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7-0 305 21132 5.3 1113 3.6 764• Nominated All-American 100,000lb cow 2012• Embryos exported World WideHer daughter: BILLINGS TEQUILA MCKENNA, a spring yearling powerhouse due in November to Premier.

3-1 305 18544 5.3 992 3.8 709Her daughters: BILLINGS VINCENT BRECK, a fancy winter yearling due to Indiana in November & BILLINGS REAGAN’S BLESSING, a pretty January 2013 calf sure to be seen in 2014.

5-10 305 19420 4.7 916 3.5 682• 1st Aged Cow, Best Udder & HM Grand Champion

2013 Vermont State Show • 3rd Aged Cow and Best Udder 2012 ESE• Grand Champion 2010 Fryeburg FairHer daughters: BILLINGS ACTION SOCIETY VG 86, project over 20,000 milk 1st calf and due in March in Impression & BILLINGS VERBATIM SUGAR, a dairy June 2013 heifer.

4-3 305 199935 4.5 899 3.6 719• Honorable Mention All-American Five-year-old 2012• 2nd Five-year-old 2012 International Jersey Show• Nominated All-American Four year old 2011• 1st Four year old & Grand Champion 2011 ESE• 2nd Three-year-old & Honorable Mention Int. Champion

2010 Central National Jersey ShowHer daughters: Three smashing December calves by Impression and Indiana call Billings home.

2-0 305 14959 4.9 730 3.8 563Fresh in late April with her second calf, BILLINGS REAGAN SASAFRASS.Sassy has a maternal sister by Comerica that is sure to turn heads this fall, their dam is the 95 point “Barber Sasha”

4-06 305 20610 6.2 1269 3.6 735• ABA All-American Mature Cow 2012• ABA All-American Four Year Old 2010• ABA Reserve All-American Senior Three year old 2009Her Daughter: Season’s Jaw Dropping Winter Yearling ELLIOTT’S COMERICA SATIN-ET is here and fancy, due January 2014 to Iatola.

BILLINGS LEGION Mini Me EX 95 BILLINGS JADE Bryant EX 92 MILO CENTURION Sadie EX 93

RJF JAMAICA Rockstar EX 93 BILLINGS ACTION Sassy EX 90 MILO VINDICATION Season EX 94

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34 Paired Lots Sell from the top of the genomic list. A video of each heifer can be viewed on Dairy Agenda Today.

The pick of each pair will go to the new buyer, the other stays at No-Fla Holsteins.

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Bidding Ends -- 4:00 pm (Central Time) Monday, October 7th Place -- Online at www.DairyAgendaToday.com -- Online Bidding Available

DaLLaS [email protected] • cell: 785-806-9774fax: 785-379-9775 • office: 785-379-9774

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of Special Note free truckiNG -- (Only if payment is made within 7 days) North Florida Holsteins will truck purchases to 2 central destinations....(1) Trans Ova, Tom Mercuro’s in MD and (2) Larry Kleiner’s in IL.

Buyer is responsible for trucking costs ONLY from one of these locations to your designated delivery.

11 Descendants Sell !No-Fla Mtoto Hillary 16108

EX-91 2E EE+VV Lifetime: 226,110 3.3 7442 2.9 6595

Cattle from other top cow families also sell.

• The Heifers Offered aVGeraGe +2326 GtPi 784 NM$

• 67 Bulls in A.I. are full or maternal brothers to heifers offered.• Also Selling is a Package of 5 or more heifers.

• The successful bidder can pick a minimum of 5 from a group of 14 heifers. these 14 heifers aVG 655 NM$ 1007m 50f 36p 6PL 1.8 DPr

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SELLING IN THE WORLD CLASSIC

OCTOBER 4, 2013MADISON, WISCONSIN

+2432M +81F +78P +933NM$

SULLY HARTFORD SNWMN 284-ET GTPI +2276+2323M +61F +60P +571NM$

Next dam is GP-83 2Y DOM Planet Manitoba,then 10th gen VG/EX Shottle May.

Sells with multiple contracts!

Merlot is over +200 points above Parent Average for GTPI

62811 305TH AVE | MILLVILLE, MN 55957 | 507-951-0268 Henry | [email protected]

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Dallas Burton785.806.9774 cell | [email protected]

GeNOmIC aNaLYsT & researCH DeVeLPerLarry Kleiner

217.827.3468 | [email protected]

saLesRon Schaap


Chad Griffith513.543.2315 | [email protected]

Mary Angelo417.880.5732 | [email protected]

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eDITOrIaLMelissa Hart, Editor

517.398.1957 cell | [email protected]

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Alice Snedegar608.209.3159 | [email protected]

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Kate Smith920.988.6528 | [email protected]

Kristy Roose712.229.9778 | [email protected]

Lynnette Wright614.561.3382 | [email protected]

Jodi Wright417.840.3203 cell | [email protected]

Emily Thornburg Walton717.226.2660 | [email protected]

Web sITe DesIGN & DeVeLOPmeNTMary Angelo


Jodi Wright417.840.3203 cell | [email protected]

VIDeOGraPHYNiles & Carolyn Wendorf


Sarah Wendorf920.342.3446 | [email protected]

bILLING & GeNeraL QUesTIONsDavid Jons, Manager

913.634.3526 | [email protected] 158th. Street, Bonner Springs, KS 66012

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Cover design by Kristy Roose

Tell be about the best cow your ever bought?By Ron Schaap 4Every cow has a storyBy Melissa Heart 14The blood of BlackroseBy Ron Schaap 24What can one good brood cow do?By Ron Schaap 32

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Dream Prairie Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Elginvue Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Four winds Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Gold-N-Oaks Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Holbric Holsteins & Mark Lomen . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Idle Neer Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Jeffrey-Way Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Jenniton Registered Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

John Holmgren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Jon-Lu Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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North Florida Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Playball Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

R Green Acres, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Robert & Karen Diller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Rubarb Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Southern Hills Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Springbrook Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

SteinRidge Jerseys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Stelling Farms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Sunrose Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Swaindale Registered Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Todd Bushmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Trans Ova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Wilson Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Wilstar Holsteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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OCTOBER 4, 2013MADISON, WISCONSIN

+2432M +81F +78P +933NM$

SULLY HARTFORD SNWMN 284-ET GTPI +2276+2323M +61F +60P +571NM$

Next dam is GP-83 2Y DOM Planet Manitoba,then 10th gen VG/EX Shottle May.

