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Bv JOANNE SPAHR
HERSHEY, Pa. - “We’ve
liV ed on this farm for 18
years, and we’ve had a fairly
good average all along, but
L’ve never had them
knocking on our dodr the way
aS do now.” says Mr. and
Mrs William Capp, Elwillo
Farms, Hershey Rl.
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FARM & DAIRY STORE
RD3, Ephrata, PA 17522 (Hinkletown) Phone (717) 354-4631
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Closed lues.. Wed. & Sat. at 5:30 P.M
Holsteins ‘keep them calling’
What has made the
difference in the popularity
of their Holstein herd in the
past five years? The answer
is simple - the addition of 52
red and whites to their
milking herd of 95.
“Just this week we’ve had
calls from Hungary, Canada,
and Wisconsin,” reported
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Mrs. Capp (Elsie) two weeks
ago. “And, we’ve had other
offers from Brazil.”
The prices offered for
these animals are enough to
make a dairyman’s eyes
water, with some bids
equalling more than twice
what the Capps have ever
been offered for black and
white.
“That’s one of the things
that got me interested in
this, “remarks Mrs. Capp.
“When you’re offered $2OO
for a bull calf, you think
twice - especially when
nobody ever offered more
than $75 for a black and
white.” Another figure
the Capps was $2500 for a
two-year-old.
Of course, the big question
at this point is “Why?” That
answer is relatively
uncomplicated. Buyers from
the South American and
European countries like
them, for one thing, and they
also claim that the red
pigment in the animals’
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4,1977
Debbie (left) and Donna Capp pose
with their red and white Holstein FFA
heifers. Both girls are in the first year
with the Lower Dauphin FFA Chapter
and they say they "love it.”
hides helps them to take the
heat better than black and
whites. And, thirdly,
breeders of duel purpose
animals in Switzerland and
Hungary cross the red and
whites with the duel purpose
animals to get more milk
and more feminine frame.
is good.
And, while the prices are
top dollar, the milk
production of the red and
whites is nothing to scoff at
either.
“Several of our red and
whites milk over 100 pounds,
and our top one peaked at 118
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