—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 7, 1973
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The Chester County Holstein
Breeders Association annual
tour was held March 22 and 23.
The tour group visited dairy
herds in Maryland and the
Virginias.
Farms visited included C.E.
laser and Sons. Manle < awn
The Round Oak Farm at Purcellville, Va.,
was one of many farms visited dbring the
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This group of Chester County dairy two-day tour by the Chester County
farmers left the milking chores to the hired Holstein Breeders,
men as they toured dairy facilities, part of a
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Southern Herds Visited on Chester Holstein Tour
Farm of Fulton, Md., top herd in
Maryland with 140 lactations
averaging 18,327 pounds of milk,
625 pounds of fat; Kingstead
Farm, a 140-cow herd averaging
14,249 pounds milk, 549 pounds
fat, a herd with a dozen cows
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Leßoy Savage of Boyds, Md., a
herd featuring 50 daughters of
Paclamar Astronaut; Robert and
Mary Poole, a small herd with 13
daughters of Ivanhoe Star and 10
daughters of Whirlhill Kingpin;
Renn Remsburg’s Brooklodge
Farms Jefferson. Md., a herd
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with records averaging 16,000
pounds milk and 650 pounds fat,
with daughters of Elevation and
Merry King.
Other farms visited were those
of Pete Walker of Shenandoah
Junction, W. Va., a herd of
“Kansas Burkes” Russell
Wachter’s Clover'. Farm,
Keymar, Md., wits 86 cows
having a B.A.A. of 106 per cent;
Round Oak Farm, Purcellville,
Va., a 100-cow herd with
daughters of Elevation, Fond
Matt and Defiance.
Bill Harrison’s Farm at
Leesburg, Va., a herd average of
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16,000 pounds milk and a B.A.A.
of 104 per cent, and John
Rinehart’s farm, Littleston, Pa.,
a herd stressing cow families
with high production per cow and
a well planned merchandising
program.
This year’s tour visited some of
the top herds in Maryland and the
Virginias featuring a variety of
management, feeding, and
breeding programs. This cross
section 6f dairy farming prac
tices proved to be a very
educational tour for all those who
attended.
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