Al4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 6,1980 Dairy partners x _ - t decided to milk three times a day, something the arrangement allows easily Lamar says three times a day milking had been on his mind for several years, but he was unable to implement it when he was milking alone in rented facilities Now, Harold takes the 6 00 a m milking with Lamar milking snd 10 DO p m It takes just one person to milk their 60 cows with the bucket system they use Lamar said, “Neither of us wanted a pipeline because we like to see how much milk they give Often I weigh each time I milk ” The three times daily milking just began in Sep tember so Lamar says it’s too early to make a judgement He says, We can’t tell yet, but they are definitely giving more milk You have to feed more but we believe that the more you feed, according to produc tion, the more money you will make ” Lamar says they want to give the milking routine a year before making a fmal decision “If we come to the point where it is not doing good for us anymore we wouldn’t hesitate to quit Right now we have no plans for quitting.” He said the extra work that goes with three tunes a day milking doesn’t bother them because they have just 71 acres of land to farm We have time,” he states, ad ding that his father does most of the field work and he is happy to do most of the care of the cows It takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes at each milking Both men enjoy the Keep pigs warm NORRISTOWN - Growing and finishing pigs need a warm place to lay if they are to gain efficiently. Make sure they are warm enough so they spread out in the sleeping area and don’t pile up, reminds Nancy M. Kadwill, Montgomery County Agent Insulated side walls and solid partitions in the sleeping areas helps keep them warm In cold buildings, hovers may be necessary to keep them from piling up Hovers need to be managed. The colder the buildings and outside temperature, the deeper JimO MILLER DIESEL INC. 6030 Jonestown Rd. Jm Harrisburg, Pa. 17112 ASSOCIATION OF 717-5A^-W3l DIESEL SPECIALISTS mtersiafe ll l?it 26 Diesel fuel injection and turbo charger specialists. Locally owned and operated with over 22 years in business. Authorized Sales & Service For: • American Bosch • CAV • Robert Bosch • Simms • Rossa Master • RotoMaster • Airsearch We Also Service: • IHC • Caterpillar • Cummins • General Motors injectors • Allis Chalmers • Blowers, governors etc. • Bacharach Tools Daily shipments by UPS, Parcel Post, or our representative who is in area regularly. flexibility of the milking schedule and since they both handle the cows one can easily take over tor the othu to give tune off They use three units and the milk is stored in separate bulk tanks. They each have their own 400 gallon bulk tank and the tanks sit side by side in the expanded milk house They ship to Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative, which readily agreed to the arrangement We both had our own tanks and we kept them,” Lamar explains Lamar feels one of the strengths of both herds is their compact, tight udders He says, “Both herds have fairly small udders which is one reason why we thought we’d try three tunes a day milking ’ The only difficulty they have encountered so far is a rule in the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Association which does not allow two herds to be housed in one barn They are allowed on official test and have official records, ac cording to Lamar, but the Association does not include the herds in their published records Both Lamar and his father feed complete rations, but they feed their herds separately Lamar feeds a 20 pei cent protein grain mix and his father a 14 percent mix Lamar purchases alfalfa hay which he feeds at 20 pounds, and his father grows a timothy-clover mix which he feeds at 11 pounds Lamar purchases silage from his father and feeds 12 pounds while his father feeds 28 pounds hovers need to be As the temperature warms up, some of the hovers need to be removed Failure to manage these hovers can cause pigs to get overheated or stay too cold causing them to pile up Sows need the same at tention if you want to save feed A warm sleeping area can save two or more pounds of feed per day per sow, adds Kadwill The teed rations are purchased ti um Grubb s Feed Supply, and Nevin Gish has worked closely with the rations'’'’LamaV states, "’We appreciate the good job he does tor us The cows respond welt and are really healthy Having worked as a breeding technician and still working as a substitute, it is natural that Lamar does the breeding in both herds, and even makes the selections ot bulls tor his own herd and his fothpr’c. |n c I I ; t