20,000
HERD
AVE.
MILK
YIELD
PER COW
14,000
AT PLEASANT HILL DAIRY, SOME OF THE NICEST PEAKS ARE THE
NEW PEAKS IN HERD AVERAGE SINCE THE FEIDT FAMILY
REMODELED THEIR BARN AND SWITCHED TO BROWN’S FEEDS.
Dauphin County, this farm is the family farm of
EUGENE AND DAVID FEIDT and families. It’s 250
acres of rolling crop and pasture land produce all
the alfalfa, corn silage, barley and most of the ear
corn needed to feed the 76 cow home raised herd
plus all replacements. Herd size increased when
the barn was remodeled and now over 45% of herd
is Ist calf heifers.
- FAMILY BUSINESSES WORKING TOGETHER -
At Brown’s we are proud of customers like Eugene and David Feidt. Since 1871 the Brown’s Family and their
fine employees have been helping dairy farm families produce milk economically and efficiently.
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DHI Test 4/26/90 76 Cows
' 19,308 Milk 693 Fat 620 Protein
DHI Test 1/20/88 68 Cows
14,668 Milk, 534 Fat, 474 Protein
JAN 1988
Started On Brown’s Feed
Winter 1988
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ill freshened on Aug. 19th as a
ix year old, bred right back to
;alve again on July 17th and in
!43 days has already produced
t 4,466 lbs. of milk. Ear corn,
helled corn, barley, and
trown's 38 Milkmaster kept Jill
iilking at 104 lbs. at 200 days,
his may not sound like a super
high-tech” "Hi Energy” diet, but
\b proof is in the results gener
ted by harvesting maximum
.nergy yield from a well balanced
'umen of a mature cow.
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APR. 1990
Spring 1990
and Still Going Up
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DHI records with Brown’s Sales Rep. Steve Smelter
(left). In spite of expandingthe herd and some poor
forage years, production has climbed steadily
since starting with Brown’s. They appreciate the
regular visits Steve makes, timely forage testing,
and Brown’s Flex-Formula method of Ration
Balancing.
Fantasia freshened at 1 yr. 9 mos. in Oct., bred right
back to freshen again in Sept., & at 185 days had a
projected record of 18,771 of milk and 629 of fat.
She peaked at 99 lbs. David credits Brown’s Prolac
Pellets fed as a topdress to individual high produc
ing cows with helping several heifers approach the
100 lb. mark this winter. Herd reproductive perfor
mance and body condition have both improved
since switching to BROWN’S FEEDS.
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FEEDS SINCE 1871
SINKING SPRING, PA
19608
215*678*4567
IN PA 1-800-345-3344
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