y. The two top cows in Lebanon County’s DHIA for last month traded first and second places for milk and butterfat production. Abram Lefever’s “Becky” won the butterfat race with her lactation totals of 23,273 pounds of milk, a 3.6 per cent test and 842 pounds of butterfat. She placed second in milk, Ralph Shirk and Sons’ “Star” placed first in milk and second in butterfat with the following compilations: 23,514 pounds of milk, a 3.5 per cent test, and 833 pounds of butterfat. NAME OF HERD OWNER Dale Hostetter & Sons Kenneth I Sellers Bennetchßros Isaac E. Zimmerman Marvin K. Meyer Willow Maple Farm Mervin W. Horst Robert Martin Edwin E.Funck Irvin Horst M. Luther Bennetch PharesMusser EnosN. Leinbach Willow Maple Farm Abram T. Lefever Clarence Mase Hersheyßare Maurice M. Bennetch Albert F. Moyer Robin N. Ginder Warren L. Lentz CDC A if'l Kl A ° F bottom unloading CONCRETE SILOS... “The Little David bottom unloader allows us to put rye in the silo first, then finish filling with corn silage while continuing to feed rye off the bottom. It has given us fine performance, requiring little maintenance and unloading at a very good speed. We had no trouble with the Little David in extremely cold tem perature, even when top unloaders were frozen." Larry and John Hess Pine View Acres New Danville Pike, RD 6 Lancaster, PA YOU CAN SPEAK OF BOTTOM UNLOADING CONCRETE STAR SILOS TOO. * The "Little David" Unloader A giant answer for bottom unloading silos • Gear Drive Unloading Auger with exclusive radius control. • Specially designed "plow-like" routers for more efficient unloading • Positive hydraulic forward advance • Only two moving parts in the storage area MARCH 1977 PER CENT pep cat NO. ‘ COW DAYS WILK j k BREED COWS IN MILK «-BS. IBS B 3 £3 £3 £3 £8 £3 £3 £3 £3 * weaver Sfwmm stmm. Phone (717) 866-5708 Lebanon DHIA MONTHLY REPORT Pine View Acres, a dairy operation and convenience store, is owned and operated by John and Larry Hess. They farm a total of 160 acres to feed their 120 cow herd. The store is the main object of the dairy and almost all of the milk production is sold through the store. CAR OR WRITE FOR DOR LATEST BROCHURE David Brandt Mark C. Patches Clifford Groff Hershey Bare Vincent A. Wagner Carl J. Bross Sonnen Acres Jessie Wasver Reuben O. Martin Enos N. Zimmerman Arnold Acres Walter M. Martin Norman Kline Harvey T. Bomgardner Walter K.Heisey Marlin Hitz Galen Bollinger Gideon A. Fisher Jr. Daniel B Shirk Hoover Farms Ernest P. Detweiler Fort Zeller Farm Donald G. Hoffer Lewis M. Wemer Huberts. Miller Luke I Patches Jessie Weaver MarkCopenhaver Femdale Farms Walter M. Martin Abram T. Lefever Ray R. Sattazahn Leon H. Kline H W & Eugene Martin Geo & Vincent Arnold Harold Wampler & Son Warren Heffelfinger Raymon & Marlin Getz Ralph D. Shirk & Sons Raymond H. Zimmerman B 3 San Bo Holsteins B 3 Ernest Wagner Elnjer M. Martin Jr. Christian High Jr. Arthur R. Krall John Brubaker RD4 Myerstown, Pa. Silos since 1901 - Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 30, 1977—. B 8 B 3 B 3 B 3 B 3 B 3 B 3 B 3 B 3 B 3 G 3 B 8 B 3 B 3 G 3 B 3 B 3 B 3 [Continued on Page 94] John and Larry place on display some of the 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of milk they sell each week in their store. In addition to milk, they also process and sell fruit juices, ice tea, and freeze their own ice cream. INC. ★ It’s a family tradition. 9:
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