inenter Farming, Saturday October 27, 1990
Holstein Association Names 1990 All-Pennsylvania Winners
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JUNIOR THREE-YEAR-OLD
All-PA Penn-Gate Melrose Tinker
Steve & Chris Wood Littlestown PA
Reserve C Merlholme Marlin Rosemare
Pease Farms Harold Hard Susquehanna PA
Hon. Men. Woodbine Starbuck Ella
Woodbine Farms Airville PA
BEST THREE FEMALES
All-PA Gor-Wood D
Gor-Wood-D Acres Mansfield PA
Reserve Lockway
Richard & Georgianna Locke
Mercersburg PA
Hon. Men. Windy-Knoll-View
James & Nina Burdette Mercersburg PA
PRODUCE OF DAM
All-PA Lockway Home
Richard & Georgianna Locke
Mercersburg PA
Reserve Penn-Gate Elevation Flashie
Steve & Chris Wood Littlestown PA
Two Holstein Herds
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alfalfa hay (a lot of haylage), com,
oats, barley, and wheat.
Sman also buys supplemental
feeds protein additives, distill
ers grain, cotton seed,
minerals
Sandy takes care of the breeding
program and uses sires almost
exclusively through Atlantic
Breeders. She selects production,
but also accounts for legs.
The high culling rate reflects
Milos philosophy that dairying is a
business; if the cow doesn’t per-
form well, she’s out.
Some other changes occured in
the business within the last three
years, Milos said.
According to Sinan, “we had
some problems with the heifers
(legs, he said). So we built a heifer
bam (in 1987) and that contributed
a lot to heifers coming on and
doing a lot better for us.”
The heifer bam is semi-Virginia
style with an open scrape alley and
bedded packs.
In addition to the other work
done at the farm this past year,
Milos said he added another silo up
SENIOR THREE-YEAR-OLD
All-PA Maple-Flat Odyssey Ricky
Deanna Sparling Troy PA
Reserve C Silver Creek Hillary
Robert & Candy Morrell Scott Bryer
Cochranton PA
r ' f - Jl £'
& sr. &
Hon. Men. Traskdale Pete An Best
Dale Hostetler Tom Lyon Annvilte PA
PRODUCE OF DAM - Continued
Hon. Men. Windy-Knoll-View Ultimate Hon. Men. Gor-Wood-D Persuading Favor
James & Nina Burdette Mercersburg Gor-Wood-D Acres Mansfield PA
All-PA Gor-Wood-D Starbuck Heartache Hon. Men. Campbell-Run Valiant Joyce
Gor-Wood-D Farms, Mansfield, PA Mark & Dave Campbell Ford City, PA
Reserve Windy-Knoll-View Justa Wonder
James & Nina Burdette Mercersburg PA
at the heifer bam,
“We have a lot of haylage and
we fill a silo. We like to get it in
(with)in a day and a half. We feed a
lot. When we built the heifer facili
ty we put a silo in and added
another silo this year. Now we
have two silos at the bam and two
at the heifer bam.”
He said the protein percentage of
his home-grown hay and haylage
runs in the high teens and low 20s.
“We test all the time and we go
by that. It’s almost like a TMR (tot
al mixed ration). We mix it up in
a
cart. When it comes
out, it is pretty much mixed feed.
We feed that about four times a
Reserve C Kennairn Renegade Sony
Queens Manor, Harry Schmuck,
Jamestown, PA
100,000 LB. COW
All-PA Gor-Wood-D Chairman Polly .......... „ ..... ..
Gor-Wood-D Acres, Mansfield, PA AIIPA Wmdy-Knoll-View Ultimate Pala
James & Nina Burdette Mercersburg, PA
day.”
As far as leading the state in herd
butterfat production, Sinan
explained that the sulfur seemed to
do the trick.
“We were having a problem
with butterfat two years ago and we
always did breed to get it,” he said.
But a high butterfat test evaded
him.
“My wife read an article in some
publication about using sulfur.
Now we add 3 ounces of sulfur (a
prepared additive) and yeast
culture.
“We were running 3.2 percent
(milkfat) and 3.3 percent and (after
using the sulfur and yeast) we
FOUR-YEAR-OLD
FIVE-YEAR-OLD
Reserve EMa-Chross Super Wendy
Ross Hershberger Martmsburg. PA
Hon. Men. C Boltonia Warden Julie
Gor-Wood-D Acres, Mansfield, PA
DAM A DAUGHTER
All-PA Lockway Holly Sexation
Lockway Helen V Star
Reserve Windy-Knoll-View Ultimate P.
Windy-Knoll-View Valiant Paola
Hon. Men. Rocky Side Character Chr
Rocky Side Chaplain Charmgirl
Hon. Men. Sa Dawn Jack Jenny
Bent Creek Sabre Jacqueline
increased by the end of the month
to 3.8 and 4.0 and have been up
there ever since,” Milos said.
However, Sinan said he tries to
keep up with all aspects of
dairying.
With their breeding program,
with his wife keeping an eye for
heat detection “We have preety
good luck with first service.”
He also does things like keep
half the bam lights on and a radio
playing during the night to encour
age the cows to eat through the
night.
Ventilation is also important to
the Sinan family.
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