Vd. 20 No. 33 Dave Martin, aboard Cracker Jacks, tries to mark his horse for the best score of the day during a rodeo York County Youth Realizes Dream As Rodeo Promoter Many young people dream of the careers they would like to pursue however, many often find it difficult to make their ideals come true. One young man, however Area Counties Select Dairy Princesses Donna Akers, Lan caster County Dairy Princess earlier in the season. The young man hails from Menges Mills, York County. has seen his dream come true but by a lot of hard work, planning and deter mination. David Martin, 21, York County, has become one of the youngest rodeo Four brand new princesses were crowned last weekend as area dairy princess committees wrapped up weeks and months of preparation and hard work. On Friday night. Dauphin County’s new princess was crowned, and on Saturday evening, shining crows rested for the first time on the heads of young ladies from Berks, Chester and Lancaster Counties. Pictured here are three of 4 the winners, with more photos inside. Yet to come are the York County contest, set for today, June 28, and the Lebanon County com petition slated also for this evening. Winners from each of the Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 28, 1975 promoters and professional cowboys here in the eastern United States, and will see his work pay off on July 4,5, 6 when the gates will open on [Continued on Page 22) Cathy Yanos, Berks County Dairy Princess. Planning, Hard Work Bring Dairy Success A breeding program faith fully followed for more than two decades, combined with a controversial approach to herd health and a feeding program they believe in have made the father-son partnership of Harold and Donald Bollinger one of Lebanon County’s leading milk producing teams. The Bollingers’ rolling herd average in June, with 44 cows, was 19,151 pounds of milk and 678 of fat. To feed their herd of Registered Holsteins, the Bollingers grow some 80 acres of silage corn and 2S to 30 acres of alfalfa on their 165-acre farm just outside Kieinfeltersville. “We should have more land,” Harold, the elder Bollinger told Lancaster Farming, “but land is just too expensive to either buy or rent around here." The Bollingers used to grow some tobacco to flesh out the milk checks, but gave that enterprise up when they put in a 72,000-bird contract broiler operation. Although In This Issue FARM CALENDAR 10 Markets 2-6 Sale Register 64 Farmers Almanac 8 Classified Ads 24 Editorials 10 Homestead Notes 38 Home on the Range 44 Junior Cooking Edition 43 Sale Reports 71 Country Comer 38 Organic Living 47 Thoughts in Passing 56 Berks Dairymen 50 Lancaster DHIA 48 Home Canning 40 Facts for Dairymen 49 contests will compete in the State Dairy Princess Contest in September. Lancaster County For sixteen-year-old Donna Akers Saturday was not only the longest day of the year but surely the most exciting. Donna was crowned the 1975 Lancaster County Dairy Princess at the Farm and Home Center, concluding a day of in terviews and an evening of festivities. Donna is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Akers, Quarryville R 2, and will be a senior at Solanco High School. She was crowned by outgoing Dairy Princess Diane Crider. Donald does most of the work in the chicken house, both partners share equally in the farm work. Harold Bollinger was a foresighted dairyman back in 1943 when he signed up for DHIA, and a year later when he started his artificial breeding program. Type is very important to the Bollingers. “We look at a cow’s type and try to breed her to a bull that will correct her weaknesses,” Donald said. “We look for produc tion, too. We don’t use too many minus PD (predicted difference) bulls.” Two of the favorite Bollinger studs right now are Harrisburg Gay Ideal and Whittier Farms Apollo Rocket. “Rocket has the highest PD in the world,” Berks Farm Family Chosen The Feryl Treichler Family, Kutztown R 3, were recently named as the Berks County Farm Family of 1975. Honored at a banquet in Bernville and also at the Reading Fair this past week, the Treichlers explained that their secret to success is to accept losses and to “keep plugging along.” The Treichler family, including sons, Keith and Rodney share in the farm and are active members of the Virginville Grange. Their farm consists of fifty owned acres and another 210 which are rented. Hay, alfalfa and corn are the Sandy Evans, Chester County Dairy Princess. $3.00 Per Year Harold said. “His daughters give 2361 pounds of milk more than their herdmates. But he has a minus PD in type because of a weak rump. If we have a cow whose rump isn’t all it should be, we won’t breed her to Rocket.” Bollinger pointed out, though, that no matter how good the breeding, cows won’t perform according to their genetic ability unless they’re fed right Com silage and baylage are the mainstays of the Bollinger feeding program. The com silage is kept in a bottom-unloading sealed concrete silo, while the haylage goes into a top unloading silo. They buy vitamins and minerals from (Continued on Page 19] principal crops raised along with a dairy operation. Mrs. Treichler is a busy farm wife who enjoys can ning and freezing their produce as well as sewing and collecting recipes. Pie baking is also one of her favorite pastimes and one she is quite good at, having won the grand champion honors in the pie baking contest at the 1973 Kempton Fair. The varied farm related activities of all the Treichler family leaves little doubt that they are indeed Berks County’s Outstanding Farm Family. First Alternate was Lisa Rae Hoover, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mis. Raymond M. Hoover, Gap Rl. lisa will be a senior at Pequea Valley High School. Debra Crider, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Crider, Nottingham R 2, was selected Miss Congeniality in balloting by the eight con testants. The setting was old fashioned, with a touch of red, white and blue to accent the bicentennial theme, but the contest was thoroughly modem. There were flowing dresses, happy smiles and quick answers as the girls competed for the right to represent Lancaster (Continued on Page 12]
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