Select Sires

SELECTIONS - Fall 2003
Highlights From August Proofs

In August Select graduated seven Holsteins into active-A.I. service, including 7HO6313 CROCKETT-Acres Sully-ET*CV, a high-components, high-type maternal brother to HI METRO; 7HO6511 O-Bee Winchester JASON*TV, a high-milk (+2,479PTAM) sire and maternal brother to O MAN; and 9HO2638 Agriprize FORSYTH-ET*TV, in the top 10 percent for NM$ at +$502. Select also is home to three of the top five PTI and NM$ Ayrshires, the top PTAM Brown Swiss, the leading two PTI Guernseys and six of the top-10 JPITM Jersey sires.

7HO6417 O MAN

As the breed’s highest for NM$ and TPITM (+$852NM, +1921TPI), O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET*TV sires daughters like Myers O Man No. 4286-Grade, Myers Dairy Inc., Jonesville, N.C.

7HO5710 DANE

Country Folk Dane No. 2187-Grade

Another elite NM$ (+$589NM) sire is Pagen-Ernwood DANE-ET*TV,TD. Above is Country Folk Dane No. 2187-Grade, Country Folk Dairy, Fremont, Mich.

7HO6329 ZIMMER

Classic Zimmer No. 625-Grade

At +1,849 PTAM and +2.07PTAT, new graduate ZIMMERview Terry Micah-ET*TV sires balanced daughters like Classic Zimmer No. 625-Grade, Classic Dairy Inc., Jansen, Neb.

9HO2673 TOUCH

Mor-Dale Touch Cake

Leading Select’s lineup for feet-and-leg composite at +2.74 is August graduate Mr Majic TOUCH*TV. Mor-Dale Touch Cake (GP-82), Ralph and Crystal Moyer, Myerstown, Pa., is pictured above.

7HO6326 DIFFERENCE

Wesdel Difference Panda No. 244-Grade, Jim & Rhonda Wessels, McConnell, Ill., is an example of the powerful frames sired by maternal brother to DURHAM, Regancrest DIFFERENCE-ET*TV.

7HO5841 HI METRO

AI-E-O Metro 291

Sikkema-Star-W HI METRO-ET*CV leads the breed for PTA type and udder composite (+3.38T, +3.52UDC). Pictured above is Al-E-O Metro 291 (EX-90-EX-MS), S&B Dairy, Sigel, Ill.

7HO8430 PERSIA-RED

Van Vliet Persia-Red No. 1264-Grade

Zee-Cal PERSIA-RED-ET graduated as the top TPI Red-and-White sire at +1730. He also is elite for milk at +2,399. Above is Van Vliet Persia-Red No. 1264-Grade, Nick Van Vliet, Chino, Calif.

7HO6055 BRIGHT

D-P-M Rudolph BRIGHT-ET*TV is high for Productive Life (+3.4) and low for Somatic Cell Score (+2.82). He sires cows like Calori-D Bright Maria (EX-90-EX-MS), Calori-D Holsteins, Denair, Calif.

7GU366 LEWIS

Leading the breed for PTI and NM$ (+290PTI, +$472NM) is Trotacre Enhancer Lewis-ET. Yellow Creek Lewis Jan (VG-88), Frank Faria, Escalon, Calif., is pictured.

7AY62 WANDRINGEYE

Sharwards Eye Sammy (VG-87), Darryl & Teresa Keehner, Guttenburg, Iowa, is sired by No. 1 PTI and NM$ sire (+300PTI, +$462NM) Ardrossan Marathon WANDRINGEYE.

7BS736 JAMARR

Leading the breed for PTAM at +2,019 is Forest Lawn PHT JAMARR ET. Daughter CIE Telleen Jamarr Sybil (VG-85), Evan Telleen, Gowrie, Iowa, is pictured above.

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