C3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 18,1981 Look at top type, production farms
York Holstein breeders visit Perry County
BY JOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
PERRY COUNTY - Mother
Nature rolled out the green grass
carpeting under a warm spring
sunshine last Tuesday as a busload
of York County Holstein breeders
arrived here for their annual visit
to neighboring black and white
herds.
Stops on the day-long bus tour
included four of Perry County’s top
type and production herds:
Mdmay Farms, operated by David
and Dave Roth Jr.; Blam-View
Farms, Mary and Nevm Rice and
family; Ray-Mc Farms, Ray
McMdlen and sons; and the
Dumbelle Farms of Shayne and
Tom Dum HI.
Milmay Farm is one of Perry
County’s oldest registered Holstein
herds, dating back to the early
1900’s, when Dave Roth’s father-in
law purchased four cows.
Roth entered the dairying pic
ture in 1928, with a dozen milking
animals. Then last year, Dave Jr.,
and his wife Judy, took over
management of the family dairy
herd, becoming the fourth
generation in the family to live on
the beautiful valley homestead
farm.
Almost from Milmay’s in
ception, the farm has been in the
forefront of agriculture hap
penings in Perry County.
Milmay was the first herd to
begin DHIA testing, back in 1923.
Perry County’s first homebred
Excellent cow was bom and
developed in this herd.
And the first strip cropping in the
county was laid out on the slopes
that gently surround the Milmay
Valley, where conservation
practices are a way of life; and
those terraces and contours are
still muse.
Top milk production is a must in
this bam, where the nearly 60 cows
racked up the second high herd
average in the county m 1981.
Current rolling herd average on 57
cows is over 19,600 with 744 of fat.
Gram is fed in the bam, ac
cording to production records, and
cows are turned out regularly for
silage and exercise at the
“shaker-type” bunker feeder
adjacent to the bam. Milking
animals get about 45 pounds of
com silage and 25 pounds of the
best quality hay available per day.
Strong-pedigreed individuals
form the backbone of the Milmay
breeding program and offsprmg of
the various bloodlines have been
sold into several states and
numerous foreign countries.
Two bulls from the Roth herd
have gone into service with
American Breeders Service in
Wisconsin. The most recent is
Milmay Kingpin Elevation Bob, an
Elevation son from a Kingpin dun.
“Bob” is now on the list of the top
50 Holstein bulls m the United
States, carrying a plus of 1664-
milk, 56-fat, 1.50 on type, and a
Total Production Index of plus-536.
This Kingpin-Elevation crossing
has resulted in numerous high
production, high-type animals, not
just in the F .th herd, but m several
of the other herds in visited Perry
County as well.
Several daughters of the
Charmcross bull are also doing
well in the Roth milking string, and
Dave praises them as “the highest
testers m the barn.”
To continue the tradition of high
production and type, Roth’s are
now breeding popular sires like
Jemmi, Creek, Pace, Milestone,
Persuader, Astronaut, and of
course, continuing the proven
success of Elevation.
In 1975, Dave added a new heifer
raising area, and feedlot. He and
Dave Jr., are thoroughly satisfied
with a “tombstone” type feeder
installed for the youngstock.
Heifers must slip their necks
down between picket-fence-like
divisions for access to the grams
and forage piled in a center trough.
These dividers prevent the
animals from pushing and shoving
each other away from the feed, and
cut waste to virtually nothing.
The Roths have 165 acres on the
farm, most of it used for feed
production, with 45 acres of hay, 60
of com and 15 of wheat, with the
remaining in pasture and
woodland.
For many years, Dave Roth Sr.
has been a leader in numerous
dairy-related organizations.
He was named a Master Farmer
m 1957 and headed the state’s
Master Farmers group as
president for two years. A Penn
sylvania Holstein Association
director for 15 years, he also held a
seat on the executive committee
for part of that tune.
In 1951, Dave helped to organize
the Perry County Soil Con
servation District, and has been a
director ever since, also serving as
district chairman for several
years.
Perry County’s newest Master
Farmer family hosted the Yorkers
at their second stop, Blamview
Farms, at Blam Rl.
The Rice family milks a herd o'
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