♦—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 7.1969
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t . -.if .ulclocl to lompletelv
b i.inii> oiu toed
What is sour feeding schedule?
M>sL!l'»—ln *,hi’ mo'iiing thev
. Kd main bi'loii' nvlking
.o n ' l.igc in the’ food Inink
. tie milking and hav .it about
1 o 2 pin In the men ng m
.virei thev aie fed silaiie and
C’n n in the bam befoie in IK
n. 'il.ue 'ii the bunk altei
nt.lK’ng. and ha.v fiee choice
outside
LANDIS—In the moin.ng cows
aie feed silage, dan.v feed, and
hav \t noon thev aie fed moie
nav and in the evening silage,
giam and hav and hnj again
l ate evening which is mixed
hrv Bv giving this mixed hay
r. the late evening it helps to
-old the feed in the cow longer
A.fa'ta hav is given du mg the
<iav
EBV—Feed gram fust thing in
■>he moi nmg. fii st cutting while
milking Aftei milking we let
cows out to silage bunk fiee
choice and thud cutting of hay
at 3 pm—silage again and
thud cutting hay again 430
pm giam and then dunng
m.lkmg second cutting ha\
SHELLEXBERGER—Oui feed
mg schedule m the wmtei is
as follows Fust m the moin
mg we feed half of the daily
giam lation 4iter milking
cows go out to the bunk for al
;alfa havlage At noon a feed
mg of hay in the stanchion
bain 2 30 pm alfalfa haylage
m barn with half of daily giam
ration Before retiring for the
night cow’s receive anothei
feeding of hay.
In summer, half of the daily
gram i ation is fed m the morn
.ng before milking \fter cows
aie milked they are turned
out to feed lot where they have
access to alfalfa haylage fiee
choice At 430 pm. cows re
ceive balance of gram ration
After milking, cows are turned
out in feed lot for the night
with access to haylage free
choice again
Do \ou have free-stall or a tie
ttall housing? Do you like what
you have? Why?
KISSLEY—We have tie stalls
e like them and believe cows
vV' 1 ! give mo e milk in tie
stalls'” Fiee stalls also have
many advantages but I D 3 hevp
t-iev would take a completelv
o ffe’ent management pio
Geo. F. Eager, ir.
offeis vou
TRACtOS
TREATS
Geo. F. Eager, Jr.
C\ S E
LAWN-BOY YARDMAN
lawn & Garden Equipment
Drumore Rl, Pa.
giam We have had no exper
iciue with them
LWDIS—We have the lever
tv pe stanchions in oni bain
We like it because it is casiei
to pul the cows in and out.
and the cows stav cleanei In
some of the stills we use tow
in it- which helps when the
eows get up and takes less becl
din.
EBV —We have a stanchion barn
ioi 37 cows A coveied feeding
v.nd to silage and hay lacks
used bv the milking heid twice
da’lv The loosed housed dairy
cows and heifeis have access
to the s.lage bunk the lemamd
ei ot the day I like my set up
but would make minor chang
es if I see they will impiove
the opeiation I have a legist
eied Holstein held and sell
bleeding stock and can do a
bettsi job of sales piomotion
with mv mi'king heid in a stall
bain
SHELLEXBERGER—We have a
level action stanchion bam,
which we like \eiy much We
believe that to have a cow pe>-
foim to the maximum of hei
ability, she must be treated as
an individual First of all each
cow feels comfoi table m hei
own stall Secondly she is giv
en the feed she needs accoid
mg to hei pioduction and body
weight The d any man can ob
seive each cow more easily as
he woiks with cows tied m
individual stalls Also if a cow
needs medication one man can
administer it
How important is enviroment for
a dairy cow?
