A2B—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 4,1983
Leadfield
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oldest who also worked at Erin
wood Farm and Pete, who “all of a
sudden worked with cows a bit and
that was it", do the milking and
are as committed as their father to
these “super cows”. The
Doebenener’s also have a younger
boy, Justin, who is involved in 4-H
and 3 daughters. Doeberiener
admits that probably one of the
biggest secrets to the whole
operation is to have sons that are
devoted to the whole operation and
states that they provide the
responsible, conscientious care
that these type of cows need. In
following the example set by their
father, Doeberiener’s boys and
son-in-law have formed the “4 Sons
Syndicate" and own a full sister to
“Linda”. This cow is presently
scored “Very Good” - 87 and has a
larger record as a two year old
than her more widely known sister.
In addition to Doeberiener’s own
“mdispensible offspring’’, he also
employs Jeff Thurber, a city boy
who is “tremendous with the
cows”, so that his sons can have a
day off.
With cows such as “Petro” and
the many offspring resulting from
the repeated embryo transplanting
done at Queens Manor, a night
watchman is also employed and
some one is with the animals 24
hours a day.
Doeberiener says that he never
wants to milk more than 18 cows
and with a total of approximately
70 head on the farm, most of them
are calves. With cows valued in the
7-figure range, every calf that is
bom is worth a lot of money and
“you worry night and day”, his
wife states. She also adds, “When
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he (Doeberiener) has a sick
animal he is under so much
pressure, I think he should be in a
nut asylum”. “You know when
something's wrong here”, his wife
says when telling of the tension
around the house.
Calves are fed whole milk until
they are about 4 to 5 months old,
Doeberiener tells us saying that it
adds to their growth and gives
them more bone. He also adds, “I
feel if alt farmers were to feed
their calves whole milk instead of
milk replacer, it would take care of
the surplus.”
- Adjacent to Doeberiener’s house
is a neat little garage. “We haven’t
had our car in the garage for 5
years”, his wife says. Opening the
garage door, Doeberiener opens up
to “Eve’s” ET calves and
“Petro’s” ET calves, as the
garage is lined with small box
stalls to accompany the calves of
his “super ladies”. Over on the
farm, behind the main bam, is a
pole type building which
Doeberiener refers to as “the bam
that “Petro” built", where he
houses the remaining ET calves.
All the calves are kept in in
dividual box stall pens.
Because of cows like "Petro”
and “Eve”, Queens Manor sells a
lot of cattle overseas. With bulls in
Brazil, Canada, Italy, and Japan,
Doeberiener says that one of the
reasons that he stresses the but
terfat test in his breeding and
feeding programs is that it is so
important to the-foreign market
and that the butterfat test should
be the basis in milk marketing.
Stressing that they “never wanted
a lot of cattle, but good cattle that
are in demand”, Doeberiener
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states that “Petro” is currently
being flushed to “Romandale
Reflection Marquis" and “Pawnee
Farm Arlinda Chief’ in addition to
continued super-ovulating with the
other “ladies".
With a BAA of 112.7 and the
“illustrious ‘Petro’ ” what is in the
future for this notable breeder?
“The most satisfying thing is to
sell an animal for a lot of money’’,
Doeberiener states, but adds that
he must look at a sale over the long
haul where you are able to
generate more money with future
generations. Stating that he will
Trophies won since 1980 abound in the Doeberiener office, along with photos of the
notable "queens” of Queens Manor.
Dairymen are challenged to
develop feeding systems to capitalize
on the high genetic ability of today's
dairy cows. These systems include
the use of high-moisture, fermented
feeds, high-moisture, high-energy
grains, and htgh-energy dry grain
rations.
These types of rations will pro
duce more acid than cows can
neutralize naturally. This increased
acid production results in a lowering
of rumen pH acidosis.
Without adequate buffering,
cows may eat less and use feed less
efficiently. As a result, production
can suffer.
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also continue to try to buy the
exceptional animal, Doeberiener
tells us that one thing that has
eluded him is an “All-American”.
Although Queens Manor has had
many nominations, an “All-
American” is still on their list of
goals.
“What makes a great breeder is
a lot of luck”, Doeberiener con
tinues. “I’m probably as lucky as
can be because my sons are so
involved”, he states.
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the farm to continue the great
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and the devoted offspring of the
Doeberiener’s as well as their own
commitment to “breed and sell the
highest quality”. Queens Manor
will be the residence of the future
“greats” of the Holstein breed in
addition to housing the “highest
quality” now.
Although “Petro” is asserting
her influence in the Holstein breed
now through her many “excellent”
offspring who are in turn breeding
true to their “excellent paren
tage”, the Doeberiener’s conclude,
"It will be a sad day when "Petro”
dies.”
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