12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 4. 1971
A Registered Holstein Cow owned by Paul B. Zimmerman,
Ephrata RDI, completed the highest 305 day lactation. Charm
produced 20,424 pounds of milk, 909 pounds of
percent test Second high lactation was completed Registered
Holstein cow owned by Donald S. Efa y*
produced 20,783 pounds of milk, 894 pounds of butterfat with a 4.3
Tw of j“n p£pp, Leola, EDI, had the lughest daily but
terfat average This herd of 32 0 Registered and Grade Holstein cows
averaged 54.5 pounds of milk, 2.02 pounds °[kutterf at ™ ~
percent test The herd of Rufus G. Martin, Ephrata RD3, placed
second. This herd of 21.0 Registered Holstein cows averaged 50.0
pounds of milk, 1.93 pounds of butterfat with a 3.9 percent test.
FIRST 305 DAYS OF LACTATION WITH 670 OR MORE POUNDS
OF BUTTERFAT
Owner - Name Breed
Paul B. Zimmerman
Charm
Donald S. Eby
Vichi
Nancy
Earl L Hershey
114
Lloyd Wolf
Jenny
Jackie
Harry G Kreider
Sybil
Cnssy
Lass
Tammy
Karen
Anna
Darkie
Wendy
Hope
Edwin K. Wise
Pearl RH
Helen RH
Roy H. & Ruth H. Book
Alma RH
Tidy RH
J. Harold Musser & Son
36
Ezra M. Martin
Fay
Joyce
Felicia
Mervm Nissley
33
Parke H Ranck
Gail
J Eby Hershey
Honey
Karon
S. R. Shellenberger
Patty RH
Nome RH
David D Zimmerman
Joan RH
Mane RH
Charles Tindall
Lucinda
K D & Else Linde
Rose RG
Masonic Homes Farms
Nmah B RA
Dale E. Hiestand
Phyllis
Micky
Irene
J Clayton Charles
Gill
Rose
Robert C Groff
Dee
Lill
J. Rohrer Witmer
Aster
Till
John Omar Stoltzfus
Joyce
Sue
Amos M. Stoltzfus
Lilly
James W. Bowman
Ruth
Brinton & Eager
Enid
Ginny
Eunice
Clarence M. Murry
Magic
Alice
Rufus G Martin
27
Calvin D. Beiler
Jan
Robin
J. Mowery Frey Jr,
Nell
Days Milk
Age
305
RH
305
305
RH
RH
7-11
10-3
305
RH
300
305
RH
RH
7-0
3-10
305
305
305
305
GrH
305
305
305
295
RH
RH
RH
6-3
4-3
4-2
305
305
RH
RH
RH
305
305
305
RH
RH
305
305
305
305
4-
5-
305
RH
14-2
305
305
RH
RH
RH
6-10
5-3
5-4
305
305
292
305
282
GrH
GrH
305
305
RH
RH
10-1
8-5
305
305
RBrSw
RBrSw
293
305
RH
RH
305
RH
303
GrH
RH
RH
RH
305
305
305
5-2
3-1
5-1
289
305
RH
RH
305
RH
301
305
RH
RH
305
RH
LANCASTER
COUNTY
DHIA
MONTHLY
REPORT
Test Fat
20,424
894
763
4.3
4.2
20,783
18,138
882
18,490
872
736
18,466
17,874
19,162
15,444
22,356
19,675
15,130
16,606
16,830
18,614
17,418
19,815
16,251
846
709
22,730
22,324
842
19,854
828
733
716
4.0
4.0
3.6
20,865
18,291
19,846
821
777
21,969
20,173
818
19,152
817
736
19,165
18,897
812
702
19,630
19,494
809
766
20,726
19,603
19,329
16,995
18,241
3.8
3.9
45
803
702
671
21,410
17,956
14,836
20,178
17,511
797
706
19,660
19,229
796
685
17,380
14,824
795
709
18,699
19,560
17,704
18,999
4.3
4.1
4.0
783
754
725
18,357
18,471
17,989
20,541
18,514
19,901
776
696
19,285
17,839
774
21,736
Owner • Name Breed Age Days
Henry E. Kettering
Eileen
Pet
Cinda
Honey .
