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■d Cattle, Quality Roughage and Conservation
H)AK FARM relies on the management skills of
Hfimd operators, the Frey brothers Fred and
cottle and conservation farming on ev-
a profit. The field shown above is the
operation to receive contour treatment,
deceptive topography. 'The land runs
He line with draws falling away on either side,
|Hto an uneven descent from the viewer. At up-
Hk another example of Frey conservation, with
BBound. and Ernie pointing out the direction of
BK water spreader on the end of a new diversion
K lower right is an example of Frey ma'nage-
drops some of the, quality roughage into a
rack in the steer barn . The 16-foot rack
of cattle in two pens, with ( two fillings
left, the brothers walk through their feeder
steers on feed. LF—PHOTO
(Show Carcass Beef
pions Use Basic Trio
I|itos which accompany this article serve to il
preisons for'Fred and Ernie Frey, .of Twin Oak
rryville RD 2, capturing Champion Carcass
! for the past two years at the Penna. Farm
January, in fact, the Twin Oak entry was top
sions of carcass judging—on foot and rail
\ three major fac-
■Twin Oak opera
■cattle —of which
■BO head, year
■ality roughage—
■rain, home grown
Brvation farming.
■ was very much
■ this week as
Hi m Lancaster
K technicans to
«ng contour lines
■4O acres of their
■dings to receive
■ation practice,
■d that this par
■ 3 should have
Bst for contouring
Rve never could
■As we’ve laid it
Bps aren’t perfect,
B sure be better
Bt stripping. It is
Bishel per acre
■nd we intend to
■ lies just below
B an 3 lots, and in
Bey are adding a
■errace, rearrang
es and crop land.
■Pn is on ASC -
Bnng, and will
B over a pasture
B than letting it
KER
Jecast
■ - Wednesday
Bather Bureau,
per Office
■ Ures will aver
■degrees above
B»ae of 35 - 53.
Saturday
■•ay and Mon-
P Tuesday and
■ bhowers Sat.
run off quickly.
The Freys use a rotation
of corn, small grain and two
years of hay.
They figure high-quality
roughage is the key to profit
able beef production. Along
with that they use “home
grown” labor-saving devices,
including self-feeding trench
Silo and hayracks.
In all, it requires about
two hours per day, year
round, to feed and manage
the 180-200 head of Angus
at Twin Oak.
This combination of good
cattle, quality roughage and
conservation on the Jand has
been achieved through use
of methods which eliminate
excess cost and utilize time
and labor to the best advan
tage. '
Pa. Holstein's
Butterfat Output
Tops Records
Lewis A. Zimmerman, of
Leighton, is owner of a Sen
ior three-year-old registered
Holstein, “Zimmerman Bel
star Royal Seely”, who has
completed an all-time nation
al milking record in butter
fat production for the age
group of cows milked three
times daily in the Ten
Months Division.
In addition to the Nation
al record, the official 305-
day record of 24,058 lbs. of
milk and 910 lbs. of butter
fat, also set a-high for Penn
sylvania Holsteins regardless
of age in the Ten Months Di
vision. The co t w started her
test at .the age of three
years, nine months. She ave
raged approximately 79 lbs.
testing 3 8.
Lancaster. Pa.. Saturday. March 21. 1959~
SCD, CVA, Denver Boro
Slate Cocalico Watershed Meet
The - Lancaster County
Soil Conservation District, in
cooperation with the Bor
ough of Denver and Conesto
ga Valley Association, has
scheduled a meeting for. far
mers in the Upper Cocalico
Watershed at Bpm, March
30 in the Denver Fire Hall
The meeting is part of
SCD and CVA efforts to in
form county farmers and
other interested persons of
Special Low-Fat Grades Studied
With consumers on low fat diets in mind, the Pennsyl
vania Dairymen’s Association lias initiated a study of the
“need and feasibility” tor establishing a new grade of two
per cent milk
Making the study are a committee of nine named by
President Paul R Anthony, Strasstown, at the recent an
nual PDA board meeting.
On the committee are Wil
liam H. Juzi, .. Harrisburg,
chairman; Dr. C. W .Pierce,
University Park; Clyde S.
Robison, Coal Center; Arth
ur W. Nesbit, State College;
Alvin C. Bush, Muncy; Reed
Hayes, Reedsville; Francis
H. Kennedy* Butler; John
the benefits to be gained
from conservation farming
practices.
Martin Muth, SCS con
servationist, will present a
talk illustrated with color
slides, on water and soil los
ses in the county and
what each farmer can do for
his farm with conservation.
Invocation at the meeting
will be by the Rev. John
Myer, Springfield Church of
Brethren
Newlm, Tyrone, and Homer
H Ivlartz, Pittsburgh.
A new low-fat grade,
board members said, would
conform to action taken by
neighboring states, and
would be in addition to the
three grades now set up in
Pennsylvania. These are: 1.
$2 Per Year
A panel of Samuel Heisey,
Vernon Kline, Norman
Leninger and Elmer Sensen
g, with Robert G. Struble,
SCS consultant for the Penn
sylvania Dept, of Agricul
ture, as 'moderator, will dis
cuss personal experience
with conservation benefits.
Floyd S. “Dutch” Bucher
will close the program with
a few remarks.
Refreshments will be ser
ved.
Skim milk, less than one
half per cent fat; 2 stand
ard, 325 - 4 3 per cent fat,
and 3. premium, all milk
over 4 2 per cent fat
If the committee and
board endorses a two per
cent grade, the dairymen
will propose a suitable revis
ion to the state milk law.
- Anthony was relected
president of the association,
along with Paul Gruber, of
Shippenville, vice president,
and Charles E. Cowan, Lan
caster, secretary-treasurer.