(Continued trom Page A 22) thought a lactation was laxative,” she laughs. She did know, however, what a healthy animal shoud look like. And she knew her father’s herd was looking worse by the day. “They all had holes in their sides, so the first thing I did was take all their horns off, ” she recounts. In the beginning, Hope Scott two longtime Ardrossan Classic daughter, out of the high producing employees, Richard Fiayhart, left, and Heinz Belleville family, has records to 22,502 pounds Melke, right, herd manager. With the trio is of milk and 947 pounds of fat as a 7-year-old. Oak Ridge Flashy Belvedere, Excellent 93. The Announcing the end of costly hit-or-miss spraying. Century helps assure accurate spraying with all these available advantages: 3. Large s /s-inch E.P.D.M. jumper hose increases flow to outer nozzles —provides even pressure and proper output 4. Heavy-duty 1 Vi-inch square tubing on all booms gives greater, longer lasting strength than round-tube booms. 5.' 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He leaned away from corn in his cropping program to avoid erosion problems. Today the high producing Ayrshires receive a mixture of haylage and corn silage top dressed with a concentrate ac '•♦own Ino'i+fQp uiuuucuon. in addition, alfalfa hay Is supplied during the evening milking. George Ankney, an Ar drossan employee 16 years, admits that he’s seen a variety of dairy operations in his time and that Scott’r Ayrshires are the best fed dairy cat+i* he’s encountered. “They’ve got feed in front of them all the timo,” Ankney offers. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons that Bell Ring, at. Ace’s Sultan daughter has consistently made lactation records to more than 30,000 pounds of milk. W:th well over 200,000 pounds of milk lifetime, it’s no wonder the 9-year old cow has become a favorite. When Scott decided to employ embryo transplants. Bell Ring was the likely candidate and produced a heifer and four bulls. But possibly, the reason for Ardrossan’s ongoing 18,000 pounds herd average has been the result of Hope Scott’s ambitious drive to be the best. Now a dedicated student USDA resumes storage facility loan approvals WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has resumed approval of Commodity Credit Corporation farm storage loan requests made by eligible producers on or before Feb. 8, Everett Rank, administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Stabilization (JJjEGrCirjS*^ Light P155/80R13 P165/80R13 P175/80R13 PlB5/80R13 PlB5/75R14 P195/75R14 MOST SIZES AVAILABLE IN STEEL AT COMPARABLE PRICES - U • Superior • Tru-Spoke • American Racing ‘Western • Centerline * Me Card • Keystone • ET Mags • Cragar (A small deposit must accompany order of wheels) ★ FREE MOUNTING & BALANCING ★ ALIGNMENT BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Tue i;W ed -- TJ urs - 7:30 to 5:00; Closed Saturday O HURST TIRE SERVICE PHONE (717) 364-4931 1 Mile West o< Blue Ball On Rt 322 - _ OFFICIAL INSPECTION STATION Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17, 1952—A23 Just Arrived... 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Ayrshires have remained at Ardrossan, says Scott, because of loyalty to her father. . The herd has come along way from the first nine Ayrshire cows. And all because Helen Hope Montgomery Scott accepted a challenge, one which she did not plan. But she knows now it was the proper decision. “Father would be pleased.”. and Conservation Service, an nounced. “We have instructed our field offices to resume processing those loans received through Feb. 8, when we temporarily suspended loan approvals to reexamine the program,” Rank said. Price s 4Bi» *50.00 mom *51.50. *534)0 moo. FET $2.26 $2.39 .'52.44 $2.52 $2.68 $2.88
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