—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 30,1971
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A Registered Holstein cow owned by Paul B. Zimmerman,
Ephrata RDI, completed the highest 305 day lactation Fern
produced 23,620 pounds of milk, 940 pounds of butterfat with a 4.0
percent test Second high lactation was completed by a
Registered Holstein cow owned by Lloyd Wolf, Quarryville RD2.
Dora produced 24,371 pounds of milk, 914 pounds of butterfat with
a 3 8 percent test in 305 days
The herd of Aaron E. Beiler, Paradise RDI, had the highest
daily butterfat average. This herd of 23 2 Registered and Grade
Holstein cows averaged 52.6 pounds of milk, 194 pounds of but
terfat with a 3.7 percent test. John P. Lapp, Leola RDI,
placed second This herd of 31.9 Registered and Grade Holstein
cows averaged 52.0 pounds of milk, 1 92 pounds of butterfat with a
3 7 percent test.
FIRST 305 DAYS OF LACTATION WITH 670 OR MORE
POUNDS OF BUTTERFAT
Owner - Name Breed
Paul B Zimmerman
Fern RH
Lloyd Wolf
Dora
Ella
Barbara
Joanne
J. Mowery Frey Jr.
Lolita
Linda
Matilda
Lester M. Weaver
16A
58A
S. R Shellenberger
Wanda
Leßoy S Smucker
Blacky
Amos E King Jr
5
John B. Groff
Jane
Sally
Cindy
James G Kreider
Betsy
Pnlly
Samuel F Long
Peg
Robert M Myhn
Dike
Albert Breneman
Faith
Donald S Eby
Mamie
Polly
David D Zimmerman
Lois RH
Harry S Aungst
Ada
Jaye
Dale E Hiestand
Susie
Sara
Clyde W. Martin
Alfreda
Merry
Melvin L. Beiler
Iva
Hellen
Curtis E Akers
Linda
Nathan E. Stoltzfus
Vicky RH
Eva RH
Pam RH
Aaron S. Click & Sons
10 GrH
48 GrH
83 RH
Nelson E. Martin
Margret
Pansy
Greiel
Dolores
Willis M. Martin
Bebe
Dolly
John C. Metzler
Pauline
Connie
Sylvia
J. Mowery Frey
Cindy RH
Dottie RH
Days Milk
Age
305
RH
RH
RH
RH
305
305
305
305
7-2
7-1
4-7
6-0
RH
RH
RH
305
305
305
8-0
4-1
4-1
RH
RH
305
305
RH
305
RH
305
RH
305
6-10
RH
RH
RH
4-4
4-
5-
305
305
305
GrH
RH
305
305
RH
305
RH
305
RH
305
RH
RH
305
304
305
RH
RH
305
305
RH
RH
12-2
5-2
305
288
RH
RH
305
305
GrH
RH
8-11
3-9
305
286
RH
305
305
305
305
3-11
3-11
305
305
305
5-8
5-0
5-10
RH
RH
HH
RH
6-11
4-0
7-2
3-4
305
305
215
303
305
305
RH
RH
RH
RH
RH
305
305
305
8-7
5-8
4-0
7-10
3-10
305
305
LANCASTER
COUNTY
DHIA
MONTHLY
REPORT
Test Fat
23,620
914
792
721
674
3.8
3.8
3.7
3.8
24,371
20,885
19,247
17,700
905
835
757
3.7
4.7
3.7
24,694
17,920
20,231
898
707
22,220
18,949
876
25,896
868
23,184
860
22,020 -
4.3
3.6
4.2
848
719
693
19,566
20,234
16,666
847
837
19,286
20,777
841
20,840
830
17,225
825
24,513
20,317
18,891
823
681
820
22,225
816
709
24,031
17,130
814
761
20,315
17,192
17,745
17,741
807
689
15,500
14,567
807
694
22,100
802
791
742
687
19,746
21,045
16,248
4.0
3.5
4.2
20,932
21,416
17,869
3.8
3.3
3.9
790
716
700
3.8
3.6
4.1
20,744
20,360
17,006
15 75*
790
738
697
681
789
736
16,758
14,984
20,429
20,756
15,573
3.9
3.5
4.4
787
718
678
780
780
22,318
17,090
Owner - Name Breed
Henry E. Kettering
Ellen
Lucky
Martin N. Heisey
Fanny
J. Z. Nolt
Vicky
Donna
J Eby Hershey
Sally
Robert H. Kauffman
Sally Jo RH
Nickel RH
Alvin J. Stoltzfus
Fanny
John O Stoltzfus
Tilly _
Clair M. Hollinger
Gertie
John S. Yost
Mona
Amos B. Lapp
Ella
C. Robert Greider
Tina
Marvin S. Nolt
Tensen
Harold L. Risser
Bunny
Hiram S. Aungst
Polly RK
- Donna RH
Lester M. Hawthorne
80 RH
Paul N. Brubaker
21 RH
Amos & Eleanor Hershey
Penny RH
Jay C. Garber
Hylvia
Moses N. Good
Spotty
James W. Bowman
Mae
John R. Sauder
Cola RH
Whitie GrH
Masonic Homes Farms
Glenda RA
Hidolli RA
Harold M. Shenk
Dolly
Mutt
Ira D. Welk & Sons
Rhoda
Jacob S. Stoltzfus
Goldie
Pearl
Eugene Trostle
30
Robert F. & Joan B
Duchess
John M. Harnish
Evie
Weidler Brothers
Prilly
Albert P. Stoner
Sadie GrG
Arlene S. Longenecker
Beryl RH
Bethania Faun
94 GrH
Robert W. Ulrich & Son
Alice GrJ
Patty GrJ
Fan GrJ
Clair M Hershey
Peg
J Clayton Charles
Glo RH
Raymond & Louise Witmer
Penny RH
John Omar Stoltzfus
Anna RH
Romella Farms
Pansy 2
Helena
John K. Stoltzfus
Tidy
Mervin Sauder
Rosie
Glenn S. Weber
36
GrH
J. Arthur Rohrer & Sons
■Elsie GrH
E. Richard Bruckhart
Rachel RH
Robert C. Groff
Dottie RH
Robert Kauffman Jr.
