D4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25,1982
Grimes family
(Continued from Page D 2)
cow gets milked the same,”
Grimes continued. “And it only
takes one person to milk since time
isn’t being wasted by massaging
every cow.”
Reading Fair honors
flees of FFA president, assistant selected as this year’s 4-H boy. He
vice president, and vice president is a 1982 graduate ot Hamburg
ot the Chapter. Mertz was selected Area High School and has been a -
as County Parliamentarian tor H member tor 10 years. He is
1981-1982 and placed first in the presently serving as president ot
state public speaking contest. He the Virginville 4-H club,
also participated in dairy and Jan is the 1982 Berks County 4-H
livestock judging. National Awards winner in the
Michael has decided to join his Agricultural Category and is a
father and brother in a dairy KKA member with a Keystone
farming partnership. Farmer Degree. His projects in 4-
Selected as this year’s 4-H girl H this year include: ten registered
was 16-year-old Jamie Batz, Holstems, two market steers,
daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. James vegetables, gardening, poultry,
Batz, Kichland. equipment repair, one-acre corn
A senior at Tulpehocken Area
High School, Jamie has been a 4-H
member tor nine years and is
presently serving as vice president
ot the Kehrersburg Adventurers 4-
H Club. She has been awarded the
1982 Berks County 4-H National
Awards winner for gardening and
food preservation, and has been
chosen to participate in the 4-H
Citizenship Washington Focus
program in Washington, U.C. this
year,
Jamie also is active in her high
school band, Senior chorus and the
National Honor Society. She is a
member ot the Little Swatara
Church and is a member ot their
choirs.
Jan Adam, 17, son ot Mr. and
Mrs. James Adam, Hamburg, was
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Grimes’ herd average last year
was 16,753 pounds mUk and 669
pounds butterfat with a 4.0 test.
However this year’s production
will be lower since half of his herd
is composed of first calf heifers,
Grimes said.
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crop and hay
These recipients will be special
guests ot the tair tor the entire
week ot Sept. 20-26. It is held each
year behind the Fairgrounds
Square Mall, Heading.
The livestock judging schedule
begins Monday at 4 p.m. with the
sheep show. Scheduled tor
Tuesday at I p.m. are the swine,
market steers and beet cattle
shows. At 5:30 4-H titling and
showmanship contests are
scheduled with rabbits being
judged at 6 p.m.
Holstein cattle will be shown
‘Wednesday at 10 a.m. and colored
dairy breeds at 6 p.m. Other events
such as bale throwing, egg tossing,
and seed spitting are scheduled
throughout the week.
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The Grimes herd is housed in a
free stall barn and fed com silage
and hay free choice. The feeding
program is then balanced from
ecommendations coming fron
Penn State.
All cows are fed concentrate in
the milking parlor. This consists of
high moisutre com and 35 percent
protein pellets balanced to a 16
percent concentrate. High
producers also are given a magnet
and can eat from a magnetic
feeder.
The feeder is filled with a 20
percent protein high energy pellet.
Grimes presently houses the
milking string in one group, but he
would like to form two groups in
the future when his facilities will
handle it. He also has been con
sidering a total-mix ration, hoping
it will help to increase his herd
average.
The dairy herd also is on the
somatic cell count program ot
fered through DHIA and generally
stays within the 200,000 to 300,000
cell count level.
Manure is still handled in dry
form and hauled frequently.
Grimes is all in favor of liquid
manure storage, however, and
would like to knife it into the soil
during spring and autumn. He and
Barbara plan to eventually build
an above ground storage facility.
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Kenneth artificially breeds
many of his cows, but has a
technician breed his better cows
with expensive semen. “I don’t
want to store too much expensive
semen in my own tank,” he ex
plained, “so it is easier to have a
technician bring a smaller amount
than I could buy myself.
Field crops consist of 200 acres of
com, some of which is harvested
as silage while the rest is shelled.
The farm also has 85 acres of hay,
approximately 20 acres of wheat,
10 acres of oats, 60 acres of pasture
and 75 acres of woodland.
The grimes do all the work
themselves except for two part
time employees. Barbara is the
bookkeeper and secretary and also
feeds the calves. Raised as a “city
girl” she enjoys living and working
on the farm and has been involved
in many community organizations.
Ten-year-old Jonathan has
become a big help around the
farm, feeding hay to the cows and
calves and feeding heifers at
another farm for his father.
Jonathan has been showing dairy
cattle in 4-H for two years.
Presently he has two cows of his
own to show.
Seven-year-old Jennifer also has
shown an interest in the dairy herd
and other farm activities. She also
is a member of a local Brownie
STATE
troop and has been taking dan
lessons for the past three years.
Raised on the farm, Kenneth is
member of the Pennsylvania ar
Berks County Holstein clut
Pennsylvania and Berks Coun
Farmers Association, Agwa
DHIA, Shartlesville »
Strausstown Fire Companies, Fo
Northkill Jaycees, Lions Club ai
Hamburg Moose Lodge. He also
a township supervisor for Upp
Tulpehocken Township.
Kenneth is a graduate of Wesh
Junior College, Dover Delawar
and also attended Delaware Valk
College of Science and Agricultur
Doylestown. Barbara attend!
Keystone Junior Collegi
LaPlume. Jonathan attends fifl
grade and Jennifer attends secor
grade in the Hamburg Area Scho
District.
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