Top Pennsylvania DHIA Cows By Breed
The top protein producing cows in Pennsylvania DHIA Herds for
July are listed by breed as follows:
AYRSHIRE
Fan Haae
DOR GAELS 15 33
ROBERT-SHAROR ROLAN 15 676
DON GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE
DOR GABLE
DOR GAEL'S
DON GABLE
3TEHART FARR AYRSHIR 08 1378
DON GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
DON GABLE IS 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
PAUL R IBMERER k SON 65 200
HAROLD R RDLP 15 775
DOR GABLE 15 33
CHARLBS+DSBRA YOUNG 15 993
DALEtPATTIE KAULFAIR 38 525
DOR GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
DOR GABLE 15 33
TROTACRE FARM 37
TROTACRK FARM 37
AN APPENDIX
If a window of opportunity
appears, don’t pull down the
shade.
Tom Peters
Al limes I get this awfully pain
ful burning sensation in my belly.
Sometimes the pain flares up
shortly after I’ve eaten a large
bowl of spaghetti or lasagna with
garlic salt That’s when I take a
couple of antacid tablets to reduce
the severity of my heartburn.
On the other hand, the intense
burning sensation happened the
other day out of the blue. I hadn’t
eaten any spicy food, so I ruled out
heartburn. Then it occurred to me
that maybe I had a problem with
my appendix. Yes, my appendix;
the narrow, blind tube usually
about three or four inches long that
extends from the cecum in the low
er right hand part of the abdomen.
Maybe the only solution was to
have an appendectomy, and the
thought of surgery made shivers go
up and down my spine.
Well, enough about me, and
you’re probably wondering where
all of this is leading. Which two of
the following are true?
1) For a period during the 1980 s,
the American Shorthorn Associa
tion opened their herdbooks, ena
bling the appendix registry of
Shorthorn-crossbred cattle.
2) From 1983 to 1990, Dorset
breeders were able to register
Dorset x Columbia crossbred
sheep with the Continental Dorset
Co Herd Index Barn
Rate
15 33
15 33
15 33
15 33
GUERNSEY
438 MERCURY 95/01/02 03-07
448 4 STAR 94/12/15 03-03
Club provided that Columbia
influence did not exceed 50 per
cent and Dorset breed type was
maintained.
3) From 1988 to 1992, Landrace
and Chester While crossbred pigs
were registered with the Landrace
and Chester White swine breed
associations in a cross-referenced
appendix registry program.
4) As of March 1, 1996, the
National Spotted Swine Registry
(NSSR) began accepting fullblood
Pietrain x Spotted pigs in an
appendix registry, provided that
the hogs conform to Spotted breed
characteristics (ears down and of
reasonable size, black and white or
any combination, etc.), and a few
other specified regulations.
Numbers 2) and 3) are FALSE!
Numbers 1) and 4) are TRUE!
Simply because numbers 2) and 3)
arc false does not mean that they
did not occur.
What are the differences among
the four scenarios?
For scenarios 1) and 4). registra
tion of crossbred animals was or is
legal as specified by the respective
breed associations; whereas, for 2)
and 3), appendix registrations did
not exist; therefore, registration of
crossbred animals was dishonest,
unethical, and illegal.
Why do we sometimes have
appendix registries? A few reasons
come to mind: 1) close ancestral
heritage, 2) poor performance
compared with other breeds, 3)
renew interest in and increase
income for the breed association.