Sells with multiple contracts!

Merlot is over +200 points above Parent Average for GTPI

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When asking David Bachmann of Pinehurst farm of Wisconsin,

“What was the best cow you ever bought?” he had to think awhile.

Great Homebred herds come from great foundation purchases. With David’s involvement in the sales business and showing, he had many opportunities to view and evaluate some of the elite cows of the breed. However with success and popularity of these cattle don’t come without a price.

It is a lot more fun and challenging to find the hot show cow or brood cow before the world knows about them. David had the ability to do that and had a network of good cowmen spanning the country to assist him. Three legendary men that come to mind were Nelson Rehder, Henry”Sonny” Bartel and Darrel Pidgeon.

While narrowing the best cow list down it came to the two Excellent 97 point cows discovered and developed in David’s Pinehurst herd.

The first 97 was Dolvic Fury Bubaleah the Reserve All American Aged Cow in 1973. Bubaleah was found while David and Sonny and Greg Bovre were selecting for the Midwest Medalist Sale in the herd of James Ray of Roberts, Wisconsin. Sonny spotted the maternal sister to Bubaleah (Sired by Midwest bull, now CRI) and really liked her. David and Greg that night went to Ray’s and not only liked the cow but also found her maternal sister by Fury who was a first calf three year old. Good produces were hard to find so they bought the pair. Unfortunately Bubaleah’s sister never became a show cow but Bubaleah won the aged cow class at World Dairy Expo in 1973.

Her real impact at Pinehurst came from her Prestige of Lakehurst son Pinehurst Copyright who sired three All-American Get of Sire’s and two Honorable Mention Gets and was the Premier Sire at Madison in 1980.

The second cow was Jan-Com Fond Matt Matilda Ex-97 5E Gold Medal Dam, Jr. All-American Aged Cow 1977 and a 5 time show winner, Gold Medal Dams and many Excellent

D A v I D B A c H H M A N N :

best cow you ever bought

By Ron Schaap

tell me about the

cows with superior production records and great lifetime totals.

David Bachmann first saw the Illinois bred Jan-Com Fond Matt Matilda at the World Dairy Expo in 1974. An immature four year old, she placed out of the top ten but left an impression. At that time Pinehurst was collecting Fond Matts and she had the look of a late bloomer. The next spring Darrell Pidgeon was traveling through Texas and stopped in the Steinberger herd, where Matilda was living and was able to acquire her for Pinehurst. David Jr., David’s son, was starting to get interested in the cow business so David put her in his name.

David Jr. showed her as a 4-H project and she was named the Jr. All-American Aged Cow in 1977. Matilda was a five time national show winner and made a high record of 10-10 3X 35,631M 3.9F 1391F and was named a Gold Medal Dam. She was the dam of an All-American daughter, Pinehurst Precious 4E-EX-95, and an All-American Son, Pinehurst Blueprint EX-95. Her family has now reached ten generations of Excellents. These generations include many All-Americans, red & white and black & white, national show winners, Gold Medal Dams and many Excellent cows with superior records and great lifetime totals.

aurthor’s Note: Matilda, I believe, improved every year of her life until about 12 and had a great personality.

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12146 Dairy Ln • Bethel, Ohio 45106 • 513-543-2315Larry, Tara, & Matt Griffith • Chad, Ashley, Hannah, Caleb & Ryan Griffith

www.southernhillsholsteins.com

Our heifer pens are full of calves with great show potential for 2014. Several from the Alicia’s, Roxy’s, Millie’s and more!

• Lollypop is due back to Armani in March.

• She has three 9/13 Aftershock heifers.

• Atwood pregnancies due in December & March.

• Heztry embryos available.

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Four Winds FarmClark & Joy Vilter

N56 W30020 Highway K | Hartland, WI 53029 | 262-367-2803 | [email protected]

At the Wis. Guernsey State Show, Destiny Child daughters (pict. above) were:1st winter calf & Jr. Champion, Four Winds HPD Dynasty-ET, purchased by the Lakeys

2nd winter calf & Res. Jr. Champion, Four Winds HP Fame Doreen-ETAlso, Destiny Child daughters were 1st, 2nd & 3rd place spring calves, 1st place Jr. 2 and 1st place Jr. Best Three.

e winning tradition continues with daughters of Four Winds Destiny Child-ET EX-95

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Contact us about buying a heifer out of Destiny Child and show a potential 4th generation Unanimous All-American.

Dam - Four Winds MM Dee Destiny-ET EX-93 – Unanimous All-American2nd Dam – Westlynn Tom Dee EX-96 - Unanimous All-American

Four Winds Destiny Child-ET EX-956-06 365 2X 28,230 4.5 1,283 2.9 813

Unanimous All-American Jr. 2 Yr. Old 2003Unanimous All-American Jr. 3 Yr. Old 2004Unanimous All-American 4 Yr. Old 2005

All-American Aged Cow 2008Grand Champion NGS Louisville 2004 & 2008Grand Champion NGS Louisville 2004 & 2008Grand Champion NGS Madison 2005 & 2008

Dest iny Chi ld Cont inues To Reign F O R F O U R W I N D S F A R M

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12146 Dairy Ln • Bethel, Ohio 45106 • 513-543-2315Larry, Tara, & Matt Griffith • Chad, Ashley, Hannah, Caleb & Ryan Griffith

www.southernhillsholsteins.com

Our heifer pens are full of calves with great show potential for 2014. Several from the Alicia’s, Roxy’s, Millie’s and more!

