—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Jan. 10. 197*
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Harold And Donald Bollinger
REGISTERED HOLSTEINS - WILLOW MAPLE FARM
Year 1972 365 day average -12,414 lb. 4 percent milk
Average per day
milk 34 lb. x 48 cows—l 632 lb. x s.lo $163.20
feed cost $2.18 per cow per day x 48 cows $104.64
profit over feed cost per day on 48 cows $ 58.56
- Feed and cost
per day profit overfeed cost
per month profit over feed cost
per year profit over feed cost
Feed cost per hundred lb. milk
This is only talking about milk production and feed cost and these are
only one-half of the overall net profit picture You must also consider the
health of your cows and heifers because this means you won’t have to
replace as many. It also means you will be able to sell replacement animals
to other farmers and this must also be considered in net profit
At the time we started Agri-King (March 1973) the cows were doing
as good as they had ever done. But I knew from past years that they
did not hold production very long At that time no one seemed to talk
much about a balanced feeding ration I was trying to work with my
local feed mill by using averages to try to balance my feeding program.
I could get milk production up, then I would have trouble - down would
come the milk and out would go the coWs It was hard for us to hold
high milk production for any length of time
Some people ask what we have changed in our operation to make
such an increase in milk. Yes, I will not deny that we have more in
terest in our cows now than in 1972, but we can’t say that we spend a
lot more time in the barn in 1975 than we did in 1972 The way we do
things is not always the best way, but this is what we do We fed the
cows gram three times a day in 1972 and in 1975. We fed silage three
times a day in 1972 and in 1975. We use very little bedding under the
cow along with rubber mats and grates over the gutter We milk in the
stall barn and feed the gram there also. We feed the silage outside m
the bunk, except over winter when we feed m the barn and m the
bunk The biggest thing we have changed is that now we know what to
feed —Agri-King tells us how much gram to feed and how much silage
to feed We take a silage sample every two weeks This helps us to
change the gram ration when the silage changes. After all what you
put into the gram mix should supply what is not m the silage.
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leaslern Retina
George F Delong
Regional Manager
225 West Woods Drive
Lititz Pa 17543
Call Collect 717 626 0261
Eastern Lancaster Co
Henry Delong, Jr
Melvin Herr RDI Box 106
RR2 New Holland PA 17557 Quarryville PA 17566
Phone 717 354 5977 Phon e 717 284 2683
Northern Lam
Leo Elliott Ben GreenawaH
313 Wynwood Dr RD2 Conestoga PA 17516
Willow Street PA 17584 phone 717 872 5686
Phone 717 464 4235
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COMPARE THE PROFIT OVER FEED COST OF 1972 WITH 1
outside grain 7 lb. x $.045 $ .31
inside supplement 10 lb. x $.lO $l.OO
corn silage & haylage (D.M.) 29 lb x $.03 $ .87
$2.18
$ 58.56
$ 1,756.80
$21,374.40
$6.41
North Western Lancaster Co
Earl 8 Cinder
RD2 Manheim PA 17545
Phone 717 665 3126
Southern Lancaster Co
Southwestern Lancaster Co
PRO
Chester Co
William Windle
RDI Atglen PA 19310
Phone 215 593 6143
Lebanon Co
Marvin Meyer
RD2 Box 157
Annville PA 17003
Phone 717 867 1445
AGRI-KING
KEY ID PHI
GRESS
( J lO. milk 3.5%)
365 DAYS ROLLING HERD AVG. (.10 differential)
75 ★ALL FIGURES ARE DONE ON TODAY'S PRICES
See Individual Cow Records of Willow Maple Farm Registered
Holsteins on Page 67 of this issue.
Testimonial
There is another thing we have done to help and I think it is a must
to get 20,000 lb. of milk and hold it. We cultured all the cows’ milk
and treated them. Now we culture the cows as they go dry. This way
we know which cows to treat and what to treat them with. If a cow has
no infection, we do not treat her because if the nutrition is right, the
cow will take care of that herself. We also have made some changes in
our milking equipment to get it to function properly. When milking
equipment is in good condition there is one less stress on the cow’s
udder, and this is important to high production.
No, Ido not live with the cows -1 married my wife, not the cows. I try
to take care of the cows as well as I can, but sometimes I don’t think I
get the job done like I should. It seems like there is always more to do
than I get done.
I have heard from other people that we are going to quit the Agri-
King program No, we are not. Once a farmer understands what Agri-
King does, and what they provide for the farmer; I can’t see why he
would quit. If he is having trouble with his cows there is a reason and I
feel he should look for the real reason and not just hunt excuses.
I have found that we must work closely with the Agri-King ser
viceman and the Agri-King office so we all can work in the same
direction
Northeast Berks Co
Roger Heller
RDI, Robesoma, PA
Phone 215 693 6160
Thomas Heist
Mam Street
Alburtis PA 18101
Phone 215 965 5124
NO. MILK
COW YEAR LBS.
13,431 554 4.1%
12,202 503 4.1%
12,215 506 4.1%
13,482 557 4.1%
12,485 492 3.9%
12,414 489 3.9%
15,256 610 4.0%
17,008 657 3.9%
19,598 678 3.5%
20,219 688 3.4%
The last cows purchased Nov. 1971.
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
Dec. 1975
Year 1975 - 365 day average -19,598 lb. 3.4 percent milk
Average per day
milk 53.7 lb. x 48 cows 2577.6 lb. x $.0940—5242.29
feed cost $2.36 per cow per day x 48 cows $113.28
profit over feed cost per day on 48 cows—sl29.ol
- Feed and cost
outside gram 4.1 lb. x $.0866 $ .35
inside gram 12 lb. x $0930 $l.ll
haylage & corn silage (D.M.) 30 lb. x $.03 $ .90
$2.36
per day profit over feed cost $129.01
per month profit over feed cost $3,870.30
(1975) per year profit over feed cost $47,088.65
(1972) per year profit over feed cost $21,374.40
1975 increased net profit over 1972 $25,714.25
Feed cost per hundred lb. milk $4.39
& Northami
iton Co
FAT FAT GROSS
LBS. TEST INCOME
South Central Penna
James L Yoder
Regional Manager
RRI Box 81
Chambersburg PA 17201
Call Collect 717 264 9321
Eastern Franklin Co
Eldon Martin
RDS Waynesboro PA 17268
Phone 717 762 3576 Eastern Washim
Adams Co Area
Earl H Moyer
■I. M RDS Box 277
RR4 Gettysburg*' PA 17325 PjonfToi 739
Phone 717 528 4849 401 /39 513
ALL
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1298.44
1291.05
1601.88
1768.83
1959.80
2001.68
Donald Bollinger
irland Co
Cumbi
Marlin E Ebersole
R 5 Carlisle PA 17013
Phone 717 776 7324
istern Washim
Charlie Campbell
Newville PA
Phone 717 776 757: