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Holstein Annual Meeting Salutes Nichol, Promotes Raney
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cost of each of the first two age lev
els for registration by $2, with all
other age levels raised by $5. Also
proposed are increases for the cost
of various services available from
national Holstein and an increase
in the cost of “set” classifications
for sire evaluations. Registration
fees account for about half of na
tional Holstein’s annual income,
with another one-fourth of the total
generated by type-evaluation fees.
The proposal for an open hod
book would designate four separ
ate categories of registry status,
with the category in which an ani
mal falls clearly noted on its regis
try certificate and pedigree in
formation.
Two categories would designate
100 percent purebred ancestry,
with one category for animals
whose ancestry is sourced in the
herdbooks of the U.S. or Canada
Stackhouse.
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
After almost 17 years as an
official Holstein Classifier, on
February 28, 1997, Paul E. Miller
of Harrisburg, announced his
retirement. A dinner was held in
his honor at the Maverick Restaur
ant on Feb. IS with 32 staff mem
bers and family in attendance.
Bom and raised on a grade
dairy farm, Miller joined the
National Holstein Association in
1952, and with the financial help
of his father, started his own regis
tered herd. From 1952 until 1980,
he bred over 30 Excellent cows
including one Ex % and two Ex
955. Also had two successful
milking herd dispersals.
In 1980, he formed a partner
ship with his two sons who took
Bred Heifers Needed
Pennsylvania Holstein Associa
tion is in immediate need of bred
heifers for an export order.
Specifications are as follows:
1. Registered or Qualified
Herdbook Animal.
2. Bom between February 1,
1995 and August 31. 1995.
3. Sire Plus Proven Sire w/
Plus 1,000 Milk.
4. Dam of Bred Heifer at
least one record to qualify Ist
lacation 15.500 M 540 F, 2nd lacta
tion 17.000 M 595 F, 3rd lactation
19.800 M 690 F.
5. Bred September I,
1996-November 15, 1996.
and the other for animals with a
known purebred ancestry in other
recognized international herd
books.
Two other categories would de
signate animals of from zero to 99
percent purebred ancestry. One
would designate animals whose
lineage was North American but
could not be traced to a purebred
origin in either the U.S. or Ca
nadian herdbook. The other would
designate animals with an interna
tional lineage, but whose ancestry
could not be traced to a purebred
origin in any of the other recog
nized international herdbooks, and
animals with a combination of
North American and international
lineage, but not traceable to pure
breds in those herdbooks.
“An animal can never become
100 percent purebred,” CEO Ken
affirmed. “They must start there.”
However, concern was ex-
Miller Retires As National Holstein Classifier
over the dairy herd and Paul
became a full time classifier.
During his years as classifier.
Paul Miller
6. Service Sire Proven Sire
+l,OOO Milk or Unproven Sire w/
Genetic Index of +l,OOO Milk
7. Must weigh at least 1,050 lbs.
and be 51 inches tall.
8. Must be Brucellosis
Vaccinated.
9. No red heifers will be
accepted. No docked tailed heifers
will be accepted.
If you have heifers that you
would like to sell that meet these
specifications, please contact: The
Pennsylvania Holstein Associa
tion, 839 Benner Pike, State Col
lege. PA 16801, (814) 234-0364
phone, (814) 234-1698 fax.
1996 All-Pennsylvania Award Winners: Front, Donald StoltzlUs,. m » Jter, Jr.,
Alice Foster, Trisha Mcllwaln, James Grove; Rear, Curtis Day, Ron Wood, Steve
Wood, Mike Weimer and Jim Burdette.
pressed by several in the audience
that animals of less than 100 per
cent purebred lineage might be
graded up to purebred status at
some future point. Other concerns
were raised that sires coming on
the commercial market could car
ry less than 100 percent traceable
purebred ancestry and thus result
in offspring in the less than 100
percent purebred categories.
“The word purebred means dif
ferent things to different people,”
noted Cope. “Europe calls 87 per
cent traceable ancestry cattle
‘purebred.’ In the future, the
world will look less to lineage and
more to performance.”
