Trimbles’ Swiss
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herd, Carol pitches m with the
washing and calf raising. Two
fother family members, Cindy, 15
and Scott, 12, each have their daily
chores.
In May 1969 the family took over
the Peach Bottom farm, which
originally held hogs and steers,
and by late July bad completed
renovations to begin milking cows.
The additions included ex
panding the barn to accommodate
a 78-free stall facility and con
structing. a double-four
herringbone parlor.
Within the next decade, Trimble
completed a conservation plan on
the 145-acre farm, which was m
sore need of improvements.
"In 1969, 1 had to plow seven
gullies shut before 1 could plant
com,” Trimble recalls.
“fThe addition of terraces,
-'waterways, tile outlets and an
earthen bank manure storage
earned Trimble the title Out
standing Cooperator from the
Lancaster Conservation District.
Since the addition of the manure
storage, which is emptied twice
yearly, the Trimbles have seen
reductions in their fertilizer bill.
"This year, 1 used no fertilizer of
any kind on my com,” he explains.
By using minimum tillage and
double-cropping, Don plants about
100 acres in com, 60 in alfalfa and
10 m barley.
The Donsdell feeding program
consists of a total mixed ration for
three groups. The groups, high,
low and dry cows ace fed four
tunes daily plus free choice hay. In
addition, computer technology
arrived last March and the com
puter feeder is programmed to the
individual need of the herds.
. The high group, which us any
animal producing more than fW
pounds of milk daily, receives
from the TMK 42 pounds of corn
silage, 16 pounds of haylage, five
pounds of protein and II pounds of
ear corn. In addition, the high
group is locked into the computer
program and via neck tran-
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16 percent protein supplement,
which includes oats, shell com and
ground ear com.
Since the advent of the com
puter, Carol and Don also have
registered slashes in their feed bill.
Previously, the Trimbles used
magnetic feeders which contained
pelleted feed, the same pelleted
feed they used to feed in the parlor.
They soon discovered the
magnetic feeder was an un
profitable investment.
"We couldn’t dump feed in it fast
enough,” Don says.
“The cows would gobble it up
like candy,” adds - Carol. The
computer feeder, instead, uses
homegrown feed.
Don regulates the computer
ration for each cow on a monthly
basis. Fresh cows, however, have
their daily allotment altered about
every other day, says Don.
The second feeding group or low
group does not have access to the
computer but receives a total
mixed blend of 35 pounds of com
silage, 10 pounds of ear com, 25
pounds of baylage and two pounds
of protein.
Dry cows are fed four pounds of
grain, 25 pounds of com silage and
IS pounds of haylage.
Although the Trimbles haven’t
appeared on the tanbark in recent
years, they hold the distinction of
exhibiting the Grand Champion
Brown Swiss at the Pennsylvania
Farm Show for three consecutive
years from 1974 to 1976.
Don credits reknown Swiss sire
White Cloud Jasons Elegant with
providing the groundwork for a
high producing, type herd. The
Trimbles have eight Elegant
daughters scoring 67 and an Ex
cellent with very "wet”
backgrounds.
Donsdell Elegant Alana, EX,
turned m her latest 4-year-old
record at 25,894 pounds of milk, a
4.6 test and 1,185 pounds of bul
terfat. Alana and her Swiss herd
mates were some of the major
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could then be stored directly to
state centers and eliminate costly
Donsdell herd at the top of the
Lancaster DHIA, this year, for the
breed. The herd averaged 14,485
pounds of milk and6l4 of fat.
The Donsdell replacements are
started in hutches as soon as they
are dry.' Don milks the dam and
feeds colustrum within the first
hour after birth. Prior to the
hutches, the calves were main
tained ih a renovated chicken
house but poor ventilation proved
too costly. Since the addition of the
hutches four years ago, Don
recalls just one mortality.
Eventually Don and Carol will
milk an all Swiss herd that is if
they can keep them long enough. It
seems the big brown animals are
in demand at home as well as
abroad and the Trimbles have
marketed stock in Georgia, Italy,
Guatemala, Ecuador and the
Caribbean Mps
Additionally, many youngsters
are turning toward Color Breeds as
4-H projects and at Donsdell Farm,
Carol explains, the supply can’t
keep up with demand.
In the meantime, the Trimbles,
like all Pennsylvania Brown Swiss
breeders have their .new 1983
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Currently, the state has eight
warehouses used for school and
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The warehouses are located in
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A recent expansion of state
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Keystone State’s unemployed in
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said state ag secretary Penrose
Hallowell. Unemployment cards
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“At the request of Governor
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"Our concern with this
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In a letter to agencies actively
distributing cheese and butter,
Hallowed also urged that any of
these commodities now held in
food banks and warehouses under
the program be made available to
community groups and charitable
organizations for inclusion in food
baskets for delivery to the needy
during the holiday season.
Local charitable agencies in the
Commonwealth distributed more
than 8.5 million pounds of cheese
and 1.5 million pounds of butter
from the Secial Daily Distribution
program since February 1982,
Hallowed noted.
Hallowed requested these
groups to consider the expanded
eligibility requirements and
compile an estimated amount of
cheese and butter for local
distribution in early 1983.
“We intend to place new orders
for cheese and butter with the
USDA as soon as possible to begin
the fourth round of distribution in
the near future,” said Hadowed.
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