—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 18, 1958 6 Bob Stottlemyer Believes Faming Is More than Just Making a Living By Bob Best Rather than just existing on a farm, A. Robert Stottlemyer, 29, K 1 Paradise, explains that he has a two fold purpose m farming. “I want to be a success as a farmer so as to provide for a wife and children, and to find a place in community life and contribute something useful to the commun ity ” ‘ Perhas I have two important advantages,” Stottlemyer says. “I have a father to turn to for ad vice who began farming over 20 years ago and has made a success of farming by good management along with hard work.” THE OTHER advantage is “a good wife who likes farming as much as I do and helps as much as possible ” Her work mainy is keeping many of the farm records and accounts. She also helped in the barn and field before the three Questions and vs s V' s ' nswers x>-s\\ Are H&N “Nick ChiCK ’ Leghorns resistant to leukosis’ Not totally resistant —no layer is However you’ll find H&N’s are verj resistant when compared to other strains In the New York Random Sample Test where entries are exposed to leukosis, H&N has averaged S3', livability compared to a test average of 68% livability lor the first six tests HiN’s had to be good in leukosis resistance to make such a record. Based on the number of chicks I buy, what annual production can be anticipated’ Five diflerent groups of H&N "Nick Chick” Leghorns averaged 258 eggs per chick over a period of five years (1952-1956 California Random Sample Test ) This is not the highest you can expect nor the lowest just an average. A. Are H&N s easy on the feed bill? Q. A. Some persons refer to this as pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs. H&N s ate 4 3 pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs in the last five California tests Again, this is the average of five years of five groups selected at random H&N “Nick Chick” Leghorns con sumed 97 6 pounds of feed each while producing 287 eggs as they did in the sth California Random Sample Test You may find even better feed conversion irom your H&N s Aie H&Vs nervous and flighty’ Q. A. We le had many comments on the calm disposition of H&N’s Many poultry men have said H&N “Nick Chick’ Leghorns are a pleasure to have in their laving houses and H&N’s don’t “hit the roof” every time vou enter the house They are probably the tamest, most quiet commercial layer available today How do H&N’s perform in cages 7 Q A. We believe we have done more testing of pedigreed birds in cages than am other breeding organization in the United States H&N “Vick Chick” Leghorns are measured on the floor and in cages When many of our customers turned to cage operations we decided to add cages for measurement purposes Experience has shown that H&N “Nick Chick ’ Leghorns are well suited to either cage or floor operations In fact milions of H&N “Nick Chick” Leghorns have been sold in California where most are cage-housed However, there is little evidence to support the theory that some types of birds arc specially adapted for cage performance. FREE BOOKLET should know to boost your egg profits. Write today, booklet and latest Florin Farms price list will be sent you free. children took' most of her time. Mrs. Ann Strottlemyer, surpris ingly, was not a farm girl. She was raised in Pittsburgh. They met at Penn State where Robert was an agronomy student and Ann a student in home economics. The elder Mr. Stottlemyer start ed contour stripping in 1936. He was one of the first m the com munity, which is located near Bait, to do so. In those days, strips were quite a novelty and he won a considerable amount of fame, including air photos in some of the daily papers. SINCE ROBERT came back to the home farm after getting out of the Army in 1954, he has in stituted a grassland farming pro gram. Of the 80 acres in the farm, 15 acres are permanent pasture, buildings and lanes take five acres, and the rest are in a long term grass-corn-small grain ro tation. In a normal year there will be about 12 acres ol corn, 12 acres of contains the answers to questions you STOPPED BY RAIN, A. Robert Stottle- implements on the farm. A young farmer, myer, R 1 Paradise, is all ready to top dress Stottlemyer operates 80 acres near Bart, with ammonium nitrate. He calls the fer- (LF Photo) tilizer spreader one of the most valuable small gram and the rest of the land will be in alfalfa or an alf alfa grass mixture Most of the corn goes into the two silos on the farm. Right now there are 24 Hol steins in the milking barn A re cent barn expanion project has enlarged the capacity of the milk ing stable to 42 head Stottlemyer plans to fill the empty stalls with replacement heifers raised on the farm. HE BELIEVES firmly in rais ing replacements and in treating the young stock in the best pos sible manner. When comments were made on the light and roomy quarters provided for the calves and heifers, he remarked that the young stock deserved even better treatment than the older cows because they were the fu ture of the farm. Tobacco went off the Stottle t 9 ctne&u 22% LAYING MASH Feed With Home Grains LOWER FIBER HIGH ENERGY RATION EXTRA VITAMINS & MINERALS 3 - NITRO For Increased Egg Production PROMPT AND COURTEOUS SERVICE LANCASTER MANHEIM »■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■.■■■■■■■■■■■■■£ '.4 n'jer farm about two years ago when it was found that the handl ing of the crop detracted from other work. The space formerly occupied by the stripping rooms now provides extra quarters for the young stock WE MENTIONED that records and accounts are kept for the farm. This, Stottlemyer believes, is one of the basis for success in farming. He can tell m a matter of minutes just what any one prac tice is costing and the returns from it. Soil test results are log ged from each field and the amounts and types of fertilizer ap plications are noted. “A great many farms could in crease their earnings by improved management,” Stottlemyer says. “Good management would include the use of soil tests, and their rec ommendations; use of good seed and improved varieties; use of Peak Production! High Egg Qualify! Extra Profifs! BUKfe^ co-operatives for purchase of feed fertilizers, and seeds and supplies as well as for selling the products, and efficient use of time, labor and equipment ’ TO CARRY out this theory, he fosses him milk production costs on a milk production per acre basis lather than on milk produc tion per cow This measures tue efficiency of the farm in produc mg a hundred pounds cf milk Although ‘he is not a DHIA member now, Stottlemy er tests milk through the veterans train ing program. Veterans advisors George Meyer of Lampeter and Ralph Bitler of Quaonville help compute individual cow records Boarder cows find short shift in the herd. TO GET MAXIMUM milk pro duction per acre at the lowest (Continued on page seven) 16% ALL-MASH LAYER COMPLETE RATION BALANCED PROTEIN EXTRA Vitamins & Minerals MAXIMUM NUTRITION LOW IN FIBER HIGHLY PALATABLE DELIVERY IN BAGS OR BULK QUARRYVILLE NEW HOLLAND
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