Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, August 11, 1984, Image 38

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    A3B—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August li, 1984
Holstein breeders attending the annual Butler County Twilight meeting take part in a
judging contest.
Dean’s host
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Promotion Committee and urged
the continuing support of the
county dairy farmers with their
program.
A special guest attending the
meeting was Harry Van Wijk, a
dairy production major from
Holland who is working on the
George Kudoc dairy farm. Van
Wijk told the group that the
Freisian cattle in his homeland are
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“beefier” than those in the United
States. He also said that his family
farms below sea level and raises
120 head of cattle.
This year’s event was co-chaired
by Wedell Smith and Albert Hogg
with the County Extension Service
and the local Holstein Club
sponsoring the yearly summer
meeting.
Wrapping up the program was a
tour of the newly remodeled dairy
barn, where free stalls were
converted to individual tie stalls.
Also, work was done on the calf
and heifer facilities.
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George and Peggy Dean have a
rolling herd average of 18,315
pounds milk and 686 pounds fat at
3.7 percent butterfat. The herd was
purchased from Theodore and
Mary Miller along with machinery
just five years ago. In an
agreement with the Millers, the
Deans rent the 125 acres of land
and the buildings with plans to
purchase the entire operation.
Butler Agway handled the
parking arrangements for the
meeting and Atlantic Breeder’s
served a dinner following the
evening program.
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soybean varieties, and Dr. Richard
Cole introducing new potato
strains and discussing disease
control.
Other topics discussed were the
use of soybean herbicides, by Dr.
Nate Hartwig, forage fertility, by
Les Lanyon and a presentation on
potato insecticides emphasizing
control of the Colorado potato
beetle, by Jean Wallace.
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In the Lab’s front yard, plant
breeder Richard Craig reviewed a
colorful splash of new flowers of
interest to both commercial
growers and consumers.
In sharp contrast to last sum
mers dry conditions, a leaden sky
threatened to put the damper on
the afternoon’s activities. For
tunately, the rain held off until
nearly 3 p.m., as the Field Day was
drawing to a close.
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