A2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 24,1982 LOYSVILLE Dairymen looking to improve their herd’s milking performance through better balanced rations may welcome help in a recent addition to Kreider’s Mill. Mark Kreider, owner, has opened a forage testing lab at the mill. Since last fall, Kreider’s Mill has offered this service to dairymen across Perry and surrounding counties, which has proven a great success. As most area dairymen know, forage testing is not a new revolution in the industry, but having a lab so close to home is. Dave Roth, of Milmay Farms, is a firm believer in forage testing program conducted by Kreider’s Mill. All hay fed to his Perry * AERATION SYSTEM "" Includes aeration tube, fan, and air entrance kit. F. 0.8. ■ "utlefwre-To" 1 "" | Attn. P.E. Hess < BUTLERJ » ■ - Box 337. Oxford. PA 19363 I ■ Dealer Inquiries Available in: Pennsylvania Counties: _ ■ Armstrong, Indiana. Erie, Crawford. Warren, Elk,, * " Cameron. McKean, Clinton, Lycoming. Sullivan, | I Wyoming. Luzerne, Columbia. Butler. Mercer, | Lawrence, Beaver, Bradford, Susquehanna. Adams, ® _ Cumberland. York New Jersey Counties - Sussex, | I Morris. Passaic, Atlantic, Cape May, Burlington, Ocean, « ■ Monmouth. Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset Maryland " Counties -Kent, Queen Annes, Talbot, Dorchester. 2 I No Dealer Pees, g Name | Address I County i City * Phone I (Include Kreider said he saw a great need for a local lab about two years ago when the region’s hay crop failed. He said that most dairymen were buying truck loads of hay and needed forage test results quickly if they were to maintain production levels. Time was crucial, but it was impossible to get the results quickly when the forage samples had to be send 300 or more miles away to a testing lab. Once a sample was sent, it took ap proximately two to three weeks to receive the results. By then, the ■ V ■'' > -* FARMSTEAD® I - Building Engineered For Farmer Erection See Your Agri-Builder For Details Zip. .State. dairymen were feeding a different load of hay. “We constantly knew where we were two weeks ago,” Kreider said. Kreider realized there was a significant problem with this system of send-away forage testing and devised a solution. John Nimmons, a sale represen tative for the mill with a degree in biology from Shippensburg State College, had the ability and knowledge to run a testing lab. So, with the technician at band, Kreider established a forage testing lab at the mill and had it County herd is tested so that it can be nutritionally balanced into the overall dairy ration. * All Butler buildings SOLD for grain storage Bethlehem H More cood new* when specified as rooftnc or udin*. Gafvakime is warranted, under eipoura to normal atmospheric condition*, for a period of twenty years acainst rupture, perforation, or structural failure. KNOXVILLE CONSTRUCTION Knoxville, Pa. 16928 PH; 814-326-4188 C&M SALES INC. R.D.11 Honesdale, Pa. 18431 PH: 717-253-1612 k 20 YE All WARRANTY LEROY E. MYERS, INC. 1 Route 11, Box 163 Clear Spring, Md. 21722 PH: 301-582-1552 ORVILLE MACK P.0.80x 47 Nazareth, Pa. 18064 PH; 215-759-1331 Kreider 9 s Mill featur ready for use in November, 1981. Nimmons first step in the testing process is collecting the forage sample from the farmer. Once at the lab, he weighs the forage, giving him a standard to gauge his resr’ ,1, W / * Lab technician, John Nimmons, tests forage sample at Kreider's Mill in Loysville. .I* * ‘ ? D. E. SMITH. INC. MiWtntown, Pa. 17059 PH: 717-436-2151 W.R. MOODY. CONTRACTOR 113 Walnut Lam West Newton, PA 15089 for the oven. The forage is placed in a specially designed forage drying oven to remove all die moisture. 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