Yesterday’s Cowpath

By Barb Lumley

The following is from the Ohio Holstein News, Sept./Oct. 1971 Issue. Cal Wilcox, Editor; Herd Sire Issue

Featured on the cover of the Sept.-Oct. issue of the Ohio Holstein news are pictures of the top sellers at the 1971 Ohio Convention Sale. Thirty two head sold for an average of $1382.03. Cattle sold into ten states and Brazil. The sale was held on July 12, 1971, the evening before the State Black and White Show.

International Paula, an outstanding daughter of Burtshell Ladysman, consigned by R. J. Stewart of Bolton, Ontario, Canada brought $5,000 selling to Fransisco Scordanaglio of San Paula, Brazil. Art Crocker of Wooster was the contending bidder. Second high selling animal was catalog number one, Dorloy Pride Lori, a beautiful three year old daughter of Irvington Pride Admiral, consigned by Dorloy Farm, Ft. Loramie. She sold on the final bid of $4,100 going to Wm. Shipley of Urbana. Contending bidder was Loren Elsass of Wapakoneta. Don Bradley was auctioneer and Horace Backus, Mexico, New York made the announcements.

The Ohio State Black and White Show was held July 13, 1971. Gem Hills Fury Sunshine shown by Richman Farms, Lodi was chosen Grand Champion and 1st Aged Cow. Senior Yearling and Junior Champion was Shanghigh Ivan Fury Kate shown by Lewis & Sons, Hamilton. Reserve Grand Champion was the four year old cow, Caldhaven Burke Boss shown by Lewis & Sons. Le-Maples Melody Marquis was first Aged Bull and Grand Champion Bull.

Cal Wilcox in “Cal’s Chatter” announced the All-Ohio Contest and encouraged the breeders to exhibit their cattle at the North American Dairy Show. The Fall Quality Sale was announced for Monday, October 18, 1971 at Wooster fairgrounds. Fifty females and two bulls will sell. Twenty-one breeders advertised their consignments in this issue.

Miss Ruth Proeschel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Poeschel of Camden, Ohio in Preble County was named Ohio Dairy Princess for 1971-1972. She is also the Ohio Holstein Queen.

The magazine featured pictures of all the class winners from the Ohio State Black and White Show. Two hundred fifty-nine head of Ohio’s best were paraded on July 13th before the keen eye of Judge Wally Knapp of Galt, Ontario.

ABS had a full page ad featuring 1928 Nor-Lene Alstar Pilot whose daughters were averaging over 25,000 pounds of milk. 1928 Pilot was bred and proved in the Norman Becher herd, Berne, Indiana. He is a son of Zimmerman Alstar Pilot, the great ABS bull of the past.

Bo Hermansson was pictured with U-Dean Jewel Mistery as he visited an Ashland County dairy farm. Bo is a Swedish student of American Agriculture who lived and worked at Art Crocker’s dairy farm near the Ohio Research and Development Center in Wayne County. Art Crocker described Bo as “a valuable member of our farm management team”. “Whenever a difficult job needed doing, Bo liked to step in and put his “Swedish steel” muscles to work”. Bo comes from a 150 acre dairy farm where a double five herringbone parlor is used for milking the herd of 60 Swedish Red and Swedish Black and White cows.

The results of several District shows were featured. District 1: Grand Champion Male, Cavanagh Farm; Grand Champion Female, Russell Cook; Grand Champion Junior Exhibitor Female, Mike Cavanagh; Best Female Owned and Bred by exhibitor, Russell Cook. 110 shown. District 2: Grand Champion Bull, Jon & Nick Michael; Senior and Grand Champion Female, A. B. Baker; Junior Champion Female, A. B. Baker; Senior Champion Jr. Division, Bruce Parrish; Junior Champion Jr. Division, Jane Alger. 150 shown. District 3: Grand Champion Bull, Vincent West; Grand Champion Female, Paul Ramsey & Family; Junior Champion Female, John Mangun; Champion Female of the Junior Show, Edsel McLean & Family. 83 shown. District 4: Grand Champion Bull, Dale Snell & Family; Grand Champion Female, Jim Kirkpatrick; Junior Champion Female, Loy Smith Family. District 7: Junior and Grand Champion Bull, Har-Lou Farm; Grand Champion Female, Monitree Farm; Junior Champion Female, Widmer Brothers. 87 shown. District 8: Grand Champion Bull, William Yarosh & Choice Culver; Aged Cow and Grand Champion, Richman Farms; Junior Champion, Tim Cowman. 81 shown. District 9: Senior and Grand Champion Bull, Weston Payne & Sons; Senior and Grand Champion Female, Wayne Creps; Junior Champion Female, Robert Binger; Grand Champion Junior Exhibitor, Terry Weiker. 75 shown. District 12: Junior & Grand Champion Bull, Billy Joe Powell; Grand Champion Female, Billy Joe Powell; Junior Champion Female, Franklin Place. 80 shown.

The morning chores at the Falling Star Holstein Farm of Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Kerr and Family of Polk were the subject of the Channel 3 (Cleveland) Newsday program August 16. The program was filmed on July 20 by newsman Del Donahoo. One segment of the film caught seven year old Kathy Kerr bottle feeding nine St. Bernard puppies.

Ronald Long of Miamisburg, Ohio, official classifier for the Holstein-Friesian Association of America has been appointed to classify herds in Colombia, South America, September 1-25, 1971 and judge the Bogota Show in Bogota, Columbia, September 12, 1971.

Annizabar Marquis Kizil VG sold for $6800 in the National Convention Sale at Des Moines to Romandale Farms, Ontario, Canada. Three Ohio bulls were designated as Gold Medal Sires by the Holstein- Friesian Association of America. They are Paclamar Citation M (VG) owned by NOBA, Inc., Tiffin; Center Field Ivanhoe Trustee (EX) and Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation (EX) both owned by Select Sires, Inc., Columbus.

An article recognizing Clark O. Biddle as one of the great breeders of Holstein cattle in North Western Ohio, having started with a heifer in 1914 was written by Mrs. Clair Jones. An interesting story was written by Barbara Graft relating the details of driving to Chicago and attending the American Dairy Princess Contest for three days with her mother and Betty Lou. She had some advice for Ruth Proeschel when attending next year’s American Dairy Princess Contest!

The Mistress Muses column written by jean Timmons asked why consumers buy margarine and call it “butter”. The housewife takes it home and she doesn’t margarine the toast. She uses it to make “butter” cookies, butter sauces, hot “buttered” popcorn, etc. (Today they buy plant or nut based liquid and call it “milk”!!!).

The back cover featured Sunnyside Mose Pride—the “Udder” Bull at COBA/Select Sires.