A26-L*ncaster Farming, Saturday, July 28,1990 (ContlniMd from Pag* A 1) ter Hurricane Agnes in 1972, with flood damage payments. “DHIA is worthwhile to me, not so much for production records, but for testing for such things as somatic cell count, etc. . ..” Warner’s bam is typical, in that it has been added to several times. It has a three-inch pipeline, which prevents flooding of the line. Ken Warner explained their use of paper bedding, which is avail able locally for $35/ton at the sup plier located five miles away. “It keeps the cows clean and if you can stand the looks of it in the bam,'it does the job.” The War ners mix straw and newspaper about 50/50. The newspaper does a better job of soaking up the liq uids and the straw gives a dry bed. The Warners try to spread man ure daily. “We are considering a liquid system. Steep pasture is spread in late autumn, before the freeze. We spread on level ground when frozen and on gravel when too wet to go on other fields.” The herd is mostly grade cattle. “We tried a registered herd and didn’t have good luck with it, in that the registered herd production Warner Farm Visited In Susquehanna County didn’t match the production of a grade herd.” Calves are sold for the veal market at the Wyalusing Live Stock Market. When asked about the keys to his operation “Hard work and Durling Farms in White House, NJ. We’ve been with them nearly 50 years. They have high commis sions, hauling rates are less and they pay for the milk on time. Some fanners go in debt too far. We have kept the debt load down by using our equipment right and maintaining it. A good machine shed will be the next investment in the future. We keep our machinery in the bams, I believe in keeping all machinery under cover.” As for the agriculture, “I don’t like seeing so much good farming land going out of production to housing developments. Highways add cloverlcafs take a lot of acre age.” We asked Charlie if he had the opportunity to do anything differ ent, what would that be? “I’d find a way, somehow, to build a milk ing parlor. It would save a lot of hard work!” CONCRETED SLATTED FREE STALL BARN ALSO... Complete line of H&J Bunks * Hog & Cattle Slats Concrete Hog Penning Concrete Post & Beams For Complete Details On Heifer, Cattle And Free Stall Barns SYRI-CON PRECAST CONCRETE CORP. 477 E. Farmersvllle Rd., New Holland, PA 17557 Part of the Warner herd in scenic pasture setting. 717-355-2361 r Large percentage of openings keep slats clean and dry Absolute comfort for all animal sizes. Steam cured reinforced high strength concrete Contact
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