Like every other dairy farmer, Carl and Jim Hostetter, RD 2, Annville, must sometimes feed first cutting alfalfa to their 82 milking cows. When they must, the Hostetlers use the tough-built, red bedding chopper from US Farm Systems of Pennsylvania. This barn chopper cuts the hay stems into short lengths. And the cows appreciate the chopper’s work. The high producing cows eat more hay. Give more milk. Leave less wasted hay in the manger. “We used the bedding chopper to chop course hay to mix with our silage," Jim said. "And the cows increased production. With the short stems the cows ate more hay. And drank more water. Before we used the ANGELO FARM EQUIPMENT Perryopolis, Pa (412)736 2420 ALBERT BRENNER DonCHESKE BRO., INC. HARVEY HOLTZMAN SOUENBERGER EQUIPMENT TRI-COUNTY SWINE SYSTEMS Spartensburg, Pa (814) 654 7309 HacKettstown, N J (201) 852 4488 Stevens, Pa (215) 267-3253 Everett. Pa (814) 652-5223 Lebanon, Pa (717) 274-3488 TOM BRODHECKER PAUL OOTTERER FARM EQUIPMENT i.M. MACHINERY CO., INC. SOMERSET FARMERS SUPPLY TRI-FARMERS INT., INC. Newton, N J (201) 383 3592 Mill Hall, Pa (717) 726 3471 Greensburg, Pa (412)568-2276 Somerset. P? (814) 443-2841 Beaver Falls, Pa (412) 846-7595 LLOYD BURKHOLDER DUNKLE * GRIEB STEPHEN K. KAUFFMAN STOLTZFUS FARM SERVICE, INC. VAN DRUFF TRACTOR Shippensburg. Pa (717)532 3360 Centre Hall, Pa (814)364 9109 McVeytown, Pa (717)899-7715 Cochranville, Pa. (215) 593 2407 Waynesburg, Pa (412)627 5484 CANONSBURGSUPPLY* EQUIPMENT EDGEFIELD FARM JOHN McGOWAN LEON STOLTZFUS WILSON EQUIPMENT Canonsburg, Pa (412)745-5472 Quarryville. Pa (717)786-3591 New Brighton, Pa (412)843 0653 New Holland, Pa (717)354 8431 Hanoverton, Ohio(216) 223-1017 NORMAN D. CLARK*SON INC. FORSHEY’S, INC. MESSICK FARM EQU.PMENT Honey Grove, Pa (717)734-3682 Martinsburg, Pa (814)793-3791 Elizabethtown, Pa (717)367-1319 CLUGSTON’S, INC. G * R DAIRY FARMS PARADISE FARM & HOME CENTER Chambersburg, Pa (717)263-4103 Summerville, W V (304)872 1911 Thomasville, Pa (717)225 1064 DAIRYLAND SALES * SERVICE Troy. Pa (717)297 4128 - <*: A., THIS FARM FAMILY FINDS SECOND USE FOR TOUGH-BUILT RED BEDDING CHOPPER OR CALL ONE OF THESE FINE DEALERS NEAR YOU JOHN DANIELS ALLAN HART * SONS SHARTLESVILLE EQUIPMENT Honesdale. Pa (717)253 4530 Cochranton, Pa (814)425-7094 Shartlesville, Pa (215)488 1025 GROFFDALE POURED WALLS Leola, Pa (717)656-7566 or 656 2016 f. >„r* V W ’9 < - ‘ ~y m K bedding chopper to cut the course hay, we had to remove and throw away at least four bales of hay each day." Of course, the Hostetlers use the red bedding chopper to chop bedding every day too. "We keep the cows noticeably cleaner," Jim said. “And we save labor. I can bed 82 cows in 20 minutes. Before we had the chopper, it took three men to shake out the straw by hand." The Hostetters find the gasoline engine on the red bedding chopper uses only V/z gallons of fuel in seven days of bedding 82 cows each day. For the fun of using figures, Jim says that’s about 383 stalls per gallon. ‘‘We were looking for a bedding chopper for PENN VALLEY CROPSTORE, INC. Schwenksville, Pa (215)287 9650 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Fi X ' a long time,” the young dairyman said. “But we just didn’t find one that completely satisfied us until dad saw the red, bedding chopper at the All American Dairy Show in Harrisburg last fall. That’s all it took. We liked the many different cut lengths we could get on the ‘red one’. And since we have it, we certainly wouldn’t want to go back to the old way of bedding cows.” For more information on how you can use the tough-built, red bedding chopper on your farm, Write or call: U S Farm Systems of Pennsylvania 4070 Blue Ball Road Nottingham, PA 19362 Phone: (301) 398-2948 ■ If* FARM ■ IX SYSTEMS of Pennsylvania Your Tough Built Red Bedding Chopper Distributor ibruary 14,1981—D13 / SWIGARD BROTHERS Halifax, Pa (717)896-3414