BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
SCHAEFFERSTOWN - Both
father and son talk in quiet, soft
spoken tones when discussing their
dairy farm operation along
DonKrall,. iiii- .surrounded Farmers for the past three years. This year,
by a sea of curious black and white id pasture, the father-son team captured a pair of first-
He and his father, Arthur, operate dairy farm place awards for high individual milk
along Flintville Road, which has had consistent production and largest average herd increase,
production leaders among Cedar Crest Young
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Soft-spoken progress toward
Flintville Road west of Schaef-
ferstown.
And balancing their-moderation teristics also best describe their
in explanation are words equally recent progress toward production
laced with down-to-earth prae-* gams, which have taken place
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ticality.
Perhaps,
these
two
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better production
along with expansion of facilities
and herd size recently.
Arthur Krall and son, Don, mark
the fifth and sixth generauons on
the family farm m southern
Lebanon County.
charac-
It’s a misty, drizzly morning and
both are busy in the barn following
morning milking.
Arthur Krall pauses m his
cleaning chores.
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“This row of nine stalls doesn’t
have a gutter cleaner so I just take
it over to the next gutter,” he
explained.
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“We ran into quite a bit of rock
and decided not to try and put the
cleaner in this one area.”
The practicality of operation
shows.
Don Krall, 1973 graduate of
Cedar Crest and member of the
Young Fanners Chapter, had an
extra bit of work this morning.
“One-of the cows freshened and
the calf was turned the wrong
way,” he said.
“After she pushed so far, I pulled
it. At first, I wasn’t sure it was
going to make it. But it seems okay
now.”
The hushed tones of both were in
keeping with the silence of the
barn, now empty except for the
recent mother and son on wobbily
legs and a few other calves in a box
stall.
For the past three years at the
Cedra Crest Young Farmer
banquets, Arthur and Don Krall
have been among the top dairy
production award winners.
In 1979, they had the top in
dividual milk producer at 26,877
lbs.
Last year, they garnered a pair
of seconds - runnersup in in
dividual milk production with
26,261 lbs. and a similar placing for
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 13,1981—P1 1
individual fat at 884 lbs.
And just this week, they cap
tured two first-place awards - the
high individual fat production of
997 lbs. and the highest average
herd increase of 1,393 lbs.
All jvere achieved in 305 days.
“We had a really good crop of
first-calf heifers,” Don Krall ex
plained.
“These heifers, along with the
better producers among the older
cows, were primarily responsible
for the production hike.”
Milk production among the
This is a closeup of steeple
with dinner bell atop summer
house on Krall farm.
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