>l26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 23,1983 York Holstein tour (Continued from Page A 24) The Stolzfus are abundant with their thanks and praise for those who helped with the buildings, and for donations of hay that arrived later. In spite of the fire and the temporary housing with neighbors, the herd has maintained a rolling herd average of 16,000 milk. Bull selection earns high priority attention on this herd of 4 Ex cellent, 25 Very Good, 27 Good Plus and 6 Good individuals. Stolzfus leans forward typey bulls with production, rather than dwelling heavily on index numbers. “If I make up my mind to use a certain bull, not too much in fluences me against that,” he told the York breeders. Current sires favored include Wileeda, Milk man, Marvation and Magic. A mostly-home-bred herd fills the 60 tie-stalls at Rocky Side Holsteins in Chester County, owned by the Jefferson Yoder family, Elverson. Jeff and his son, Carl, operate the 800-acre farm, cropped to hay and grams, and also maintain a herd of 120 head of Herefords. Yoder’s breeding philosophy shys aways from the “hot”, high Predicted Difference sires, with typiness and size an important part of the overall breeding goal. One measure of Yoder’s success is his 16 consecutive years of winning the Holstein Association’s Progressive Breeder Award, and an unofficial BAA of 105.5. “Our bulls have panned out It's Time For Our SPRING OPEN HOUSE Fri., April 29-8 AM to 8 PM Sat., April 30 - 8 AM to 5 PM Free Coffee And Donuts SPECIAL PRICES ON TRACTORS, LAWN EQUIPMENT AND LAWN FERTILIZERS! We have to be smart toFuelYbu! <M3 We ll give you a whole year's supply of diesel fuel (110g* model to get: famow reliabil c c Choose any of the 13 to 33 horse models 2 or 4 wheel drive plus Powershifi and 2-speed Live PTO in 18 and 33 HP models SPECIAL PRICE ON MODEL 682 sg% CUB CADET w/44" MOWER... U f 179 MARTIN HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT CO. Rt. 501,1 1 /? Miles South of Schaefferstown, PA Phope 717-949-6817 Open Mon.-Fri. 8 to 8; Wed. 8 to 12; Sat. 8 to 5 w*»r 4 xsfer *ysr«#* __ better than those with high PO numbers,” he attests of his use ho home-bred sons in the breeding program. Yoder worries that the continued use of the Elevation and Chief lines in the Holstein breed pose a threat to the long-term quality and size of the breed. Holstein women on the bus trip got a special treat at the Yoder farm, with a tour of the family home hosted by Reba Yoder. Reba is noted for her quilt making, and the beautifically crafted braided rugs that cover most of the floor space in the spacious, historic home. En couraged at age 14, by her mother and great aunt to try her hand at quilting, Reba Yoder has since quilted over 200 large quilts, and admits that she has lost count of the baby quilts and wail hangings she has done. Final stop of the tour was at Hopewell Village, a restored iron making community that is now maintained as a historic national site. f THINKING OF | BUILDING? I- READ LANCASTER FARMING'S | ADVERTISING TO FIND ALL I YOL'R NEEDSI j Test DriveA Tractor And Get A FREE DOZ. EGGS °£er Good During OPEN ■*USE I y» I /PI YMMJU I TRACTOR [U.S.AJJMC. Jefferson Yoder, right, explains his cattle breeding philosophy to visiting York Countians. Yoder's Rocky Side Holsteins hold 16 consecutive Progressive Breeder awards. fiHMBCr “We milk about 42 cows. In March 1980 we changed from Surge mini cups to Nu- Pulse milkers. My brother was using Nu- Pulse and told me about them. I won dered if they would be good when I saw them. We had a bad fall off problem before we installed the Nu-Pulse milker, now we have just about eliminated fall off. We have had far less mastitis since using the Nu-Pulse milkers. We have a herd of grade Holsteins. With the Nu-Pulse milker our herd has a rolling herd average of 20,529 lbs. of milk as of March 1983. In March 1980 before we had the Nu-Pulse milkers our herd average was just over 15,000. ’ We are very happy with the Nu-Pulse milkers.” YOU TOO CAN HAVE THESE POSITIVE RESULTS IN YOUR DAIRY OPERATION CONTACT YOUR NU-PULSE DEALERS 24 Hour Service Stop & see us at our BricKerville location on Rt. 322'/«mi. east of Rt. 501 50 E. Divisional Highway 4 . . i HERE’S WHAT David E. Zimmerman RD 1 Lebanon, PA 17042 SAYS ABOUT NU-PULSE MILKERS 717-627-3000 Lititz, Pa. 17543 Titus Burkholder Home 717-859-3863 „ *** 4 >
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