Eighth generation
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have liked to have added several
full sisters to his herd. Un
fortunately, Oscar was “one of
those bulls that didn’t get to stay
around long enough,” and he left
the Hubert Miller herd in Lebanon
County after only a short lifetime.
Over the years Mae' has
produced some outstanding,
daughters, including Willow Maple
Ideal Mary who turned in a record
to rank her as the third-place
senior 4-year-old for milk
production in 1960.
When Mae was a 2-year-old,
Harold Bollinger decided it was
tune to bring the next generation
into the operation. Because Donald
had been working on the farm
since he graduated from
Schaefferstown High School in
li)6l, he was more than ready to
join in the Willow Maple operation
ona 50:50 basis.
From early on, Donald followed
in his father’s footsteps- and
learned the needed to be
successful in the dairy business.
During his school years, he par
ticipated m 4-H and FFA activities
and was awarded the American
Farmer Degree.
This willingness to learn and try
new things to improve their
business led the Bollinger partners
-to ET embryo transfers in
1979Jfheir choice for flushing was,
of course, Mae.
The Bollingers weren’t disap
pointed m their first attempt with
ET, either. For Mae produced
eight calves six bulls and two
heifers, all by Marvex. One of the
heifers Is currently in the milking
string, and ; the bulls were
marketed both locally and abroad.
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Their - experience ~ with - ET
however, taught the two dairymen
a valuable lesson. They quickly
- learned 'that bull calves occur
- more frequently than and
that selling iheselbdlis can be a
“hassle.”
As a result,' says Donald, there
will be no more ETs done on the
Bollinger farm “until a heifer calf
can be guaranteed.” Along with
the expense of the procedure, the
Bollingers stated the ordeal could
be “hard on cows” "and getting
them bred back could be difficult.
Any reproduction delays would
mean a setback in genetic progress
in the herd, but more importantly,
it could mean a lag in hulk
production the mainstay of the
operation.- Since the Bollinger
rolling herd average hasn’t been
below the 20,000 pound mark since
1977, any drop would be a step
backward.
The Bollingers contribute the
"past four years of top production to
their feeding program; and the
“cornerstone" of the feeding
program is testing.
“Our forages are tested every
two' weeks,” explains Donald,
“and we are given a new ration
every two weeks.” These rations
are made up for each age group of
cattle on the farm, including young
stock and dry cows.
Another factor ur their top
production records is the efficient
mastitis control in their milking
string. But this was not always the
case, Donald recalls.
He explains how the herd
developed a severe outbreak of
mastitis in 1975, two years after the
Willow Maple milking string was
introduced to a total mix ration
from Agri-King.
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“Our average production had
shot up to 13,000 pounds,”
remembers Donald, “and that’s
when we started having problems.
“We changed the milkers, the
pulsators, and still, we had the
mastitis. Finally, we sampled each
cow’s four quarters and sent the
samples to Dr. Burleigh Anderson,
a veterinarian from Loysville,
Perry County.”
What he found was a 10 percent
cohform infection. The bacteria
had taken hold while the cows were
under the stress of increased
production and improper milking
equipment.
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