Dairymen’s Banquet Award Winners Named
Dave Dunbar (right), Domayvilla, Lahigh County received
ihe extension award from preeldent Logan Bower.
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add Jerseys to the herd in 1976.
Ten years later the entire herd was
composed of registered Jerseys.
Today die Gum is operated as a
partnership between Lester and
Ruth Martin and their son Doug
and his wife Julie. The Pleasant
Valley Jerseys herd is made up of
340 milk cows as well as replace
ment heifers. The Gum consists of
800 acres, three hundred of which
have been converted to rotational
grazing in the last four years.
Martin has raised many award
winning cattle, including the first
Supreme Champion dairy cow at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Martin has devoted much of his
time to the cattle leasing business
in order to help young dairy far
mers get a start in the business and
is also a strong supporter of the
4-H program. For the past ten
years be has served on die York
Farm Credit Board of Directors
serving nearly two terms as presi-
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30.5 LR 32 ★.‘1,373
18.4 R 38 ★ ‘552
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12x16.5 8 p1y....*10'
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11.2x24 4 ply ‘129
11.2x24 8 ply ‘212
12.4x24 4 ply ‘149
12.4x24 8 ply ‘233
13.6x24 8 ply ‘273
18.4x26 10 ply ‘436
12.4x28 4 ply
13.6x28 4 ply ‘166
13.6x28.6 ply,.
14.9x28 6 ply
16.9x28 6 ply »276
16.9x30 6 ply *294
18.4x30 6 ply.
13.6x38 6 ply
15.5x38 6 ply *246
Lester Martin, dairyman from Chambersburg, received the Charles E. Cowan
Memorial Award at the Dairymen’s Association annual meeting Monday evening. Mar
tin is seated here with his wife Ruth and family from left, Doug and Julie Martin; Denise
Martin; Tina and Paul Hoiderman; and Karla and Bob Slick.
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dent. He has also served as a board
member and president of the PA
Jersey Cattle Association. Martin
helped establish the Cumberland
Valley Jersey Breeders and the 4th
of July Annual Jersey Sale. He
currently serves or has served on
&veral farm-related boards
including Cumberland Valley
Cooperative, Franklin County
'bHIA, and Franklin County Farm
Bureau.
The 1997 PA Dairymen’s Asso
ciation Distinguished Dairy
Women Award was presented to
Helene Dreisbach of Hamburg,
Berks County. In 1970, Dreisbach
and her family started Long Mea
dows Farm, where they began
breeding their “Wilderness”
Jerseys. Mote than a dozen of
their bulls have entered A.I. ser
vice with Wilderness Valiant
ranking in the top ten.
The Dreisbachs are avid sup
porters of American Jersey Cattle
Association programs and are
leaders in the progressive breed
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16.9R24 ‘573
16.9R26 ‘586
14.9R28 ‘468
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ing of the Jersey cow. In 1995,
Helene Dreisbach was elected
director of the American Jersey
Cattle Association. She also
serves on their Performance, Plan
ning, and Finance committee. A
former director of the PA Jersey
Cattle Association, she currently
is the president of PA’s District in
Jersey Association. She also
serves on the PA DHIA Techni
cian Training and Certification
Advisory committee. A member
of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau.
Helene frequently attends interna
tional dairy events.
Dreisbach advocates the por
trayal of farming and dairy prod
ucts in a truthful, consumer
friendly manner. She and her hus
band recently made an appearance
on “CBS This Morning” to dis
cuss milk price and the consumer.
The television show did a follow
up with a segment on America’s
dairy fanners featuring the Dreis
bach’s and their daughter Patty
Stroup’s family farm.
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18.4x34 8 ply *4ll
20.8x34 8 ply *593 H
FIELD 23.1x34 8 ply *965
16.9x38 6 ply *3BO
18.4x38 6 ply *394
18.4x38 8 ply *455
20.8x38 8 ply *583
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24.5x32 10 ply *915
3Qi5x32 12 ply ‘1,322
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16.9x26 10 ply
13.6x28 10 ply
16.9x38 10 ply
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760x15 8 ply *43
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