I—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 13.1069 Stauffer Homestead Farm Rooted In Local History unit nued fiom I’age 1) widow Lull.i M.ulm Slauffei and daughtei Ccin.i In 1040. Mis Cioff and lu*i husband the late A B C Ciofl. stalled opeiatim; the Jaim as a 'lock f.nm using the name ot Staiitfer Homestead Faun " An addition of 40 feet was built to the bai n at this lime In 1949 a modem fallowing house built of cement and glass block with radiant heating and conlioiled \emulation was add ed to the faim The swnne held • MORE MILK • IMPROVED HERD HEALTH ...ALL AT A GREATER PROFIT Dairymen logically PROVED MILK POPPER (SUPPLEMENT, 32%) BRINGS OUT FULL PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF THEIR COWS SAFELY a blend of proteins, special levels of vita mins, minerals plus 15,000 U.S.P. Units Vitamin A (as palmi tate) . . PRODUCTS OF HOISEGGER RESEARCH S. H. Hiestand & Company I Mam St, 717-898-2248 Your Big H Man Serves you better. was all Hegisteied Hampshiies. and Stauffer Homestead won manv championship nbhons at \aiions state fans The bain oiigmally built in 1884. was completely dcstiojed In fue in 1951 and was lebmlt on the old stone foundation The piescnl Michigan-type 52’ \ 142’ bain with conugated alu miniim loof was constiueted Its giound floor accommodates appio\imately 80 cattle dining the wmtei months A icgisteied neut of Abci deen Angus cattle also made its appeal ance in addition to a flock of puiebied Suffolk sheep The color scheme throughout the faim was theiefoie "black and white Keeping up with the new ad vances in agnculture, Groff first started cross-breeding Aberdeen-Angus and Brahma stock which produced fine “Brangus” steers for market, and a fresh new breeding stock strain. The next step was in 1960 when he purchased regis tered Charolais breeding stock to cross with the Homestead Angus. This process with two more generations of offspring will result in a purebred certi fied herd of Charolais cattle for the farm. Cross-bred hogs also became a common sight at Stauffer Homestead. Herdsmen began to find them healthier, faster growers, and having bigger lit ters. Today the swine herd is the result of a three-way cross of Hampshire, Spotted Poland China, and Landrace. And so the color scheme is gradually changing to white cattle and hogs Earle Fisher who came to Stauffer Homestead m 1946 as its herdsman is now manager of the whole' farm operation His son Bill is swine herdsman and is in complete charge oi swine management and iccoids The Fishers live m the farm house built in 1886 Noah Bru baker does the feeding and tending of sheep and other stock at the second farm Two herds of cattle are kept at the Homestead, another in Berks Co If Stauffer Homestead was to continue taking the hog busi ness seriously, it became evi dent that additional facilities m weather beater from Pioneer® 3363 A Here’s corn at its best. Outstanding for seedling vigor, standabihty, thick planting, blight tolerance, harvestabihty and yield. You have to see it perform to believe it! Order 3369 A from your local / \ Pioneer Salesman for / 1970. Also order the ( ) other popular Pioneer varieties tor your farm, IPICj l\l C t including sorghums and . . CORN, SORGHUM, ALFALFA altaita - Plantar Corn Company, Inc. Tipton, Indiana r 'IO%£EP a brand name rumbtis idtntify v»nfl fs • Pef s'tred tradtmark cd Pronwr Hi t'ei Corn Company Dts fronts (o«w SOWS AND THEIR LITTERS are housed in an environmentally controlled building at Stauffer Homestead. Earle would have to be provided. For several years the owners, the herdsman, and contractor, Ab ner Horning worked on plans. Today a new pig nursery is the result. Working with the Fishers, John Miller started drawing up plans. It was decided to convert a former chicken house into a new slatted-floor nursery. Ga thering advice from other hog raisers and from experts at Pennsylvania State University, Miller and Fisher designed the building and supervised its con struction Now, twenty sows and their litters can be housed in the 5’ x 17’ cement block pens, two sows to a pen The pigs are protected by a creep bar as they feed from their self feeders, and their mothers are fed from the flooi Nylon valve waterers operate as a dunking fountain only when tripped, and help to keep a dry pen Electric heat pads aie im bedded in the concrete floor in the creep area where the little pigs lie, and the heat is thermo statically controlled Six foot wide concrete slats cover a four foot deep manure pit which is Fisher (left) and his son Bill are Farm Manager and Swine Herdsman respective ly, L. F. Phot# emptied about every three air from ventilators to conic months The walls and ceiling down into the nursery, regulat are insulated with rock wool ed by a weighted nylon curtain, and IW’ urethane insulation to This curtain acts as a valve and keep the pigs warm in winter allows only as much ventilation and cool in summer. as is called for by the fans. Dur- The ventilation system is uni- In B summer months the que. Three thermostatically con- windows are removed to pro trolled electric fans are install- maximum ventilation, ed in roof ventilators along the Stauffer Homestead now length of the building A four plans to concentrate on provid inch open strip along the south ing the best possible feeder pigs side of the ceiling allows fresh (Continued on Page 9) For capacity...no other blower can match the Gehl Hi-Throw! N. G. HERSHEY CHAS. J. McCOMSEY & SON & SONS Manheim Hickory Hill, Pa. ZOOK'S FARM FARMERSVILLE STORE EQUIPMENT CO. Honey Brook. Pa. R. D. 2, Ephrata. Pa. 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