Yesterday’s Cowpath

By Barb Lumley

From the Holstein-Friesian World The Newspaper of the Breed, The Annual Convention Issue Vol. 58 No. 9 May 10, 1961

Maurice S. Prescott, Editor

Wm. A. Prescott, Associate Editor Robert H. Hastings, Executive Editor

The Annual Convention of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America is scheduled for the week of June 5, 1961 with Ohio Holstein Breeders hosting the Convention in the Hotel Sheraton- Cleveland at Cleveland, Ohio. The Ohio Holstein Association has over 2700 members in 47 districts or county clubs. J. O. Fenstermaker is President, field secretaries are Cyril Moore and Merle Starr and the office secretary is Miss Lena Wells. Kenneth Indoe of Richman Farms, Lodi, is the general convention chairman, assisted by Co-chairman James M. Lewis (immediate past president of the Ohio Holstein Association) and by the competent committee members.

President of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America is Leon A. Piguet. Executive Secretary is Robert H. Rumler; Vice-President is Fred J. Nutter. Mrs. Lamar Young is chairman of the Ladies Entertainment Committee and has a full schedule planned for the ladies of the Convention. The twelve (12) Ohio delegates are J. O. Fenstermaker, Homerville; I. D. Hadley, Wooster; James M. Lewis, Hamilton; Kenneth F. Indoe, Lodi; R. H. Barr, Canton; Clark O. Biddle, Wauson; H . O. Frederick, Ashtabula; Pearl Bouic, Marysville; Fred Dillinger, Plain City; I M. Cavanagh, Burton; Herman Gelbke, Vienna; Lamar A. Young, Mineral Ridge; William A. Shipley, Urbana.

The National Convention Sale will be held June 8, 1961 at 10:30 a.m. at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea. Eighty five (85) of the World’s Finest Holsteins selling. Four Excellent and 17 Very Good cows will sell. Two sell with 1105 Fat and 1027 Fat. There are numerous consignments from Ohio Breeders, with many pictured in the pages advertising the sale. Paradise Farms, T. Lawrence McCullough Louisville, Ohio, has a full page ad adver- tising Green Cove Wis Ink, a Wis Burke Ideal son, who is selling and pictured. His dam is Inka Green Cove Dark Master VG 88, with at 7-1 365d 2x 26690 4,0 1063 HT. Clark O. Biddle is Sale Chairman with J. O. Fenstermaker Co-Manager and Auctioneer. Each consignment was personally selected by Leo Blanding.

There are numerous articles in the May 10, 1961 issue. There is “A Salute to Eugene M. Hastings, a Pioneer in Holstein Promotion”. Dr. E. S. Harrison wrote a column “Type Is Important”. H. W, Norton wrote “Remembrance of Things Past, Observations in Holland”. Honor list records for the month of April with the cow’s name and the owner were listed from every state. There are numerous pages listed featuring information having to do with the Convention including the 1960 Annual Report.

The following was an article with the headline “Citation R Sold for $33,000”. Another milestone in the history of Glenvue Nettie Jemima has been reached with the announcement of the sale of her son, Rosafe Citation R 267150-C, to Marcos Artiz, Mexico City, Mexico for $33,000. At the 1958 Rosafe Dispersal H. J. Wilcox and Sons, Charles and Evan, Buton, Ontario, bought the 15 year old cow for $9,000. She later freshened to the service of A B C Reflection Sovereign (EX-EXTRA) to produce Rosafe Citation R. Citation was consigned to the 1958 Royal Winter Sale of Stars where he sold for $30,000 to the Ontario Association of Artificial Breeders. The agreement was that $10,000 would be paid at the time of the sale and the balance when Citation was proved free of the “red factor”. Unfortunately, he proved to be a carrier of the recessive red factor and so was returned to the Wilcox herd in 1960. He was still a popular bull and continued in artificial service throughout Canada and the U.S. Following a successful show circuit he was named Honorable Mention for All American and the same for All Canadian Senior Yearling Bull, 1960.

18,661 NEW BUYERS – The same economics which forced an estimated 62,000 farms out of dairying in 1960 are pushing those remaining in the direction of better cows, according to The Holstein

Friesian Association of America. Despite a continuing decline in both dairy farms and dairy cows, 18,661 U.S. dairymen purchased their first Registered Holstein cattle last year. Of those, there were 1,252 new Registered Holstein owners in Ohio.

A report on the selling of Registered Holsteins at public sales in 1960 compiled by the Holstein World showed 17,940 animals selling in 295 reported sales for an average of $428.72. This compares to an average of $449.76 on 17,657 head sold to the highest bidder in 1959. In 1960 cows brought an average of $494.84; Bred yearling heifers averaged $428.29 and open yearlings averaged $290.87; Heifer calves averaged out at $252.32 and bulls over three months of age at $499.24.

The following was included in the article about the upcoming 1960 convention: It was 17 years ago--in 1944-- when Ohio was last host to the annual convention of The Holstein-Friesian Association of America. The United States was engaged in World War II and gasoline was rationed and transportation of any kind was difficult to obtain. The convention was a good one with remarkable turnout. The World of that time reported, “The Ohio folks really put themselves out to entertain the visiting Holstein folks even though the Convention was self-invited to Columbus”. The Royal Brentwood Sale was held on Monday of Convention week and averaged $1392.15 on 79 head---the highest average ever attained at a Brentwood Sale.

The cover featured the pictures of fifteen (15) Excellent cows in the Pabst-Knutson Herd, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The Pabst-Knutson Unit Dispersal of Pabst Farms, Inc. is scheduled for Saturday, June 3, 1961, and will be held at Farm # 5 along highway 30 prior to the National Convention. The fifteen Excellent cows are all selling with their families. There will be 100 head selling. Four full pages featured pictures and advertising for the sale. The back cover featured pictures and information about four bulls with sons and daughters selling. They are Pabst leader Duke (EX-SMP), Pabst Admiration son of Plain View Inga, Pabst Sensation (VG) and Schutzholm Roamer Oliver (EX).

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