National Holstein Convention Set
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Tours exploring Pennsyl
vania Holstein operations in
Somerset County, shopping, visit
ing new areas, such as neighbor
hood comers of different cultures,
sales, food, entertainment, and of
course, conducting Holstein busi
ness are just a portion of the lineup
scheduled to be offered to those
participating in the National Hols
tein Convention set to be held in
Pittsburgh June 25-28.
It’s been almost 30 years since
Pennsylvania the fifth largest
dairy state in the nation served
as host of the national convention.
National Holstein Association
1995 Convention
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For many the experience is a once
in-a lifetime chance to actually
attend a national convention.
While the official convention is
scheduled to start June 25, atten
dees are expected to arrive at con
vention headquarters at the David
L. Lawrence Convention Center as
early as June 22.
Senior-aged convention goers
are to stay at the Pittsburgh Vista
Hotel, while the junior members
are in rooms at the Hyatt Regency,
Pittsburgh, or other facilities,
depending- on overflow
accomodations.
On Friday, June 23, an Execu-
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Holstaln World Work Room
Holatain Association Junior
Workroom
Pre-Tour Convention Recaption
Pra-Convantion Tour Departs
Executive Coaalttae Meeting
Coffee Break
Executive Coaalttae Luncheon
Afternoon Break
really Dinner (off premises)
Laaont Restaurant
Board of Diraotora Dieting
Coffee Break
Set Up Registration
Board of Director# Luncheon
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tive Committee meeting is sche
duled to be held during the day.
For those not attending die
meeting, there are numerous activ
ities in the Pittsburglratea to enjoy
and places to explore, from shop
ping centers to golf courses,
restaurants and specialty food
markets, to watching a perfor
mance of Man of LaMancha or
enjoying highly rated fishing for
bass in once polluted waters.
For those who had read or heard
about a possible three-day early
farm tour that was to bring conven
lioners into southcentral Pennsyl
vania, it was officially cancelled
because of a lack of sufficient indi
cated interest, according to Sue
Beshore.
However, the convention is full
of exciting events.
Registration doesn’t started
until Saturday afternoon from 1
p.m. to 10 p.m., but a national
Board of Directors meeting is
scheduled to be held during the
day.
In the evening, from 5:30 p.m.
to 7 p.m„ the Past President’s Din
ner Theater and Show is scheduled
to be held in the Allegheny Room.
The next morning, Sunday,
from 6:30-8 a.m., a Past/Future
Convention Chairman breakfast
meeting is scheduled to be held for
those interested, while registration
starts at 7:30 a.m. and runs until 10
p.m.
A tour of Somerset County
farms is scheduled to start at 8 a.m.
and visit four operations. The tour
is scheduled to end about 4:30 p.m.
According to a news release,
“Somerset County is known as the
‘Land of Milk and Maple’ because
of its large dairy and traditional
maple syrup industries.”
The tour is to feature visits at
Perkline Holsteins, Mishlin Hols
teins, Carrdale Holsteins and Hill
mont Holsteins.
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According to the news release
that contained statements from the
farms about their own operations,
at Berkline Holsteins, emphasis is
on cow families that transmit type
and production.
Functional type is sought with a
strong emphasis on udders, feet
and legs when selecting a mate.
“We use AAA and our classifi
cation breakdowns when choosing
our matings. Herd health is very
important to us. We strongly
believe that you can breed for type,
production, and protein as well as
keeping the indexes progressing
with the service sires that are avail
able to us as breeders.”
The statement from Mishlin
Holsteins explains that their breed
ing philosophy is simple.
“First and foremost, we must
have a top type bull that excels in
superior stature, strenghth, and
thurl width.
“Once we have the framework
there, we focus on breeding for
outstanding udders with excellent
udder clearance.
“As far as feet and legs go, we
never really bred for that but
instead felt that management of the
cows played a more critical role.
Keeping the calves and heifers on
concrete, instead of a manure pack
seemed to have kept our troubles
limited.
“As far as milk and components
go, the results we got from using
the high type bulls were very
pleasing to us.”
At Carrdale Holsteins. the
breeding strategy is also somewhat
similar.
“We try to breed cows with cor
rect functional type that are also a
pleasure to look at and work with
throughout the year.”
The use a combination of the
Red Book and AAA to select sires
and try to mate cows to the more
popular bulls, though not necessar-
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ily the best industry rated bulls.
Like some other successful
breeders, Hillmont Holsteins is
attempting to breed multiple gen
eration Excellent cows with a good
index and good show-ring
qualities.
While that is the dream of many,
the statement from Hillmont is, “It
takes a very strong cow family to
do that The most important things
is to match the bull and cow to the
best of your ability. It helps to get
several opinions.
“In staying up with the index
system, we find ourselves flushing
our virgin heifers to the newest hot
sire or even a young sire. I can’t
stress enough, the importance of
cow family.”
More details on the farms and
the farm owners will be presented
during the tours.
Also on Sunday, those inter
ested in previewing the consign
ments for the convention sale can
start looking at 1 p.m. in Level 2 of
the convention center.
Also scheduled is a SET meet
nig, a dairy bar from 1-4 p.m., and
a Breeders’s Majority meeting.
The official start of the conven
tion is to occur 6:15 p.m. Sunday
evening, June 25 with the Presi
dent’s Reception. The event is to
honor President John Selz.
The reception is to feature a buf
fet dinner followed by entertain
ment by the 24-voice Mendelssohn
Chorus, a group that has per
formed internationally and is in its
86th season.
Monday is Host Day. A walk in
the morning to the Pittsburgh
Market Bazaar from 6 a.m. to 8
a.m. is scheduled with a return just
in time to catch two Host Day tours
being offered.’
The Cultural Pittsuburgh Tour is
to stop at the Carnegie Museum of
Natural History, the Stephen Fos
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