A24—Lancaster farming, Saturday, February 27, X 982
HAIR Atlantic Breeders
Cooperative, Lancaster, and the
Agricultural Extension Service
teamed personnel and programs
tor the annual York County Dairy
Day, held last Thursday at the
county’s 4-H Center.
Eight ot the county’s top herds
were honored for their ac
complishments with certificates
from the breeders cooperative.
Herds qualifying for the award
recognition were required to rank
at least 15 percent above state
average in milk or fat production,
with a minimum two-thirds of the
cows sired by Atlantic bulls.
Representatives highlighted the
past year, calling it one of the most
Atlantic Breeders recognized York County’s top herds and
dairy producers: front row, from left, Wayne Myers, Martin
York Dairy Day haylage panelists compared om left are Joe Stump, Ralph McGregor, and Gray, and Robert Charles: back row, from left, Bob Smyser,
test results on samples of the popular forage. Bob Smyser. Lynn Wolf, Jeff Wolgemuth.
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York Co. holds Annual Dairy Day
successful in Atlantic's hisiory. A
one-percent conception rate un
proved was established on a total
of over 300,000 cow services by
field technicians with an average
of 12 years experience. Semen
sales to a variety ot domestic and
overseas distributors also showed
sigmficant increases.
Featured on the afternoon
Atlantic portion ot Dairy Day was
a highly informative and detailed
film on reproductive efficiency.
Following up that presentation,
cooperative general manager
David Yoder encouraged in
creased herd record keeping tor
better management. As an aid to
dairymen, personnel of the stud
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distributed pocket-sued Herd East Berlin Bead. They ventured
management booklets, one handy into haylage making just two years
aid in which tanners were urged to ago at the urging ot county agent
umnediately make note ot cows John Smith and store the har
seen in heat, or ui need ol health vested product in conventional
treatment. silos.
Haylage harvesting, another Only the first-cutting at the
management angle, got a share of Smyser farm goes into haylage,
attention from three county cut and wmdrowed preterrably at
dairymen during the morning early bloom stage. When weather
Extension Service portion ot the is cooperative, 24-hour drydown
program. Tips m putting up the takes the haylage rows to their
valuable forage came from Bub ideal harvest moisture.
Smyser, York, Kalph McGregor, Stems go through the chopper to
East Berlin, and Joe Stump, York come out the spout as lung as
New Salem. possible usmg no screen, but with
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Last year, ihe final loads were "A f
treated with an application ot " " YORK
Chemslore, twenty pounds to the forage crop
ion, enabling the Smysers to begin
teedmg the haylage immediately.
“It's easier and taster to get ott
the held than bales,” - attests
Smyser. He added that the first
summer on haylage, the cows
received no other silage feed, and
performed well at the milk pad.
Last year, some corn silage was
included in the ration, and
production dropped somewhat by
comparison. '
Joe Stump, one ot the state’s
Master Partners tor 19U2, was the
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