Lebanon Co. DHIA (Continued from Page A 22) Edwin E Funck 3 Lane Menn Hosp 3 Lane Menn Hosp 3 Albert F Moyer 3 San Bo Holstems 3 Walter K Heisey B 3 P &Chas Heffelfmger3 Walter M Martin B 3 Irvin Horst 3 M H Bomberger/Sonß3 Lloyd Burkholder Jr G 3 Mervm G Weaver B 3 Hoover Farms 3 John D Bomgardner 3 Leon H Kline 3 MarkCopenhaver B 3 Richard L Heilmger B 8 Phares Z Musser 3 Dennis Wampler B 3 RoyE Nolt B 3 Marlin D Heisey B 3 Mervm W Horst B 3 Marlin Hitz B 3 Ernest Wagner 3 CY Bomberger B 3 RoyH Weaver B 3 Marlin M High B 3 James Zimmerman B 3 Melvin Krall B 3 Russel S Houser 3 Lloyd Burkholder Jr G 3 Ferndale Farm 3 San Bo Holstems 3 Jesse L Weaver B 3 Norman Kline 3 Irvin Z Burbaker B 3 Raymon & Marlin Getz 3 Hoover Farms No 2 B 3 Jesse L Weaver B 3 Rayß Sattazahn B 3 John Brubaker B 3 DANIEL SCHRACK BREAKS 9 TON ALFALFA BARRIER L. to R.: A.A. Hansen, Waterman Loomis Co. , Daniel Schrack, Kevin Schrack winners. Plant WL WL 311 1 Q 8.08 Tons Hay Per Acre JL 3120 Lbs. Crude Protein 9335 Lbs TDN Per Acre BEACHLEY-HARDY FIELD and GRASS SEEDS Clyde E Deck G 3 Isaac E Zimmerman 3 Marlin M High B 3 IvanM Weiler B 3 Warren Hetrick R H Zimmerman B 3 Richard L Heilmger B 8 J C Zimmerman B 3 Galen Bollinger B 3 Eugene Martin B 3 Harold D Myer B 3 Lester Martin B 3 Melvin M Nolt B 3 EnosN Zimmerman B 3 Larry G Shuey B 3 Maurice M Bennetch 3 Harold D Myer B 3 Enos N Lembach 3 Geo & Vincent Arnldß3 Jeffrey D Rymotf B 3 Linford L Halteman B 3 S Mt Echo Fm B 3 Lentzdale Farms B 3 Donald G Hoffer B 3 Lindord L Halteman B 3 David E Zimmermanß3 A Ralph McCrone B 3 Arthur R Krall B 3 Carl J Bross G 3 Bucher Brothers B 3 Hollow Pride Farm B 3 H E Bomgandner B 3 Jacob N Smith & Son 2 Enos N Lembach 3 Dennis L Showers B 3 Raymond K Martin B 3 David E Zimmermanß3 Carl J, Bross B 3 Robert Sollenberger G 4 David B Lehman B 3 Richard Batz 3 R H Emnch & Son B 3 Amos Balsbaugh Jr 3 Thomas E HostetterßS ThomasE HostetterßS 4 of the top 6 Champions Penn State alfalfa growing contest average of 4 WL winners. Distributed by Shiremanstown, Pa. 17091 70 5 85 1 21 0 88 1 37 0 719 64 5 84 2 B 3 35 0 87 4 912 29 0 83 6 89 3 81 7 134 6 92 9 912 83 4 226 1 86 7 56 2 86 6 50 5 91 7 67 4 93 3 63 1 82 1 1214 89 7 224 0 89 1 32 3 77 5 122 8 82 9 319 79 5 41 7 85 0 103 2 96 5 67 5 80 5 46 9 74 7 41 1 85 2 49 0 81 4 315 93 7 640 75 4 716 95 8 39 9 810 38 5 78 9 46 0 81 0 82 3 82 8 33 2 77 3 39 6 88 7 410 76 6 48 6 82 1 67 3 100 0 37 4 93 0 33 1 77 9 28 0 72 7 94 0 881 38 7 69 1 35 2 72 6 36 0 72 7 9.16 TONS ALFALFA YIELD IN 1979 PENNSYLVANIA ALFALFA GROWING CONTEST USING WL-311 (Clinton County, Pennsylvania) WITH MPR * MULTIPLE PEST RESISTANCE WL3I2 WL3IB Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1980—A23 Kenneth E Ober G 3 D & D Bucher G 3 Gluck-Auf Farm 00 Donald Bomberger 4 John H Tschudy B 1 James E Gelsinger B 3 John H Stick 1 Den Mar Goat Dairy B 8 ten! ©airy ,A~/ Business 1 ' 8$ 1 Newton Bair TRADITIONAL VALUES CAN WE AFFORD THEM? Southeastern Penn sylvania is tourist country. Why do the Auslanders like to visit here? There are lots of reasons, but let’s look at some of the ones that relate to the business of breeding and milking cows. First of all, the eye of the tourist or traveler is always attracted to anything that suggests permanence and stability. Large, substantial houses of stone or brick, or nicely pamted wood, often set the stage for that first impression that our visitors get when they come to visit our farms. The second glance takes in the bams, fences, lanes and fields, and with some good cows in sight, the picture is com plete. The