Lancaster Co. Holstein Breeders See Dairying in Maryland
Two busloads and three car- eisville High School FFA de
loads of local farmers, some 116 partment The FFA has its own
altogether, enjoyed the annual greenhouse and many of the
Lancaster County Holstein tour flowers and plants grown are
In Maryland Thuisday. sold to people in the community
The group left from Laneas- The FFA also unpacks and
ler Shopping Center at about 8 assembles new equipment for
t.m. some local implement dealers,
The first stop was the Hanover ma^e donations to the
Shoe Farms, a large horse sc hool shop piogiam
breeding farm with about 1,500
liorses.
The farm has 13 stud stallions, group was “the World’s Cham
81l of them world champions at l Jl on Milk Cow,” Reinharts
One time in their lives Two of Arthur Faims Ballad, the five
the 13 are valued at $1 million year-old Holstein which recently
each. Stud service for a living completed a 365 day lactation of
colt ranges from $750 to $12,500 40,981 pounds of milk and 1,297
The farm has 290 brood mares P° unc * s butteifat
es breeding stock Another 300 One interesting point noted
mares are boaided for other about this farm is that biewei’s
people. malt is purchased from the BaL-
The 3,500 acre farm is all in timore-Washmgton area and fed
pasture and all the hay, gram at a ra te of 60 pounds per cow
and straw is purchased. per day The cows also get hay
At Walkersville, the group an d gram
was met by John Morns, a Uni- The herd has a 20,000 pdund
versity of Maryland Extension milk average per year This
person, who conducted the re- herd will be dispersed April 27,
unainder of the tour. except that some animals m-
The group went to the Walk- eluding the World’s Record Cow
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At the Glenn-Lu-Knoll Faim,
the big attraction for the local
will be kept for the nucleus of a
new herd
At the Kingstead Farms near
Claiksburg, the group saw an
outstanding herd of 136 Hol
steins which includes 12 excel
lent and 60 veiy good The 1970
DHIR aveiage was 17,741
pounds of milk and 668 of but
terfat
This is strictly a family opei
ated farm The cows are housed
ir Stanchion barns The faim
had one cow of 18 years old, one
17 yeais old and two 16 yeais
old.
This operation shows what
any family operation can achieve
with the propei know-how and
dedication; stated Jay Landis,
Lancaster County Holstein
Breedeis Association President
At the last stop of the day at
Beall Bi others in Clarksburg,
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In the faim’s Double-Twelve
Soii May Use More Lime
With Ne w Farm Practices
For top yields and the maxi
mum leturn possible from his
land, today’s farmer has adapted
many improved production prac
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“In almost every case where
farmers are applying high lates
of ammonium nitrogen, low soil
pH is a major concern,” he
points out. “And when farmers
double crop their land, soil
acidity is becoming an even big
ger problem.”
Mitchell says this does not
mean growers shoulcLxedyce the
amount of nitrogen they use But
they should test their land more
frequently and he ready to
counter an acid with good lime.
“The old rule of-thumb that
said you could get by with a
soil test every three to four
years should be discarded Farm
ers who are putting down large
amounts of nitrogen and working
their land intensely should have
the soil analyzed on a yearly
basis ”
As an indication of the effect
of ammonium fertilizer on soil
pH, Mitchell says it takes about
two pounds of high quality lime
to neutiahze a pound of am
monium nitrogen
Many farmeis aie also work
ing their soil deeper than in the
past, he adds They’ie turning
up 8 to 10 inches of soil instead
oi the 6 to 7 inches which was
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