Given 'Progressive Holstein Breeder No. 1' Rating by Association

George T. Sinton of Colorado Springs Wednesday was designated progressive Holstein breeder No. 1 in the United States by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Only four other dairymen in the country have won the title of progressive breeder to date.

Sinton will be given a certificate as evidence of this special recognition at a national convention of dairymen In New York in June.

To qualify for this honor, a dairyman must have a herd average of at least 480 pounds of butterfat in a year of official testing, when the cows are milked three times daily, according to Elmer J. Meadows, dairyman of Colorado State college extension service. Sinton's herd of 18 registered cows last year produced an average of 512 pounds of butterfat per cow. To win such an award it also is necessary that the herd be officially classified for type and average 80 points. Sinton's herd averaged 81.7 points.

Another qualification is that 75 per cent of the cows must have been of the dairyman's own breeding. In the Colorado Springs herd this percentage is 94.4. The last requirement is that a herd be TB accredited and free of Bang's disease.

Mr. Sinton bought his first cows in 1910, started testing in 1911, began official testing in 1913 and has continued both tests to date. These testing records have greatly aided him in making a success as a breeder. His herd has produced the highest testing Holstein milk in the United States during the last two years - an average of 4.1 per cent butterfat. He has sold breeding stock from his herd to 195 persons in Colorado and nine other states. Almost every Holstein herd in the state has been influenced by his breeding program.

Funeral services for George T. Sinton, 1201 E. Columbia St., prominent dairyman, farmer, and rancher, will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Law Mortuary.

Dr. LeRoy Arend will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Mr. Sinton, 78, died Sunday in a local hospital. Born here July 29, 1891, he had been a lifetime resident and was the son of M. M. Sinton, one of the founders of the Sinton Dairy Company.

He was recognized as one of the leading authorities on grass problems in the Pikes Peak region and was honored three times for his Holstein herds by the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.

In 1939, he was named No. 1 progressive Holstein breeder in the U.S., an honor held by only four other men at that time.

For several years, he was in charge of the farm management of the Sinton Dairy Company and won international recognition for programs in grass progress and management and took the Colorado Outstanding Conservationist title in 1949 for work in soil conservation.

Beginning in 1953, he served with the Exchange National Bank for several years as a farm representative. In recent years, he operated a ranch north of Black Forest.

He was formerly an active member of the Kiwanis Club, the Aiken Ornithological Society and was an officer in the Senior League.

Survivors include a son, Wilbur Sinton of Denver; three grandsons; a sister, Mrs. Prudence Mick of Colorado Springs; and a brother, Grant Sinton.