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another Holstein dairyman with 44 head. Lucas was in the
process of adding on to his cow barn when we called on him.
One of the first things a visitor sees is a spring fed pond
between the house and the bam. It’s filled with the same
sparkling clear water that goes to the cows.
Like all the model herds in the study, the Lucas animals
form a fairly steady population. One of the goals of the
project was to find herds with low rates of turnover, under 28
percent, and Lucas falls well within that range. And, like all
the herds in the project, both the model ones and those with
problems. Lucas is on OHIA test.
Production in the Lucas herd averages a respectable 14,800
pounds of milk per year and 545 pounds of fat. He grows 90
acres of com, 30 of oats and 50 acres of hay to feed his herd.
Hay is fed free choice in the summer, and ten pounds per
animal per day in the winter.
“I believe in feeding a mixed forage,” Lucas told the
group. “I like soybeans and dry grain, and I’ve always fed
oats, even when I’m feeding high moisture com.” Lucas
recently purchased a portable grinder-mixer so that can
prepare his own feed. “I want to know exactly how it’s
mixed,” he explained.
Like most of the Project 1870 animals, the Lucas herd is a
family operation with 50 to 60 cows. Choosing the model herds
was in itself quite a project, according to Dr. Richard
Adams. “We went through 120 possible herds before we found
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Lucas owns one of the model herds in the study.
herd, the more intensive the farming, and the more problems
you’re going to find ”
“The trick now / is to find another 10 problem herds,”
Adams added. If the problems in these herds can be studied
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Agribusiness firms, largely through their tradeassoclation,
Penn Ag Industries, have already poured some |7OOO into the
project. Breed organizations, AI cooperatives and some
individuals have sent in contributions, too, but more money is
needed, the researchers said, to carry on the work to its
conclusion.
Dairymen who wish to contribute to the reasearch project
can do so by sending a check directly to Dr. Robert Flipse,
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