-Actual Production
Milk Prot Prot Fat Fat
Lbs \ Lbs I Lbs
26761 3.5 933 4.2 1113
29115 3.2 919 3.3 962
26382 3.3 867 3.6 960
25636 3.4 864 3.7 944
25878 3.2 827 3.4 882
24525 3.3 813 3.6 880
25429 3.1 799 3.6 920
23909 3.3 790 3.6 865
24117 3.2 778 3.6 857
23473 3.3 W 4.2 982
24499 3.1 768 3.6 877
22193 3.4 765 3.7 813
23234 3.3 759 3.6 845
23581 3.2 757 3.6 852
22337 3.4 755 4.0 898
22579 3.3 745 3.7 844
24067 3.1 737 3.7 892
22269 3.3 736 4.0 896
22507 3.3 732 3.7 839
21476 3.4 731 4.0 855
22187 3.3 729 3.8 836
20598 3.5 724 3.2 662
21509 3.4 723 3.6 784
20433 3.5 719 4.2 860
20690 3.5 716 4.1 841
Age
Yr-Mo
Date
Calved
94/10/31
06-10
95/04/03
04-11
94/12/31
06-02
95/01/28
06-05
95/07/20
04-09
04-07
95/04/09
95/06/05
05-05
95-/09/03
03-01
94/11/17
05-10
94/10/08
94/11/08
08-11
04-02
95/06/06
05-03
94/10/03
07-03
95/04/24
07-10
94/12/03
04-08
95/07/30
03-01
95/02/11
06-00
94/07/16
04-11
95/06/21
03-06
95/09/11
03-07
95/06/12
95/07/22
04-
05-
95/03/07
04-11
95/03/09
03-03
95/01/10
04-10
27379
26750
LISBTEfi FARM
ROTTER BROS
ROTTER BROS
ROTTER BEOS
RICBARD 0 SMITH
ROBERT LYDIC
LISBTER FARR
RICBARD 0 SMITH
ROTTER BROS
ROTTER BROS
SNIDER HOMESTEAD
RICHARD 0 SMITH
ROTTER BROS
JOHN HORROR
THOMAS E HALIER
ROTTER BROS
TROTACRE FARM
BARREN D PIPER
SBIOER HOMESTEAD
MARI GARBER
JOHH HORROR
LISBTER FARM
BARREN D PIPER
MEADOR SPRING BOLSTR
MEADOR SPRING HOLSTN
SCOT LYR DAIRY
MEADOR SPRING HOLST*
MEADOW SPRING HOLST*
CROSS COUNTRY FARMS
SCOT LYN DAIRY
STAR ROCK FARMS
MEADOR SPRING HOLSTN
MEADOR SPRING HOLST*
PLUSBANSKI FARMS INC
DAVID BRANDT i SONS
3.8 1050
3.7 1003
and 4) to legalize past, current, and
future mating schemes among
breeds of similar physical charac
teristics and markings.
First, in certain breeds with rela
tively few breeders and a limited
purebred genetic pool, there may
come a time when a considerable
percentage of the animals in that
breed become closely related.
With the negative impact of
inbreeding on certain production
traits, outcrossing is necessary.
If outcrossing within the breed
is not possible, then legalized
crossbreeding may be one of a lim
ited number of alternatives. One
example of what I would term as
“outcrossing within a breed” is the
recent influx of European and
Canadian genetics into American
swine breeding programs.
European Large White pigs or
semen was imported and used on
American Yorkshires. This influx
of new genetic resources provided
a “boost” to American Yorkshires,
and effectively represented legal
ized crossbreeding (or lifte cross
ing) of two unrelated strains/lines
within the same breed. The same
example could be made for Cana
dian Durocs, Swedish Hamp
shires, German Landracc, and a
few cattle and sheep breeds, also.
Second, an appendix registra
tion program may be employed as
a tool to improve performance of
animals compared with other
breeds. For instance. Pietrain
swine are extremely lean and heav
ily muscled: whereas the lean com
position of Spotted swine has not
maintained its competitiveness
with other more popular and
numerous breeds where selection
pressure is more intense and gene
tic diversity within a breed is mote
extreme.
So the “opening to Pietrain” of
the NSSR herdbook may improve
performance of Spotted hogs com
pared with other breeds, and
improve purebred market share of
the breed.