• Lollypop is due back to Armani in March.

• She has three 9/13 Aftershock heifers.

• Atwood pregnancies due in December & March.

• Heztry embryos available.


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Contact information: Ed Peck • 608.444.8863 • E: [email protected] • Facebook: April-Day

These individuals represent the most exciting year ahead

from the �ush program in our new April-Ridge Genetics Center.

These 6 donors will represent the best Red and RC heifers and bulls in our calf pens

next year. Watch for updates on Facebook.

April-Day R2 PROSECO *RC; +2130 GTPIExtreme outcross 3rd generation from VERDEJO

April-Day L BOUVIER P-ET *RC; +2061 GTPIPolled Ladd P from VG-88, 40,860m, 1683f Bolton Daughter

April-Day A COMTESSA-ET *RC; +2184 GTPIAlchemy maternal sister to BOUVIER

April-Day S VERDEJO *RC; VG-87; DOMFresh again in March and milking over 150# per day

Speek-NJ DEMElza RAE-ET *RC; +2104 GTPIAn Uno from the Roxy family.

Ri-Val-Re Ladd NIKE-P-ET *RC; +2122 GTPILadd P-Red x Super

Dam of Chicago & CinamonMISS ADVENT CINNABAR-RED-ETNot Yet Classified

2nd DamJanney Pretty Cinnamon-Red EX-927-03 2X 365 31,700 3.7 1163 3.2 1006

Res. All-American R&W Sr. 2 Yr. Old 2006

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HolmgrenRlty Chicago-Red GTPI +1820+2.94T +2.59UDC +1.95FLC1st Place Red & White Jr. Heifer Calf at the Midwest Fall National Holstein

Show at the Minnesota State Fair 2013

HolmgrenRDB Cinamon-Red-ET

3rd Place Red & White Intermediate Heifer Calf at the Midwest Fall National Holstein Show at the

Minnesota State Fair 2013

Backed by 6 generations of VG and EX cows

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Contact information: Ed Peck • 608.444.8863 • E: [email protected] • Facebook: April-Day

These individuals represent the most exciting year ahead

from the �ush program in our new April-Ridge Genetics Center.

These 6 donors will represent the best Red and RC heifers and bulls in our calf pens

next year. Watch for updates on Facebook.

April-Day R2 PROSECO *RC; +2130 GTPIExtreme outcross 3rd generation from VERDEJO

April-Day L BOUVIER P-ET *RC; +2061 GTPIPolled Ladd P from VG-88, 40,860m, 1683f Bolton Daughter

April-Day A COMTESSA-ET *RC; +2184 GTPIAlchemy maternal sister to BOUVIER

April-Day S VERDEJO *RC; VG-87; DOMFresh again in March and milking over 150# per day

Speek-NJ DEMElza RAE-ET *RC; +2104 GTPIAn Uno from the Roxy family.

Ri-Val-Re Ladd NIKE-P-ET *RC; +2122 GTPILadd P-Red x Super

Dam of Chicago & CinamonMISS ADVENT CINNABAR-RED-ETNot Yet Classified

2nd DamJanney Pretty Cinnamon-Red EX-927-03 2X 365 31,700 3.7 1163 3.2 1006

Res. All-American R&W Sr. 2 Yr. Old 2006


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HolmgrenRlty Chicago-Red GTPI +1820+2.94T +2.59UDC +1.95FLC1st Place Red & White Jr. Heifer Calf at the Midwest Fall National Holstein

Show at the Minnesota State Fair 2013

HolmgrenRDB Cinamon-Red-ET

3rd Place Red & White Intermediate Heifer Calf at the Midwest Fall National Holstein Show at the

Minnesota State Fair 2013

Backed by 6 generations of VG and EX cows

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GOLD-N-OAKS GOLD-GIRL-ET EX-91 DOM

2X 365 40,016 3.8 1501 3.0 1182Next 3 Dams VG or EX GMD with over

35,000 lbs. of milk

GOLD-N-OAKS S SIDNEY1843 VG-85 VG-MS @2-06, the only Shottle daughter of GOLD-GIRL

A Freddie daughter of SIDNEY1843GOLD-N-OAKS F SIDRA2190

GP-83 @2Y +2307 GTPI & +770 NM$2-06 2X 160 14,630 3.8 558 2.8 405 Inc.

John and Judy Swenson3170 Cty Rd F • Barneveld, WI 53507P: 608.516.3882 / F: 608. 437.3181 / E: [email protected]

We welcome your calls and visits anytime! We are located 30 minutes from World Dairy Expo!

RHA 390 cows 26,849 3.74 1005 3.13 839 NO BST

GOLD-N-OAKS ARABELL 1765-ET VG-88 DOM +2027 GTPI

2-00 2x 365d 28,680 4.4 1,262 3.1 897Completes 9 Generations of VG or

EX Cow all carrying the Gold-N-Oaks prefix

A Freddie daughter from ARABELL 1765GOLD-N-OAKS ABELLA2263-ET

+2306 GTPI & +706NM$

ABELLA2263 has A Epic daughter at +2401 GTPI

A Meridan daughter at +2387 GTPIA Headliner son at +2417 GTPI & +802NM$

AND A Mayfield son at +2343 GTPI & +708NM$ -

both sons going to ABS

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GOLD-N-OAKS GOLD-GIRL-ET EX-91 DOM

2X 365 40,016 3.8 1501 3.0 1182Next 3 Dams VG or EX GMD with over

35,000 lbs. of milk

GOLD-N-OAKS S SIDNEY1843 VG-85 VG-MS @2-06, the only Shottle daughter of GOLD-GIRL

A Freddie daughter of SIDNEY1843GOLD-N-OAKS F SIDRA2190

GP-83 @2Y +2307 GTPI & +770 NM$2-06 2X 160 14,630 3.8 558 2.8 405 Inc.

