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DALTON Son from Maryland to Enter A.I.

PLAIN CITY, Ohio, Dec. 13, 2004 — 7BS781 Fair Hill Dal EASTON ET, bred by Fair Hill Farm, Chestertown, Md., has been chosen to enter Select Sires' Program for Genetic Advancement™ (PGA™) sire-sampling system. In addition to being sampled through PGA cooperator herds, this young sire has been identified as a SUPER SAMPLER™. With this designation, his semen is available to all Brown Swiss breeders.

EASTON is sired by Hilltop Acres PT DALTON Twin. His dam, Little Cobb Even Kindy, is scored Excellent (93-2E) and produced 4-8 365d 39,000M 5.3% 2,062F 3.4% 1,322P. This was Kindy's second lactation producing over 32,000 pounds of milk with over 5.3 percent fat. Little Cobb TRB Kin ET is EASTON's grandam and is scored Very Good (86). Her best record stands at 6-8 365d 32,870M 3.9% 1,271F 3.2% 1,062P and she produced over 145,000 pounds of milk and almost 6,000 pounds of fat in her lifetime.

Based in Plain City, Ohio, Select Sires Inc., is North America's largest A.I. organization and is comprised of 10 farmer-owned and -controlled cooperatives. As the industry leader, it provides highly fertile semen as well as excellence in service and programs to achieve its basic objective of supplying livestock breeders with America's best genetics at a reasonable price.

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