30 BOBBIE 95/01/17 05-11
1044 LESLIE 94/11/03 08-02
1137 STOBMT 95/07/22 04-04
1054 SILKY 95/01/10 08-04
904 SUNBEAM 95/01/29 03-09
8 36 95/02/11 05-11
51 HATYABB 95/06/13 04-06
841 SOTBEAB 94/12/06 05-02
1143 HICEI 95/04/30 \O3-09
1125 SISSY 95/02/11 04-07
523 BBLODY 95/02/13 05-04
902 JELLO 94/10/14 03-03
1116 WINNIE 94/12/19 04-10
421 276 95/01/30 06-05
103 PAMELA 94/09/21 06-11
1136 DAPHIB 95/05/29 04-04
445 SMOKBY 94/10/11 03-01
185 APPLE 94/11/21 08-03
521 AGGIE 95/02/17 04-11
68 48 95/07/13 03-00
459 338 94/10/14 04-06
32 LASS 94/09/25 06-00
301 HOMEY 95/04/03 03-04
HOLSTEIN
349 123 95/05/23 03-03
310 80 94/11/27 04-01
131 KIMBBR 95/03/19 07-07
297 8 94/10/29 04-01
325 133 95/07/13 04-05
668 420 95/02/10 04-04
150 HBNRYET 94/12/24 06-02
4 193 94/12/14 06-04
258 11 95/09/14 06-02
239 106 95/06/24 06-07
1314 PARMA 94/12/15 03-09
667 86 95/06/05 04-04
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Third, some purebred breed
associations are not as financially
sound as they once woe. An infu
sion of funds for registration of
crossbred hogs for a limited period
may be needed to keep the breed
registry financially solvent.
As performance of the “legal
ized crossbred” pigs improves, so
too should interest in and use of the
breed in traditional crossbreeding
programs. These may be the only
means of saving the breed and its
association or registry.
Fourth, if two distinctly diffe
rent breeds have similar distin
guishing characteristics (for exam
ple, Dorsets and Columbias, Piet
rains, and Spots, etc.) there are
those few unethical breeders (I
refuse to refer to them as “purebred
breeders”) who will knowingly
and intentionally crossbreed ani
mals to gain a competitive and
monetary advantage.
A noted, outstanding and well
respected breeder, of purebred
Farm .Safety At Young
Farmer
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
Did you know that there were 210
farm production work accidents
from 1990-1994?
Bob Anderson from the Penn
State Cooperative Extension gave
a refresher course to approximate
ly 35 Ephrata area young farmers
on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at Fred and
Tammy Weaver’s Farm.
Anderson emphasized to the
EAYF how dangerous agricultural
farming can be and how important
farm safety is.
Anderson distributed to Penn
For July
swine once told me that “the pedi
gree and registration papers of an
animal are only as legitimate and
honest as the person who com
pleted the paperwork.”
What function does an appendix
have? In the human body, I’m not
sure that anybody knows what
functions are performed by that
“blind, narrow” tube. If your
appendix-flares up or ruptures,
you’ll need an appendectomy.
In a purebred breed association,
the functions and purposes of an
appendix registry are many. Some
may view an appendix registry as a
“blind, narrowly focused" attempt
toward some other goal. Still,
others may view it with optimism
and enthusiasm. It may be simply
to legalize current practices or
legalize the inevitable, but in either
case we don’t necessarily need an
appendectomy, we need to breed
better purebred livestock and
maintain honesty and ethics in
doing so.
Meeting
State Cooperative Extension Cir
cular 424. The circular illustrates
the most common and dangerous
accidents that occur each year and
how to avoid them. The publica
tion is available to the public by
contacting the extension office at
(717) 394-6851.
The next EAYF meeting is
Tuesday, Sept 10, at the Ephrata
Senior High School. All EAYF
events are free and open to the
public.
For more information, contact
Dori C. Brunken, coordinator, at
(717) 859-3276.
807 4.6 1075
805 5.3 1101
791 4.6 1043
789 4.8 1064
756 4.2 973
749 3.4 803
744 4.3 904
737 4.1 922
725 4.3 811
714 4.4 897
710 3.9 812
704 4.8 929
697 4.9 975
694 3.8 862
682 5.0 971
681 4.9 976
679 4.8 980
674 4.5 836
670 3.3 719
668 3.3 712
662 5.3 902
660 4.1 809
660 4.0 745
3.2 1416 2.3 1033
2.9 1408 1.9 917
3.1 1404 3.4 1552
3.0 1352 2.6 1177
3.2 1324 3.1 1288
3.2 1309 3,2 1319
3.0 1302 4,2 1779
2.9 1284 5.7 2575
3.1 1273 3.6 1463
3.2 1264 3.4 1335
3.4 1251 3.9 1420
3.4 124'' 3.8 1427