John and Judy Swenson3170 Cty Rd F • Barneveld, WI 53507P: 608.516.3882 / F: 608. 437.3181 / E: [email protected]

We welcome your calls and visits anytime! We are located 30 minutes from World Dairy Expo!

RHA 390 cows 26,849 3.74 1005 3.13 839 NO BST

GOLD-N-OAKS ARABELL 1765-ET VG-88 DOM +2027 GTPI

2-00 2x 365d 28,680 4.4 1,262 3.1 897Completes 9 Generations of VG or

EX Cow all carrying the Gold-N-Oaks prefix

A Freddie daughter from ARABELL 1765GOLD-N-OAKS ABELLA2263-ET

+2306 GTPI & +706NM$

ABELLA2263 has A Epic daughter at +2401 GTPI

A Meridan daughter at +2387 GTPIA Headliner son at +2417 GTPI & +802NM$

AND A Mayfield son at +2343 GTPI & +708NM$ -

both sons going to ABS

TODAY is the foundation of our polled breeding efforts and what a great cow to work with, first in the parlor and fun to milk everyday.

Her polled Uno’s are #7 and #9 in the breed.

Thank you to Seagull-Bay for purchasing Thursday on the

National Convention Sale. She gets a great home and we wish

them the best of luck.

Her polled Sudan daughter, Touche 1022 has pregs by

Cabriolet and Lou-P, and is pregnant to Mack.

Embryos by Lou-P and O’Hare were exported

to Germany.

We have transfers from TODAY by O’Hare

and Overtime, and she will be flushed several

more times as well.

829-P-ET *RC PO VG-85 VG-MS GTPI +19602-00 2X 365 27150 3.7 1003 3.4 934Fresh with 2nd calf in May

DAM: PRIDE RAMOS TOWARD 412-ET EX-90 GMD3-11 2X 365 41820 3.4 1418 3.0 1270

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Sunrose Delaney EX- 934-09 365 40,591 4.0 1633 2.9 1196All Indiana 5 yr old 2012Nom Jr all American 2012Senior and Res Grand- OH Spring Show (jr) 2013Delaneys Sisters:

Sunrose Dee TW VG-86 2yr Dee has a June 2013 Meridian daughterSunrose DeeDee TW VG 85 2 yr DeeDee has a December 2012 daughter by BraxtonDee & DeeDee sired by Comestar ZirconSunrose Domonique VG 87 2yJr All Indiana Jr 3- 2009Domonique has a FANCY 2 yr old daughter by ContenderDelaney’s DaughterSunrose Donna VG 2yr Sired by Sunrose JakeDonna has a march 2013 daughter by Goldsun.

The Type we Try To breed

Sunrose Jenna EX- 94Over 150,000 in 3 lactationsFresh again at 9-01, first two tests 134 & 146.All Indiana Aged cow 2011

Jenna has a fancy July 2013 Goldchip, 7 Atwood daughters born September 2013 and another Atwood daughter due March 2014

Sunrose Jess EX-945-03 197 21,296 5.0 1075 2.8 600 Inc.All Indiana 5 year old 2013Grand Champion IN state Show (jr and open), Indiana State Fair, Kentucky State Fair, 2nd 5 yr old NY International Spring show. Supreme Champion Indiana and Kentucky State Fairs. Jess has a VG 2y Braxton daughter, Jalyssa, who was Jr Champion at the 2012 Indiana State Show, 2nd jr 2 Indiana and Kentucky state fairs 2013. Jalyssa has an April 2013 Goldchip daughter. In addition, Jess has a january, 2013 Sunrose Jake (charisma x jenna), and she is due in April to Armani.

Sunrose HolsteinsBruce Gingerich574.536.3061 / [email protected] / www.sunroseholsteins.com

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Some are more interesting than others. Jess found her

way to the winner’s circle several times this past summer and her note-worthy winnings piqued my interest. If a cow can do that much winning and be “on” that many times within a short period of time, I knew there had to be a story in there some-where….and there was.

Sunrose Jess, a 5 year old Advent daughter, bred and owned by Bruce Gingerich of Millersburg, Indiana took the show ring by storm. In June, in Richmond, Indiana at the Indiana State Holstein show she was named Senior Champion and Grand Champion.

In August she loaded up for another round of shows. When Bruce led her into the ring at the In-diana State Fair Holstein show, held in Indianapolis, he led her out as the Grand Champion. A couple of days later, she was crowned Supreme Champion of the Indiana State Fair.

Sunrose Jess left Indy and headed south to Louis-ville, Kentucky for the Kentucky State Fair. Keep-ing a perfect record on her summer tour, she was tapped for Grand Champion and went on to win Supreme Champion.

While she has swept up a pile of purple ribbons this summer, her path to perfection was not always a walk in the park.

Jess began her tanbark career as the 4-H project of Gingerich’s step daughter. She was an “off-aged” calf, Gingerich explained, “I gave her an off age calf for the same reason I gave my boys off aged calves to start with; to teach them how to be good losers, then we’ll try to teach them how to be good

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winners. But as a calf she accidentally turned out to be Junior Champion at her first show.”

A few months later, Gingerich took her to the biggest dairy show on earth, World Dairy Expo. “She stood second from the bottom and I told everyone I just brought her so she would know her way around expo when she was older and it mattered,” he said with a smile.