XISSLEY —A comfortable cow
will give more milk
LAXDIS —Environment of a
dany cow is veiy impoitant
which includes such things as
temperatuie, fly conti 01, clean
liness of cow and troughs and
good tieatment We use the
dairy vac on the cows once a
week dunng confinement
EBY—Environment is very im
portant A contented cow gives
moie milk A neivous and tem
per mental cow will not do her
best In the summer heat we
bung our cows into the barn
in the afternoons They will
eat moie hay and dunk water
SHELLEXBERGER—We have
A DAIRY QUEEN - IN DAIRY MONTH
There’s nothing like the real thing Real milk from Real Cows
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Owned by Donald Duncan, Robesonia, Pa,
FOR SERVICE IN LANCASTER COUNTY CALL
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HOW FULL IS THE TANK? David
Landis, 1896 Colebrook Road, and his
children, Sharon 2 and David, Jr. 3, check
the 400 gallon bulk milk tank. Mr. and
Mrs. Landis and their three children in-
leamed fiom experience that
mvnonment foi the daily cow
is extremely impoitant Fust
of all a cow leads to any ex
tieme change, be it tempeia
tine, feed, oi peisonnel or
what evei We believe a dairy
bain should have automatic
conti oiled ventilation The per
sonnel working in the dairy
bain is a contiibuting factor
foi high pioduction. Every
good danyman will tieat eveiy
cow as a “lady” Cows lespond
to TL C (tender, loving care)
A stiange noise or person in
the daay bain at milking time
will affect milk production.
Please describe your milking
procedure.
NISSLEY—We don’t have a rig
id milking schedule but usual
ly start between 5 30 and 6 00
in the morning and between
4 30 and 5 30 in the evening
Most of the time I milk alone
with three Suige milkers
Cows uddeis aie washed with
A REAL COW
a waim sanitizer solution and
a stup cup is used befoie milk
ing We use a tiansfei station
to get the milk to the milk
tank It takes about IVz houis
to milk. My wife often helps
in the morning, washing ud
ders and putting milkeis on.
LANDIS—We milk twice a day
with two pail-type milkers I
believe a cow should be
thoroughly milked out This is
no time to be m a huny
“Good things take time” We
massage the udder while milk
ing which gives a softer uddei
and less mastitis.
EBY —Two of us do the milking,
operating three units. One
tends the milkers and the oth
er washes the udder and
checks with a stup cup and
carries the milk to the tank
SHELLENBERGER—MiIking at
regular intervals is a must for
high pioducing cows, as neai
12 hr intervals as possible We
use four surge units along with
a transfer system to transfer
-- BY -
MILK & HONEY LINDA FOND IMAGE
IMAGE WILL SOON BE AI PROVEN
Image is at the door waiting to join other top
AI proven sires at NEBA such as KINGPIN. PRIDE.
GALAXY, GENT, & MASTER CHIEF. Those daugh
ters that we have seen are milking well and are w ell
balanced cows of above average size, hating out
standing udders.
Our primary objective at NEBA is to develop
and make available AI proven sires, proven for both
production and type. IMAGE is sure to be a fine
example of this program.
Take the gamble out of breeding and use a
NEBA AI proven sire.
DRINK MILK & ENJOY GOOD HEALTH
R. D. #2, Tunkhannock
HOME OF THE AI PROVEN SIRE
eluding 2 month-old Daniel farm 80 acres
and have a Registered and grade herd of
Holstein dairy cows that produced an a\ er
age of 17,417 pounds of milk and 628 pounds
of butterfat last year on D.H I A.
milk into bulk tank One man
washes cow’s uddei and teats
with waim watei one minute
pi ioi to applying the milkei to
get all of cow’s milk Milke l s
must be put on when cow >e
leases her milk and then taken
off immediately when she .s
milked out
How much does it cost you to
produce 100 pounds of milk?
NISSLEY—About S 2 00 pei cwt.
feed cost and between S 2 25
and $2 50 per ewt other costs,
for a total of $4 25 and $4 50
cwt.
LANDIS—It costs us an a\ erage
of 52 10 to produce a hundred
pounds of milk.
EBY —Last year according to
D H I A. my cost per cwt. of
milk was $2 42 For the sex en
months of this year my costs
are slightly highei at S 2 53 per
cwt of milk
SHELLENBERGER—Our D H.
IA reports would indicate
that the average cost foi the
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A REAL SIRE
VGB6
In Service at NEBA
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