—Lancaster Farming,.Saturday, Dec. 4,1976
32
Pa. Outstanding Young Farmer breeds to
By JUDY MITCHELL
Berks Co. Reporter
MOHRSVILLE, Pa. - At
home on Reu-Hel Farms,
Mohrsville Rl, Elwood
Ohlinger took time out with
Lancaster Farming to
consider his recent honor of
being named the Pa. Young
Farmers Association Out
standing Young Farmer
(over thirty years of age).
A member of the PYFA for
six years, Elwood outlined
the basic functioning of the
Association and explained
that the term “Young
Farmer” applies to any
farmer willing to leam; but
he was noticeably less eager
to explore how his
willingness to leam had led
to his receiving the Out
standing Farmer award his
first year in the competition.
Obviously modest about
citing his own ac
complishments in farming to
date, it took some prodding
to get Elwood to concede that
production figures required
in his application certainly
pointed to a sound
management of Reu-Hel. His
wife Ruth further advanced
that owning their farm may
have been a contributing
factor.
Elwood recalled that he
began working at Reu-Hel
when he and Ruth were
married in 1961. Ruth’s
father, Reuben Field, owned
Reu-Hel at that time, and
Elwood continued to work
for him until he entered the
business as a corporate
owner in 1967. In 1972, he
said, he and Ruth bought out
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the corporation and since
then have managed' to
purchase the farm from
Field, who Elwood says is
now retired but a reliable
helping hand at Reu-Hel.
The Ohlinger’s own 200 of
the 405 acres they farm and a
220-head dairy operation
which includes 120 milking
cows, 95 heifers and five
service age bulls.
Elwood finally determined
that the work he has ac
complished with registered
Holstein cattle was probably
an important factor in his
receiving the Outstanding
Farmer award. Besides an
impressive rolling herd
average which has climbed
even higher than that stated
on his application to its
present 16,910 pounds of milk
and 589 pounds of fat, some
excellent cows have enabled
Elwood to breed six bulls
which - are AI studs'’
throughout the United States
and a seventh which was
exported to France. Among
the five bulls he still owns is
Big Mac, the reserve grand
champion at this year’s
Eastern Champion Holstein
Show. Also, through his
membership in the Berks
County Holstein Association,
Elwood attended the Sire
Power school and is certified
to do his own artificial
breeding. For this purpose
he maintains a liquid nitro
tank which preserves semen
indefinitely.
A firm believer in the
advantages a farmer gains
through Association
membership, Elwood
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number of organizations.
Besides being president of
the Berks County Holstein
Association, he is a director
on the county DHIA board, a
committeeman on the
Agway-Berks Way Zone;
and was recently elected
president of the Kutztown
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