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Lebanon farmers , businessmen swap
BY SHEILA MILLER
LEBANON How many tunes have you heard the
expression “Walk a mile in someone else’s shoes to un
derstand what they’re gomg through.” The purpose
behind this familiar saying is to try to get people to see the
world from another person’s point of view.
In Lebanon County, in honor of Farm City Week, three
fanners and three commercial businessmen did iust that
they swapped jobs for a day to learn what life is like on
the other side of the fence.
Participating in the exchange were farmers Donald
Bollinger, Albert Moyer, and Abe Hoover. From the city
side came Albert Murry, president of Lebanon Valley
National Bank; Fred Kelly, manager of Sears Robeck and
Co.; and Dave Broderick, administrator of Lebanon’s
Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Willow Maple Farm was the scene of the first farmer, businessman job swap.
Albert Murry, president of the Lebanon Valley National Bank exchanged jobs for
a day with dairyman Donald Bollinger.
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The first exchange in this
experiment in com
munications found A 1 Murry
at the Donald Bollinger
farm. Said Murry, “I was
here at 5 a.m. I beat
Donald to the bam.”
During the morning
milking, while the cows
stood patiently in their
stanchions and milk
streamed through the
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pipeline, Murry said he
observed quite a number of
things For instance, he said,
“I learned that cows have no
teeth up front, and I know
now you just don’t mate any
old cow with any old bull.”
Murry admitted that when
he arrived at the Bollinger
farm, he knew absolutely
nothing about farming. But
by the time breakfast
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Murry, left, has a real feel for farming sampling the moist silage. Partners at
Willow Maple Farm are Donald Bollinger, center, and father Harold Bollinger.
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was ready, Murry said he
found out you “tend to get
very dirty around the farm.”
He beamed with pride
when he remarked he knew
the meaning of some
numbers in the dairy
business “If a cow has a
number like 6.24 on the card
hanging over her in the barn,
the 6 is her style rating, the 2
is a code for her height, and
the 4 indicates her strength
While spending the day at
Willow Maple Farm, Murry
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relatively new management
tool embryc tran
splanting. He also walked
through Bollinger’s broiler
house, and got a second lick
at feeding and milking.
The 44 dairy cows at
Willow Maple are all
registered Holstems with a
DHI record of 20,500 pounds
milk and 698 fat. “Our cows
have been the highest herd in
milk production in Lebanon
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Moyer, dairy farmer, w
the next to participate in t
job exchange. He learn
what it’s like to manage
large department store wh
he sat behind the desk
Fred Kelly, manager
Sears Roebuck and Co. foi
day
Moyer had a pleasa
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