William Spahr was seeking to retire from the mill business
just as the Hamiltons were seeking to own such an en
terprise.
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Paul and Don VanDenßerg, like other dairy farmers,
are faced with higher and higher production
costs and are required to milk more and more
cows to keep their operation more profitable
In order to accomplish this, they not only are con
stantly improving their herds, but are also making
investments in labor saving equipment They feel
one of their most important investments is a modern
dairy building . that’s why they went
to Morton Buildings for a 54’ wide building complete
with milking parlor and bulk storage room
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into the store and asked if the
business was for sale,” Dick said
"Bill said yes, if we were buying ”
After three months of ham
mering out the financing, Bill
Spahr turned the keys over to the
Hanultons. Plannning to retire at
the end of the year, Spahr is still
working as a salesman for the
company which is now becoming a
Purina dealership
The Hanultons will carry a full
line of livestock and dairy feeds,
but they hope to specialize in dairy
and poultry. Their business is
basically bulk feeds and walk-in
trade. They also handle about
60,000 chicks Dicks hopes to ex
pand the business from 200 tons of
bulk feed monthly to 500 tons He
will serve as the company
salesman and Janet will handle the
office responsibilities.
Dick refers to himself as being
from the old school since he
A Morton representative worked closely
with them and equipment salesmen to design a floor
plan just for their operation He knew that different
areas require different ventilation, insulation and
equipment Their Morton Building is now actually
the hub of their dairy operation
Morton Buildings, Inc has a complete directory of
all Morton owners A tour can be arranged to a
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prefers to do all his feed
calculations by hand rather than
through a computer
T get into so many operations
where the salesman didn’t see
what was really going on,” he
explained
‘You have to be a detective and
find out what is being fed 1 don’t
prefer to use a calculator to
balance rations because I think it
makes a salesman lazy The
results are only as good as the
figures put into it, and if he hasn’t
dug deep enough the figures don’t
apply 1 believe in feeding to the
individual's needs and so I do my
own calculations ’’
One of the areas in dairying that
Dick feels needs more attention is
mineral feeding
"Two years ago, 1 would have
said the most critical area for
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 5,1982—011
USDA chang es farm numbers
release date
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improvement for most dairymen
was the feeding of dry cows and
heifers,” he said "Now 1 see more
errors in feeding minerals We've
- got to do a better job of balancing
mineral ratios I find that farmers
are paying for a lot of minerals
that they don’t really need "
While still greenhorns at being
totally on their own, the Hamiltons
are optimistic about agriculture,
the economy, and agribusiness
whose future depends on the trends
of both
"Our in-store business is good
and that helps us,” Dick said
“We’re pleased with the ad
ministration in Washington and we
believe that the farmer is a sur
vivor Janet and I went into this
giving it our all It’s something
we’ve always wanted and we just
go at it day by day
WASHINGTON, DC - The U S
Department of Agriculture will
publish estimates of the number of
farms and land in farms in the
United States in its Aug 11 crop
production report
According to William Kibler,
administrator of USDA’s
Statistical Reporting Service, the
estimates originally were
scheduled for release in this
December’s farm numbers report
That release was canceled in favor
of this more timely issuance, he
said
The August crop production
report will carry preliminary farm
and land estimates for 1982 and
revisions for 1981, by states
Estimates will be based on the
current official definition of a farm
as any place from which $l,OOO or
more of agricultural products were
sold or normally would have been
sold during the year
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