Ayrshire Dairy Herds Hit High Milk and Butterfat Marks
The National Ayrshire Breeders Association reports C Harold Gable’s Elverson herd with 23 cows is in its third year of herd testing, averaging 9898 pounds of milk and 422 pounds of butterfat on twice daily milking. Brown Portia's Queen leads with 10889 pounds of milk and 525 pounds of butterfat. The Ayrshire program has 16000 cows enrolled, claiming the highest percentage on test among dairy breeds. Masonic Homes Farms Elizabethtown tops recent recognitions.
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National
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Brandon
Vermont
C. Harold Gable
Elverson
Tia
Ayrshire
Masonic Homes Farms
Elizabethtown
Lancaster County Farm Women Hold June Meetings and Herd Leaders Named
June events include executive committee meeting at Mrs. C. H. Reinhold's home and a series of statewide sessions in Wisconsin New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Ayrshire herd tests recognize Wenger Manheim Henley Cochranville herds for top milk and butterfat production with 30 to 110 producers averaging high yields.
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Lancaster County Farm Women’s Societies
C. H. Reinhold
Mid West
Lancaster
Holstein-Friesian Asso
Milwaukee
Wis
Rutgers University
New Brunswick
N. J
Pennsylvania State University
Summit Hotel
Uniontown
Ayrshire
Manheim
Farm Calendar Updates for April to May Events
Local listing of agriculture related meetings and social events across Lancaster County. Activities include Farm Bureau irrigation meeting, Farm Women gatherings, youth nights at Fulton Grange, bus trip to Washington, D C, 4H club activities, and deadlines for scholarships and incentive programs. Also notes Daylight Saving Time start and various club meetings in Elizabethtown Mount Joy Penryn and New Holland areas.
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Farm Bureau Bldg
Lancaster
World Health Organization
Farm Women No
Ira Heisey
Elizabethtown
Fulton Grange
Oakryn Halls
Aaron Slick
Punkin Creek
Oakryn Hall
Society of Farm Women
Washington, D.C
Raymond Stoner
Farm Women
Harold Keneagy
Paradise
Penryn Fire Hall
Eastern States
Hostetter’s
Mount Joy
Lancaster County
Union Presbyterian Church
Kirkwood
EUB Church Society
Society
Roy Funk
Manor
Cyrus Sandler
Farm Safety Institute
Penn State U
First Presbyterian Church
Rose Society
First National Bank
Winchester
Margaret Hagen
Rawlinsville
Farm
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
New Holland Machine Co
Ayrshire Breeder Award Given to Cuthbert Nairn
Cuthbert Nairn of Blackwood Farm Douglassville Pa receives the Constructive Breeder Award from the Ayrshire Breeders Association. His 35 head herd milks twice daily and yields 10 340 pounds of milk and 448 pounds of butter fat on average with 91 percent bred or owned by him for at least four years.
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Ayrshire
Cuthbert Nairn
Blackwood Farm
Douglassville
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gable Ayrshires
Masonic Farm
Noah W & Elma K. Wenger
Kennard E. Henley, Jr
Cochranville
Lancaster Farming
Quarryville
Chicken Barbecuer’s
Strubride
Mass
ABC
Honors County
Arcadia
New Holland Evangelical United Brethren Church
Winterthur
Wilmington
Del
Red Rose Experimental Farms
Red Rose
Donna Invincible
Abby
John S. Teeter & Sons
Taneytown
Libert
MR. Farmer
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