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Show Charles Warniclc Qualifies for High Dairy Herd Award Charles W. Warnick, Pleasant Grove, has qualified for Ihe Progressive Pro-gressive Breeders' Award the highest recognition attainable by a breeder of rogistei-ed Holstein cattle. The Holstein-Friesian Association Associa-tion of America has accorded this honor to only 361 Holstein breeding breed-ing establishments, including 3 In Utah. This is the 2nd time that Mr. Warnick has been so recognized. recog-nized. To qualify for the Progressive Breeders' Award, a Holstein breeder breed-er must meet strict requirements in all phases of dairy cattle breeding breed-ing and management, including production, type improvement, herd health and Ihe development of home-bred animals. The Warnick herd completed its latest Herd Improvement Registry testing year in October of 1956. Its lactation average, calculated on a two milkings a. day, 305 day mature ma-ture equivalent basis on 34 individual indiv-idual records, was 14,250 lbs. of mi lie and 570 lbs. of butterfat. The herd has also been officially classified for type with an average score of 82.8. The current award is based on a herd of 50 animals of which 29 have freshened. Twenty-five of these were bred and developed on the Warnick farm. A certificate of 'this award has been sent to Mr. Warnick by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, national organization of the Holstein breed representing more than 48,000 members. A bronze year plate will be presented pre-sented to him at a meeting of Holstein breeders from his area, to be added to the bronzie plaque awarded when this herd first achieved this honor. |