Jeme GrH
Samuel M. Martin Jr.
Beauty RH
Kenneth A. Skiles
Eve
Isaac K. Eby
Eva
Samuel F. Sauder
Ellen
Emma
Willis S. Nolt
Betty
Renee
Days Milk
Age
305
305
RH 5-3
RH 6-4
305
GrH 5-4
305
305
RH 3-7
RH 5-7
305
RH 4-1
305
305
7-
8-
RH 4-7
305
305
GrH 4-2
305
5-10
RH
305
RH
9-11
RH
305
305
RH
305
4-10
RH
305
RH
305
305
296
305
305
RH
304
305
RH
GrH
305
305
305
305
305
RH
RH
5-4
4-4
305
305
RH
305
GrH
GrH
276
288
RH
Book
305
RH
305
RH
305
GrH
305
305
305
305
4-1
8-6
7-3
305
300
305
RH
305
305
305
272
RG
RG
305
305
RH
305
GrH
305
4-10
305
305
GrH 10-3
RH 4-0
305
RH 5-1
RH 8-8
305
305
GrH 4-4 305 17,424
RH 5-4 305 19,230
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Test Fat
774
684
18,554
20,825
771
18,978
770
747
20,976
16,639
770
18,150
765
760
23,666
17,392
756
20,333
756
17,612
755
20,790
750
20,322
750
20,054
748
18,775
748
18,501
746
19,149
745
706
19,742
16,557
745
17,626
739
18,305
739
17,136
738
19,916
23,131
737
736
19,781
736
674
19,571
16,329
732
695
16,927
15,170
727
714
4.5
4.0
16,054
18,023
726
18,016
725
717
4.0
3.7
18,118
19,616
724
17,229
722
17,154
721
20,549
720
20,342
720
14,568
719
16,618
718 ~
18,517
718
707
677
14,125
11,912
15,342
5.1
5.9
4.4
15,306
717
17,742
716
13,451
715
18,331
713
13,901
14,747
713
690
15,372
712
13,992
711
17,572
709
16,865
708
19,605
705
19,405
704
15,566
704
18,789
702
18,202
702
17,028
702
19,841
15,723
701
671
700
690
Facts
for
Dairymen
N. Alan Bair,
Assistant
County .
Agricultural i i
Agent Pl}
Change Feeds Slowly
Fall seems to be the time of,
year when planned feeding
systems are temporarily
forgotten and day to day changes
are the order. The silos are all
freshly filled with corn silage that
just is not quite ready to feed, the
“old” silage has been buried
beneath the new corn— the
sorghum-sudan hybrid that was
for greenchop has been frosted
and is too dangerous to feed, and
the alfalfa is frost-killing and
very inviting. So what does the
dairyman feed?
An important fact that many
dairymen overlook is that the
dairy cow cannot efficiently
change from one feed to another
overnight. The dairy cow has a
highly complex digestion sysfem
which includes a flora of specfic
organizms to digest the par
ticular feed stuffs currently being
fed.
When a new feed is suddenly
put into the diet in large quan
tities, it cannot be fully utilized
immediately simply because
there aren’t enough organizms to
permit complete digestion. This
is why dairymen often ex
perience a low production period
when they think they are getting
a lot of good feed into their cows;
the cow is not capable of utilizing
the feed she eats.
At certain times of the year it is
difficult to avoid sudden changes
in feeding, but with some -
previous planning those rough
areas can be smoothed out. In
dividual situations on the farm
will dictate what you can do to
avoid sudden-changes in feed.
Feeding is a major
management area and your
attention to this particular phase
of feeding managment is worthy
of your consideration.
Winterize Young Cattle
Most dairy replacements spend
some part' of their lives on
pasture. We are just about at the
end of another pasture season
and soon most dairymen will be
bringing in their heifers for the
winter.
Whether you are going to keep
your heifers in the barn all winter
or let them rough it outside, now
is the time to “winterize” them.
Those heifers that you really
didn’t see too much of down in the
lower pasture at the other farm
all summer should be observed
for a few days at close range. All
animals should be checked
closely for injuries that went
unnotices and untreated on
pasture.
Now might be a good time to
cull those animals that don’t
come up to your replacement
standards. Winter feed and
housing is too expensive for cull
animals. Also, pregnancy exams
would in order on bred heifers.
Internal and external parasites
should be eliminated when young
cattle are removed from pasture
for the winter.
Most Pennsylvania dairy and
beef heifers which have been on
pasture are carrying heavy
burdens of blood-sucking worms.
These keep the animals from
growing as well as they should,
and they cause anemia and affect
disease resistance. Worming
cattle is easy and safe when new
worm medicines available today
are used. Research workers have
shown that a dollar spent for
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