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CLAYTON, Del. - Don East
burn wasn’t born into agriculture,
but he learned fast. In fact, after
only three years in fanning, Don,
Anna, and 22-year-old Don Jr., of
Clayton, now have the highest
producing dairy herd in Delaware.
The Eastburns say they love a
hallenge.
They wanted to prove that they
could turn an ordinary herd into'an
extraordinary one; and prove it
they did, with dedication, hard
work, and a single-mindedness of
purpose that would leave most
folks aghast. They milk three
Donald, Anna and Donald . .astburn pose ' world’s hit, it producing Gay Ideal daughter,
proudly with their ‘supermilker’, Aucreek besting 18.000 siblings. The Eastburns have
Ivanho Star Gay Beauty. This daughter of built their leading dairy herd through per
ftarrisburg Gay Ideal is the highest producing severence and hard work.
cow in Delaware's history. She also is the
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off for vacations or social life.
The Eastburns got into dairying
through their children, who started
raising calves for the State Fair
back in 1970 through a project
sponsored by the Delaware State
Holstein Association and
spearheaded by former Extension
dairy specialist Wilbur Hesseltine.
After the children raised their
calves, they sent them off to a
dairy farm to be milked.
But in 1979 the Eastburns
decided they wanted their own
dairy farm. They sold their gas
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station and bought several good
foundation cows, including a four
year-old, Aucreek Ivanho Star Gay
Beauty, that had been ,bred by
Delaware City dairyman Bill Cux.
Under the Eastburns’
management, this cow has become
the world’s highest producing
daughter of Harrisburg Gay Ideal
(out of 18,000 milking daughters).
At 36,833 pounds of milk and 1,200
pounds of fat in 348 days’ milking,
she is also the highest producing
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"We took a group of ordinary
cows and built up production over
10,000 pounds per cow,” says
Eastburn. "The records speak for
themselves.” The Eastburns’ herd
average is an outstanding 21,420
pounds. Several of their cows were
milking over 30,000 pounds last
year.
The family’s priorities are clear.
“We almost live for the cows,”
they admit. When they went into
farming they built a solid new
stanchion barn for the cows, and
set up a modest mobile hoifie for
themselves. That’s the way things
still stand today.
The Eastburns also are open
minded about new methods of
farming. They read all the farm
magazines, talk to vitamin
salespeople and equipment
dealers, and discuss the ones that
sound most promising with
Delaware Extension dairy
specialist George Haenlem.
When the Eastburns asked his
opinion about ‘thrice-a-day’
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larger groups will pay less per Hershey, Bethel, vice-chairman;
acre as the acreage increases George Manbeck, Womelsdorf,
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minimum and maximum fees for Myerstown and Lawrence Kieffer,
landowners who own less than 70 Bethel, executive committeemen,
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It’s a tough life, and the East
burns are the first to admit it. But
they’ve shown what can be done by
a hard-working family that is
willing to sacrifice their own
comfort and convenience for that
of a top herd.
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milking, Haenlein agreed it would
help relieve excess pressure on
cows whose production was
already high thanks to good
genetics, good management, and a
good feeding program based on
high moisture corn, alfalfa
haylage, and all kinds of sup
plements. But Haenlein warned
that milking three times a day is
only practical if there’s a relief
herdsman.
The Eastburns didn’t choose to
heed that friendly warning. Anna
and Donald Jr. do all the milking
themselves. Donald Sr. does all the
feeding. Donald Jr. takes care of
herd health and keeps the DHIA
records, while Anna keeps the
books.