Ei2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 2,1990 (Continued from Page E 9) children. Last summer, Ann used an old bridesmaid’s dress to make a Cin derella costume for Matthew’s cow, Luscious. Matthew dressed as Prince Charming, and the pair was named overall champions at the Maryland State Fair. Their photo appeared in the July 1989 issue of “National Geographic World,” with the slogan, “Milk’s the One” prominently displayed on the cow’s side. The family recently hosted the fourth grade class from Corpus Christi, a Catholic school in Chambersburg. All three Day children attend the school, and are the only students who live on a working farm. David showed his David takes full care of his poultry flock, collecting the eggs every day after school. He reports that he gets 9-11 eggs a day from his 13 hens. Hot Weather Reduces Her To Produc u m *) \ ✓ MANNA PRO A / Feed, Fertilizer , Chemicals, Farm Supplies Grain Storage & Grain Drying Family Is Paramount At Tri-Day Farm classmates the chickens he raises, and Curtis explained the various stages of a cow’s life, showing them the calves, heifers, dry cows and milk cows. He milked a cow for the children and showed them the feeders and other aspects of the operation. “We put in a plug for dairy products, too,” Curtis said. “We fed them ice cream!” The family was surprised to dis cover, upon reading thank-you notes from the children, that the item that most fascinated (he stu dents was the magnet given to cows for hardware. Curtis serves as advisor to the Cumberland County Junior Dairy Bowl Team, of which David and Matthew are members. The team won a recent contest at Pennsylva Hot weather Is a major stress factor on your dairy cows' ability to produce their maximum potential. 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Increased digestibility performance. nia Slate University, with Matth ew, a sixth grader, placing first in reasons and David ninth. The team also took third place at the Pen nsylvania State Junior Holstein Convention in February. Curtis brought excellent creden tials to his position as advisor. In 1960 he won the national 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest in Waterloo, lowa. The next year, he earned the Highest Individual Scorer designation in the Interna tional Competition in Cambridge, England. The engraved, silver milk can trophy he won was pre sented to him by the Queen Mother of England. He is no stranger to the show ring, either. “I’ll judge any chance I get,” he said. In April, he judged Al I t the 234 head of cattle entered in the Maryland Spring Show, and has been invited to judge the Franklin County 4-H Round-Up in August. His early mentors were John Mor ris and the late Dorothy Emerson. The boys have inherited their father’s love of show cattle. Both have show animals which they ready for the ring themselves. They also help select the sires for their show calves. "They are very involved and interested,” Ann said. Curtis acTded, “If they’re going to work, they will have a say, loo.” The family showed at the East ern Show in Harrisburg in Septem ber. Their three-year-old, Lyncholm Valor Pixie, look third place in her class and was named Total Performance Winner of the show. Pixie, an All-Pennsylvania three-year-old, also won the three ycar-old class at the Southcentral Championship Show in August. The Days own this Sir C Valor daughter, who is classified 90 points, in partnership with Kings tead Farms. She is pictured on the cover the the Spring 1990 Holstein Directory of 21st Century Genetics. At the Shippensburg Fair last July, the Days showed six heifers, and brought home top honors in the Junior Yearling, Senior Year ling and Junior Best Three Female classes. At the Day’s February 1990 classification their BAA was 105.6. 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Their breeding plan for the herd is to concentrate on mating for show cows. “We have three kids who like to show cows,” Curtis said. “We’ll use bulls that sire show calves, and use milk bulls other times. You can’t have the best of both worlds.” ROSS’S FEED Formerly Manna-Pro Country Store Quarryvill*, PA (717) 786-7361
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