C4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 4,1981
Junior Members
dividuals, he does credit the
numbers of animals worked with
as giving him background in the
evaluation of a cow’s true worth.
Sire selection is another interest
of Alan’s Dale-Pnde leans heavily
on the Sire Summary reports in
selecting bulls for use on the cattle
Top preference goes to sires with a
plus proof of at leas one thousand
milk and a plus on type Bulls
under this level, but with high
butterfat proofs, may win an ex
ception Astronaut, Pacemaker,
Valiant and Glen Valley Star are
frequently used in the current
mating program.
Now in complete charge of the
heifer raising on the farm, Alan
grows about 75 heifers annually for
herd replacements, plus a few
bulls for sales, possibly some to the
export market. Heifers are fed a 20
percent protein ration, plus all the
good quality hay they’ll consume.
“I feel the young stock need as
much attention as the older ones,
because they are the future herd
members,” he’s convinced
Twin Valley students honored
ELVERSON Two members of
the Twin Valley Chapter of Future
Farmers of America at Twin
Valley High School, R 2, Elverson,
received recent honors.
Kevin Gnest, 14, son of Mr and
Mrs. Howard Gnest Jr, was the
winner of the Creed Speaking
Contest conducted among first
year Greenhand students He was
awarded an FFA jacket and
recites the creed at the chapter’s
annual banquet
This "year’s winner of the
Meadowoode Farm Award, a $5O
check, was Dolores McDermott,
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Alan ha' also taken over
management o' the herd feeding
program, which has been con
verted to a Total Mixed ration He
works closely with a nutritionist to
balance feed nutrients and
quantities for individual cows
Cows are fed at the bunker for 50
pounds of production, and higher
producers get an extra ration of
grain in the bam Alan’s methods
speak well for his feeding
techniques; the herd average is at
18,000 of milk and 700 of fat
“Although farming may seem a
hard road to travel, one cannot
always look at the financial out
come,” is how Alan says he sees
his chosen career. “You have to
look at the feeling of ac
complishment and satisfaction
which comes from hard work ”
As Pennsylvania’s Distinguished
Junior Member winners, Debbie
and Alan’s scrapbooks will now be
entered in the national com
petition Winners of the national
awards will be announced at the
annual Holstein Convention, to be
held in Baltimore m late June
15-year-old daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Joseph McDermott The
award is given to an underclass
student for use m starting an FFA
project. Dolores is considering
sheep raising as her project
Meadowoode Farm is operated
by Mr. and Mrs Frank M Houck
and Frank and Robert Stoltzfus
HAKKISB U KG Commercial
ted meat production in Penn
sylvama during February totaled
76 0 million pounds, down two
percent from February 1980, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service
Cattle slaughter, at 53,600 head
was up two percent from last year
Hog slaughter, at 250,800 head, was
down seven percent from a year
Red meat production slips
ago. The number ot sheep and
lambs slaughtered totaled 12,500,
nine percent more than in
February 1980
Nationally, commercial red
meat production during February
1981 totaled 3.01 billion pounds,
down one percent from February
1980
Beet production at 1 72 billion
pounds was up one percent while
veal output at JO million pounds
was up seven percent.
Pork production totaled 1.23
billion pounds, down four percent
from a year ago.
Lamb and mutton production
increased four percent to 26 million
pounds