G—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. February 21, 1959 THE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN Hostetter herd is intended to have more than 100 square feet per cow in this loafing shed Elimination of long, constant stanchioning on concrete and ease of exercise in loose hous v ine are listed by Robert as his chief reasons for this herd practice. , —LF PHOTO • Sofd On Pa dor' (Continued from page 1) loader. With this system he scat ters fresh bedding straw re gularly and then uses power equipment to clean. A fea ture aided by water flushing of the milking parlor. This eliminates expensive gutter or pit cleaners and shovel work, he reports. Bob plans to plow herd profits into automatic bulk feeding equipment and addi tion of an exercise yard out side the loafing shed. He does EGG Ask ' your Miller and Bushong Serviceman about any problem relating to the management. production or health of your laying flock. Lancaster, Express 2-2145 m For HIGH SUSTAINED Production of QUALITY Eggs at LOW COST use . . . \\\ili/// "w -V^ 'lvlanufactureis of Poultry and Live Stock Feed Since 1875. mot rorsee duik UonUims for his milk anywhere in the near future. He came out of the serv ice in 1946, apparently stuck with town-living, but with) an urge to return to the farm where he was brought up He became a trucker and “custom farmer” from ‘46 to 1951, when he and his town bred wife moved onto their farm From ‘5l to ‘54, he opera ted a pair of milk routes and continued with his custom work Then in 1954, after careful study of various herd Management Makes MASH (Including ours of course) or call EARLY BIRD FEEDS monagomont methods. Bob utilize spare time in custom started work on his “parlor” combining, hay baling and ~ , . , trucking sidelines. At one time since then, he s , . , , , ~ After four years of exper has had the herd up to 15 ience with th ' system , Hos milkers, nearing capacity lim .tetter-is emphatic in his rea ds for the barn and farm sons f or perferring it over With the added exercise yard individual stall housing and and rented cropland, he hop- milking es to reach the'lB-cow limit “First of al,” he says, I he has set before too much loose housing is health lonAer ier for the cows They have After the unit limit is rea- a c h a nce to exercise, plus died, he figures to expand clean so ft bedding, instead via the production-per-cow of k e j n g fastened in a stan route Hence the for c iu ori on - concre te where you purebred stock and DHIA re- can y. a i wa y S keep them too cords clean. ' / At the same time, he 111 Sometimes we slip up and Any BETTER! Miller & Bushong, Rohrerstown, Pa. Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145 -V t/ ' ‘ s *<. / < * * \ ¥ * HOSTETTER REMODELED the 19th century barn on his building his concrete-block, poured-concrete parlor under the fGl adding a loafing shed inside, by tearing out old stables and stand then lowered the floor of the loafing shed to permit cleaning bj loader. „ —Lp YORK, PENNA. PRODUCE THE FINEST POSSIBLE SI AT THE LOWEST COST MARTIN STEELBILT SILO Inc. 211 NORTH ANN STREET PHONE EX 3-3694' ' 'y w > y W /' I v / < < - Bred hr • HIGHER EGG PRODUCTION • GREATER LIVABILITY • BETTER FEED EFFICIENCY • TOP QUALITY MARKET EGGS Quiet fheia DEKALB CHECK THESE IMPORTANT * FEATURES V Airtight Walls \ Smooth Inner Walls \ Scientific Exact Fermentation \ Proper Temperature Control \ Eliminates Danger of Loss From Frost & Freezing \ Withstands H’ghest Pressures \ Lasts a Lifetime DON'T DELAY - WINTER DISCOUNTS LOWER COSTS HERR THE PUMP MAN ft 'f K ' ' v > -'/'X , , >'4 „V, - ‘ '1 ,&r ,> /"» , '/.7 *■* ' "V. ' , ■%* ' . * ' f.* / ' i ,-V * * *< don't keep the been as it should be, bu long run, I feel the cleaner and-far moie table.” “Then, the cost ling equipment is gi duced My parlor si milking equipment i than half of what n stalls would have T 1 ns every hardware d es twice as far for ir “And when it easy milking, this n 1 have to do is pu' and the cows are stnl (Turn to page DEKAi CHIX ftom... HATCHER LANCASTER, P PHONE
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