No easy start
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cent pellet during milking, along
with silage, haylage, and free
choice minerals and salt according
to then-production. And, a
vacuum line was replaced with a 3-
inch line lessening the vacuum
‘rushing’ therefore relaxing the
cows, according to Carl.
Now that their mastitis problems
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Designers of QuslHy Sysfi
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forward. They’ve set a goal of
15,000 pounds milk to aim for next
year, and as each goal is met a
higher one will be set.
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i'he Brasses admit they farm
conservatively, buying mostly
used equipment and raising their
own leplacement belters.
It costs more money to raise
your own replacements,” claims
-Eva. "But when we used to buy our
replacements, we got everybody
else’s seconds cows no one else
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wanted. We still have a grade herd,
but if our son Dennis decides he
wants to farm, I’d like to go with a
registered herd. That’s my ‘fall of
life’goal,” she says.
With an eye on the next
generation continuing in his
footsteps, Carl has added another
62-acre farm to the operation,
remodeled his old Dutch-style
barn, erected two freestall
ilities, and installed a 180-day
stoi age manure pit.
In order to make the most of
what he has, Carl explains how soil
conservation has played an im
portant part in his farm operation.
Each fall, he says, rye is sown as
a cover crop in the corn fields cut
for silage, helping to prevent soil
erosion and providing a green
manure in the spring. The rye also
gives a two-week boost in feed the
following spring, he notes.
Carl also has traded the mold
board plow for disking and some
no-till farming which helps con
serve the moisture in his naturally
Cattle slaughter down
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
cattle feeders had 43,000 cattle and
calves on feed July 1 for slaughter
market, down nine percent from
last year. Marketing of fed cattle
during the April-June quarter, at
38,000, was up 31 percent from the
same quarter a year earlier.
Placements of cattle and calves on
feed during April-June totaled
14,OOQJiead, down 12 percent from
a year ago.
Expected marketings of fed
cattle during the July-September
1981 quarter, at 24,000 head, would
be 3,000 or 14 percent more than
were marketed during the same
period in 1980.
Cattle and calves on feed for
slaughter market July 1 m the $5
nnaior feedi"" totaled
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814-669-4027
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215-845-2261
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814-623-8601
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717-935-2101
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717-737-4554
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25,19t1—A23
droughty soil, he says.
“You get attached to the soil,”
Eva says lovingly, adding she
hopes to never see their farms sold
for other purposes. But she has
faith that her grown-up sons will
continue in their father’s footsteps
and find their career in
agriculture. Realizing the
problems they had to face might
also confront their sons, she states,
“When you’re younger, you can
risk more. You have more energy
then.”
Although the fanning methods
may change with the next
generation, the Bross’s love of the
land and the willingness to sweat
and toil to keep it will carry on,
along with their inherent faith that
things can work out.
“You can have all the knowledge
and skills, but if it doesn’t ram,
they don’t do you any good. It all
goes back to that basic dependence
on our creator. No man can do it
alone,” Carl says with a smile.
9,570,000, a decrease of one percent
from the previous year. This is the
smallest July 1 number on feed
since 1975. Placements of cattle
and calves in the 23 sates during
the April-June 1981 quarter totaled
5,953,000 head, up six percent from
1980.
Marketing of fed cattle for
slaughter during the Apnl-June
quarter totaled 5,591,000 head,
down one percent from 1980
Marketings for the April-June 1981
quarterly period were the lowest
since 1975. Expected marketings m
the 23 major feeding states for
July-September 1981 quarter are
estimated at 6,143,000 head, up
seven percent from the same
period a year ago.
DISTRICT MANAGER
HAMBURG
SHARTLESVILLE
FARM SERVICE
215-488-1025
LEBANON
MARVIN J. HORST
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
717-272-0871
MILLERSBI
LANDIS
LABOR SAVERS
717-692-4647
MILTON
LANDIS FARMSTEAD
AUTOMATION
717-437-2375
WERTZ GARAGE. INC
FARMSERVICE 301-374-2672
215-766-8675
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SERVICE INC.
JAMES E LANDIS 301-452-8521
717-786-4158
Agitator
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SILO CO INC.
215-445-6736
HAGERSTOWN. MD
TRI-STATE
FARM AUTOMATION
301-790-3698
KENNEDYVILLE. MD
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~ 301-348-5263
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