=LancasUr Farming. Saturday. November 7.1970
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A Hobby That Became a Job
Fishers Are Dairymen
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.1 day is roil' .It uni a .toad one TM.s tompany se'.i- northern
>o mu •< in’ Mimp.ii in an to a I’i m.'V A.tin.i. Nr" ami
Mr* Jacob i\| Jam) K.slum hard ol ioa- is mo.e o! a can New Jcisey as will as nearby
Manht mi KDI. says. "My hobby j.,,,; tlinn a coinpai.-'in pl.ict,'
tinned into my Jab" Slu is
speaking about her goat herd
B> Mrs. Charles Mr.sparran
Farm Feature Writer
The Fishcis. who live on thou fiont cows m>lk ll is chalk white
three and three quarter aeie and has a soft curd, moie like
“Windy Hill Farm" at the in \yrsh re cow’s milk The cream
tcrsection of Bucknoll Road and stays in suspension and after the
Mrs. Fisher shows how she milks her nanny goats in
their milking parlor.
Holly Tree Road just south of milk sets a long time only a
Manheun, have 65 head of goats small quantity of cieam will
including 37 nanny (milking) come to the top. It is good for
goats. 4 billy goats and 24 kids babies that have cohc and for
There are foui breeds of goats P e °P le who ulcers
- namelv, Nubian, Toggenburg. 11 , 1S vel - v dl S es f ed and
Saanen and Alpine Fishers have f akes '« r > deuciously rich
all four registered breeds plus fooda withou adding cieam It
some crossbreeds Goats are co ~ s moie than cows milk
registered the same as cows or Fishers use goat s milk instead
some o.her animal of cow s mi ik for their own use
The Toggenburg gives the They have a raw milk permit
most milk (compares to the Hoi- and sell some of then milk at the
stein cow) The Nubian gives faim but deliver most of it to
less milk or compares to the Pine Goat Milk Pioducts a,
Guernsey cow Boyeitovn This company makes
A nanny goa* gives anywhere and sells pastueuzed milk, ice
between two quarts and seven cieam, yoguit. cheese and cot
quarts of milk a day A goat tage cheese Health food pio
(•oat s milk Is q..nc different
Fisheis ha\e all breeds of goats
You can be suu- the milk i
wholesome and clean as well as
nutritious becau-w dairy inspev
tors not only inspect the barn
but examine the health of the
goats There are '?\en different
state inspectors and one quality
control inspector who come to
Fishers Lab sample.-, are taken
every month The animals are
TB and Bangs le-ti J annually
and their well is tested twice a
year.
There is a milking machine
for nanny goats on the maiket
but most people milk them by
hand, as F.sheis do tw.ee a day,
because it would be too costly
unl°ss you had a laige herd
Fishers’ 37 milking goats sounds
like a lot to most people They
v'ant to build up then herd un
til they have 40 m Iking all the
tme Thev got their first goat
16 years ago and ha\ e gradually
mu eased their he.d They have
a milking parlor and le: one goat
in at a time They s.and down
in the pit so they do not have
to stoop to milk Tney have a
few s’alls foi the goats but for
the mos. pait thev >un loose m
the loafing barn -kll Mis Fish
er has to do is to get her goad
in hand and they go whete she
herds them
What do goats eat 0 They’it
not haid to please
In fact, Fishers dispose of
most of their aged and unprofit
able goats by selling them to
people to clean up fence rows
They eat bark from trees, weeds
and just about any growing
thing but do not eat as close to
the ground as sheep Fishers
feed their goats cow dairy pel
lets and Puuna mixed chow, also
mixed and alfalfa hay They are
careful not to let them eat
vegetable refuse lest the vege
table , might have betn spiayed
How long is a nanny goat
profitable’ Fisheis had one that
was 13 years old A. goat’s lacta
tion penod is 10 months and they
aie diy 2 months The r gesta
tion neiiod is o months A
mother goat usually has two kids
at a time but this vanes Fisheis
had one that had Eve one time
Thev put them on the bottle
right away.