Jess just got better with age standing third to fifth place as a yearling and as a two year old. She stood second and was Reserve All-Indiana and Honorable Mention Intermedi-ate Champion as a three year old and Grand Champion at their district Holstein show as a three year old.

The obstacles along the way have made Jess more than just a milk cow. When she calved as a two year old, Ginger-ich had been gone for a few days and when he got home she was three days fresh with frost bite on her right front teat that turned completely black with black streaks run-ning up her udder floor. A call to the vet found chickweed salve to be the udder saving solution, in addition to milking that quarter by hand for the next three months.

The next year, just about the time Gingrich thought Jess would peak in her show career, she lost a calf and her 9 month lacta-tion turned into 22 months and hopes of a great show career were delayed one more year. Jess calved in January 2013 and Gingerich was “getting his psych on” to take her to the New York Spring Carousel in Syracuse in April. Two weeks before the show Gingerich said, “the floor fell out.”

“We trimmed her feet and a few days later she started sliding…FAST. Dr. Robert Zell finally determined she must have had a touch of hardware that got stirred up when the sling went under her at hoof trimming time. But by the time we got ready to leave for New York, she was on the truck and ready to show.” Her New York Spring Carousel debut found her first in the five year old class until the last minute when the judge Michael Heath slipped her into second place.

Classification day in June found Jess sick with the first case of coliform mastitis on the farm in 12 years. Ginger-ich said, “She scored Excellent 94 one day, had a blown quarter the next and zero kidney function the next day. She went down and was unable to get up. Four days later she had 92 pounds for the tester. We bred her the next day and she’s pregnant.”

He continued, “The one thing I want to say about this cow, that I want everyone to know about her is that she has the heart of a champion. She makes Seabiscuit look like a no talent wimp.”

As she stood in the string at the Indiana State Fair, Jess had several admirers but no one summed up her tenacity and superiority quite like fellow Holstein breeder Brian Tu-man of Minnesota when he told Gingerich, “Look at her face and her eyes, that cow is one chromosome away from reading, writing and arithmetic.”

Sunrose Jess is not the only great one in the family. She comes from a long line of hearty cows, Gingerich ex-plained, “I purchased her 3rd dam from Mike Oesch (of Indiana). She was a Comestar Leader x VG 87 Ned Boy x VG Bell x EX Char Sam Elevation Pabst.” He continued, “The Pasbst went back to a few cows that Mike had pur-chase when London Dairy sold out in Michigan, and when I was in high school Dr. Webb used to always come to our place and talk about the Pabst, so I had been following them for a long time.”

Gingerich then bred the Leader to Ricecrest Marshall, trying to come up with something the AI industry may be interested in and came up with Sunrose Jaila, who was VG with several records over 40,000 and her top at 49,200.

Jaila’s first daughter was Sunrose Jenna EX 94, by Morty, who has 150,000 out in three lactations. Her second daughter was Sunrose Jenny EX, by Hi Metro, who won the four year old class at Indiana State Fair in 2009.

Jess was Jenny’s only daughter. Jenna had a son, Sunrose Jake, that we, and some neighbors, used. He sired Look-

well Brooke who won a lot in Indiana and Kentucky and was nominated Junior All American Senior Yearling in 2012. All of Jakes daughters that have been scored are VG as 2 year olds.

Jess has a Braxton daughter, Jalyssa, who was Junior Champion at the Indiana state Show in 2012 and a Janu-ary 2013 daughter by Jake, Gingerich explains, “She the result of a miscarriage and throwing five straws of her cousin at her just to get her pregnant—but she’s a great calf.”

Did he think she would be this great? Gingerich an-swered, “I will admit I always had a hunch with her.....you just watch her and she seems to have “it”....it is all her for sure. As a young cow, she just didn’t have enough volume in the udder to run with the big dogs, but that’s a problem I can live with.”

Gingerich admits he has no clue on where Jess will go from here, he commented, “It doesn’t matter what show we are going to--county fair or expo, we always approach every show day with the same motto. Let’s try to land something in the top 5......after that it’s just more fun”

Gingerich concluded, “All I know for sure about Jess and the rest of that cow family is that if they were all like these girls, milking cows would never seem like work.”

Sunrose Jess will parade through one more show ring this year as she takes a stroll across the colored shavings at the “Big Dance” at World Dairy Expo.

Sunrose Jess Picked Grand – Judge Nathan Thomas of Ohio tapped Sunrose Jess as Grand Champion at the Indiana State Holstein Show in Richmond, in June.

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Maple Hurst Judgement Brilliant Jr. Champion Iowa State Fair

Thank you Ken Forester for making her available Ski-Pal BBBK Daphinee EX-91 Steinbush Reality DazzleJunior champion MN State fair, WI State fair

Res Grand Champion WI State FairWI State Ayrshire show. Supreme junior champion heifer

N.E.W. High Protein Show, Columbia Co Fair. Co owned by Tammy Voegeli and Ann Lerum

MD Hillbrook Sunburst-RED-ET EX-92Intermediate Champion & Honorable Mention Grand Champion World Dairy Expo 2012.Sold for $200,000 at the 2011 International Intrigue Sale.All-American R&W Sr. 2-Year-Old 2011Nom. All-American Sr. 2-Year-Old 2011.2nd Sr. 2-Year-Old B&W World Dairy Expo ‘11Nom. All-American R&W Sr. 2-Year-Old ‘11Sisters available by Contender, Destry, Altitude-Red, Redman. Sisters by Redliner and Colt 45 comingSisters available by Contender, Destry, Altitude-Red, Redman. Sisters by Redliner and Colt 45 coming

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1402 Hwy 150, Calmar, IA 52132 / 563-379-3752 / [email protected] Todd Bushman & Family

