes in the commercials every six to seven months. The cooperative’s second-most emphasized advertising compaign uses billboards. “We’re very proud of our billboard campaign,” Rose said. He said that a new billboard is to be soon displayed along Rl 422, near Indiana, and seven new bill boards are being made to replace previous rotating ones. According to the cooperative’s annual report, Allied has been a leader in a Altoona-area campaign that promotes milk and a drug-free environment Further, Allied supports the dairy princess program operations in its membership area, as well as A spring calf, owned by the Sweinharts of Rushing Spring Farm, went for $800; Pure-Ayr Request’s Mary Joe, a winter calf, sold for $585. She was owned by Pure-Ayr Farm of West Grove. Masonic Homes sold a winter calf. Masonic Homes Jem Stone Ann, far $285; Rushing Spring Farm’s Babe Carla, a spring calf, sold for $760. Toll Gate Ayrshires of West promotion committees and prog rams such as farm families serving as host for school tours, or other tours. In other activities, for several years the cooperative has been a leading sponsor of the Pennsylva nia Special Olympic Winter Games; and also has sponsored 10 From the Ml, Dorothy Naugle, a dairy marketing speclal- W for Allied Milk Producers Cooperative, stands wlthKlm Hudson, a third grade teacher who used Ag In the Classroom-learned teaching skills with her class, and Troy Baumgardner, one of Hudson’s students. Alexander sold Papillion Jocc, a winter calf, for $735; Pure-Ayr’s Requests Bobbie brought $7OO. Alvin Zook, Honey Brook, sold a winter calf, for $5lO. B.J. Walti meyer’s Yaples Rita of Jarrettsvil le, Md., brought $520. Melody-Lane Joyce, a summer yearling, went for $325; EJ’S Ayr- Willow Farm of Thompson, sold a spring calf for ,$385. area school teachers who partici pated in the week-long Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program, held at Penn State University. One of the teachers who attended the program told about here experience. (Turn to P«fl« 25)
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