NO. 14
ROBERT GROFF goes over dairy production records with Ralph Snyder, feed com-
Radvisor as daughters, Sharon and Joyce, look on
■Quality Pays on This Farm
H|ing their DHIA testing year with a herd average
Bib. butterfat brings a feeling of achievement to Mr.
Bs. Robert C. Groff, Groffdale "Farm, Quarryville.
B Groffs purchased the 127-acre farm last year after
Bfrented the place for three years'. Their 1958 produc-
Birage is even more commendable when it is com-
B’ith their 1956 average of 11,448 lb milk and 424 5
Bwith eighteen cows.
Byear just completed,
B increase in "the num-
Bnilkers to twenty-five
Big 13,202# milk and
Bt, indicates the time
B>ught devoted to the
Bi of the herd’s found-
Bbmals and the care
Management provided
Hproffs.
BJroffdale herd is prin
Kof Rag Apple breed-
B the “Luciler” line
intensified. Cows are
Bred to Pennstate An-
Bucifer, he by the Sou
B rn Pennsylvania Bre-
Rissociation’s Sovereign
Bio Antonio and out of
Bte Lucifer Josey Bet-
Re produced 20.948 lbs.
B and 1,003 lbs. of fat
Bur-year-old and is a
B r of Lauxmont Ad-
Rjucifer.
tthoff used a “Lucifer”
Bier and has ten of his
B rs approaching pro-
|>lls Named for Tobacco Vote
■ s Dorothy Y. Neel, Lancaster County ASC office
B r > Friday released the list of polling places for the
By 24 Cigar-Filler (Type 41) Tobacco Grower refer
■on marketing quotas for the next three crops of
■er County leaf
■Neol said that if at
80-thirds of growers
quotas; quot-
allotments based
price supports at
of the average
■ Type 41 leaf for the
B eo years, and penal
■ overplanting will be
B for the 1959, 60 and
B?tas are disapproved,
■Wave been in the past
County tobacco
B^ s there will be no
or penalties.
duction age: Lucifer Gar
wood Daisey, bred by Groff,
producing 15,666 lbs. of milk
and 620 lbs of fat in 308
days as a four-year-old, serv
es as an example of what may
be anticipated.
Purchased for foundation
cows and justifying their se
lection are Glenedda Major
ette, V.G, with 1&,194 lbs.
of milk, 4.6%, 748 lbs. of fat
in 305 days at eight years;
Erma’ Wayne Colantha, V.G.
19,190 lbs. of milk, 3.6%, 682
lbs of fat, 305 days at mine
years; and Kay Princess Rag
Apple, with J.7'616 lbs. of
milk, 3.7.%,, 648 lbs. of fat at
five '
Younger members adding'
lustre to' the herd are Breezy
of Rocky Roost with 13,230
lbs of milk, 3 8%, 508 lbs.
of fat and Groffdale Pabst
Coral, bred at the farm and
completing with 11,128 lbs
of milk, 4 5%, 506 lbs of fat
Any person engaged in
tobacco 'production in 1958,
as owner, operator, tenant or
share-cropper is eligible to
vote.
Polls will be operTTrom 8
am. to 7p. m , Mrs Neel
stated.
The polls are.
1. Conoy, W. Donegal, Mt.
Joy, E. Donegal, W. Hemp
field, Rapho and E. Hemp
field townships, vote at Red
Rose Dairy, mile south of
Florin.
2. Penn, Warwick, Eliza-
Lancaster Pa.. Saturday, Febmary 14. 1959
both in 305 days at 2 years.
Another Groff production is
the VG. Tri-Aqua Lucifer
Doris now making a 600 lb.
fat record in the herd o£
Maynard H&1I at Clyde, New_
York.
Prior to establishing his fir
st herd at Denver, eight years
ago, Bob had served three
years as a DHIA tester. His
animals have been enrolled
m DHIA and HIR since that
time.
Tied in with the carefully
selected Groffdale foundation
cows, is a feeding and mana
gement program of the same
calibre. Bob and his feed
company advisors Ralph Sny
der and Tom Bair keep an
eagle eye on production and
condition of each cow.
The combination of good
cows, a quality grain ration,
very good roughage, and good
management permits Bob’s
statement: “It hasn’t been
to sell any cow for
beef because of low product
ion.”
