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Out standing in her field.
Standing out in the field of Maplegrand Farms
in Peru, New York is one outstanding pro
ducer Her name is Maplegrand Rockman
Meadow, and she's produced 165,648 lbs of
milk through 5 lactations' Her average dail
milk since first calving (indudin
has been 94.2 lbs
And that translates to an
average daily income of $9 02'
One reason she’s been so outstanding is
good management Sired by C. Fawcettdale
Ambassador, she was raised by Kermit Irwin
and Family, Peru, NY, highly experienced
and knowledgeable owners of over 220
head of Holstems with 100 milkers
The other reason is Beacon Irwin took ad
vantage of the Beacon Feedback Program,
Good management and Beacon
made her a top producer!
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top producer Following the advice of his
Beacon Dairy Specialist, Irwin has typically
fed her 10-20 lbs. of Beacon Super 30 Con
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high moisture ear corn, corn and oats chop,
and hay (treated with Beacon Hay Pre-Serv)
If you’d like to have better producers, maybe
even super ones like Maplegrand Rockman
Meadow, call your Beacon Advisor We
obviously can’t do everything to make your
cows outstanding, but we sure can help.
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Dairy goats are very
economical animals,
especially these days. You
can get a lot of use out of one
goat. You can drink the
wholesome good-tasting
milk, eat the meat, which
tastes like lamb, and sell the
offspring for a profit.
One myth about goat milk
is that it tastes bad. It
doesn’t! If the milk is
properly taken care of, it
tastes like homogenized
cow’s milk that you buy from
the store! It tastest just the
same, but according to
MDGA, it is better for you.
The goat’s milk has
smaller fat globules, so it is
easier to digest than cow’s
milk. Yet it tastes creamier
than cow’s milk because,
even though the fat globules
are smaller, there are
substantially more of them.
Doctors will very often
recommend goat’s milk to
their patients who have
ulcers. Also, small children
who are allergic to most
foods are usually able to
resume normal eating habits
after drinking the goat’s
milk!
Goat meat, called Chevon,
tastes much like lamb. It has
no wild taste, and it does not
taste strong. Most of the
Cumberland agent
named farm
management specialist
CARLISLE Roland P.
Freund, associate Cum
berland County extension
agent, has been named area
extension farm management
agent.
Thomas B. King, Penn
State associate dean for
extension, points out that
Freund will work closely
with extension agents in
conducting educational farm
management programs in
Adams, Cumberland,
Dauphin, Franklin, Lan
caster, Lebanon, Perry, and
York counties.
He is headquartered in the
York County Cooperative
Extension Service Office.
Freund has been a member
of the Cumberland County
Extension Service staff since
August 1976.
Born and raised in New
Guinea, he was educated in
Australia, received a
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roasts that we have seem to
melt in our mouths because
they are so tender.
What one cow lives on, can
easily feed eight goats. A
single cow takes in more
grain, hay, and silage than
eight goats. Goats are good
browsers, so they don’t
require the high amount of
grain.
If you have goats, or would
like any information about
them, call Roy Van-
DerLmden at 848-5295, Brad
& Terri Wigle at 775-2198, or
Virginia Garnett at 374-4054
for more information about
MDGA and general in
formation about goats. They
meet the second Monday of
each month at the Baltimore
Federal Bank Building in
Westminster, at 7:30 p.m.
The Association will hold
an annual show on June 7 &
8, at the Carroll County Ag
Center. It is one of the
largest shows on the east
coast. Breeders from as far
as New England, South
Carolina, and Ohio come to
show their herds of goats.
The Convention will be
held in Frederick. The
Convention is the best place
to meet interesting goat
breeders and to learn lots
about goats.
diploma of agriculture from
Roseworthy Agricultural
College and majored in
animal science at the
University of New England,
New South Wales, Australia.
He also earned a Master of
Science degree in
Cooperative Extension from
Michigan State University.
Prior to his appointment to
the Penn State Extension
Service staff, he was an
agriculturist for the New
Guinea Lutheran Mission,
and Extension Officer, and
Lecturer in Farm
Management at Vudal
Agricultural College for the
Department of Primary
Industry, Papua, New
Guinea.
He is married to the for
mer Josephine L. Bailey, of
Indianapolis, Indiana. They
are the parents of one son.