Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, June 01, 1968, Image 10
;o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 1,1968 11 CAERNARVON ROSE ELAINE, Very Good 88, foundation of the famous cow family at Blossomelle Farm. Elaine is Cow Families (Continued from Page 7) with her dam, Willow Bends Sweetie classified Very Good twice and at 10 years her udder was classified Excellent fore. rear and teats Sweetie’s pro duction includes four records over 615 lbs. of butterfat to 691 Good twice and has record's to 13,233 lbs. The next dam Willow Bends Sandy was twice Very Good with records to 579 lbs of butterfat and the 3rd dam the family foundation cow Willow Bends Golden Lily, was classified Very Good twice and has records by 8y 305 d 12,042 m 513 f. The Lily cow was very strong MORE CROP—LESS COST KEENER Equipment Co. 1531 Manheim Pike, Lane. Phone 569-9861 still doing well at past 13 years and has lifetime credits of over 154,000 lbs. of milk and 5,488 lbs. of butterfat. man herd. Ten Duke daughters h udder and the trait has car- in herd as mature cows clas ned through the family along . d , g v Good and 2 De with over-all strength and ~ . , , „ , smoothness. - sirable. Shirley was pictured on The Excellent Shirley has sev- the front pa^e of Lancaster eral crosses to Willow Bends Farming’s March 23, 1968 issue. Exclusive Super-Sweep pickup gets the short hay you’ve been leaving behind! Now you can sweep up most of the short hay and straw you’ve been leaving behind! New Holland’s exclusive Super-Sweep baler pickup has six bars of 20 closely-spaced teeth—a total of 120 hay picking fingers. These curved fingers keep in constant contact with the crop, leave the field clean. Super-Sweep is standard equipment on wire-tie Hayliner® 268,' 269 and 272 balers; optional on twine-tie models. Stop in soon for full details; ask for a demonstration. And remember: New Holland Purchase Plan financing makes it easy for you to own the best! E 3 new Holland t —J 350 STRASBURG PIKE, LANCASTER Ph.: Lane. 397-5179 Strasburg 687-6002 Lititz 626-7766 Duke, a home bred sire that is present in the pedigree of all but seven of the cows in the Brene- R. D. 3, LITITZ, PA. The Brenemani are located at Willow Street Rl. Arthur Wtijger Manhcim Grand Champion The grand champion cow at the Manheim Farm Show last year Is a member of Arthur D. Wenger's top cow family. Val ley Run Reflection Kitty. Excel lent, .has records to 17.185 of milk, and 828 11». of butterfat. She freshened with first calf at 26 months in October 1963 and has freshened in-every October since and is due again in Oc tober 1968. She never needed a repeat breeding service. She has three daughters: Nel da, Good Plus, milking 89.6 lbs. of 4.2% milk in thfr second month as a three-year-old and has an actual record of 2y 15,326 m 670 f; Oriole, Good Plus 84 as a two year-old and making 500 lbs. of butterfat: and Pearl, due with first oalf in November. Kitty’s dam is the Very Good 87 Lucifer Echo cow with 15,090 lbs. of milk and $7B lbs. of but terfat arid the ne*t dam is the foundation, 'Very Good, Gold Medal Dam, Valley Run Sov ereign Cinder. Both Kitty and Oriole are due in October to the service of Posch Sovereign Ivanhoe. A great grandson of Cinder is Get Your Plants Off To A Good Start BIGGER YIELDS ON Tomatoes & Tobacco Add To Your Transplanter Water ORTHO-GRO LIQUID FERTILIZER 8-16-8 Use one quart to 50 gal. barrel ORTHO-GRO is a proven organic liquid fertilizer giving plants that extra push they need to “start,” and protect them against transplanting shock. 5 gallon can . . . $14.50 ISOTOX TRANSPLANTER SOLUTION Use 4 ounces per 50 gal. borrel ISOTOX TRANSPLANTER is a Lindane solu tion that mixes readily with water and is dei signed especially for use in the transplanter. Gives low cost protection against wire worms, maggots and certain other soil insects. 1 pint . . . $1.85 1 quart . . . $3.48 1 gallon . . . $11.65 Get Your Supply From P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. Smoketown scheduled to be wed In Wen* ger’a Menheim R 2 herd this .fall. C. Richard Landis Grand Lucifer The grand old Lucifer daugh ter at the C. Richard Landis Farm, 2300 Horseshoe Road, left a lasting influence. Pour Cor ner’s Lucifer Colantha, class!- fled Very Good 87, had a life time production of 213,000 lbs. of milk and 7,610 lbs. of butter fat. Her daughter by Jess Pabst Leader, the Martha cow. has in dividual records to 22,500 lbs. of milk and 850 lbs. of butterfat. A son has eight daughters in the Four Corner’s Herd that are very pleasing and the first one to freshen produced 503 lbs. of butterfat as a two-year-old. Another foundation cow in the herd is the Excellent 91, daugh ter of Roeland Reflection Sover eign, Besvlew Star Marie. Marie is now milking over 100 lbs. of milk a day and has four records over 20,000 lbs. of milk and 838 lbs. of butterfat. Her three-year old record is 343 d 23,419 m 985 L A son by Rosafe Signet from Marie is the present herd sire. Paul B. Zimmerman Excellent & Very Good Full Sisters The head of the favorite cow (Continued on Page 11) FOR Ph. Lane. 397-3539