Chester Holstein Club Presents Awards , pM Takes Tmmwork
WEST FALLOWFIELD
(Chester Co.) The Chester
County Holstein Association held
its annual awards and election
meeting Oct 20 at the West Fal
lowficld Christian Day School.
/ According to Jane Pcpple, with
the association, there were 10
awards presented, including six
youth awards, as well as an elec
tion of directors.
In the youth awards, the out
standing FFA member was Julie
Sollenberger with the Owen J.
Roberts Chapter.
Kevin Nolan, with the Octorara
Chapter was named the outstand
ing FFA dairy student.
The Chester Holstein Club also
has a program that recognizes the
total dairy project accomplishment
of junior members, including
record book keeping and animal
production and showing.
The top winner overall was
Christy Guest The top first year
member was Drew Harrop.
In youth protein production
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awards. Erica Lloyd won in the
first-lactation division with her
Lundale Sandman Sara, with a
305-day record on a lactation
started at 2 years, 2 months, with
26,456 pounds of milk, and 3.1
percent, or 825 pounds protein.
Bradley Guest had the top high
protein producing mature cow,
with his Century Oak Steady Eli
zabeth producing 29,031 pounds
of milk, and 991 pounds of protein
in 305 days, during a lactation
started at 3 years, 4 months of age.
There were four adult produc
tion awards made.
The top protein producing first
lactation winner was Ridge Star
Be 11cwood Lana, owned by Jim
and Peter Miller, owners of Ridge
Star Farm. I-ana made 34,020
pounds of milk, 929 pounds of fat,
and 1,052 pounds of protein in a
lactation started at 2 years, 2
months of age.
Bteck-A-Dee Farm, owned by
Ed Breckbill, had the top protein
producing mature cow, Coleman-
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The high lifetime production EM; stories introducing the teams a specific two- to three-week per
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Stolclifs Mindy, with 206,827* make work in strawberries. them.
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“Rudy” Allen of Russclvillc, were Herc “ a “top ten” sampling of 7. A new lawn grub “decision
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Richard Hostetler was named }• In J ur y from *6 “strawberry secticides by 50-80 percent,
state director representing the clipper,” long thought to be a sig- 8. New insect-resistant varieties
Chester Club. nificant pest, has virtually no ef- of alfalfa had higher yields, higher
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and increase their earnings by herbicides.
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