—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 7,1971
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Fultonway Farms Stands
Any way you judge a dairy
herd for quality, Fultonway
Farms will emerge near the top
in Lancaster County,
The farm consistently shows
top animals at both local, state
and national dairy shows. It
has among the highest herd
averages in the DHIA program,
winning DHIA awards in four
ol the past 10 years. It has out
standing cows which produce
more than 30,000 pounds of milk
in a lactation and more than
1000 pounds of butterfat in a
lactation Some of the herd an
imals maintain high butterfat
averages of over 4 5 per cent
Some of the cows have top all
time individual records with the
Holstem-Fnesian Association of
America.
Last week, the herd had the
top individual animal, Alnat
Toitilla Ivanhoe Ginger, at the
Lancaster District Black and
White Show. Last year the an
imal was reserve grand cham
pion All-American and Frey con
siders her the best show cow
ever in his herd
But Frey was equally pleased
with the performance of his
children’s animals. Three of
them were first in their class
m competition with animals
shown by both youngsters and
adults from all over Lancaster
County. In addition, one was
jumor champion, one of the
most sought after prizes next to
the grand championship itself
Frey thinks the results of the
show indicate that the young
stock now growing up on the
farm may be the best ever for
Fultonway Farms.
J. Mowery and son John display Fultonway Rachel Amy
Jane, a great granddaughter of the herd’s well known Rachel
cow.
He notes, for example, that
the 60 to 65 milking cow herd
now consists of some 15 cows
which average about 10 to 11
years of age'. These he con
siders “brood cows”, the basis
for what is otherwise a relative
ly young herd. He has about 25
first and second calf heifers. He
also feels his yearlings are
especially good.
Frey readily admits that the
(For related story on why
Frey likes to show his animals,
see page 1.)
youthfulness of his herd was
not by design, but resulted m
large part because he “missed on
the daughters of one unproven
sire. This is something you have
to work yourself out of.”
But he has a strong base on
which to rebuild. He has 19
Ivanhoe daughters, which are
the backbone of the herd.
His Ginger is an Ivanhoe.
Another cow, Rae, a 12-year
old, is considered the greatest
cow in the herd. Rae has five
records averaging 30,00 pounds
of milk, all over 1,078 pounds
of butterfat. Rae has the high
est butterfat record of any liv
ing cow in the nation for a one
year period with 1,615 pounds of
butterfat. This record was
made with 33,000 pounds of milk
for a 4.6 cent average.
Another outstanding Fulton
way cow is the old Rachel,
which was grand champion of
the former Southeastern ABC
show.
Frey says he takes more pride
in the records of his individual
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Left to right, Shelia, James and Sandy er calf is a maternal sister to Ginger and is a
Frey display Fultonway animals. The small- pet of the two younger children.
cows than in the show ring
achievements. “The show ring
is something I enjoy.”
Frey has been farming for 14
years, the last eight of them at
the present farm on Beaver Val
ley Pike which his father, J.
Mowery. bought in the 1930’5.
The farm includes 120 acres.
In addition his father is farming
70 acres and they rent an addi
tional 70. The entire acreage is
fanned as a single farm using
one set of equipment. However,
the elder Frey maintains his own
40 cow herd.
Use of the combined acreage
is divided approximately as fol
lows; 75 acres of alfalfa, 60 of
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The younger Frey raises
ail his heifer calves, preferring
not to sell heifer calves, but
bred cows. He sells about half
of the bulls raised either to AI
services or syndicates. He would
like to sell more bulls and main
tain a half interest, enabling
him to keep and work with the
bull and promote him.
Shortly after he took over the
farm eight years ago, he re
modeled the barn for 60 cows.
He has a comfort stall type
operation.
Frey is not anxious to get big
ger. “Everybody wants to get
too big.” He believes that the
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duction by keeping herd size
down, and still enjoy life,
Frey notes that be takes more
pride in the records of his in
dividual cows than in the show
ring achievements. “The show
ring is something I enjoy.”
Although he has won four
I>HIA awards in the past 10
years, Frey says he’s not as
herd average conscious as he
once was.
He explained that a real good
cow which doesn’t breed at a
particular time can be sold for
beef for about $275, but if the
farmer works with her for a
few months and gets her bred,
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