A26-Lanc«ster Farming, Saturday, December 11, 1999
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SMOKETOWN (Lancaster
Co ) - Officials of Lancaster
DHIA called the year successful
Jay Myltn, manager, said the
numbei of herds served grew to
1707 with more than 100,000
cows processed each month
That's up from their beginning
year in 1992 when 1085 herds and
58,000 cows were on test In
addition, the association net
margins tor the yeai of $56,755
with total equity of $264,744
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Lancaster DHIA Calls Year Successful
Gary and Jenny Bowman,
Quarryville, received recognition
tor low somatic cell count of only
58,000 They milk 73 Holstems
In the production awards
Sandy Hollow Farm, Ronks, had
both the high milk and protein
herd with 39 Holstems producing
36,566 m 1,361 f 1,135 p They also
had the high producing cow with
305 d 50,702 m 1,378 p 17361
In the Jersey breed, Breezy
View Jerseys, Lancaster, was high
with 54 cows producing 18,249 m
800t673p
H E Hemdel & Sons, Brougc
had the top Biown Swiss herd
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with 30 cows producing, 22,577 m
9251787 p
Top Guernsey herd came from
Mt Ararat Farm, Port Deposit,
Maryland with 42 cows producing
18,479 m BSSI 645 p
Warren Schmuck, Peach
Bottom, had the top Aryshire herd
with 51 cows producing 16,094 m
666 t 567 p
Pennshne Lamanchas,
Neelyton, had the top goat herd
pioduction with 11 goats
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producing 2,442 m IOOf 83p
John Groff, Leola, and Joe
Graybeal, Peach Bottom, retired
from the board Graybeal
presented the history of Lancaster
DHIA’s emergence as an
independent association with milk
testing lab
Ed Zug and Ken Groff were
elected to the board Frank Reist,
John Wanner, and Tom Lapp
were reelected
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