Local Guernsey Group Tours North-Central Pa. Dairy Farms
On Tuesday morning, 37 Book was a native of
Guernsey Breeders left Lan- ter County until four years ago
caster County for a tour of His farm consists of 230 acres
Guernsey farms in nortli-cen- and lie raises mostly all corn
tral Pennsylvania. and hay. Much of the hay he
Driving north through Ash- Produces _ which he doesn’t need
laml, the strip mining area, the 116 sells * n Lancaster County.
group went to the Robert Book The Books have about 50 cows
- farm, Millville. including two which classified
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Book’s farm has a trench
silo and two upright silos for
corn silage. His is a unique
system for feeding silage from
the trench; the barn floor is
lower than the outside level.
This- enables him to unload the
silage with his unloader direct
ly into the feeding carts
through a large opening in the
wall.
The group reported that
Robert and wife Malmda and
four children were very glad to
see everyone.
The second stop was at the
Christ Wolff farm, located one
mile from the Book farm.
Wolff was also a Lancaster
County native until 20 years
ago
Wolff has a 90-cow tie stall
barn, presently milking 84 head
of Guernseys Ten of his first
calf heifers are producing over
10,000 pounds of milk or over
40 pounds per day.
When Wolff moved to Mill
ville, he had a mixed herd of
cattle. Because of their gentle
ness and because they consume
less feed and produce a better
quality milk, Mr. Wolff said he
decided in 1964 to sell the other
breeds and concentrate on an
all-Guernsey herd At that time
many of his neighbors thought
he couldn’t make a living, he
said, but he proved otherwise
Wolff now has his own jugging
operation and sells all his milk
as homogenized and pasteuriz
ed Daily sales are between 200
and 300 gallons of milk, white
and chocolate, selling to the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10,1971—11
residents of the large surround
ing area.
In 1969, on a state-wide sur
vey of all juggers, figures show
ed Wolff was producing his
milk at 35 cents per hundred
less than juggers all over the
state.
Wolff demonstrated how he
bottles his milk, as well as other
steps involved in the jugging
operation.
In the barn, the group saw
Wolff’s huge Master Chief
daughters.
Wolff demonstrated his uni
que self-propelled cart which
he uses for two purposes, to
feed silage as well as bedding
the cows with wood shavings
He also demonstrated his ti ac
tor-operated gutter cleaner
which cleans two gutters at one
time This is his own invention
Samples of the haylage and
high moisture corn stored in
two big Harvestore silos weie
shown to the interested group
Wolff told the visitors, “It’s
the money that’s left after all
the expenses are deducted that
is really what counts in the
dairy business ”
At the Girton Manufacturing
Plant in Millville, the comple
tion of tanks from the flat
pieces of stainless steel to the
finished product was observed
The group found out why
tanks cost so much Stainless
steel is expensive, plus the time
spent buffing, sanding and
smoothing over the rough spots,
particularly the welded joints
Young Mr Girton told the
group 60 per cent of the Girton
Tanks are being sent overseas
The Girton plant in Millville is
the only plant in the United
States.
The next stop was at the
Wyno farms, Muncy This farm
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proximately 90 cows, which are
separated into two groups, high
producers and low producers
Both groups are kept separately
in an Agway free-stall barn
where they are fed corn silage
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ing in a flat parlor, which is a
stall barn with pipeline milk
ers where half the herd is milk
ed at one time After each
milking, the barn is washed out
with two high pressure hoses.
In the Wyno barns, the Lan
caster County group reported
they saw some of the “largest
cows they ever saw.”
Calves are kept in a tile
walled calf barn.
Manager of the Wyno farm#
is Lee Yost.
After a stop at the Dutch
Pantry at Selinsgrove for the
evening meal, the group arriv
ed back in Lancaster County at
9 p.m
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