—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 6,1969 6 # Outstanding four countries nnd a nenr by col (Continued from Page 1) lcfi A c duri " g thc past ycn !; A new barn is now under con fines the fall shows, they will struction for thc herd that will eventually succeed ” feature 78 tie stalls, rubber Andy says he admires the man mats * or each cow, a pipe-line who builds a lop herd and can milker, tile milk house, farm say he never bought a cow But P® ce and a liquid manure handl this dairyman likes to add two system. The goal for this or three good cows to his herd new addition is to have an efH each year If possible ‘T think attractive place for the the average person’s life is too production and sale of Register short to breed everything good Holsteins. in his herd You still can use conservation Program your own breeding piogram even if you buy an occasional good conservation farm plan has cow. In fact, I would lather milk keen developed in cooperation the dam of my herd sire,” he ihe Berks County Soil Con sai(j servation District. All fields are And he is milking the Excel- bme <l and lent, 92 point, N-Del Cee Lodes- |® rtlllzer 31 e accordin e tar Duchess cow that has 22,421 Iy ‘. - „ ~, . , anA , - Andy has established cut-back pounds of milk snd 8W pounds v*l # « „„ „ borders for wildlife and has re of butterfat as a five*yeai*old in „j » i * • TT oco ~, moved 2 miles of fence rows He CaernlSan he d ?.re -cS instaUed 3 ’ 600 feet of cro P land SS”wt is\l% excelS J’ 300 feet and was nominated All-American ?£ n £ c T as a two-year-old in 1968 and patterns of his stops for now has seven up-standing “™ m C ° nSerV " d WOrk ‘ milky daughters in the herd. y ' . , n , , ... . „ , . , Of special note and one that Another cow inithe herd class- stoltzfus thinks more farmers ified Excellent 92 is the well should practice is complete rec known show cow Rhoda Edge- ords on fertilizer, lime, and ma field Ivanhoe with a string of nure that is applied on each field show winnings. A pair of Ivan- j n his 216 acre operation; the hoe daughters are contract bred crop variety that is planted; for a national breeding establish- w jj en ant j -what pesticides are ap ment and two Caernarvan bulls phed; and the fina i yield the are now in artificial breeding g e j d produces. s * uds - To keep himself motivated to These are only a few of the do a better job with his cropland, many fine cows that were seen Andy participates in both the by visitors from twenty states, Garden Spot Young Farmer and NOMINATED ALL-AMERICAN TWO-YEAR-OLD in 1968 is Andy Stoltzfus’ herd sire, N-Del-Cee Dutchman. Dutchman is now classified Excellent and has seven up standing, milky daughters in the Caernarvan herd. $$ s SAVE ’ss • Savings of up to $10.94 per ton by top dressing alfalfa and plowing down corn fertilizer now! • Alfalfa-chickweed control can be added for further savings. • Corn ask about our profit-designed plowdown ratios. SAVE TIME AND MONEY! CALL US NOW FOR DETAILS! 3EMGRjp FERTILIZER CO., INC. East Petersburg Ph : 569-3296 N-DEL-CEE LODESTAR DUCHESS, classified Excellent at 92 points, is a favor ite cow in the Caernarvan herd with a top the Twin Valley Young Fanner Silage and Corn contests. “If someone is doing a good job and getting high crop yields, I’m the first to want to know how he does it,” Stoltzfus said. “We continue to learn all the time,” he continued. “And I think pro bably the most important man agement practice a man can have is to keep an open mind and learn from those who are doing a good job. It’s when you stop learning because of a closed mind that you fall along the way.” Preventative Maintenance Each piece of farm machinery in this young farmer’s operation is treated with care Machines are air cleaned, serviced and in spected during the winter mon ths to insure minimum break downs in the harvest season Andy inventories spare parts and a well-equipped farm shop is maintained for welding, painting and carpentry work And this „'T'";. v L. F. Photo 5 f, ff \ oit cVi' -Vito* i S \ N , 1 /*• V record of 5-7 y 352 d 22,421 m 804 f arid is the dam of the Dutchman herd sire. work proves necessary and in valuable in Andy’s situation where mechanical devices are used to replace manual labor whenever possible. Farm Records Probably one of the main en terprises that holds this vast family farm together is the office system that includes finger-tip filing developed by Mrs Stoltz fus Not only are files kept on the essential data of the daily herd; but also a full system of headings that include all farm operations and individual interests In addition, the farm business has been put on Agway’s com puterized record system and the Penn State Linear Program Sys tem is used. With a complete set ol good records to feed into the computers, the - Stoltzfus family can be guided in future manage ment decisions as well as be in formed of the present situation on their farm. If Andy Stoltzfus’ interest in PQU florin £ .I* f v 6 " ifS farming and dairying is exceed ed by anything, it could only be by his work on behalf of his fel low dairyman. This has taken the form of working with the Garden Spot Young Farmer Program and the Twin Valley Young Farmer Program (he helped start the organization) and his work as a director of Inter-State Milk Pro ducers Cooperative. “Everybody doesn’t drink milk,” he says. “So, we must pro mote it.” And the best way to do this is to vote for the state auth orized program now up for ap proval by dairymen, Stoltzfus thinks. “The percentage deduct ed is -fair and it will include everyone,” he said. “And the state is the only one who can col lect it and they will only be al lowed to receive up to five per cent of the assessment for admin istrative costs. That is reason able.” Stdltzfus was named Pennsyl (Continued on Page 7) X y *.653-l* s '
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