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or 717-733-2153
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56 heifers, calves and dry
cows and, this year, 12
steers. They grow 72-acres of
alfalfa, 117 acres of com, 12
acres of wheat and they have
some land in pasture. The
bulk of the corn crop is sold
on the open market as ear
corn. Some 56 acres of corn
are put into one of the two
Aerial Ladder Equipped
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HENRY K. FISHER
2322 Old Phila. Pike
Lancaster, Pa. 17602
PAUL BOYER
President
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Harvestores on the farm as
high moisture shelled corn.
Haylage goes into the other
Harvestore, a 20’ x 70’ unit
with a bottom unloader.
“We’ve been on a haylage
program since 1971,” Bill
said, “and I’m convinced
that it’s paying out for us.
Since we started with
haylage, we’ve cut back on
our purchased protein by at
least two-thirds.”
Before they started with
haylage, Bill said they were
buying about 36 tons of 36-
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percent protein every year
for the same size herd they
now have. Now they’re
buying some ten tons of
protein annually, to sup
plement the haylage which
comes out of the silo with an
approximately 18-percent
protein content.
Fresh cows and cows in
full production are fed
supplemental protein until
their daily milk production
drops below 50 pounds. After
that they get only haylage,
along with the rest of the
animals.
With the Mertzes relative
independence from outside
feed sources, they would
seem to be in pretty good
shape to weather the
economic crisis facing many
of their dairy colleagues who
must buy all of their protein.
“But even though we make
our own feed, we’ll still be
making less money this year
than last,” Bill said.
“Fertilizer and fuel are up
way out of proportion, and
our milk price has actually
dropped below last year’s.
“In 1973, our bill for spring
LARRY GROFF
Salesman
JOHN KAUFFMAN
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Bookkeeper
CRAIG BOYER
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fertilizer was $6OOO. This
year we paid $8125 for the
same amount of fertilizer. I
don’t know what we’re going
to pay next year. I don’t want
to think about it. I was told
we could probably get
nitrogen, but nobody knows
yet what the price is going to
be.”
With prices going up daily
even as milk prices take a
nosedive, the Mertzes plan to
stick with their haylage
program. “We feel wo get
more milk to the acre with
haylage,” Bill said. “This
year we took off ten tons of
45-percent moisture haylage
to the acre. It’s feed and it
saves on labor, too. With just
the two of us, we had our first
cutting into the silo by the
end of May. We don’t lose
very much of our crop to the
weather, either.”
Good Use dub
Spreads Cheer
For Christmas
by: Tillie M. Gibson
Extension Nutrition Aide
Supervisor,
Lancaster County
A family of foster mother,
daughter and her children
will have a pleasant holiday
because of the teens and
leaders of the Good Use 4-H
Community Club.
The Club packed a
Christmas box of presents
and food for the two little
boys and women. Nancy
Garman crocheted a scarf
and Joe Forry and Rosezella
Thomas got toys. The rest of
the group supplied the ham,
rice, collard greens, slab
bacon (to cook with greens),
sweet potatoes, fruit and
Henry Gibson baked the
Christmas cookies. The
Christmas story was read
from Luke 2:1-16 by Bonita
Dennison. The rest of the
Club sang Christmas Carols
with a closing prayer by
David Weaver. The Good
Use Club meets in Lancaster
inner-city at the South
Christian Street Mennonite
Church.
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