A major Holstein policy
change, such as opening the herd
book, will probably require a
75-percent, “super majority” vote,
discussion leaders predicted.
In a straw vote of those attend-
he classified approximately
250,000 cows in many states and
in South American. Some of the
more notable ones were “The
Lilac Cow” at Gay Fridge Farms
making her Ex 96 on her first clas
sification score. She later went Ex
97 and All American. Another
cow at Gay Ridge, “The Kat
Cow,” he raised from Ex 92 to Ex
96. She also later went Ex 97 and
All American. Another cow worth
Changes Occur With Dairy Sanitarian Staffing
SIDNEY BARNARD
Penn State University
Food Science Extension
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Two regional dairy sani
tarians with the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture have
retired this past year, though their
positions were filled within a few
months.
Two other field sanitarian posi
tions are expected to become vac
ant in 1997, while a replacement is
in training already to fill a job as
state laboratory evaluation officer
that is to be open with a 1997-anti
cipated retirement
Joseph Frederick and Robert
Wood have retired as regional
daily sanitarians with the Pennsyl
vania Department of Agriculture.
Hired were Gerald Shick of Lat
robe and Ralph Kerr of
Centerville.
ing the Forum discussion, both
proposals did generate majority
support Raising registry fees.
Selpt, Lucille Stoltzfus, Andrew Stoitzfus, Myron Bonzo*
Jay Houser and Jay Weaver.
mentioning was owned by Pantom
Farms “Hanover Hill TT Sally.”
She was classified Ex 96 by MiUer
and later her son bred by Pantom
Farms was also scored Ex 96 by
Miller. His named is Sunbuck and
he is now Ex 97.
Paul Miller’s love for the
Registered Holstein Cow will
definitely linger on after
retirement
In his retirement he plans to
Carol Wallace, a laboratory eva
luation officer is scheduled to
retire this coining year and Alec
Pettyjohn, a microbiologist, is in
training to take ova- in that
position.
County extension staff and dairy
farmers who have questions about
state regulations should contact the
nearest state sanitarian.
Calls should be made between
7:30 a.m. and S p.m.
The chief of the PDA Bureau of
Food Safety and Laboratory Ser
vices, Division of Milk Sanitation,
is James Dell. His office number is
(717) 787-4316.
For its purposes. PDA divides
the stale into seven regions.
In Region I, milk sanitarians are
Terry Swasy, Cranberry, (814)
677-2002; Terry Lishka, Seward,
(814) 466-6914; and Ralph Kerr.
Centerville, (814) 827-3962.
however, was a less contentious
issue than that of opening the Hol
stein herdbook.
work with breeders as a breeding
consultant and do some AAA
analysis work. He also plans to
attend many cow shows, some as a
spectator and some as an official
judge.
Paul and his wife, Fat, plan to
spend some time traveling and
spending quality time with the
family. His love for the outdoors
and hunting will also receive top
priority.
In Region H, sanitarians are
Mary Deer. Genesee, at (814)
228-3673; and Clair Harvey, Ben
ton, (717) 925-2641.
In Region HI, William Ball,
Springville, (717) 965-2533.
In Region IV, Paul Hodge. West
Alexander, (412) 484-7831; Patri
cia McKenly, Pittsburgh, (412)
821-4699; and David Trotter,
Enon Valley, (412) 667-1186.
In Region V, the sanitarians arc
William Kennedy, Landisburg, at
(717) 789-4971; and Gerald Shick,
of Lattobe, (412) 834-2781.
In Region VI. sanitarians are
Michael Hydock, Annville, (717)
867-84S0; Donald Lerch, Camp
Hill, (717) 737-8998; and Roy
Malik, Lebanon, (717) 270-1773.
In Region VII, they are Andrew
Kosinski, Stroudsburg. (717)
992-3732; and Lawrence Sidoro
wicz, Philadelphia, at (215)
637-4358.