DlG—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1983
WILLIAMSPORT - Barbara J.
Bair, of R 2 Mill Hall, doesn’t have
to worry about what to do with her
spare time - it’s not something she
has a lot of these days! The 26-
year-old Centre County woman
works with her husband, Ronald E.
Bair, on their dairy farm and looks
after their three sons, and is a full
time student at The Williamsport
Area Community College where
she is enrolled in Dairy Herd
Management.
Mrs. Bair, who was married in
August 1974, relates that she was
not raised on a farm and did not
immediately become involved with
her husband in working on the
family farm. For three years after
her marriage, she was employed
as a spinner at Armstrong Cork
Company at Beech Creek.
Keeping the farm books was the
extent of her involvement with the
farm until October, 1978 when she
and her husband made
arrangements to begin leasing his
parent’s farm. Dale E. and Mary
A. Bair continue to live in the
family farmhouse and to provide
assistance with the farm work,
however, the younger Bairs have
full responsibility for the farm,
both financial and operation. They
are milking 40 Holstein cows and
raise com and alfalfa on the 60-
acre farm. The Bairs also lease a
large amount of land which they
use to raise crops for their
operation.
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Barbara, who assists with the
feeding and milking chores, says
she has not become deeply in
volved in the field work since
Ronald has not had the time to
properly instruct her in the
operation of field equipment. He
holds full-time position with
Dunkle and Grieb, a John Deere
Equipment store at Mill Hall. One
of the reasons the Centre County
woman decided to enroll in the
Dairy Herd Management program
at The Williamsport Area Com
munity College was to learn more
about the field work phase of the
operation. She also wants to learn
more about dairy nutrition, herd
health, and breeding. All of these
facets of the dairy industry are
included in the College’s one-year
certificate program.
Barbara points out that both her
mother and mother-in-law have
made it easier for her to attend
College by watching the -Bair’s
sons, aged eight, five and three.
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Barbara is kept busy attending
College approximately 30 hours a
week. Evenings she assists with
the feeding and milking of cows,
does the household chores, and
then at 9 p.m. after the boys are to
bed, studies. For the year she is in
College, Barbara is not par
ticipating in the morning milking
and feeding chores. Instead she
gets up at 5 a.m. and studies.
The younger Bairs intend to
eventually purchase the farm from
his parents and are currently
buying their own equipment,
cattle, feed, and paying all the
bills. Barbara said she expects the
Dairy Herd Management course to
teach tier how to make more
money as well as how to make it an
easier manner.
Barbara is one of 15 students
enrolled full-time in Dairy Herd
Management, a new course at the
College this year. One student is
enrolled part-time. Instructor
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