A2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 21,198*
BY TRISH WILLIAMS
NEW DANVILLE - The change
seemed like a real nightmare to
Larry and John Hess and their
herd of Holsteins when they moved
from a run down 40 cow staunchion
barn to a modem milking facility
and started to process and sell
their own milk.
“Nightmare” may be the word
Larry Hess uses to describe the
challenging transition the two
brothers made in 1971. But rest
assured the bold venture is
bringing the young partners many
a sweet dream today.
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Pine View Acres dairy store, is located on route 332, the New Danville Pike, four miles
south of Lancaster.
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Larry in partnership with his
father, David, was faced with the
decision to renovate the old bam,
build a new facility or continue to
receive only $5 per hundredweight.
Desiring a long and prosperous
future in the dairy business, the
young dairymen opted to build a
new facility and take on his brother
as a partner.
In 1971 Larry and John built and
opened Pine View Acres, a modem
dairy store, milking parlor,
processing plant, and free-stall
bam, all under one roof.
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sleep at night,” Larry said. “It was
such a big change, there was so
many new things to remember, we
were afraid we’d forget them.”
The cows had to adjust to being
milked in the new double three side
opener parlor. Larry and John had
to learn all the ins and outs of the
new equipment and leam how to
process flavorful high quality
milk. And if that wasn’t enough,
they had to learn how to retail their
own milk and stock a grocerette.
The stakes were high, but the
Hess brothers had done con
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Through a glass window in the front of the milking parlor,
customers can watch Larry Hess as he milks the cows.
venture for several years prior to
opening. With their determination,
good management, and a location
on the well traveled New Danville
Pike only four miles south of
Lancaster, Pine View Acres has
prospered.
Larry oversees the Pine View
herd that now totals 118 cows with
a rolling herd average of 16,000
pounds of milk. Housed in one
large free-stall barn, the herd is
divided into four groups. The
milking string is split into high and
low producers Dry cows and bred
heifers are in a third group, and
unbred heifers are in a fourth
group.
Larry caters to the individual
feed needs of his herd with a Dairy-
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feeder. The feeder mixes two
concentrates, a 16 percent protein
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