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MATT ZABEL • 53361 255th Ave • Plainview, MN 55964507-251-1260 • [email protected]

VISIT US ONLINE AT ZAHBULLS.COM

Zahbulls Jerod Rona-ET GTPI +2476 GPA LPI +3243 DGV +3387

Born: June 15, 2013PTA +1265M +96F +44P 70R 9/13

PTA +914NM +.02%F +.02%PPTA +7.0PL 2.63SCS +2.0DPR

PTA +2.47T +3.06UDC +1.76FLC 70R 9/13Rona is +185 above Parent Average for GTPI

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ZAHBULLS JEROD ROSIE-ET +2480 GTPI

PTA +1773M +101F +50P +855NMPTA +5.1PL 2.61SCS +.4DPR

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J&S ATWOOD SANDFLEA VG-86Fresh 4/29/13 (pictured at 8 days fresh)• 2nd Fall Yearling, 2011 NILE• 1st Sr. 2 Yr. Old & HM Intermediate Champion,

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DAM: J&S SCHARLET ASPEN SANDY-ET VG-873-01 2X 365 28620 4.0 1156 3.4 972

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2004 Mid-E Spring National

SANDFLEA & SERENA’s 2nd Dam is J&S SANDY MILAN SCHARLET-ET EX-92, 3rd 5 Yr. + Dry Cow, 2003 Mideast Fall National.

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DamVision-Gen MOM Wisa-B349-ET VG -86 +2082 GTPI2-01 3X 365 37,037 4.2 1555 3.2 11852 Shamrock sons at stud Semex/AcceleratedSemex to test 4 Bulls by Supersires

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1-11 2X 365 30,550 4.2 1274 3.5 1062

3rd DamJuniper Outside Wish-ET EX-95 2E

5-06 2X 365 42,580 4.0 1694 3.1 1308

4th DamNorz-Hill Form Wok-ET EX-94 3E

9-06 3 365 41,170 3.7 1528 2.8 1140Life 230,830M 3.7 8467F 2.9 6590P

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She is due back in April to Windhammer and looks tremendous. She has heifers by Windbrook

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2-11 365 30,573 3.2 977 3.1 926She is due back in the beginning of February and

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Pregnancies by Shanosber due in November & Pregnancies by Shanosber and Aikman

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Venture Shottbolt Stormy P *RC *PO GTPI +1903Fresh on August 13th & looks tremendous!

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Mark Rueth grew up on a farm in Jefferson, Wisconsin milking

grade cows with his father. He started showing grade calves at the county fair and after a disappointing fair, Mark’s Dad, a good cowman, bought Mark his first registered calf.

Unfortunately the Rueths, like many of us, bought their first animals on a limited budget and making their purchases from the animals at the end of the sale. Mark’s mentor—his dad, told Mark that instead of buying all these bargains maybe he should invest in a good one. Looking back at Mark’s track record I think he took his father’s advice to heart.

Mark Rueth became a fitter, working sales, shows and clipping for classifications- providing a great education. Fitting took him around the country and the world and exposed him to some great cowmen making many lifelong friends. Among them was Mark Van Mersbergen of Markwell Farm in Washington.

Mark was preparing the consignments at the Great Northern Sales Arena in Fond de Lac, Wisconsin when he first saw Stookey Elm Park Blackrose. She checked all the boxes on what Mark was looking for in a big time purchase. She had a great frame, carried the red factor and was sired by the popular bull, Blackstar. This was not his first exposure to the Blackrose family as he had clipped and admired her dam “Speckles” while clipping for Louis Prange.“Speckles”,

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a Triple Threat had the biggest head Mark had ever seen and had the look of a brood cow.

Before the sale Mark Rueth called Mark Van Mersbergen and told him about a nice young Calypso daughter that might interest him. Van Mersbergen asked Mark what else looked good, so Mark told him about Blackrose. Markwell gave him a bid on the Calypso but said they were even more interested in the Blackstar heifer. The Calypso brought $2450 and sold to Gil-Tex of California, where she went on to be the All-California two year old. Mark was disappointed he lost out on her but then set his sights on Blackrose.

She came in the sale ring and the bidding began. Everything came to a halt at $4,500 and Mark was confident Blackrose would go home with him, but then somebody new jumped in and ran her to $5,400 where she was struck off to Rueth & Markwell.

Mark started working for Bob Schauf ’s Indianhead Holsteins in Barron, Wisconsin and got the “OK” to house Blackrose there. Bob Schauf knowing a good one himself talked Mark into selling him a one-third interest. It was at Indianhead that she spent the rest of her life.

Elm Park Stookey Blackrose wound up EX-96 3E Gold Medal Dam, Dam of Merit, two time All-American and All-Canadian and the ALL-TIME All-American Junior 2 & 3 year old. She made a record of 42,230M 4.6F 1939F 3.4P 1432P. She has produced 21 Excellent and 18 Very Good progeny.

Mark later learned of the contending bidder at the sale. She would have had her tail docked lived in cramped small stalls and in all likelihood would not have had the impact on the breed that she has today. As you watch the Red & White show at World Dairy Expo realize that a high percentage of the animals in the show ring carry the blood of Blackrose.

Mad-About Pontiac Sunfire EX-93 EX-96-MS2-03 2X 357 39,430 3.6 1416 2.7 10483-04 2X 317 30,670 3.5 1060 3.0 9124-03 2X 365 37,230 3.4 1261 2.9 1084

Jr. All-Illinois Jr. 3 Yr. Old 2010

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COXLYN FIREWORKS PANSY EX-95 96-MS CAN3rd 5-Yr.-Old, 2013 Ontario Summer Show3rd 5-Yr.-Old, 2013 Ontario Spring ShowPansy will be flushed later this Fall!