With Goats
It K not easy to "ct a vcteiin
a inn to doctor goals because
lluy are not generally .skilled
with them but treat them as
the\ would sheep or cows Goats
31 e not the same
Jacob is pier.dent of Pennsyl
vania Dairy Goat Club. They
hold their spring meeting at
Penn State University and have
shows in summer. Last week
they toured the New Ballon Cen
ter, the tour being sponsored by
the Dclawaie Valley Club. Fish
ers belong to South Penn Club
whose members are largely in
York County. Three couples in
Lancaster County belong to it
This club used to sponsor a show
in York
There is alvv ays a goats show at
Mrs. Jacob Fisher shows some of the champion and re
serve champion ribbons the Fishers have won with theip
registered goats.
York, Tienton and Allentown
fans, also a: Pit'sbuigh, Dela-
W3lc Valley and Ene Fisheis
did exhibit a: fairs but haven’t
tor two yeais for lack of time
They ha\e received many rib
bons with then goats fiom But
lei Countv Pittsbuigh, York
Fan and othei places
Mis Fishei lends to the goats
mainly because hei husband
vvoiks as a tank mechanic for
Binkley and One stone quames
and then son John vmio is a
semoi in Manic.ai Ceniial High
School, is not home dining the
day Both Jaxe aid John help
some with tne goa s and Jake
and Jane demei the milk to
Boyeitown .n *he evening John
is in the 4-H p.g club and has
teen seve i -e. -> He has pigs to
f-msh
Jane savs We a 1 take caie of
the garden Jake makes lows—
h" takes p ii? n«: a.got lows,
John cul *\ ates and Jane picks
the vegeta me' Sne does lots of
canning and : eezna
Bc'icles Jo'i" jVi and Mis
Fishei have j o i.. son, Jay,
..nd a damn .. M.n.ha Jav is
m the k ni' n'-D'tlv in Viet
i i.n fL I- 11.1 n to he loim
c. Ka n.een B cnmn.an of Wil
-1 im>bti>g ?. lie pa ents have
a 200 ac.t .1 ' , .a-m in Butler
County He. .atnei is active in
\oung Fa mo = and bo‘h of hei
paicnts arc acl.U’ in ;hc Grange,
her mother having been secre
tary of their Grange for several
years. Jay belonged to FFA and
4H. He kept sows and also
finished hogs.
Their daughter Martha is mar
ried to Richard Buckwalter,
Lititz RD3. They live on a (9
acre farm near Lancaster Air
port and grow tobacco and corn.
They keep steers and pigs
Mrs. Fisher is the daughter of
Oscar Forrey of Lititz She is
involved in community activities.
She helped make french fries for
Manheim Community Fair She
and Mr. Fisher are 4-H Leaders
for the Lititz-Manheim Club
which meets once a month
March thiough November They
work with “Handyman” and
“Rabbits ” Fishers used to raise
rabbits and just about every
kind of animal when all the -chil
dren were home Jane has help
ed with 4-H Achievement Day,
foi three years She helps get
the labbits lined up.
Fisheis weie custodians and
Mrs Fishei woiked, unt.l two
yeais ago, in the cafeteria -of
Fan land Elementarv School in
Manheim Cential Scnool District
for 10 jeais She carted to work
there when John started to
school
Jane says she has done sewing
and embioideiy in tns past but
doesn t have tune now She has
many house plants of various,
kinds She enjo\= cooking and'
heie aie some of her iccipes.
The fust two need not lequice
goat’s milk, which of course
Jane uses, but jou -would need
to use pai t ci earn if you used
this lecipe foi ice cream and
made it fiom cow ‘ nulk
ICE CREAM FOR
FOLK QLART FREEZER
4 eggs
1"i cups sugar
ZVi quarts milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup crushed pineapple
Beat eggs, add sugar, vanilla
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