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STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania Junior
Holstein Association Judging
Schools are scheduled to be held
mid-July, and registration is due
June 26.
The state association offers two
schools to all junior-aged people
interested in dairy cattle, regard
less of breed, one in the western
region of the state, the other in the
eastern region. It is not reserved
just for junior members of the
Holstein Association.
Last year, because of concern
over Bovine Viral Diarrhea
(BVD), the western school was
cancelled. This year, there are to
again be'two schools.
The schools teach basics of
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J Pa. Holstein Association
i 1995 Junior Judging Schools
I (Deadline tor tickets Is June 26)
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I will attend the Western School, In Butler County. July 10 A 11.
I will attend the Eastern School, In Bradford County, July 12 A 13.
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The fees are: $25 for overnight, including school cost, room and an evening meal; or $l5
per commuter, which includes school and evening meal.
Deduct $5 from the price of attendance for a second child attending, from the same
family.
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cattle judging through visits to dif
ferent herds, discussions, actual
judging and comparing of notes.
The attempt is to cover the basics
of animal evaluation and reason
giving.
Those who attend have the
opportunity to leant terminology,
animal and class breakdowns, and
how to effectively give reasons
justifying the judgements.
Participants will get a chance to
judge Holsteins, Jerseys, Ayr
shires. Brown Swiss and
Guernseys.
The schools are held on two
consecutive days, running from
noon to noon.
For those living close to the
schools, who do not need over
to Include overnight accomodations.
to attend the school as a commuter.
SEND YOUR FORM WITH CHECKS PAYABLE TO:
Pa. Holstein Association
839 Benner Pike
State College PA 16801
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night accomodations, the cost is
$l5, which covers school costs and
an evening meal.
For those needing overnight
accomodations, the cost is $25,
which covers the school, an even
ing meal, and the cost of a hotel
room.
A second member of a family
who attends will receive $5 off the
registration cost.
The western school is to be held
July lOandJuly 11. with the Butler
County Holstein Club serving as
host Tom Smith, of Lancaster, is
to teach the school.
Students are to judge Holsteins
at Norman and Stella Graham's
farm, and also at Marburger Dairy
Farm; Ayrshires at Harold and
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Judging Schools
Barbara Rader's farm; Guernseys
at James Moser family farm;
Brown Swiss at the James Ken
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George and Peggy Dean's farm.
The eastern school is scheduled
for July 12-13, with the Bradford
County Holstein Club serving as
host. David Castrogivanni, of
Montrose, is to teach.
Cattle to be judged inlcude
Jerseys from the William Eick
family, and Stuart and Elain
Noble; Holsteins from Kenny and
ITHACA, N.Y. Northeast
DHIA field technicians will soon
have the ability to bring more re
cords to the farm. In order to pro
vide the best possible records ser
vice for the 4,200-mcmbcr co
operative, good cow identification
is essential.
Northeast DHIA is encouraging
members to take a closer loti at
their had for potential ID prob
lems.
Are there any duplicate num
bers between the cows and calves?
Is the tag from cow #76 remov
ed when she is beefed, only to be
assigned immediately to a fresh
heifer?
Are heifers re-numbered when
they enter the milking herd? Do
you do this according to the DHIA
CCN sequence?
Any of these ID practices on
your herd will make it difficult for
you to take advantage of the new
capabilities Northeast DHIA will
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Jerry Young, A 1 Calkins, and
Richard and Marylin Packard;
Ayrshires from Mark Carter, and
Doug Stewart; Guernseys from
Paul, Owen and Jem Brackman;
and Brown Swiss from Blain and
Tammy Yurkanin.
In order to register, complete a
form and mail it with a check made
payable to the Pennsylvania Hols
tein Association. 839 Benner Pike,
State College, 16801.
For more information, call the
association at (814) 234-0364.
offer.
The new rules are simple. Each
animal can have two forms of
member-assigned bam identifica
tion; a bam number and a bam
name (or an alternate bam number
series).
Additionally, all the animals on
the dairy are considered to be in
one herd That is, cows and calves
are handled in one file.
After the change to the new re
cords system this fall, a calf will
not have to be “entered into the
herd,” she will just calve. In fact,
the ideal system would be to have
a “lifetime” number for each ani
mal in the herd.
You are encouraged to clean up
IDs now, so the records will be
more useful to you later. If you
have questions about how best to
identify animals, contact your
DHIA field technician or call the
Northeast DHIA Center at
1-800-DHI-COWS (1-800-
344-2697).
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