Lancaster Dairymen Tour Franklin County Farms (Continued from Pago D2B) pump their manure uphill to a stor age pit big enough to hold about seven to eight worth of waste. He said the no-till planting has cost just as much as regular tilling, but with the decreased soil erosion, there has been considerable bene fits. He said they rotate their com about every three years and add no additional nitrogen, other than manure, which gets a spring application. The Caymans also said they are “max-ed out" with cows. It takes them four hours to milk, and they milk twice a day. The Caymans do their breeding through the ABS CMC program and Youg Sire and have about 20 Very Goods and one Excellent cow and about 70 Good plus. Their one fulltime, and one part time hired help work regularly, but do the milking every other week. According to Grant, it seems to work out better, switching weeks that way, instead of splitting morn ing and evening shifts. 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But much of the Crider’s dairy business is' tied up in breeding. He got into (Heeding Holsteins in 1946, while still in high school and still has animals that are 11th gen eration, and Excellents, from that first animal that was a school project He has had 25 and currendy has 14 in the herd with production in the low to mid-20,000 pound range. The farm contains 161 acres and the Criders rent another 75, with which they grow hay and silage com. Harold said he buys all the grain for their 68 milking cows. Harold said he’s had his herd on testing since 1957 and classified since 1963. He said he had been (Turn to Pago DM) Rlalng Sun, MD 301-658-6923 OETWILER SILO Nawvllla, PA 717-776-6321 WHEELER INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY Somaraal, PA 814-445-8917 HOOVER EQUIPMENT Tyrona, PA 814-684-1777 liberdome PO Box 11 • Lake Mills. Wl 53551 DOTTERER EQUIPMENT INC. 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