M-RIVERVIEW AUDRA-RED EX-91 92-MS 3y2nd Sr. 3-Yr.-Old All-American Red & White Show 2013Third Dam is MD-Delight Durham Atlee EX-92Audra will be flushed soon to the bull of your choice!

STRANSHOME SID SKYLAR1st Spring Yearling 2013 Midwest Spring National

Dam: Quality-Ridge Rubens Sandy EX-94IVF Female transfers by Goldwyn & Golden Dreams.

SAVAGE-LEIGH GOLDEN GIRLFancy Goldwyn Fall Calf!Dam: Savage-Leigh Leona EX-96!!Golden Girl will be flushed to sexed Acme.

Look for these Beauties in the Budjon and Savage-Leigh Show Strings at World Dairy Expo!

Pansy, Lheros & Skylar are owned with Matthias Swartzentruber.

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CACHE-VALLEY LHEROS 2331 EX-92 (Max Score)HM Intermediate Champion, 2013 BC Spring ShowLheros x EX-93 Durham x EX-95 Leader!IVF Female Transfers by Goldwyn & Golden Dreams.

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FARMDALE CANYON Dazzle 3E-94 GMD6y0m 365d 42,720 4.8 2037 3.5 1478Dazzle has 2 each by Mac, Planet, and Destry. 1 EX Mac and several more potentials. You will like them but the Granddaughters are Stellar. A red Barbwire due in March is the kind to build your franchise!

GOLDFAWN ADVENT Ritzy RED-ET EX-934y0m 365d 36802 4.2 1548 3.1140Nominated as a Jr. 3 in 2011 she left us early but her Debonair 4-year-old is a 7th generation EX and a January ‘13 Redburst that has the look. The Renita Rangers never go out of style!

WILSTAR DURHAM Amazing 2E-924y1m 329 26272 4.3 1142 3.4 893This 10th generation EX from our Enhancer Alicia family has daughters by Sanchez and Shottle both pg to Atwood that are future stars. Reds in the family by Advent and Destry have premium show potential!

OPSAL WILSTAR RUBENS Dori 3E-94 GMD7y11m 365 48110 3.7 1764 3.0 1443 near 290,000 lifeDori’s 2nd dam is a sister to Durham. There are several Shottles from Dori

including Jr. 2 Dare VG-87, a show winner in her own right due before spring show to Atwood and her March ’13 Guthrie is a heartbreaker!

TAG SALE BEGINS APPROX. 3:00 P.M. SATURDAY & ENDS 4:00 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13.

TAG SALE CONTACTSScott Courtney 563-380-1318

Chad Ryan 920-960-1449Kevin Jorgensen 920-210-3992

Brandon Ferry 608-335-8861Tracy Schaefer 320-360-5188

Hosted byWILLIS & CARLA GUNST,

Cathryn & Christopher3687 30th Drive, Pine River, WI 54965

920.858.9367 Willis cell

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MS Morningview Annette-ET VG-85 VG-MS +1968 GTPI2-04 2X 365 28,580 4.6 1328 3.5 1010Planet x VG-87 Oman x VG-89 Mtoto back to EX-93 Converse Judy Family. She has Massey daughters along with Earnhardt and Oak pregs. From the Converse Judy family with high Percent Protein

LesLie HigH14179 300th St.Cantril, Iowa 52542319.288.0711

Morningview Bolton Ricki EX-90 EX-93-MS +1923 GTPI3-11 2x 365 38,570 4.3 1651 3.1 1191 Bolton x VG-88 Stormatic back to the EX-93 Converse Judy family!!

Ricki’s DaughterPlayball Beacn Riley GTPI +2177- She is fresh and looks tremendous! Currently FlushingPTA +1520M +62F +36PPTA +3.8PL 2.61SCS +.2DPRPTA +2.82T +2.18UDC +2.95FLC

Ms Morningview S Abreo-ET VG-88 EX-MS@2Y2-3 2x 365 29,260 4.7 1370 3.5 1027Socrates x EX-91 Toystory x-EX-87 Oman x VG-89 Mtoto back to EX-93 Converse Judy! Abreo is a 3rd generation 3.5 P in 3 different herds! An elite Protein family, we are working with members of Abreo’s family

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FARMDALE CANYON Dazzle 3E-94 GMD6y0m 365d 42,720 4.8 2037 3.5 1478Dazzle has 2 each by Mac, Planet, and Destry. 1 EX Mac and several more potentials. You will like them but the Granddaughters are Stellar. A red Barbwire due in March is the kind to build your franchise!

GOLDFAWN ADVENT Ritzy RED-ET EX-934y0m 365d 36802 4.2 1548 3.1140Nominated as a Jr. 3 in 2011 she left us early but her Debonair 4-year-old is a 7th generation EX and a January ‘13 Redburst that has the look. The Renita Rangers never go out of style!

WILSTAR DURHAM Amazing 2E-924y1m 329 26272 4.3 1142 3.4 893This 10th generation EX from our Enhancer Alicia family has daughters by Sanchez and Shottle both pg to Atwood that are future stars. Reds in the family by Advent and Destry have premium show potential!

OPSAL WILSTAR RUBENS Dori 3E-94 GMD7y11m 365 48110 3.7 1764 3.0 1443 near 290,000 lifeDori’s 2nd dam is a sister to Durham. There are several Shottles from Dori

including Jr. 2 Dare VG-87, a show winner in her own right due before spring show to Atwood and her March ’13 Guthrie is a heartbreaker!

TAG SALE BEGINS APPROX. 3:00 P.M. SATURDAY & ENDS 4:00 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13.

