A32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19,1984 East German immigrant (Continued from Page A 22) program and also ranked in the top 10 in the Keystone State for protein fat and 7th in the Holstein breed. Joe said he’s proud of his cows as he remarked, “For the first time ever, we had 12 cows produce 100 pounds plus on our December 1983 test.” One of the top cows, Bet, had the highest day average of 133 pounds and is projected for 28,000 pounds of milk and 927 pounds of fat. Another cow, Ldri, had 129 pounds recorded and is projected for 28,000 pounds of milk and 971 pounds of fat. Two other cows, Gin and Trudy, are on their way to passing the 1, 000-pound mark for butterfat. Joe said he likes to freshen his heifers around 3-years of age. He runs a beef bull with the heifers for the first breeding, stating “its easier to catch them while they’re cycling.” Joe keeps most of his calves and markets a few. He raises 15 to 20 head of steers yearly and maintains 15 to 20 heifer replacements. Joe attributes his record breaking averages to a good feeding ration. He currently uses the Agri’King program consisting of custom, personalized feeds. Each month Martha looks over each cow’s record and records the pounds of milk given. She also records the amount of corn, soybean and top dressing fed to cows producing over 80 pounds of milk. This information is marked on a chart and is hung over the front of each cow’s stall. In addition, the feed is tested to be sure of its balance. Joe added that his “blue silos” also help and are “number one as the feed never changes, therefore, the cows always have a good balance of feed.” Cow comfort is another high priority on his list of farm management practices. Mats are under all cows, grates are behind all stalls, cow trainers are hung over each cow, chopped bedding is used because of the liquid manure system, and tube fans are used to maintain a 55-degree temperature year round. 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