A2B-Lanca»ter Farming, Saturday, June 21, 1997
Roth Honored
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now. The economic pressures on
the dairy fanners in the ’6o’s was
tremendous. Milk prices were as
serious an issue as they are now. I
remember the people from Penn
State would make presentations on
the need to increase productivity
and efficiency-so much so that
many farmers began to react nega
tively to the message. The farmers
thought they were as efficient as
they could be. And we have much
the same reaction today.”
Roth has been especially effec
tive in handling management rela
tions with the cooperative’s mem
bership and the board of directors.
He believes you need a leadership
mechanism at the top to give feed
back to the board of directors about
what the members are saying. If
you have this feedback, the direc
tors can make good policy deci
sions. Roth believes the new larger
cooperatives must also put this
kind of communication mechan
ism into place so the boards of
directors can hear what the mem
bers are saying even if their mem
bers are scattered over a large geo
graphical area.
Roth became general manager
of Atlantic in 1985. He also served
as chairman of the administrative
council of Federated Genetics, a
partnership of three AI Coopera-
A photo of Rothrock Leadman, an internationally known
sire with great influence on the Holstein breed. From left,
Tom Smith, Harry Roth, and Dave Galton at the halter.
Osborndaie Ivanhoe was honored with this crystal replica at the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association's annual meeting when it was held in Lancaster In 1992. From
left, Alan Bair, Harry Roth, Art Baxter, Sam Minor, and Bill Nichol.
lives that carried out an extensive
national and international semen
marketing program.
Raised on a Holstein dairy farm
near Allentown, Harry is a gradu
ate of Penn State with a major in
dairy science. While at Penn State
he was active in the Ag Honorary
Society, Dairy Science Club, dairy
judging teams and Delta Theta Sig
ma fraternity. Roth was a member
of the York County extension staff
for one and a half years prior to his
career in AI.
Starting as a fieldman for West
ern Pennsylvania Artificial Breed
ing Cooperative at Clarion, he later
assumed the duties-of sire analyst
and was named general manager in
October of 1960. He held that posi
tion until the July, 1964, merger
with Southeastern Pennsylvania
ABC to form Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative, when he was named 1952 Penn
breed programs director. He served Boyd Wolf,
as operations director prior to
being named general manager.
Roth was a member of the board
of directors of the Pennsylvania
All-American Dairy Show and for
13 years was chairman of the
show’s invitational youth dairy
judging contest He was approved
by the Purebred Dairy Cattle Asso
ciation to judge Holstein and
Guernsey shows. In this capacity
he judged many local, state, and
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State Judging team. From left, Harry Roth. Bill Crawford, Art Stone, and £
At the dedication of the new dairy facility at Penn State are from left, Daniel Hagen,
Dean Lamartine Hood, Pres. Joab Thomas, Sec. Charles Brosius, Harry Roth, and
Oble Snider.
Harry Roth with Gov. Casey, and Boyd Wolff at the bull
barns.