A42—-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, July 17,1982
Smiling Holsteins
(Continued from Page A 26)
“We don’t plan on any major
changes and we can’t justify ad
ding cows on, ’* he explained.
Although most of their time is
spent with the herd, Clifford helps
his uncle during harvest. Jacob
Kreider farms the land and
provides all the feed for the Blank
Holsteins.
When Clifford does assist his
uncle with harvesting, he keeps a
record of his hours and is reim
bursed at the end of the month.
Likewise, the Blanks calculate the
number of hay bales and cartfulls
of silage used so they can settle up
with Kreider on a monthly basis.
Joyce still works at the food
market but has her days cut back
to just one a week. The rest of her
time is spent milking the cows,
tending calves and maintaining the
couple’s garden.
“My days suprisingly filled up
fast,” Joyce laughed.
The Blanks suffered a minor
setback, however, when their new
calf crop struggled with scours last
summer. Puzzled by the condition,
Clifford explained that the calves
were individually housed in out
door hutches, spaced far apart. In
addition, Joyce wrote each calf’s
name on its bucket to furthur
reduce transmission. In spite of
their efforts, the babies continued
to scour.
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Although they never lost a heifer
calf during that time, the Blanks
said they realized the big
responsibility of running a herd on
their own.
“It’s not always fun to take care
of sick animals,’’ said CUff.
Eventually, the bout with scours
subsided and for their efforts, it
seemed, the Blanks were rewarded
with two sets of twins in one day
a pair of heifers and a heifer and
bull.
With less than a year of farming
on their own behind them, the
Blanks are awaiting their first
rolling herd average.
However, Joyce and Cliff are no
stangers to the show ring. Next
week, they plan on competing in
the annual Lancaster County
Holstein Show at the Solanco
fairgrounds.
“Showing is a challenge. I like to
see how good I can make the
animals look,” Joyce said. Her
years in 4-H have provided her
with a sound foundation in halter
breaking and showing. Clifford
became interested in shows about
three years ago when the Blanks
got engaged and now clips all the
show animals.
Together, the Souple hopes to
come up with a winning com
bination next week. But win or
lose, its a sure bet they’ll come up
“smiling.”
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