VOL. 16 NO 28
7 Enter ’7 / Lancaster Co. Dairy Princess Pageant
Nanette Stauffer
Carol Kettering
Some Animals Over 15 Years Old, Tie Stall Barn for Individual Care
Generations of Breeding are Behind Long-Lived Book Herd
Boy H. and Ruth H. Book go over some farm records
Mrs. Book keeps the records.
The Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Committee this week
announced seven contestants
for the Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Pageant June 22 at the
Farm and Home Center
The seven are Susan A
Kauffman, Cynthia Balmei.
Carol Kettering, Linda Mai tin.
Patucia S Haverstick, Nanette
Stauffer and Sally Hostelter
A dairy bar leception will be
held at 630 pm followed by
dinner at 7 p m and then the
pageant June 22.
Tickets aie available at the
Extension office fi om Max
Smith, Lancaster County agri
cultural agent, or from Cm ley
Brantly at Atlantic Breeders, or
from Pageant committee mem
bers
Patricia S. Haverstick
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 5, 1971
Mrs Robert Gregory, Lititz
RDI, Puncess Committee chau
man expressed appi eciation
for the good response to the
contest The attractive contes
tants range in age from 16 to
18, and they are from several
areas in Lancaster County
The gals and a brief back
ground sketch of them aie as
follows -
Miss Susan Kauffman, 17,
daughter of Mr and Mrs Rob
ert H Kauffman, Elizabeth
town RDI, is a 1971 graduate of
Elizabethtown Area High
School Active in the Lancaster
County 4-H Holstein Club, she
was a member of the Lancastei
County 4-H dairy judging team
She is also a member of the
Mount Joy Sewing 4-H Club and
Sally Hostetter
The name of Roy H and Ruth
H Book fiequently appears in
xeleases by the Holstein-Fiie
sian Association of America
recognizing outstanding produc
tion records
But in his fanning operation,
Book emphasizes that he does
not place pumaiy emphasis on
herd average
He states, “I like to see a
high herd average, but I’m not
trying for it Often times, these
high herd aveiages aren’t the
most profitable ”
Rather, Book places emphasis
on developing sound animals
which can make him a profit
over several years
One of his cows is 15 yeais
old This animal has produced
more than 200,000 pounds of
milk Because the animal didn’t
calve this time, she is in her
last lactation
Unlike many danymen who
get rid of animals quickly aftei
about 10 years, Book says he
keeps some even longer than 15
if they continue to produce
While these older animals
may not pioduce as much as
some of the younger ones, he
figures they have alreadj paid
was Pennsylvania State Hol
stein Girl She is active in the
church choir and youth gioups
of Congregation Bible Chuich
of Marietta
Cynthia Balmer, 18. daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs Jesse G
Balmer, Lititz RD4, is a 1971
giaduate of Waiwick Area
High School Active in the Lan
caster County Guernsey 4-H
Club, she is also a member
of the Lincoln 4-H Sewing Club
She attends Middle Creek
Chuich of the Brethren and
participates in its youth group
Carol Kettering, 16, is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry
Kettering, Lititz RD3 She at
tends Manhenp Township High
School and is active in the
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Linda Martin
for themselves and don’t have
to produce as much to show a
profit Also, he continues to
get calves from them, and the
calves are valuable if the dam
has had a good recoid.
He has several cows over 10
years old and his breeding pro
gram is designed to develop
more of these types of Icng
lasting animals.
He notes that it takes about
two years to develop a replace
ment animal and a cow which
produces for about 10 years
has picked up the two years
that it takes to replace a cow
which produces for only about
five years This can tianslate
into major cost reduction
The Book opeiation also
places heavy emphasis on the
sale of breeding stock While
milking about 50 registered
Holsteins, he has a total of 120
animals Besides growing all
his own replacement stock, all
his bulls go for bleeding pur
poses He sells most of the bulls
at around 12 months for prices
ranging usually from $250 to
$5OO
He also sells many cows,
mostly heifers, privately Bred
52.00 Per Year
Susan A. Kauffman
Cynthia Baimer
heifers usually for for $5OO to
$7OO Some are sold to dealers.
Last year, he sold a lot of four
in Kentucky and a lot of five to
the University of North Caro
lina Most are sold in Lancaster
County, however.
His Roaring Maples Farms
stock are widely known because
he icpresents the third genera
tion of Books to operate the
dauy faun, which has a Honks
RDI address and is located oa
Route 896 near the Guernsey
Sales Pavilion on Route 30.
Since Book has owned the
farm, he has never bought any
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, June 5
Summer Conservation tour, be
ginning at Millersville,
staits today
1971 National Chicken Cooking
contest. Ocean City, Md.
Monday, June 7
Bpm Lancaster County
Poultiy Association Board
of Directors meeting, Farm
and Home Center.
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