El6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9,1982
LEBANON -1. Hershey Bare of
R 2, Lebanon is recognized in farm
circles for his award winning
alfalfa yields, but it’s his crop
management techniques used to
produce high quality milk that
makes him one of the Com
monwealth’s outstanding
dairymen.
He combines homegrown feeds
from his 320 acres of cropland with
necessary supplements to annually
produce 1,300,000 pounds of milk
from his 90-cow Holstein herd.
Milk sales represent 96 percent of
his farm income', indicating that
quality feed is the key to high milk
production levels.
For his business expertise and
management efficiency, Bare has
been named a Master Farmer for
1981.
“Com is really our number one
crop,” Bare says. “We grow 105
acres of it, some for com silage,
the rest for grain. In 1981 we
averaged 140 bushels of grain and
25 tons of silage per acre. ”
But the new Master Farmer
places a high priority on hay and
hay crop silage as feed for his
cows. In 1978 he was named top
alfalfa grower in Pennsylvania. He
was chosen as Grassland Farmer
in 1979, and received honorable
mention for Grasslander of the
Decade in 1980. These awards are
presented by the Pennsylvania
Forageand Grassland Council.
Of the 320 acres of cropland, 81
are in alfalfa and yield an average
of 5 to 6 tons per acre. His alfalfa
crop produced 8 tons in the contest
field. This forage analyzes ex
tremely high, about 19 percent
protein.
“Our cows get plenty of hay, 16
to 20 pounds every day. The
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management for million pounds of milk
maximum grain ration for any cow
is 24 to 25 pounds. Heavy grain
feeding causes twisted stomachs,”
Bare emphasizes.
Last year his feed bill was about
16 percent of the milk check, in
cluding supplement, minerals,
salt, milk replacer, and calf
grower. Of course, hay and corn
aren’t the only crops grown on
Valley Pond Farms. The Master
Farmer has 25 acres of wheat and
20 of oats.
He doesn’t own any unnecessary
farm equipment Machinerv costs
per ) ' 1
$74.90, well below the stale
average of $163 per acre.
“Milk pays the bills, so one of my
continuing goals is to improve
production,” the Master Farmer
says. “We breed all of our heifers
by artificial insemination because
of the value of the calves. ”
A native of Lancaster County,
Bare and his wife, Mary Ann
joined with his brother Harold, in
1963 to start farming in Lebanon
County. In 1974, Harold purchased
his father-in-law’s farm in Chester
County.
The Master Fanner bought his
brother’s half share of the farms
and equipment. But rather than
split the high-producing dairy
herd, they held a dispersal sale.
That sale set a record in Penn
sylvania for complete dispersals
that wasn’t broken until March
1979. The 122 animals, including 70
cows and 52 heifers, sold for an
average price of $2,021 each.
“Doing it that way, I started out
with $lOO,OOO less debt than if 1 had
purchased Harold’s share of the
herd,” Bare points out.
Starting a new herd is never
easy, he adds. Only two-thirds of
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the new herd was registered. He
raised heifers only from the
registered stock. Today all
animals in the herd are registered.
“This year the cows are milking
better than ever,” the 'Master
Farmer notes. “My herd average
is 16,500 pounds of milk and 625
ppunds of butterfat and I expect it
to increase.”
The award winner, along with
Henry Garling and son, Michael,
work full time on the farm. Robert,
12, another son, may join the
operation when he has completed
his schooling.
“It’s good to have one or more
partners. I’m a firm believer in
vacations. I enjoy working, of
course. I never go away if there’s
field work to be done,” Bare says.
Serving as a delegate at the
National Holstein Convention for
the last three years helped fulfill
his love of travel. He and Mary
Ann visited Nashville, Denver, and
Louisville for the conventions.
The Master Farmer is a director
of the Pennsylvania Forage a.;d
Grassland Council and a member
of the Cedar Crest Young Farmers
Association. In 1977 he was chosen
as the Outstanding Young Farmer
in Pennsylvania.
Bare is a director of the Lebanon
County Holstein Club, Dairy Herd
Improvement Association, and
Pennsylvania Holstein
Association. He also is a member
of the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service com
mittee, the Mount Zion Fire
Company, and chairman of the
farm division of United Way.
He and Mary Ann are members
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* This dairyman’s face is known throughout Pennsylvania as
one of the state’s top alfalfa growers. A former Lancaster
County farmer, Hershey Bare has turned his Lebanon County
farm into a high-producing operation in both crops and milk,
earning Bare the 1981 Master Farmer award.
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