12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 4, 1956
Cattle Showman at Six Now Angus
Breeder at 23 in Lancaster County
(Continued from Page One)
Reader of the 4-H Angus heifer
club.
,a Fred’s story is one that de
ve'fdiJ’s from to farmer. To
day he is perhaps the largest
purebred Angus breeder in
Lancaster County, and two
weeks ago he extended his hold
ings of Blacks more by purchas
ing eight of the 65 head offered
in the Valley Creek Angus
Farms dispersal at West Chester.
Taste For Better Quality
Some of these were due for
vaccination, and that’s where
we found Fred Saturday morn
ing. With an average of $337 for
the entire sale, Fred’s purchase
of females showed a taste for
the better quality. Lot 35, sec
ond highest in the sale, Valley
Creek Georgina V 153, sold to
Fred for $Bl5, with a heifer
calf at side' by the “40th.'” Lot
54, Tryconaell Juana Erica, sold
to him for $725. There was a
Sept. 20, 1954 heifer calf at side
that especially caught Fred’s
eye, and the cow was rebred to
Bandolier 18th of Shadow Isle.
Valley Creek’s Edella also came
to the Frey Twin Oaks Farm
on a $6OO bid, with an outstand
ing calf at foot by Bardolier
mere H 40, and rebred to the
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same bull. Here in the purchase
of two cows and two calves Fred
gained six head, for the calves
now being carried may prove as
valuable as their mothers.
Top cows, top calves, all from
top bulls, will help build one of
the best herds this part of the
country has seen.
Georginas, Juanas, Edellas,
these will join the already fam
ous names found in the Twin
Oaks cow herd, to be bred to
two outstanding bulls you find
on this rolling, primarily pas
ture, grassland farm along the
Octoraro Creek.
Millardcn, Sunbeam Bulls
There’s Millarden Prince Eric
12th, from Millarden Farms at
Annville, Pa., a Georgina bred
bull that is a grandson of the
“million dollar” Prince Eric of
Sunbeam from the noted Shadow
Isle Farm at Red Bank, N. J.
Junior herd sire is one purchas
ed in dam that now bears the
farm name, T. O Pnnce Envi
ous, a grandson of the 1939 In
ternational grand champion.
Envious Blackcap 86.-
Fred’s Angus history is com
paratively brief, but well found
ed- In 1948 eleven cows were
purchased from Maryland con
signment sales by Fred’s father.
With purchase of the Millarden
bull, 25 heifers were produced
on the farm and form the basis
of his cow herd
Today the cow herd boasts
names 'that are well known
throughout Angusdom, Ruth Til
lyford, Erica, Pride of Aberdeen,
Lady Ida, Errolme, Blue Ribbon
Blackbird (which produced the
champion steer and the junior
herd sire at Twin Oaks), Eisa
Trojan Erica, Ruby, Lantz Black
cap, Queen Mother, Georgina,
Juana Erica, Hartley Edella,
Rosemere Barbara, Crinoline
Evergreen, and others that are
immediately recognized by any
follower of Angus. There’s a
Portlethian Lucy that seems to
hold a special spot in Fred’s
thinking.
Maybe that explains his state
ment, “I wouldn’t trade the cat
tle business for anything in the
vorld!”
Fattens 40 to 50 Steers
Fred fattens off 40 to 50 steers
per year that are marketed in
Lancaster and New Holland. “I
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Demanding quality - throughout, Twih
Oaks Farm in southern Lancaster County
is producing an excellent herd of Angus
that is being heard from in show circles.
can’t meet the demand, in fact
I could sell twice as many pure
breds as I produce each year,”
he told m a tour of the meadows
As a result, he sells primarily in
Pennsylvania.
Twin Oaks Farm is rolling,
parts perhaps rocky, but there
are well watered grasslands,
seven m all, each with running
waters, colorful brooks, spark
ling springs, and a marshland
that stands deep m succulent
grass, grass that was six inches
deep in mid-April.
Water and grass' are two ele
ments the cattle man cannot do
without. Not" only does Fred
have an adequate supply of
spring water, but a well 100
feet deep produces all the wat
er that can he used from a 90-
foot pipe. But in addition to
grass and water, there is feed
produced on Twin Oaks, 100-
bushel-peracre corn, oats that
exceed 100 bushels per acre.
Blame this on cattle, on barn
farming Manure that collects
two and three feet deep over
wintei is carefully saved,
fully spread on grassland, where
grass is as much a cultivated
crop as any row-crop. All mea
dows, Fred tells, are soil tested,
and some needed only super
phosphate m the last applica
tion of commercial fertilizers.
Adequate Shade, Shelter
Shade 7 That’s another item
the cattleman must consider,
and Twin Oaks has that, timber
ed hillsides and valleys, that
provide shelter from storm and
from summer sun. Buildings
thus can be minimized, and
Fred’s buildings, with his pas
tures and water supply, has
drawn excellent comment dur
ing inspections by the Pennsyl
vania State University staff. Cat
tle have free access to barns,
open on the south.
Springs, ponds and sparkling
Woods Fire Checked
At Martic Forge
Neighbors extinguished a fire
at 11:30 a. m. Saturday in wood
lands about 500 yards south of
the Martic Forge Hotel on the
Mt. Nebo-Martic Forge Road.
Several cottages are located
near the area where the fire
started.
The Rawlinsville \Fire Com
pany answered the fire call but
was not needed.
New Scholarships
In Ag Engineering
Three new scholarships have
been provided in the College of
Agriculture at Penn State by the
New Holland Machine Company
to -encourage high school gradu
ates to enter agricultural engi
neering, Prof. Frank Peikert,
head of the department of agri
cultural engineering, announced.
The new scholarships, sl2®
each, will be given at the start of
freshman year. Preference will
be given students from Lancaster
and Mifflin counties.
Cow Herd at Twin Oaks
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Octoraro Creek add to the water
supply, and an occasional trout i
might be seen pacing the cat
tle.
There are 45 acres of wood
lands on Twin Oaks, 300 acres
of open lands. Fred’s estimate
of one animal to every two acres
of open ground is liberal, and
prospects of one cow and calf
per acre is not impossible.
Thirty-thousand multi - flora
rose have been planted between'
fields, offering fencing as well
as game refuge.
Circhardgrass, ladino, Reed’s
canarygrass, bluegrass and white
clover, this is the primary feed
crop' from pastures But there
will be birdsfoot trefoil planted
this fall, plus harvest from 35
to 40 acres of corn and an ade
quate supply of grass silage-
What's His Outlook?
Much credit is due to a sin
cere approach, to assistance
from others in the business, oth
ers interested in Fred’s sincer-
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Woods and grass, for shade, and feed,
make up two essentials to which Fred
Frey has added excellent Black cows and
bulls. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo).
ity. Names of others in his
family are becoming well known
m 4-H as Fred’s, sisters Maria
| and Magdalena are showing
steers and heifers in 4-H, while
the name of brother Ernst is
overlooked by no one in local
community fairs. All are home
but Anita, and the other broth
ers, Adolf, John and William
are helping make the name Frey
and Twin Oaks known farther
and farther.
-Spring and fall calving help
Fred meet show age classifica-
tions. Between Jan. 1 and April
1 this year, 20 head Were drop
ped-
Whats his outlook? Fred’s
modest, but he sees through
purebreds “Better bulls, better
female production,” adding with
a smile, “This year’s calf crop
looks the best, ever.” . . -
Blame this on Fred’s choice
of top bulls, top cows, top
calves, and you’ll find few
stories that can equal his.
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