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sylvania," with one of her animals,
Donna also does most of the
milking, taking turns with another
sister. Doyles takes care of the
feeding chores, and Doris and
Denise fill in where needed.
Youngest, Dwaine, “does
whatever you make him do,’ the
girls add, smiling. Dad makes
most of the breeding decisions, the
girls added as they also admitted
that they ask for his advice when
breeding their own animals.
“I like good type,” Stump states
and adds, “if you breed for type,
the production comes.” “I
wouldn’t use a +2OOO bull if he
were minus for type,” this
dairyman states.
The Stump’s division of chores
seems to be a profitable com-
Denise Stump with her best cow, "Brandi.”
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bination for this family. With many
dairymen buying their top
animals, this family lakes great
pride that their entire herd is
homebred without sacrificing any
of the type and production that
they want in their animals. The
Stumpland herd is currently
averaging over 17,700 pounds of
milk with over 610 pounds of fat.
In addition to having exported
several animals overseas, the
Stumps remember 1983 as the year
the first Stumpland bull went to a
major A.I. Stud in the United
States. This homebred herd also
boasts a full sister and full brother
to this bull. “Erin” the Sexation
daughter, belongs to Denise. The
full brother was proven by the
Stumps to his first proof of +llBl
milk. Their dam, still in the herd,
is a “Betty Chief” with over 28,000
pounds mUk and 950 fat in 305 days,
and the granddam is an
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1000 pounds fat. Stumps also adds
that he has a daughter of his home
proven bull in the bam that peaked
at 82 pounds as a two year old.
Farming 900 acres while
maintaining their dairy herd, the
Stump family is busy year-round.
They are still able, however to
share the workload and exhibit
their animals at three shows plus
district and state shows throughout
the year.
The Farm Show always stands
apart from the other shows, ac
cording to the Stump children
because of the large crowds and
many questions asked them. “Last
year, we were like an information
booth,” Donna says. Doris states
that she finds it “interesting
because of the people and
questions.”
Being the oldest, Donna says
that she will probably be staying
with their amimals this year with
the others taking turns coming out.
Donna adds that there is one thing
she would like to see added to the
Farm Show. “1 would like to see a
fitting and showing contest,”
Donna says. She states that each of
the livestock divisions have the
contest and the dairy division
should also. The Stumps all agreed
that there is much to be learned by
juniors participating in or just
watching a fitting and
showmanship contest.
The anticipation of showing their
animals to the large crowds in the
big barns against statewide
competitors, shows in their eyes.
Something else was also obvious
when meeting and talking with
these five brothers and sisters.
With their devotion and dedication
to their animals and their family’s
farm, and their already earned
skills in the dairy business, these
children are winners without even
going to shows. They are learning
that “you reap what you have
sown.”
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