14—Lanczf— Farming, Saturday. June 2. 1973
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The number of dairy herds in
this area has decreased by at
least 50 percent in the last
generation but the size of dairy
herds has increased to the point
that as much milk is still being
produced. The trend is greater
than ever to increase the
production per cow. This is being
done by feeding more high
quality farm grown feeds and
better commercial supplements,
also by better dairying practices,
but probably mostly by better
breeding. No one can afford to
have ordinary cows today. They
must be the very best. Local
dairymen have risen to the oc
casion through efficiency in
production, milk testing, ar
tificial breeding and larger
herds.
A dairyman who was born and
raised on an average size dairy
farm was J. Floyd Kreider of
Mount Joy RD2 Floyd’s father,
Mahlon, had an average size herd
of 25 cows on his farm near
Manheim. In comparison to the
size of his father’s sjze dairy
operation Floyd hs 50 registered
Holstein cows and 40 heifers. He
is in DHIA and is building up his
herd production through good
blood lines and feeds his cows the
same amount of high quality feed
when they are on pasture as when
they are confined to the barn in
winter. The result can be obse
rved by the pasture not being
leveled to the ground, because
the cows are not hungry. He
obtains a better price on his
commercial feed by contracting
for it in the fall. He has a truck
and hauls his feed to the farm.
Floyd has had 16 Ivanhoe
animals and a number have his
blood line. “Belle”, an Ivanhoe
eight-year-old cow which he
raised, now produces over 25,000
pounds of milk and over 1000
Mrs Dottle Kreider holds an antique cocoa pitcher she
bought. Behind her is a dried arrangement in an antique
brass jardiniere. It is setting on a marble top bureau with an
antique mirror above it. Plaster of Paris picture is on the
wall. A coverlet is on the arm of the Eby rocker.
d Kreider and Children. . .
Dairying Is A Family Project At The Kreiders
Farm
Writer
Mrs. Charles.
McSparran
pounds of butterfat. Her daughter
“Kristy,” a three-year-old,
produced 17,071 pounds of milk
with 576 pounds of fat this year.
His best cow, “Blossom”, has a
top record of 26,721 pounds of
milk with 926 pounds of fat.
Another, “Dottie”, produced
21,460 pounds of milk with 935
pounds of fat. Several of his cows
are milking over 100 pounds a>
day.
He raises practically all the
calves, _ mostly for herd
replacements but sells a few.'. He
even raises the bull calves. He
sells the better bred bulls to
farmers for herd sires and the
others are sold for veal when they
weigh from 300 to 400 pounds.
Kreiders live on and rent the
Henry Eby Estate farm on Eby-
Chickies Road near Salunga
where they have been in the dairy
business for 18 years. Kreider
also rents the Strickler farm and
the Buch farm nearby.
Altogether he farms about 200
acres. He raises about 50 acres of
alfalfa and 125 acres of corn. He
has to buy some ear corn. He
grinds all his own feed in a
hammermill. He is also finishing
about 200 head of steers. He has
about one-third each of Angus,
Herefords and Charolais-Angus
crossbreds. Kreiders raised
10,000 broilers for about 10 years
or more but have changed over to
the steers this year. This is not
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Mrs. Kreider holds a glass butter dish jelly cupboard and picture above it. Behind
from a set which belonged to her Grand- her is the pie board. To her right is a dry
mother Hershey. Carpet beater and a sink she bought. Some rare ironstone
ladies fan on the wall beside the tobacco pieces are displayed on the jelly cupboard
sizing box she refinished. She bought the and dry sink.
the first trial at steers, however, the Kreider herd now as men
as Mr. Kreider had 100 a few tioned previously. She will show
years ago. Kristy’s eight-month-old-
Kreiders’ is a family en- daughter this year in 4-H.
terprise. Mrs. Dorothy 'Beverly will be in the 4-H Dairy
(“Dottie”) Kreider did not Club too this year for the first and
grow up on a farm but likes living will show an eight-month-old calf,
on the farm and helped by Brenda has been in the Lan
carrying milk before they had a disville 4-H Sewing Club about
pipeline milker and ran the four years and makes her own
tractors before the children were clothes now. She most recently
big enough to help. Now the three made an evening gown to wear to
children help in various ways and her high school Junior-Senior
they have one hired man. Mrs. banquet. Beverly will also be in
Kreider says “We use a lot of the 4-H sewing club this year,
milk and I use a lot m cooking.” Mrs. Kreider, besides keeping
What better way to promote house and cooking for her family,
milk? also works four or five days a
Kreiders have three children.
Brenda, 17, graduating now from
Hempfield High School, took the
commercial course She wants to
take courses to become a dental
technician. She took piano
lessons six years and sang in the
school chorus Brenda helps with
the housework and used to help
with the barn work
Barry, 14, is in seventh grade at
Centerville Junior High School.
He was on the basketball team
last year. He wants to be a far
mer He likes to work with the
steers He feeds the steers, helps
to clean stables, beds the cows,
did some plowing and most of the
harrowing this spring
Beverly is 10 and in Landisville
Elementary School She feeds the
calves and does chores around
the home.
Brenda was one of the con
testants last year in the Lan
caster County Dairy Princess
pageant She has been in the 4-H
Dairy Club six years She had the
champion senior calf two years
ago This animal, “Kristy”, is in
week at Provident Book Store at
Park City, Lancaster, as a
saleslady and helps her aunt,
Alma Benner, in the crafts
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J. Floyd Kreider shows his daughter Brenda’s 4-H animal. '
Now as a 3-year-old, her yearly record is 17,071 of milk and
576 of fat.
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department They are working
with foil this month in crafts.
Mrs. Kreider worked with crafts
at church and some of her own
projects. She will limit her
working at the store to three days
a week this summer. She had
worked at the Kiddie Shoppe at
Park City eight months prior to
working at Provident Book Store.
Dottie is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Hershey who live
east of Lancaster. Her father
developed Dorothea Park which
was named for Dottie. She grew
up near there and graduated
from East Lampeter High
School She worked as a
bookkeeper at the Lancaster
County Bank for two and a half
years after graduation.
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