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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1982
Page
3
About 1,000 visitors toured Jolam Holsteins farm on Highway 12 for an open house tied to the Wisconsin Holstein Show and sale at Neillsville. The Jolam herd has long produced high milk totals and strong show records, with DHIR since 1959 and multiple Gold Medal Dams and Sires.
Ryogi Kita a prominent Japanese Holstein breeder and cattle judge, visited Clark County Fairgrounds for the state Holstein Show. Once in Wisconsin in 1958 to learn dairying, he now runs 50 registered Holsteins on 143 acres in Hokkaido, evaluating cattle for dairyness, size, top line, legs, udder.
In 1964 the operation nearly doubled the barn size and grew to 550 total acres. The Selz brothers farmed Eau Claire Clark and Jackson counties. In 1981 Joham Holsteins built a new naturally ventilated calf housing, with calves raised from birth. The herd averages 18 500 pounds with 685 pounds fat and calves about 120 per year. John Selz emphasizes genetics and records over statistics and notes high moisture corn feeding since 1966. He also earned the Wisconsin Distinguished Holstein Breeder award in 1979, praising peer recognition.
A large open house drew about 1,000 visitors to Humbird as Selz Farm consigns a 4 year old cow to the Wisconsin Holstein Association Showcase Sale. The top bid of 16000 came from Castleberg Brothers Farm Arpin Johan Peter ELMAE earned elite status with multiple Gold Medal Dams. The sale of 46 animals grossed 192000 with an average 4269.
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