A34—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Novamber 21,19tl The newest addition to the Frey farm was which houses dry cows on the left and heifers the completion of this open-sided free-stall on the right __ sisters are corporation members if wav and his mother Mary was a past * member. (Continued from Page A2B) Jay explained the farm should not see any further physical ex nulk into his touring car and began pansion. However, the youngest delivering nulk door to door. son 0 t Armor and Mary Frey Frey’s retail business grew over admitted that he will be con the years as well as his six centrating on increasing the herd's childrens’interest in the operation 18 ,000 pounds ot milk herd The Frey family hand milked average until J 940 and in 1946 expanded xhe large herd is fed a total Irom 45 to 80 cows. The expansion mixed ration ot ground ear corn, was accompanied by a tree stall haylage, ryelage (when barn and a six-stall side-opening available), corn silage and milking parlor. brewers gram along with a con in 1948, Armor hrey sold lus cenlrate. Frey feeds in lour retail to his sons Ulenn, production groups with cutolls of: Emerson and Charles And almost pounds ot milk daily; 55 pounds 20 years later, Charles and ot milk; 45 pounds ot milkf and the Emerson formed the convenience covw> store chain Turkey Hill Mmit xhe original milking parlor was Marts. . replaced with a double-18 that Armor h rey passed away in 1969 includes automatic take-offs. And but the farm continued to change large volume ot manure and grow. created by the herd is moved by a In addition to dairy processing, gravity-flow system, stored in an the farm now includes a soup underground pit beneath the barn, manufacturing plant which For now , the only testimony of operates under the D&Blabel. che farm - s age ls , n the few In the past when only family help yellowed deeds and the original was used, the trey farm now front door to the farmhouse. And employs 15 people or "excellent fp e F reys have proven in their help, according to Jay Frey. But quest tor growth, that a farm’s the large commercial dairy farm value cannot only be measured by is still soley owned by Freys. Jay w tiac remains in the past but what explained that all lus brothers and ahead in the future Si-. ' STRIKE IT RICH! SELL IT WITH A LANCASTER FARMING CLASSIFIED Invitation To MEETING & FARM VISIT December 16. 1981 10:00 A.M. Comments By • DAIRYMAN OWNER • NUTRITION SPECIALIST • EQUIPMENT REPRESENTATIVE Call for Reservation or Information: ister & Cecil Co 717 529 2569 Bill Lam iter Co 717 299 5160 Ray Bob Jay Frey described his family’s constant drive as "an inability to turn down an opportunity for progress.” And it seems that the Freys seized opportunity everytune it knocked on the 1 80-year-old door. All ‘dressed up’ with no where to go? These the flock but that trick won’t fool many barnyard gobblers are keeping their feathers cooks when making their Thanksgiving dinner ruffled to prove they're the toughest bird in selection. , : REGAIN CONTROLLED IDENTIFICATION York Co Denny Adams & Franklin Co mous logs,” Hazel said “We wonder how they put them in place ” lovely, solid wamscoatuig on an outside kitchen wall was saved and moved to an inside wall whan the kitchen was changed. ' A current project involves that they have tried to remodel old remodeling the stone portion of the buildings and continue to use them house which is basically one large* * n their current operation. Hogs, room with an enormous fireplace instance, now occupy the featuring a bake oven at the rear, bottom portion of the bam. The fireplace has been rebncked ! and the next step is refinishing the An antique rocking chair and hinged wooden doors. spinning wheel add a special flavor as they are grouped by the log wall. The chair belonged to Mark's mother as a child and i Mark’s grandmother remembers playing with the spuming wheel in the attic as a child. Other antique pieces have been handed down; some simply left in the attic to be un covered by Mark and Hazel. The basement of the house features an arch cellar which was used as a refrigerator by earlier generations of Nestleroths A stone on the barn bears the date 1901, and the name Sam and Agnes Bomberger, Mark’s great grandfather and great grand mother This family moved off the farm for a period because of back problems and for 32 years the farm was rented while the Bombergers lived on a small ten-acre property near Elm. Mark’s grandmother Callie Nestleroth was bom in what is now 717 766 6723 717 264 3814 Nestleroth (Continued from Page A29} BETA Z COMPUTER INDIVIDUAL MANAGEMENT IN FREE STALL OPERATIONS ’ W & J DAIRY SALES 1202 Lloyds Rd. Oxford, PA 19363 717-529-2569 the living room and lived in the , home for nine years before the family moved. As an only child, she inherited the farm and Mark’s father Carl returned to farm the land as soon as he was old enough. Several small outbuildings have been taken down, but Hazel noted The Nestleroth's have three children. Stacy, 11, Beth, 8; and Carolyn, b. The Nestleroth’s are proud of their heritage and plan to take care of the land for succeeding generations. I 01
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