Reuben Z. Smoker
Connie
James G. Kreider
Kay RH
134 RH
110 RH
Loren L. Zimmerman
Diane RH
Red Rose Research Center
Lassie RH
Sam & Allen Kreider
Molly GrH
Ernest J. Sauder
Ollie
Albert Breneman
Eleanor
Amos B. Lapp
Ivan
Edith
Kreisle & Lehman
Valenti
Elam P. Bollinger
Romaine
Glenda
Letty
Paul E. Martin
Hope
Johanna
Robert H. Kauffman
Kitten
Pebble
Kenneth A. Skiles
Julie RH
Robert W. Ulrich & Son
Bitsy GrJ
Nathan E. Stoltzfus
Fannie
Galen W. Crouse
Nig RH
Samuel M. Augsburger
Bonnie RH
John A. Harsh
Kate
John U. Stoltzfus
Jenny
Fobes
Windy
Furry H. Frey
Dufair
Samuel I Esh
Alice
Patsy
Jay C. Garber
Eauty
Hylee
Darta
David B. King
Bess GrH
Molly RH
John & H. Farrington
Sal
Eileen
Michele
Melvin M. Groff
Ann RH
Daisy GrH
Robert McSparran Jr
66
James L. Landis
30
Samuel F. Sauder
Rainbow
Curtis E. Akers
Sally
Daniel L. Martin
Becky
Amos B. Lantz
Peggy
John S. Yost
Jackie
Elmer H. Weber
Anna 2
Russell S Shoop
19 RH
Hamond & Louise Witmer
Balnna RG
H. Landis Weaver
Reflection
Harry S. Aungst
Susie
Roy C Neff
Honey
Harvey W. Stoltztus
Tillie
Samuel K Stoltzfus
JUcty
Sunny Craft Farm
Rhoda
Harold L Risser
Ppnnpr
Dan
Carol
John B Stoltzfus
Jane
David McMichael
16
30
Albert E Frey
Bkberry
William H. Douts
Anna
John C Groff
Cam
Ben K. Stoltzfus
Pabst 9
Allan R. Shoemaker
Suzanne
Marie
305
279
300
305
RH
RH
RH
RH
3-
11-4
4-
6-2
305
RH
305
305
305
8-1
3-
4-
305
305
302
305
RH
305
RH
6-11
305
292
RH
RH
8-10
6-8
305
RH
283
298
305
RH
RH
RH
6-1
7-2
5-6
GrH
RH
299
305
5-10
5-2
305
305
7-2
4-8
RH
RH
305
305
305
RH
305
297
GrH
305
305
305
305
4-8
6-10
7-5
GrH
RH
GrH
RH
305
RH
RH
305
305
3-9
5-11
RH
RH
RH
305
305
305
6-
3-2
7-
305
305
305
298
305
RH
RH
RH
4-7
4-1
3-9
305
305
305
GrH
4-11
305
RH
305
GrH
305
RH
305
RH
305
RH
300
RH
5-3 ~
RH
305
305
RH
3-11
305
RH
305
305
RH
305
RH
GrH
274
6-11
RH
305
RH
305
RH
GrH
305
305
305
GrH
RH
305
RH
305
RH
305
4-11
RH
305
RH
305
300
GrH
GrH
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Milk Test Fat
771
710
680
676
4.1
4.1
4.4
4.0
19,001
17,209
15,600
16,959
770
19,016
770
703
698
4.2
3.7
4.0
18,397
18,792
17,604
768
20,446
767
18,286
765
19,791
761
16,964
757
23,284
756
693
22,267
18,728
756
17,386
754
736
698
3.9
4.0
3.9
19,231
18,613
17,786
754
724
18,010
16,897
17,891
17,297
753
750
750
17,040
744
12,831
743
19,420
742
20,295
741
18,748
740
21,560
740
724
706
4.2
4.1
4.3
17,781
17,540
16,538
740
14,489
736
727
20,399
17,252
3.7
5.2
3.9
736
693
686
19,778
13,428
17,696
735
705
19,201
20,443
732
677
675
4.3
44
3.7
17,099
16,669
18,090
731
702
14,267
17,585
730
18,314
729
16,301
726
19,344
724
19,751
724
19,681
723
22,034
723
19,024
719
17,206
15,410
719
12,530
717
19,538
716
17,451
716
16,653
716
713
19,801
16,808
711
18,065
710
16,302
708
702
16,029
17,861
701
701
675
15,101
14,845
697
16,294
696
17,654
694
19,283
693
20,998
693
684
20,157
16,463
r*
n • l#VP^
Dairymen
N. Alan Bair,
County
Agricultural i i
Agent p
Facts
for
Winterize Your Dairy
Now that there is no question
about the coming of winter, it is
time to take some extra
precautions in the dairy bam.
Let’s first look at some things
we should remember to do in
preparation for the first really
cold night and then consider
some long term winter problems.
Of course, we are not going to
forget the obvious precautions
such as those necessary to keep
pipes from freezing and engine
blocks from cracking. But what
about those bottles of medicines
and lotions that are sitting on the
window sill or the things you left
in the show box after the last
fair?
It would be an expensive
proposition to have to replace
them unnecessarily because we
let them freeze. Even though the
containers did not break, the
composition may have changed,
making them useless.
Think back to last year and try
to remember where that real icy
spot was where two cows fell on
the ice. Has the spouting been
fixed or the drain unclogged that
caused the condition?”
So take a few minutes and look
for potential hazard areas and do
something now to prevent ac
cidents this winter.
Also clean up and store
properly all of the bottles and
containers of medicines and
lotions that are left from the
summer season. A broken bottle
of fly spray could be a real treat
to health, as well as your milk
market.
There are many changes in the
dairy herd that slowly take place
in the winter time and are not
necessarily the result of one big
freeze. With the advent of cold
weather the natural tendency is
to close up the barn to keep it
warm.
In the dairy barn, a warm
environment is not necessarily a
healthy environment. The two
mast important conditions are
keeping the barn free of drafts
and keeping the humidity low
with a constant controlled air
exchange.
Dairy bam ventilation cannot
be over emphasized. Many health
problems can be avoided in a
properly ventilated bam.
Animal health problems are
usually first noticed in younger
calves in the form of respiratory
difficulties.
In milking animals, production
will suffer if atmospheric con
ditions are not acceptable. This
lowered level of production is
difficult to assess in an individual
herd, but has been well
documented experimentally.
Proper ventilation of a dairy
barn is no simple matter. A well
designed system takes into ac
count many variables.
A complete change of air every
so often is necessary regardless
of temperature.
Aside from having a complete
air change, the other big con
sideration for winter time ven
tilation is that drafts directly
over cows or young animals are
avoided.
When designing a ventilation
system, be sure it is an all
weather and season system.
Assess your ventilation system.
If you are not comfortable in your
barn with its “heavy” wet air,
you can be sure your cows are
suffering accordingly.