2—Lancaster June 8/ i!963 • Royers (Continued from Page 1) tlie tarm is a combination of BloasonT and the ending ot Ci eamelle Mis Rover met her future husband in the beef club and altei thcv'weie marued moved onto the itaim of Heii'beit’s parents whoie they still live Beet and ‘chickens made up the'maioi pan of the farming piogiam but Mis Royei took hei daiiv cow along with hei Disastoioul. beef puces in 1952 and an outbreak ot New castle disease 111 the poultry flock encouiaged the voting couple to look more and more tow aid dan \mg as the majoi laim enterpnze The elder Royers could not be convinced that dairjmg had a tutme on the faim, but Hei'b and Rhelda spent a day con vincing the Hershev dairy that they should furnish a milk mai ]vet for the milk from three cows The Royeis hauled their milk to Kissel Hill -to meet the milk truck foi the first year but then contacted. Clois ter Dauv at Bphiata Atte/r boi rowing the money to con st! net a milking pailoi, they A NOONTIME SNACK OF BEET PULP helps to keep appetites good in the herd of Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Royer Here Royer, far left, stands beside “Elaine”, one of the foundation cows in the herd The Royers have found that the beet pulp helps the cows make better use of pasture and hay, and keeps them in good condition. L. F. Photo. Landis Bros. Inc. LnlK.lsfCl' Wenger Implement Co. nr 4- m<>7 Ruck 2 Hay Conditioners and 6 Mowers ' Swath fluffs/ 1 1 Li CHOOSE FRpM TNEXONp LINE pf qXSTPM E 4| EDjOHN DEERE *&¥EQUIPMENT started shipping milk to Clois ters and have been selling there ever since. Much ot the success that has come to the Royers is due to'the purchase - of Caer narvon Rose Elaine, whom they ,purchased as a two year old heifei, fiesh three days at the last Conestoga Classic sale at the old Keystone sale barn. Mount .Toy ‘Mis Royer said they did not know wheie they would get the 1.530 pin chase pi ice but thev bought the hei fer consigned by Rill Reid, Oxtoid She was from the Stol tzfus held, which had hied the first 4-H heifei Mis Royer owned Elaine’s first'calf was a dau ghter bv the Regal bull at SPARC, but when the family saw Osborndale Ivanhoe at the bull stud, they decided be would fit into their breeding program In the hospital for a serious operation, Avernll Ro\ei, the daughter ot the couple, was promised the calf if it turned out to be a heifer Elaine gaie birth to twin heifers, but one died at birth The remaining twin, Blossomelle Zsa Zsa, be- A. B. C. Groff Xcw Holland 354-8001 Cluistiaim Shotzberger's 3»:i-:iooa Kim . jN i l THE GUEST OF HONOR COULD NOT BE PRESENT at a recent celebra tion in the Akron Restaurant, but the celebration went on just the same. The pro gram was in honor of Blossomelle Zsa Zsa, a Holstein heifer which had just com pleted the nation’s second highest butterfat record for a two year old. Celebrat ing in the absence of the honored guest were her owners, the Royer family, seat ed, left to right, Mrs. Rhelda Royer, Lynn, Averrill, and Herbert Royer, all of 2025 Oregon Pike. Standing, left to right are Peter McCracken, Manheim feed dealer; M. M. Smith, county agent; Ray Rudisill, Beacon Feed Advisor; Roger Emig, Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeders Co-op; Earl Groff, Stras burg Rl; J. Harold Bomberger, D.H.I.A. Tester; Dr. Gil Porter, Head of Research for Beacon Milling Company; Victor Plastow, associate county agent, and Chester Weist, feed company fieldman. , came Avei nil’s 4-H project and was reserve champion at the district 4-H show in 1960. At the 19 61 Pennsylvania Farm Show, Zsa Zsa was jun ior champion ol Pennsylvania and was nominated tor All American Senior Yearling Hei ter As a two veai old, Zsa Zsa pioduced 23,958 pounds of milk and 99 2 pounds of buttei - fat in 365 dais, the second highest buttei tat lecoid ever made bv a two veai old Zsa Zs,a freshened again au Dairymen everywhere are talking about Ful-O-Pep Cattle-izer Dairy Feed—the biggest breakthrough, in dairy cattle nutrition in this century. - In herd after herd, the story is the same: more milk on the same amount of feed , Based on an entirely new principle in ruminant nutrition, Ful-O-Pep Cattle-izer Dairy produces up to 20% more usable energy than regular Super Milking Feed. And records show this extra energy results in an average of 10% more milk after only 4 weeks on feed. What would 10% more milk mean for your profits?, Morgantown Feed & Grain S. H, Hiestand & Co., Inc. CiOo-2141 fPgJste® 5 Rakes How, 10% Ful-O-Pep Dairy Feed , (Complete or Concentrate! Stovons & Morgantown Grubb Supply Co. Elizabethtow n Salunga Edwards & Cox o\lord 932-2929 4 Balers and Bale Ejector i £ May 1 with a heifer oalf hy Glena'fton Drummer, iformei ly in the Lehigh Valley stud She is now producing about 113 pounds of 3 7 pel cent milk a dav Three times a day milk ing is included in the tender loving care treatment Elaine continued to pass on hei dairy characteustics, and a full bi other of Zsa Zsa, na med Black Gold, has lecently been purchased bv the SPABC at the age of 17 months Still another of Elaine’s pro- More Milk Alan Beyer liY 3-5087 Jr ’ i ‘ '> ' geny will soon be going into 4-H club work Julia, her lat est daughter, will be the first project heifer of Ljnn, the Roy er’s son. It has been a quick climb to honors for the Royers, but it has not been without hard woik and disappointments The cows show the results of the tender loving care Mis. Royer speaks of, and by all indica tions, Holstein circles will be hearing moie of the Blossom elle herd in >ears to come. Millport Boiler Mills Millport H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. Leola and Witmer Kirkwood Feed & Grain Kirkwood M. S. Yearsley & Sons AV<*sL Choster H. S. Newcomer & Son Mt. Joy 653-3361 3 Elevatprs and Bala-Conveyor - ■»* * - 696-2990
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