TAG SALE CONTACTSScott Courtney 563-380-1318

Chad Ryan 920-960-1449Kevin Jorgensen 920-210-3992

Brandon Ferry 608-335-8861Tracy Schaefer 320-360-5188

Hosted byWILLIS & CARLA GUNST,

Cathryn & Christopher3687 30th Drive, Pine River, WI 54965

920.858.9367 Willis cell

PICNIC 11:00 A.M. – 2:30 P.M.

Directions to the farm: From Poy Sippi, take County H west 1 mile then 30th Drive south 2 miles to farm.Kristy Roose Ad Design

MS Morningview Annette-ET VG-85 VG-MS +1968 GTPI2-04 2X 365 28,580 4.6 1328 3.5 1010Planet x VG-87 Oman x VG-89 Mtoto back to EX-93 Converse Judy Family. She has Massey daughters along with Earnhardt and Oak pregs. From the Converse Judy family with high Percent Protein

LesLie HigH14179 300th St.Cantril, Iowa 52542319.288.0711

Morningview Bolton Ricki EX-90 EX-93-MS +1923 GTPI3-11 2x 365 38,570 4.3 1651 3.1 1191 Bolton x VG-88 Stormatic back to the EX-93 Converse Judy family!!

Ricki’s DaughterPlayball Beacn Riley GTPI +2177- She is fresh and looks tremendous! Currently FlushingPTA +1520M +62F +36PPTA +3.8PL 2.61SCS +.2DPRPTA +2.82T +2.18UDC +2.95FLC

Ms Morningview S Abreo-ET VG-88 EX-MS@2Y2-3 2x 365 29,260 4.7 1370 3.5 1027Socrates x EX-91 Toystory x-EX-87 Oman x VG-89 Mtoto back to EX-93 Converse Judy! Abreo is a 3rd generation 3.5 P in 3 different herds! An elite Protein family, we are working with members of Abreo’s family

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Clark Vilter admits that he was not the first to spot the potential of

Guernsey great Westlynn Tom Dee. Randy Kortus was judging a show in Washington and marveled at the winning 2 year old.

That was a young “Tom Dee.” Randy Kortus contacted then fitter, Mark Rueth and together they purchased the outstanding young Guernsey. “Tom Dee” made her way out to Madison that fall and when Clark saw her for the first time he was impressed with her balance, great udder and feet and legs. Deciding it was more enjoyable to own her than to look up at her, Clark became a partner with Randy and Mark. Eventually purchasing the whole cow.

How did that work out?

Well not too bad! “Tom Dee classified Excellent 96, made a high record of 26,540M 4.8F 1284F 3.6P 961P and also had a most distinguished show career as a four time World Dairy Expo Grand Champion!!

But “Tom Dee” didn’t stop there. She turned into perhaps the Greatest Guernsey Brood Cow with twelve Excellent daughters and sixteen national show winning maternal offspring. Among her daughters was Four Winds Dee Destiny EX-93 All-American who was the dam of Four Winds Destiny Child, Excellent-95 with over 28,000 pounds of 4.5F milk, two time Grand Champion at World Dairy Expo , five time All-American and the best cow Clark Vilter ever bred.

“Tom Dee” helped Clark and Joy Vilter achieve the Guernsey Master Breeder Award and propelled Clark into being included in the Klussendorf Award club. It shows what one great purchase can do for a breeding program.

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By Ron Schaap

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PLAYBALL MOM

LITTLE VG-86 +2142 GTPI

2-4 2x 305 25,750 4.8 1232 3.9 995PTA 1202M 80F 60P

PTA 540NM .13%F .09%PMan-O-Man x VG Baxter x

EX-93 Shottle x EX-92 BWMarshall back to EX-93 Converse Judy!

Currently being flushed!

LITTLE-ET RC VG-85 VG-MS @2-06 +1822 GTPI

2-4 2x 261 23,583 4.3 1018 3.3 778 Completes 9 generations of VG or EX cows from the Converse Judy family.

Little’s polled daughter: PLAYBALL RR LIMIT-ET RC PO +1858 GTPI

PTA +821M +54F +38P 72%R 8/2013 PTA +309NM +.09%F +.05%P

PTA +2.07T +1.23UDC +1.73FLC 72%R 8/2013Reality Little will be rescored in September–look

for her to be 87-88 2yr. Sweet young Cow!

SYWASSINK FAMILY • 15373 HIGHWAY 92 • LETTS, IA 52754 • 319-759-2171 STEVE

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AN ELITE YOUNG COW WE ARE REALLY

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PLAYBALL MOM

LITTLE VG-86 +2142 GTPI

2-4 2x 305 25,750 4.8 1232 3.9 995PTA 1202M 80F 60P

PTA 540NM .13%F .09%PMan-O-Man x VG Baxter x

EX-93 Shottle x EX-92 BWMarshall back to EX-93 Converse Judy!

Currently being flushed!

LITTLE-ET RC VG-85 VG-MS @2-06 +1822 GTPI

2-4 2x 261 23,583 4.3 1018 3.3 778 Completes 9 generations of VG or EX cows from the Converse Judy family.

Little’s polled daughter: PLAYBALL RR LIMIT-ET RC PO +1858 GTPI

PTA +821M +54F +38P 72%R 8/2013 PTA +309NM +.09%F +.05%P

PTA +2.07T +1.23UDC +1.73FLC 72%R 8/2013Reality Little will be rescored in September–look

for her to be 87-88 2yr. Sweet young Cow!

SYWASSINK FAMILY • 15373 HIGHWAY 92 • LETTS, IA 52754 • 319-759-2171 STEVE

PLAYBALL RLTY

Kath

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in p

hoto

• Kr

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Roos

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THAT IS CORRECT– 3.9% PROTEIN!

AN ELITE YOUNG COW WE ARE REALLY

EXCITED ABOUT!Owned with Tim Schmitt

563-542-6377

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