Much of the herd’s ration
is produced on .the home farm
A portable hammermill visits
Groffdale each week to grind
and mix the dairy ration.
(Turn lo page 7)
beth, Clay, Manheim. Eph
rata, W Earl, E Cocalico
W. Cocahco and Brecknock
townships, vote at McCor
mick Farm store, 1054 South
State Street, Ephrata
3 E Earl, Earl, Leacock,
Strasburg, Upper Leacock,
Salisbury, Caernarvon, East
Lampeter and Paradise twps.
vote at Intercourse Fire Hall.
4. Eden, Bart. Sadsbury,
Coleram, Little Britain, Ful
ton, Drumore, E Drumore
and Providence townships,
vote at "Quarryville Fire Hall
5. Manor, Conestoga, Peq
uea, Martic, Lancaster and
W. Lampeter townships, vote
at P. A. L. S. Community
Building, Conestoga.
ONE OF THE first labor-saving devices Robert install
ed on the farm after taking over was his bulk-bin system.
Feed is gravity-fed into his cart and hauled right on
around the barn with minimum effort and time Keeping
the aisles cleared not only improves sanitation, but makes
feeding easier, he reports. —LF PHOTO
'59 County Farm Bureau
Meet in Pavilion, Feb. 18
Farmers from throughout
_Lancaster County are expect
ed to turn out for the 24th
annual meeting of the-Lanc
aster County Harm Bureau
Cooperative Association sch
eduled for Wednesday, Feb
ruary 18.
Charles Burkins, general
manager of the farmer-own
ed organization, said the all
day session will start at 10
a.m. in the Guernsey Breed
ers Sales Pavilion, located al
ong Route 30, about six miles
east of Lancaster.
Luncheon will be served
at noon with the afternoon,
program starting at 1:30 p.
m. Burkins promised thfe af
ternoon session will be con
cluded by 3:15 at the latest.
Guest speaker pro
gram will be John Newlin
of- the Interstate Milk Pro
ducers Cooperative Associat
ion.
Other speakers will in
clude Max Smith, County
agent; Mark S. Hess, Penna.,
Farm Bureau Co-op Assn,
manager of feed operations
and former director of Lane-
aster County Farm Bureau;
C K Baumbach, Nationwide
Senior Extension Club Sponsors
Spring Square Dance Festival'
The “Second Spring Ssua
re Dance Festival” will be
sponsored at 8 pm, March
28 by Lancaster County Sen
ior Extension Club at the
Guernsey Sales Pavilion
Callers will be Jack Hart
zcll and Emmett Bulla from
Bloomsburg, who called the
State Festival at the Farm
Show.
Lois Killian, secretary of
the Extension group, has an
nounced there will lie prizes
/for the group coming the
greatest distance, the largest
group, and Ist, 2nd and 3rd
prizes for top squares.
$2 Per Year
Insurance Companies dist
rict manager; Wiflis Z. Es
benshade, Lancaster County
Farm Bureau president; H.
R. Metzler, treasurer; Chas.
Burkins, manager, and John,'
E Wolgemuth, assistant man
ager.
During the business ses
sion, four directors will be
elected to serve three-year
terms. The nominating com
mittee has announced the
following slate of candidates.
Northwestern District
Abner Risser, Bainbridge, R
Dl, and John M. Wolgemuth
Mt. Joy, RD 1.
Northeastern District —■
Samuel E. Heisey, Sheridan,
RD 1, and David Witmer,
Valley Road, Lancaster.
Southwestern District —.
David Neff, Washington Boro
RD 1, and Robert Brinlon,
Quarryville, RD 1.
Southeastern District
Howard D. Wagner, Quarry
ville, RD 2, and Melvin Slol
tzfus, Ronks, RD 1.
Manager Burkins empha
sized that time will be allot
ted for additional nominat-
ions to be made from the flo
or of the meeting
Deadline Set For
Chester Co, Tour
Chester County Agent Rob
ert A Powers lias announced
that reservations for the
Chester County Dairymen’s
bus tour to Maryland and
West Virginia mqst be in the
Extension office by Feb. 20.
Bus fare for the trip is $lO
and total cost approximately
$2O, Powers said.