—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 24, 1973
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familiar sight on
the Thompson farm
G & G FEED & SUPPLY
SALUNGA STORE M. H. GOOD & SON ELIZABETHTOWN STORE WILLOW STREET STORE QUARRYVILLE STORE
898-2248 Gordonville Wilson Street 464-3521 786-2126
768-3781 367-5430
“When Jim talks ideas, we listen...
because we know he’s really talking profits.”
Jesse and Jerry Thompson, a
father-and-son team, farm 165 acres
in Huntingdon County, Pa. With
just 80 tillable acres, they produce
enough forage to support a milking
herd of 80 holsteins.
They attribute much of their
success to Jim O’Bryan, who is
their Agway Dairy Enterprise
Salesman. In Jesse’s words:
Jim O’Bryan,
Agway Dairy
Enterprise
Salesman, is a
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Manheim
665-5001
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“Working with Agway and listening
to Jim has helped us go from 12,000
lbs. to 16,568 in the last four years .. .
and from 450 to 628 lbs. of butterfat.”
“Jim is probably the most important
member of our management team,”
adds Jerry. “He has a great knack for
coming in and evaluating what you
have to work with .. . and then work
ing with you to make the most of it.
But I guess that’s what Agway Dairy
Enterprise is all about.”
“For instance,” explains Jesse, “to
support our 80 cows, we used to rent
90 tillable acres in addition to our
own 80. But with the new forage
program Jim helped us work out, we
don’t need to rent anymore. So we’re
now milking the same 80 cows on
half the acreage—Bo cows on 80 acres.”
HENRY B. HOOVER, INC.
Ephrata
733-6593
Jesse and Jerry Thompson won County honors for 1971 when their herd came
through with a record of 16,568 pounds of milk and 628 pounds of fat.
“What’s Jim’s biggest contribution
to our operation?” asks Jerry. “I’d
have to say it was getting us on the
Agway Total Dairy Ration Program.
But there are many other things . ..
like crops management.
“One thing I do know is that we’re
now producing a lot more milk with a
lot less labor on a lot less land.”
If you’d like to strengthen your
farm management team with someone
like Jim O’Bryan, just call your Agway
Dairy Enterprise Salesman. Any time.
You’ll find he has some good ideas
which can mean profit for you.
LANCASTER STORE
394-0541
NEW HOLLAND STORE
354-2146