ElB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday; January 9,1982
YORK Joseph C, Stump of
RIO, York, has proven that it is
possible to operate a highly suc
cessful fanning enterprise with a
“mixed bag” of products.
The sale of raw milk and
homemade meat products at the
farm store; selling or leasing 40 to
50 dairy bulls each year; and cash
receipts from 1,093 acres of crops
are just some of the ways the York
County farmer diversifies his
efforts to make a profit.
And for his business expertise
and management efficiency.
Stump has been named a Master
Farmer for 1981. He will receive
the award January 12 at a special
luncheon in Harrisburg.
He also will be inducted into the
Pennsylvania Master Farmers’
Association whose membership
consists of all former award
winners. The program, established
in 1927, is sponsored by the Penn
sylvania Farmer magazine,
Harrisburg, and Penn State’s
Cooperative Extension Service.
“Milk sales at the farm store
remain at a constant 350 gallons a
day, six days a week,” Stump says.
“This makes up about two-thirds of
the farm dollars.”
Over 400 acres of gram corn and
255 acres of wheat are mostly sold.
Sixty acres of com silage, 60 acres
of oats, 45 acres of barley, and 250
acres of alfalfa, clover, and mixed
hays are fed to the cattle.
In 1981, the 110 registered
Holstein cows produced an
average of 16,536 pounds of milk
according to Dairy Herd Im-
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York Co.’s Joseph Stump earns Master Farmer
award through successful dairying
provement Association records.
While the herd more than doubled
during the last 10 years, production
also has increased by 1,400 pounds
per cow.
Stump sells most bulls to Anush
farmers at 12 to 15 months of age.
He also leases several bulls each
year for $lOO per head. About one
half of the Master Farmer’s herd is
bred by bulls, the remainder by
artificial insemination.
The Stump Acres Farms
operation is truly a family affair.
Mrs. Stump supervises the farm
store; son, Dennis, 21, manages
the dairy herd; and Jerry Yohe, 26,
who has been a member of the
family since he was 12, supervises
field work and machinery repairs.
Another son, Terry, 15, helps part
tune as does daughter, Katrina, 6.
Shernlynne, the oldest daughter,
has made nursing her career.
The Master Farmer purchased
the 110-acre home farm in 1960 in
partnership with his brother, John.
In 1963, John moved to Berks
County where he owns his own
farm. Today, the award winner
owns four other farms within two
miles of Stump Acres and rents
another 700 acres.
The modem facility consists of a
dairy barn with 90 free stalls,
double six herringbone milking
parlor, a 20 by 60 silo and bulk
feeder, liquid manure system,
farm, office, and masonry brick
farm store.
“Raw milk sales were short of
sensational when we opened for
business on Memorial Day, 1967.
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We received 70 cents a gallon then,
far short of the $1.50 a gallon we
get today,” Stump emphasizes.
Extras sold at the store help pay
for the overhead and store help.
These include ground dairy beef,
bologna, homemade breads,
doughnuts, ice cream, eggs, and
snack foods.
Pennsylvania is one of the few
states to allow the sale of raw milk.
The Stump herd is closed volun
tarily to minimize the chance of
bringing disease on the farm.
Customers wash their own jugs
and bring them to the farm for
refills.
The Master Farmer hasn’t
purchased a cow or heifer since
1963 and only two bulls during the
last 10 years. In addition to raising
his own herd replacements, he has
sold 141 heifers and cows for
breeding stock since 1978.
In 1975, Stump’s corn yield
averaged over 200 bushels per
acre, which earned him a third
place in the State 6-Acre Com
Contest. And he’s won blue ribbons
for his hay crop, both at the local
fair and State Farm Show.
The York County dairyman
served as president of the Penn
sylvania Raw Milk Producer-
Distributor Association since 1972.
Mrs. Stump serves as the
organization’s secretary.
He also was president of the
York County Holstein Association,
has been a director of the county
DHIA and York County Fanners
Association. He served on the York
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Keeping his 1,093-acre dairy operation rolling is a fulltime
job for York County dairyman Joseph Stump and his family.
Stump, who operates a successful raw mijk and homemade
meats farm store was selected as a Master Farmer for 1981.
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