AUCTION RAISES $15,000 FOR JERSEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

 

Reynoldsburg, Ohio, USJersey, July 14, 2004—The endowment fund of the AJCC Research Foundation increased $15,000 on July 2, when seven unique items were sold in the third Foundation Benefit Auction.

 

An audience of 400-plus assembled at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds, Lynden, Wash., for the fun, action-packed event. Larry Benson, New Lebanon, N.Y., donated his services to sell the items offered buyer’s choice.

 

David and Linda Spahr, Findlay, Ohio, had the first choice with their bid of $2,200. They selected the early-release porcelain china models of the Jersey cow, Ch. Newton Tinkle, and the Jersey bull, Ch. Dunsley Coy Boy. The models featured handcrafted detail and were made by the John Beswick Studios at Staffordshire, England.

 

Kelvin Moss, Litchfield Park, Ariz., bid $1,750 next, choosing the framed All-Jersey® milk advertising poster. The poster dates from the launch of the national program in 1957 and came from the collection of Myatt-Lutz Auction Service, Cary, N.C.

 

Richard and Jennifer Avila, Hilmar, Calif., took home a vintage Edwin Douglas print for a bid of $2,200, donated by Paul and Dawn Schirm, West Salem, Ohio. The print, titled “Sark,” was dated from the 1890s and sold re-mounted in the original frame with the original glass.

 

Elsa Sherman, Hilmar Calif., bid $2,200 and selected a modern model of the Jersey cow with her newborn calf. The figurine was handcrafted by Scottish artists of the Border Fine Arts Company.

 

Scott and Mike Wickstrom, Hilmar, Calif, bid $2,000 and chose the “Dollars and Sense of Dairying with Registered Jerseys" advertising poster. The poster from the early 1960s was another of those used for many years by Myatt-Lutz Auction Service at its sales in the Southeast.

 

Allen and Bonnie Kracht, Newton, Wis., bid $2,000 for the figurine, “Wash and Brush Up,” from the Border Fine Arts collections. The model displayed a young man preparing his Jersey heifer for her big day.

 

At the last minute, surprising the entire crowd, one day’s time from Neal Smith, Executive Secretary of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc. was put up for auction. A syndicate of Carol Ahlem, Elsa Sherman and Cindy Wickstrom, all of Hilmar, Calif., bid $2,500. At the very end, $150 was added by Norman Martin, Tillamook, Ore., to bring the total proceeds to $15,000.

 

The AJCC Research Foundation is a 501(c)(3) permanent trust operated exclusively to promote and sponsor scientific research in the dairy industry. Gifts assigned to the use of the Foundation are deductible for Federal estate and gift purposes, and may be made at any time. Current funding priorities are:

 

• Nutrition of high producing Jerseys, particularly practical feeding methods to maximize production of valuable milk components;
• Factors affecting yield of products manufactured from Jersey milk;
• Factors affecting net income, longevity, and lifetime profit;
• Breeding plans to optimize genetic gain while maintaining genetic diversity;
• Biological and economic efficiencies of Jerseys; and
• Factors affecting management of Jersey calves.

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