The Wiles exhibited information about Zita at the annual Maryland State Holstein Con
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keting, Cyagra; and Charles Wiles.
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are direct descendants of Zita.
She was also has records to
39,620 pounds of milk.
Seeing Double
Unfortunately Zita broke a
vertebra, was paralyzed, and
passed away Friday, March 2,
before the calves arrived at the
farm. Approaching ten years
old, she was still in good health.
The Wiles family is enjoying
watching for similarities be
tween Zita and the calves.
“Zita was dominant and it
will be interesting to see what
will happen when they get
older,” said Wiles. “They proba
bly both won’t pick on each
other but take on the rest of
them.”
Since markings are 90 percent
determined by heredity and 10
percent by the recipient carrier,
the calves do not look exactly
alike, or exactly like Zita. A
chemical washes over the fetus
while it is in the womb, which
may change the look of the calf.
Both calves exhibit Zita’s char
acteristic long legs, tall, framey
build, and head more wide at the
top.
The calves are showing the
same voracious appetite of Zita,
2,300 pounds as a 9-year-old.
“They’re always nibbling. We
already had to put long
stemmed orchard grass in,
which we don’t usually do until
the calves are three months of
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age.”
Wiles plans to keep approxi
mately three Zitas in the herd.
“The kids can see Zita as a calf,
how she grew up,” he said.
A Family Operation
The family has been in the
dairy business since 1964, when
Charles and Martha began to
farm. Their son Greg came back
from the University of Maryland
in 1986 to take over the breeding
program.
Greg and his wife, Becky,
have three children: Ryan, 14,
Eric, 10, and Rachel, 5. Becky
helps with the milking along
with Greg’s sister, Melissa, who
also holds a job off of the farm.
Charles is in charge of repairs
and crops while Greg takes care
of cow management and feed
ing. The farm encompasses 200
acres owned by the Wiles family
and an additional 100 acres
rented for pasture. They milk
110 cows.
Greg Wiles was recently
awarded the national Junior
Chamber of Commerce’s Out
standing Young Farmer Award.
He traveled to Nebraska a week
after the calves arrived with his
son to receive the award. Wiles
was selected because of the
farm’s soil and water conserva
tion practices and his own prog
ress in agriculture and for
contributions to his community,
state, and nation.