If—UacastTFanrißg,-Saturday, Novmnfcw 25,1978 Pa, 9 s outstanding grassland farmers chosen UNIVERSITY PARK - Six Pennsylvania farmers, who operate some of the most efficient forage cropping systems in the state, have been named winners of the 1978 Out standing Grassland Far mers Awards presented by the Pennsylvania Grassland Council. Winners of 1978 Outstanding Grassland Farmer Andreas Rl; Albert Miller, Andreas Rl; Robert H. Awards from left are: R. Wayne Harpster, Spruce Jones; Bath Rl. Dr. John E. Baylor, right, Penn Creek; James E. Rider, Warriors Mark; Stanley State Extension agronomist, served as contest Burkholder, Chambersburg Rl; Dennis Rex, coordinator,^ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT TOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES LISTED BELOW LEON B. HERSHEY Box 265 Paradise, PA 717-442-4807 B. RUSSELL SAUDER . ALVIN FSH R5 ’ PA Box 72 Intercourse. PA 717-665-4153 717-768-3128 JASON E. MILLER 169 Strasburg Pike Lancaster, PA 717-393-7244 WM.J. YODER 23 N Bridge St Christiana, PA 215-593-2101 MARLIN J GEESAMAN Rt 2 Box 286 A Newport, PA 717 582-4598 Included in the list of winners were: Albert Miller and Dennis Rex, Andreas Rl, who received the award along with the other winners on Penn State’s main campus. Dennis Rex has an off farm job but contributes materially to the farm labor force. The farm is in- RAY E. HILLARD. JR. Rl, Box ?20A Milroy, PA -717-567-2421 PAUL BITTNER Germansviltej PA 215-767-7140 H. MELVIN CHARLES Rl Washingtonßoro, PA 717-684-5783 PETE CALDWELL Rl Windsor, PA 717-246-1046 corporated and goes by the - acres in clover-grass, and name of Miller and Rex, Inc. the remainder in grass. A small farm, cropland Although 20 acres of haycrop consists of 60 acres owned are ensiled for summer and 145 acres rented. There feeding, the majority of the are approximately 55 acres -hay-crop acreage goes into of cam grown .with about hay. half harvested for silage and This past September, their the other half as ear com. 36-cow Holstein herd About 40 acres are planted in alfalfa-grass mixtures, 30 Figure it for yourself. You get top feed eonversion & better daily gains with Bovotone 12-D. Relying on homegrown grain and roughage this year? Make your cattle more feed-efficient by forti- - If your feed supply is low, oryou simply want better fying their rations with Bovotonel2-D. feed efficiency, fortify with Bovotone No. 76. This Grain and grain silage, while high m energy, are highly potent pre-mix contains Rumensin* plus all low in minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients that the vitamins and minerals needed to properly for promote top performance. Bovotone 12-D corrects tify feedlot rations. You can save over 10 percent on these deficiencies and encourages maximum feed your feed supply, and that means more profit for intake when high levels of silhge are fed. ' you. - ' _ Keep your out-of-pocket costs low throughout growing and finishing periods by using the most economical source of additional protein available. Bovotone 12-D makes a difference you can take to the bank. Your figures will prove it. PRE-MIXES RALPH E, BRUNGART Loganton, PA 717-725-2355 WERTZ BROTHERS R 5 Danville, PA 717-275-4407 CHESTER SOLTYS, JR Spring City, PA 215-948-3647 JAMES STUTZMAN SONS R 3 Kutztown, PA 215-683-7198 215-682-2624 SHERWOOD A. WITMER Box 138 Berrysburg, PA averaged about 18,700 pounds of, .milk and 739 717-362-8823 pbtmds of butterfat with a $1,177 return over feed cost percow. . ; _ .v. - Home grown grains, com, oats, and wheat, make up about 80 per cent of the grain requirements of the milking herd. Wilbur and- Stanley Burkholder, Chambersburg Rl.also receivedihe award, a plaque. - ' Burk-Lea Farms consists of 225 acres of owned cropland in addition to 50 acres which are rented. There are 28 acres of per manent pasture used as forage for dry cows and heifers. The first, second, and fourth cuttings^of the 100 acres of alfalfa grown are stored as medium moisture silage in a sealed silo. Most of the third cutting of hay is field cured and baled by a conventional squarejialer. Corn silage, ap proximately 45 acres, is stored in a conventional tower silo and an additional 100 acres harvested as Shelled grain and stored as high-moisture corn in a sealed silo. Approximately 15 acres each nf wheat and, barley complete the crop ping program.- The Burkholder 100-cow herd of Holsteins produce an average of 17,500 pounds of milk and 630 pounds of butterfat per cow with a $1,126 return over feed cost. Over 730,000 pounds of milk per man were sold in 1977. Fifty per cent of the forage for the milking herd is provided by corn :v Use 10% less feed with Bovotone No. 76 -Now is the time to compare. See your Vigortone dealer so6n. He’s ready to com pare the performance of Vigortone’s low-cqst cattle feeding programs with any other you name. * Rumensm is Elanco’s trademark for monensui sodium 1- * 1 Especially New! THOMAS R. WORTHINGTON R 3 Muncy, PA 717-546-2313 - , PAUL L. KREIDER R 2 Palmyra, PA 717-964-3791 WILMERJ. WEAVER Rl Fredericksburg, PA 717-865-6710 J. CLYDE BRUBAKER 2418 Harrisburg Pike Lancaster, PA 717-898-8984 C. GEORGE BOOK R 2, Box 80 Mifflintown, PA 717-527-2228 per cent by alfslfa hay-crop' silage, and 10 per cent by alfalfa hay. Almost three fourths of the grain fed is supplied by high-moisture shelled corn. 1 Manure and milkhouse waste water are stored in an earthen lagoon which ' provides six months storage. James E. Rider, Warriors Mark, was also named a winner. He owns 160 acres of cropland and 40 acres of pasture, grows ap proximately 90 acres of alfalfa and alfalfa-timothy mixed and TO acres of com. The first, second, and fourth cuttings of hay'are wilted ''and stored in aconventional tower silo. The remainder the hajncrop is partially field cured then fan finished using* natural air. Thirty-five “acres of com are harvested for silage and stored in silo. The other 35 acres of com are harvested as high moisture ground ear com. The 7(kK)w Holstein herd is housed in free-stalls. The herd averages ap proxunately'l6,9oo of milk and 673 pounds of hutterfat with a $1,167 return over feed cost percow. Milk sold per man was almost 500,000 pounds in 1977. Currently, bunker-type manure storage is under ■. construction to handle slurry manure from the milking herd and the free-stall heifer facilities. - R. Wayne Harpster^ i;- DAVID RADWANSKI Box 51, R 2 Mehoopany, PA 717-833-2752 ELAM G. HOOVER R 2, Box 531 Reading, PA 215-926-2908 CHRISTIAN L. STOLtZFUS R 2, Box 409 Elverson, PA 215-286-5995 ELWIN H. REAM Hughesville, PA 717-584-4085 ill (Turrito Page. 24) \ *-r _ O * * \ " V t* * •* I * D & T s
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