AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 19,1983
Oley dairyman is a 4 triple breed threat 9
By Robin Phillips
Staff Correspondent
OLEY On his own since last
April, Jerry Krone, R 1 Oley,
smiles when looking at Lake Lane
Heathers Flo, a three-year-old
Brown Swiss, purchased as a bred
heifer at the 1980 Pa. State Brown
Swiss Sale in Harrisburg.
Flo is one of two Brown Swiss
from Pennsylvania to be
nominated for All-American, and
Krone has just been notified that
she was named Reserve All-
American Brown Swiss 3-year-old.
As a two-year-old, “Flo” placed
3rd at the Eastern National and
had second best udder. At the York
Interstate Fair, she was named
Grand Champion after placing
first in the 2-year-old class and
selected as “Best Udder" of the
show.
Leading up to her nomination as
an All- American 3-year-old, “Flo”
placed first and “Best Udder” at
the 1982 Maryland State Fair and
second and “Best Udder” at the
1982 Eastern National. Bred by
Lloyd H. Lohr, Stoystown, “Flo’s”
records to date include: 2-05 305
11,890 4.1% 489 and 34)6 213 10,578
3.7% 393. She is projected to finish
her 3-year-old record just over
13,000 lbs. milk with a 3.9% but
terf at test.
Planning to continue to show this
outstanding Swiss, Krone adds that
Two of his latest calf additions are displayed by Krone,
including a Swiss bull and a Guernsey.
she has also given him a heifer,
who-if she 'matures like her dam
will accompany her on the tanbark
trail.
Krone added that just to be able
to find the time to show a few of his
animals is a big accomplishment
in itself. He remembers rushing to
and from his farm and the shows,
and is very thankful to his friends
in Brown Swiss and Guernsey
circles who added “Flo” to their
show strings when he returned
home.
Krone currently rents a stan
chion barn and the surrounding
pastures and lives near the farm in
another rented farmhouse. “Flo’s”
herdmates include 13 Guernseys,
14 Brown Swiss, and 10 Holsteins.
Although Krone had been
assembling his Brown Swiss herd
since 1980 on the Holstein farm of
his father, and had initially wanted
to form an all-Swiss herd. Krone
could not refrain from bidding on
13 Guernseys when the Leader
Farm herd in York County was
dispersed.
Krone had been employed as
Assistant Herdsman at Leader
Farms for 3Vz years before taking
a position as herdsman on a
registered Holstein farm in
Maryland. When the position of
manager at Leader Farms became
available. Krone returned and
This is Lake Lane Heather's Flo, pride of Jerry Krone.
Brown Swiss, Guernsey and Holstein
served as manager until the
dispersal.
“I knew the cows; I knew what
their potential was and the op
portunity was there.” Krone ex
plains.
His Guernseys include seven
“Very Good”, two “Desirable”,
and four not yet classified. These
also include three animals with
over 100,000 pounds of milk to their
credit. Krone states that the
Guernseys have the highest but
terfat in the herd and when
compared month by month, his
Brown Swiss and Guernseys pay
their way right along side the
Holsteins with their extra milk.
Referring to the extra protein
and butterfat of the colored breeds
and the possibility of protein
payments in addition to the extra
dividends of the high butterfat,
Krone replies, “It’s just a matter
of time,” “That’s why I went to the
colored breeds.”
To explain his most recent
purchases. Krone explains that be
needed milk. The 10 Holsteins were
the last of the trio of breeds to
enter this herd and were pur
chased from another farmer in the
county. Krone admits that his
Brown Swiss and Guernseys are
more docile and easier to handle,
but states that he plans to continue
to develope the three breeds, using
.ry one stai with his three
the Guernsey and "Flo" the Brown Swiss.
writes “Jeannie" the Holstein, “Cecile”,
Hutches are utilized by Krone. These twins are out of a 12-
year-old Guernsey.
the top bulls available. Although
Holstein semen is much more
expensive when compared to the
cost of semen for the other breeds,
Krone uses artificial insemination
exclusively.
“Registered is the way to go
because of the merchandise
potential,” Krone said. All of the
animals in his herd are registered
with the exception of one Holstein.
One can easily see that these
affectionate bovines love their
dairyman as much as he ap
preciates them as they follow him
around the pasture close on his
heels. Although there were no
major setbacks, so common to new
dairymen, in his first year of
milking, Krone admits to being
very grateful for all the bull calves
his cows gave him since he has
Tested bull sale Friday
UNIVERSITY PARK - Beef
producers have an excellent op
portunity to make real genetic
progress in their beef breeding
program by purchasing a Per
formance Tested Bull at Pa. 10th
Performance Tested Bull Sale.
The sale will be held on Friday at
the Pa. Dept, of Agriculture’s Meat
Animal Evaluation. Center, which
is located near the Penn State
Campus. The sale begins at noon.
Bob Kimble, Director at the
been living on the money from
their sale at auction.
Krone plans to continue to show
as much as he is able while
dairying by himself, but states that
his foremost goal is to get his cows
paid off. He is also looking forward
to consigning some of his better
young stock to the state breed sales
in the future.
Time will tell as the economic
times take their toll on this young
dairyman, as it will for many
others across the state. But, as
Krone walks into the pastures
again, 38 heads come up and look
his way. He’s got loyal fans out
there, who come when called,
ready to work hard for' this
dairynjan who is working hard for
them.
Center, points out that there will be
23 Angus bulls, 6 Charolais bulls, 17
Polled ‘ Hereford bulls and 14
Simmental bulls offered for 'sale,
and this represents the top 75% of
all bulls tested.
There is no surer way to
guaranteed improvement, than to
use Performance Tested sires.
Catalogs are available upon
request from: Pa. Dept, of
Agriculture, Meat Animal
Evaluation Center, 651 Fox Hollow
Road, State College, PA 16601.