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also called the wee hours of the
morning.)
The 4-hour milking ritual is
repeated 12 hours later, at 1 p.m.
The Hombakers have hired two
additional men to carry out the
and evening milkings,
freeing their time for field work
and recordkeeping.
“Our milking schedule seems
odd,” commented Paul, “but it
works for us and the milkers.”
Milk Way Farms ships out ap
proximately 15,000 pounds of milk
every other day, storing it in a
25,000-pound tank. Because of the
expense required to keep this size
tank coo), the Hombakers use a
recycling system for cooling and
heating water.
The recycling system is operated
by a device called a Thermaster.
This produces the gas needed to
cool the tank; the gas is then
recycled to beat the water which is
used to clean the dairy equipment
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With the large numbers of cows
and acres that make up Milk Way
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keep everything running smoothly
and orderly?
One method is to use all the
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which son Gary has implemented
in the herd this past year. Both
Gary and Paul admitted that with
several hundred cows, some type
of aid in the reproductive process
became an absolute necessity.
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anxiously awaiting the outcome of
this process with the proof-of
the-pudding coming this fall as 70
heifers freshen.
As passersby cast a casual
glance over the Milk Way herd,
heads will undoubtedly turn a
second time in an eyesight check.
What will trigger this double-take
response? Orange tail heads and
rumps (hi a third of the black and
white cows.
The orange color is actually a
chalk used to identify those cows
that are open and those that are in
heat. When a cow rides another,
the orange chalk is rubbed off.
“This is just an aid,” said Paul.
“It is not 100 percent fool proof, but
it does help us catch many cows
that might otherwise be missed in
a herd of this size.”
The Milk Way herd presently
consists of 60 percent registered
Holsteins and 40 percent grades.
However, the Horn bakers are
working towards an all registered
herd their investment in the
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bakers take in their dairy operation and the industry they
represent.
“It is a slow process,” Paul
confessed. However, he
acknowledged that registered
cattle “will always have a highpr
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spring. Building a registered herd
is a definite plus for any
dairyman,” be said.
This fall the Hornbakers’ 40 calf
hutches will be full to overflowing
with registered calves future
replacement heifers and
marketable animals.
Like their young calves which
Hombaker described as “healthy
and growing like weeds,” the
Cumberland County dairy fanner
expresses a healthy outlook for
farming.
“1 feel we have to look at the
future optimistically,” remarked
Paul. “For any farmer to survive
in this economy, he is going to have
to have good management skills.
And, with these skills, there will be
opportunities for the farmer to
move ahead.”
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