New World Champ from Pa. Super Cow Feted At 50 000 lb Party
A Bedford County barn near Roaring Spring hosted 200 observers for Mowry Farms new world champion cow Corinne nicknamed Super Cow. The registered Holstein finished 365 days of lactation with 50 759 pounds of milk and 1 548 pounds of butterfat peaking at 182 pounds per day. Corinne, milking twice daily at 5 15, consumed 50 pounds of grain and two bales of alfalfa, with milking time under seven minutes.
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Mowry
Corinne
Bedford County
Mowry Farms
Roaring Spring
Mowry Farm
Kenneth Mowry
Chester Co Steer Tops District Show
Weathered by icy winds 30 degree temps, Chester County 4 Hered show its steers at the Southeast District 4 H Baby Beef Show at Lancaster Stockyards. Bill Wylie won Grand Champion steer and sold for 1.84 per pound to James R. Mumman, boosting his earnings to 2143. The top steer price and overall show results highlighted the district event.
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Lancaster Stockyards
Bill Wylie
Samuel Wylie
Nottingham
Chester County
David Anderson
Wylie
Angus
James R. Mumman
Lancaster County
Elizabethtown
Tim Good
Lititz
Red Rose DHIA Annual Meet Highlights Herd Improvement
Lancaster County dairy group Red Rose DHIA held its annual meeting at the Farm and Home Center. President Robert Kauffman urged continued testing as a key management tool to control production and expenses and to guide bull selection and calving intervals. He cited DHIA cows averaging higher milk and fat than non DHIA cows.
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Lancaster County
Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Farm and Home Center
Robert Kauffman
Quarryville
Kauffman
Market notes add Philadelphia produce and Chambersburg stock sale
This week’s market report highlights offerings from the Philadelphia produce market and the Chambersburg live stock auction. Lancaster Farming invites readers to see its pages for full market news.
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Philadelphia
Chambersburg
Lancaster
PMMB Reopens Milk Hearings In Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board will reopen milk price hearings in Philadelphia on January 2 after a more than two year delay. The board had halted hearings October 28, 1972 due to paperwork, and Commonwealth Court ordered new prices and hearings following a petition by the Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative.
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Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board
Philadelphia
Commonwealth Court
Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative
Outstanding York 4-H Member Karen Raubenstine
Karen Raubenstine of the Hanover Community 4-H Club received York County 4-H’s outstanding girl 4-Her award for eight years of active project work. She has led as teen leader, treasurer, president, and secretary, and has competed in dress revue contests and award winning demonstrations. She traveled to 4-H events including Club Congress Citizen Short Course in Washington and an exchange to Michigan.
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Melissa Piper
York County
Karen Raubenstine
Karen
Hanover
Washington, D.C
Michigan
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Chester Co
Red Rose Dhia
Bernie Gish
Hereford
Gary Eberly
Denver
Sale Register
Farmers Almanac
Homestead
Horse Club
Lancaster Baby Beef House
Boyd
Lancaster Farming
PMMB
York 4-H
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