Bis-Umcaster Farming, Saturday, October 7,1989
Meet The Family
(Continued from Page B 16)
Mase family’s interest when
Gary’s sister Grace began showing
for 4-H.
When Gary started showing for
4-H in 1969, he followed his sis
ter’s footsteps.
“My friends used to kid me and
accuse me of showing Swiss
because I had no competition in the
county so I could always win. But I
really liked the Swiss breed better.
They’re more docile and queenly
and have longevity. A three- or
four-year-old Swiss can milk as
good as any Holstein and you get
increased butterfat.”
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decent and they want it, they’ll pay
good prices,” Gary said.
In reflection Gary admits,
“maybe I liked Swiss just because I
wanted to be different from my
friends. I like being different in a
lot of things.”
One of the things for which he
gets the most razing for being dif
ferent is his unusual milking sche
dule. He milks at 12 p.m. and at 12
a.m.
“Hey, he said. “I tried for years
to conform to the regular schedule.
But all the evening activities come
over milking time so we changed
it.
“Now we can go to games (Gary
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plays baseball and his seven-year
old son plays baseball and softball)
and to family gatherings and we
don’t need to worry about milking
cows. We stay out late and when
we come home, we milk the cows.
The next morning we can sleep
in.”
The milking schedule worked
better for the Mases before they
had school age children. Now Pat
ty needs to get their seven-year-old
ready for school. But, she said,
“Since school started this year.
I’ve been lucky. My husband only
asked me to help with milking two
times.”
The hours work out well for
Gary who claims to be a night per
son. “It might not work for cvery
ane, but it works best for us,” Gary
said. “Now I can play baseball and
tot worry about getting there late.”
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The parents enthusiasm for farm
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Five-year-old Alicia was
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Garrett, 9; placed first in 4-H
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Two-year-old Tony follows
Gary everywhere on the farm. He
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milking. About 30 minutes later,
Patti goes to the bam and finds him
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Their Holstein average is
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and 673 protein.
Gary said he breeds his cows for
improved cow type, not numbers.
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had a cow with high numbers that
an association wanted to contract,
but I refused. I’d like to sell a bull
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it, I don’t want to sell it”
“I’d like to get a 20,000 pound
herd average, a few more big milk
records. I dream of one of my cows
being named All American or of
being bred to an All American,”
Gary said.
Although setting records with
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like to see the Holsteins open their
registration books. I got some
awfully good Holsteins, too.”
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