Matmiofir Saturday/ October 17/ 1959 THE HEART ,pF A DAIRY program is forage, Dean Hoffer believes. He carefully checks the growth of a pew seeding of a mixture of rye and oats to be used this fall as temporary pasture -for his-dairy herd Making every acre produce to its capacity, Dean seeded 25 acre? of this mix ture after harvesting a crop of soybeans and sorghum from this field for silage.'",.' # Dean Roller (From page II the county Holstein breeders sponsored - a ->mgmber&hip drive and contest. A pean won the contest and was present ed with another calf, a pure bred Holstein .which, i s now in the milking 'Stging. The * chapter a gain elected him vfCe. presi dent and the following sum mer, 1956, Lancaster County’; FFA. at the American Institute of Cooperation in ■' Raleigh, North Carolina --- As a senior Dean increased his dairy herd _to 32 cows and H calves-<§nd heifers, and continued with his crop ping system. ', , tlt was during his last year in high school that ;his lead ership ability began to be felt outside they’Manheim chapter As local.? chapter president ho was their candi date for county FFA. presi dent He won a unanimous decision and served in that office for 12 months. Turning his talent to pub lic speaking, he won" the area and district contests and placed sixth in stale compe tition in June with a speech on soil conservation. He was publicly complimenl-- ed on Ins line presentation of i the speech by Pennsylvania’s 1 Governor Geoige Leader. j With bis dairy" herd grown to 38 cows and ~11 head of 1 calv cs and - heifci s,' Dean be- j gan planning his long range forage program -He contm ued to plant some' grain, but i inci eased Ins acreage of tem-| poraiy pasture - I Keystone Degree Awarded 1 The Pennsylvania Associa-, tion FFA awarded him its highest a,\aid. The Star Key-' stone Farmci, m Jariuaiy '5B \ and elected him president at' the convention at Penn Siam! TJmvcvsitv in June ol the, same jcai _ j His leadership activities, had atliacted him to another! group, and during the same year ho suceccdc'd ftom the' post oi pic-ident m (he Man 1 hen i Young Farmers Associa tion to president of the Penn- • sjlvama slate association - 6' the oi gam 'ation Dm mg his tenure as stal. P£ A pu-.uV ,u Dean tiavel ecl m< i c than 9 000 mile and pi evented o\ ei 50 talks to eun clubs, faun orgam zatmu-, and local FFA chan tens A' n/iiu.il delegate fiom Punisv n. 1111,1 to the 1958 Ka lioji.il E’FA Comcnlion, Di.'ii ti' ccl on (lie nonunai lnB c.i'iiijiiiUi <. foi Nalion.il oilier.- Tl< also hoc uno a oi Hit Governor'' Con ni < c lot Chilclicn and i Yoiil'n in preparation for the 3 9(50 White- House* confer ' cnee L ' With all ,his activities away vfrom home Dean still fi "Is time to do most of the wr.k on the 105 acres pn the home farm and the 20 acres of rented land. Dean is sole owner of the 62 head of registered Hol stein dairy animals and the complete line if grassland farming equipment. He owns a ha]| interest in the home farm on which he raised this year 40 acres of mixed hay, 34 acres of soybeans and sor ghum for silage, 11 acres of Sudan grass for green chop feeding, and -25 acres of rye and oats mixture for tempor ary pasture. He still has 20 acres of permanent pasture, but no corn or small grain. With 38 cows-in milk, 13 bred heifers and 11 younger heifers, Dean feels that it is more economical to buy what grain he needs than to raise it He buys corn and oat" and supplements them with n 30 *V liquid protein concen trate gt the rate of 2 pounds -per animal per day. Dean believes ho can reduce this amount of with higher quality hay and silage and a good green chop pro gram Thirty four acres of alfalfa and orchard grass were band seeded this year. Home Improvements Storm Doors, Windows, Jalousies, Awnings, Roofing, Siding, Carpentry, Roof Coaling AUTHORIZED RUBEROID APPLICATOR ALL WORK GUARANTEED Ralph F. Kline