viewer is content with a feeling of permanence and security. Most of the time, anyhow. This impression of solidness and stability is a part of the Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. Everything is neat and orderly, spic and span. We have a right to be proud and there’s nothing wrong with it. So, why am I raising any questions about it? Why? Only because of the crazy economics of the times in which we live. The kind of permanence that is symbolized by brick, block and stone has become outrageously expensive. So costly, m fact, that the very permanence which it symbolizes is threatened. A tremendous lesson m how some folks view these values was illustrated to a group of Lebanon County farmers recently. We had a two day tour of some of the finest dairy breeding establishments in Virginia. Swinging down through the Shenandoah Valley to Harrisonburg, then across the Skyline Drive and north through the Piedmont Region to the east, we visited a number of top breeding herds and met the family owners who developed them. At every stop we got the same feeling - these folks love their cows, know their cows and are proud of their cows. But you rarely see anything that resembles the housing and solid structures we are accustomed to in Southern Pennsylvania. Make no mistake, the cows are well bred, well fed and housed m what we might call functional shelters. Old barns or sheds are 31 1 302 349 21 9 26 5 27 3 22 7 48 35 0 65 6 280 50 4 38 6 52 0 35 1 16 0 frequently used to shelter some of the finest breeding stock in the country, either on a well bedded pack, or m crude wooden box stalls. New housing may consist of rows of free-stalls with only a simple flat roof to keep the stall dry. You rarely see a dairy structure that is designed for the comfort of the operator! But the cows like it alright and, of course, they are paying the bills. Paying the bills is the whole point I’m trying to make. We’ve reached a point in history where we must decide whether a dollar (usually a borrowed one) spent today will return the price of using it, plus a few cents extra to repay us for the pleasure of making it work for us. It is bnck, stone and cement that pays the bills, or is it Ragis, Mitzi, and Marla? At Round Oak, one of the truly great breeding establishments in the east, and the home of Round Oak Rag Apple Elevation, there were at least a dozen ex cellent daughters of this famous bull wondering in and out of a simple, un painted shed. No fancy housing here, but they had all the comforts and provisions necessary for producing 20,000 to 30,000 pounds of milk and turning out high quality offspring just like themselves. There was a new silo and a modem free stall bam, but Ron Hope, one of the junior partners, was almost apologetic in explaining their need for new facilities. The emphasis was on cows. Breeding, feeding and management. Not buildings. The same was true everywhere we went. The sons of the family, after completing college, come back to the farm and become true students of dairy science. Their talents and enthusiasm is directed at breeding the best and making it pay. The im pression we got was one of permanence and stability. Not because they had in vested in buildings, but because they put their talents where the money is - their cows. We need to hold dear the traditional values of beauty, permanence and con venience that is so dear to the Dutch Country. But let’s make sure we don’t go broke, meanwhile. "*1 JO NUTRITIOUS 1 17 1 14 1 13 1 11 1 09 0 98 0 89 0 15
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