Stoltzfus herd (Continued from Page 1) one of the few m the state to program is that of Jacob surpass the 800 pounds of Stoltzfus, Oxford Rl. His is butterfat mark. Milkmg an BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT * J . ’ Most work per gallon of fuel Ist Steiger 3rd Steiger 2nd Steiger KSTEIGER TESTED AGAINST THE OTHERS... 4th Steiger sth John Deere SO WHEN YOU DECIDE ON A NEW FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TRACTOR, average of 58.1 cows throughout the year, Stoltzfus averaged 19,856 pounds of milk and 838 pounds of butterfat per head. Runner-up m the butterfat list is Robert Pepple, another Oxford area dairyman whose 76 Holsteins averaged 19,010 pounds of milk and 770 of butterfat. Jefferson Yoder of Elverson, who took the crown for the previous two years, finished S An average of over 700 pounds of butterfat per Robert Pepple, and Richard Billhine for Ardrossan cow was attained by these Chester County Farms. Al Stoltzfus, holding the largest plaque, dairymen, left to right: George Lamborn, Jefferson accepted it for Jacob K. Stoltzfus, whose herd Yoder, John Stoltzfus, Al Stoltzfus, David Weaver, averaged 838 pounds of butterfat. • ••• MAKE SURE YOU GET THE BEST - STEIGER. Stop by any time and line up a spring demonstration. o, • - \ -m s V TRACTORS WERE ie drawbar horsei ircentai Best Ist Steiger 2nd Steiger 3rd Steiger third with his herd average of 18.473 pounds of milk and 751 of butterfat on 59 cows. The list of dairymen who eclipsed the 700 pounds of butterfat mark continues with: Ardrossan Farms, Villanova, milking 122 Ayrshires, averaged 16,406 pounds of milk and 715 of fat. David E. Weaver, Glen Moore, had his 52 head average 17,992 pounds of milk and 715 of fat. George Lamborn, Nottingham, comes next on the list with 39 cows averaging 18,190 pounds of milk and 707 of butterfat. The final herd to AND WON! Well, the big tractor tests are over. In three important test categories, Steiger showed the others just how good four-wheel drive tractors can really be. Of the 20 current production 4WD tractors on the market that were tested ... well the results speak for themselves. lower 4th Steiger sth Steiger Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 21,1978 break 700 pounds of butterfat was that of John Stoltzfus, Atglen. His 59 cows averaged 17,718 pounds of milk and 701 of fat. Eight more herds averaged more than 650 pounds of butterfat with their herds, and 29 more went above 600 pounds. Chester County’s DHLA average for 1977 stands at 14,238 pounds of milk with a 3 9 per cent test and 551 /' i,.| Quietest cab 1 st Steiger 4th Steiger 2nd Allis-Chalmers sth Steiger/White 3rd Steiger/Steiger/John Deere pounds of butterfat. A year earlier it stood at 13,354 pounds of milk, 3.9 per cent, and 516 pounds of butterfat. That state’s average this year is 14,142 pounds of milk, a 3.9 per cent test, and 545 pounds of butterfat. The average feed cost per hundred pounds of milk is calculated at $4.05, ac cording to DHIA figures for Chester County. 9
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