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management, and a good
r tilling program.
“I didn’t do anything
anybody else couldn’t have
done," Bollinger said,
stating his belief.
He and his son have been
breeding the cows with A.I.
since 1944 and they’ve raised
nearly all their animals,
purchasing very few. Ac
cording to DHIA records,
they culled 24 per cent of
their animals last year, and
are members of DHIR.
Meyer milks- 83 head of
both registered and grade
Holsteins. All totalled, he
owns 150 head. One
management practice that
he feels has led to his high
butterfat record is his feed
testmg program which he
has been on for four years.
During a Lebanon County
progress report, Greg Solt,
county Extension agent,
noted that Lebanon County
iranks third in Pennsylvania
Ifor milk and butterfat
production. The county
average per cow pounds of
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milk was 14,882 pounds, up
over last year’s average by
543 pounds and over the state
average by 740 pounds.
According to Penn State’s
records, die increase for this
year was the largest single
increase Lebanon County
has experienced in any
single year up to this pomt.
Average butterfat for the
county was also up by 20
pounds and was over the
state average by the same
amount.
In a statement predicting
the outlook for Lebanon
County dairying in the
future, Solt envisioned
positive advances taking
place due mainly to three
things: a total balanced, all
in one feed ration which
challenges the animal;
genetic upgrading through
artificial insemination; and
increased production
through the use of the
somatic cell counting.
“By using A. 1., we put the
genetics of the top cow
families in our herds and we
end up with cows that are 95
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per cent made up of the best
cow families,” stated Solt.
“But, feeding is our mam
problem--we’re not
challenging the cows
enough,” he stated. The key
to this as Solt sees it is the
total balanced, all-in-one
feed ration through which
only one mix, composed of
grains and roughages and
perfectly balanced with
minerals and vitamins, is
fed to all cows.
To prepare this mixture,
forages are tested,
bodyweight and production
of cows are taken into ac
count, and a production level
is aimed for. The mixture is
then made and fed to all
cows. Findings show that
cows will limit themselves to
the amount of feed they
actually need, balancing
their ration to the amount of
energy they expend. The
results are as good, and
sometimes better, with this
method as with other feeding
programs.
The somatic cell count,
which detects subclinical
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the greatest improvement m
danjing sir . amlicial
insemination. For the past 18
months, Lebanon, along with
several others counties in
Pennsylvania, has been on a
pilot program with the
machine. The program was
recently officially accepted
and a second machine
purchased. It will now
become a statewide
program with only 20 per
cent of the dairymen on test
able to use it. Therefore, all
Lebanon County dairymen
were encouraged to put their
name on a waiting list to be
accepted.
Harold Bollinger, state
director, also reported to the
group that the DHIA
recently hired an ad
ministrative assistant who
will work at the state level.
Included in the evening’s
events was the recognition of
33 herds with over 600
pounds of butterfat. These 33
herds represented one-third
of all herds on the Lebanon
County DHIA. Those herds
were; Dale Hostetter and
Sons, Annville R 2; Bennetch
Bros., Myerstown R 2; Ar
nold Acres, Lebanon R 2;
Donald G. Hoffer, Lebanon
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 5,1977
R 4; Mervin Horst,
Newmanstown Rl; Edwin E.
Funck, Jonestown Rl; David
Brandt, Annville Rl;
Raymond and Marlin Getz,
Myerstown R 4; Issac E.
Zimmerman, Lebanon;
Clarence Mase, Lebanon;
Sonnen Acres, Richland Rl;
Hubert S. Miller, Myerstown
R 2; Albert F. Moyer,
Lebanon; M. Luther Ben
netch, Newmanstown Rl;
Kenneth I. Sellers, Lebanon
R 4; Hershey Bare, Lebanon
R 2; Clifford Groff, Lebanon;
Reuben 0. Martin, Myer
stown R 2; Simeon K. Zook,
Newmanstown; Mark C.
Patches, Lebanon; Phares
Z. Musser, Newmanstown
Rl; Harvey T. Bomgardner,
Annville R 3; Abram T.
Lefever. Jonestown Rl;
Robert Martin, Myerstown
It’s accident
season
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and other groups who mav
find it helpful. She expressed
great appreciation to the
Extension service for
helping develop the slide set.
The slide set emphasizes
all areas of potential danger
on the farm, from unguarded
power take-offs, to standing
m front of a tractor wheel
while talking to the driver, to
“baby’sitting” while doing
work around the farm. It
pointed out that slow moving
vehicle emblems which are
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The ribbons for these
awards were presented by
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Also during the meeting,
the election of two directors
took place. Harvey
Bomgardner, Annville R 3,
and David Brandt, Annville
Rl; were elected to fill in
spots in two associations.
faded or improperly
displayed are of little use.
Safety on the farm is of
importance to every family
member, and the slide set
urges that each member be
made constantly aware of
potential hazardous
situations, pointing out that
children leam good and bad
habits from their parents.
The narrator on the slide
set suggests that everyone
give his farm a safety check.
After all, “When was the last
time you expected an ac
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