Standing in the center, Jim Woodmansee Sr., of Jericho
Dairy, Lake Como, receives an award for having the cow Jim Wagner receives an award for having the cow with
with the highest lifetime butterfat production among Wayne the highest milk production among Wayne County DHIA
County DHIA members. Presenting the award are Ellis Dix, members. Presenting the award are Ellis Dix, left, and Dave
left, and Dave Soden. Soden.
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We have probably been too modest up to now about the merits of our new generation
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our competition, not our customers. So we would like to point out the bare facts:
FEED SAVINGS; On-farm results show a feed savings of Va
lb. per 100 birds per day - over $lO,OOO per year savings
un a 100,000-bird house. Year after year
EASY ADAPTABILITY: Oun adapts easily to
existing cage systems you may already have. Or
choose from our wide selection of cage styles.
5-YEAR WARRANTY: Oura gives you a
5-year warranty on augar and trough. Theirs
doesn’t. In {act, their dealers derive a large
percentage of their income from parts sales. ''
Ours don’t.
MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL;
Our control let* you program feeding
time to the second. to ma|ch the
exact time of one circuit. Control
number of feeding!, time of each
feeding - also 10-second “Stimula
tion Cycles” between feedings, to
minimize separation, and Improve
your birds’ feed Intake.
SIMPLE OPERATION;
“Push-pull" Power Unite
with VS or VS HP motor are
located In a cage, have
hardened it eel geare for
trouble-free operation.
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TROUBLE-FREE DESIGN: Our feeder has only two moving
parts - die one-piece auger plus each drive wheel; their chain
has more. Our comers are heavy 12 ga. zinc plated tubing for
life; their comers have a reputation for trouble and short life.
EDWARD D. PRUSS HONESDALE (Wayne Co
Wayne Co. Extension Agent The 64th Annual Meeting of
HI-GRADING OF FEE
Our auger travels at 80
so birds are limited from >
until it stops; birds will hf
feed from chain feeders
causing uneven nutritioi
REMIXING FEED; Ourai
•lowly revolves, remixing ok.
new ieed; theirs leaves most
feed to get stale.
BILLED-OUT FEED; Our augei
■ grid to prevent birds from raki'
and throwing out ieed; neither
disk systems prevent feed war
COST SAVINGS: Ours saves
amounts of energy costs since i
to propel and runs only half as
theirs.
LOW MAINTENANCE; With our 5-year
warranty on auger and 20 ga. trough (one
competitor hae only 22 ga.) - plus no
corner wheel mechanisms to wear out
ours saves you maintenance costs.
PROVEN DESIGN: Over
45 million birds are already
on our feeder worldwide.
Also, It was proven in S years
of on-farm testing before
Introduction.
STORE
HOURS:
Mon.-Frl.
7:30-4:30
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 8, 1990-A33
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the
Wayne County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association (DHIA)
was held recently at die Fireside
Restaurant with approximately
100 people in attendance.
One of the highlights of this
meeting was the announcement
and presentation of awards for the
1989-1990 Wayne County DHIA
testing year.
High herd award for milk, but
terfat and protein production went
to Kevin and Gerarda Burleigh,
R.D. 1 Pleasant Mount. The herd
of 46 Registered Holsteins pro
duced an average of 21,584
pounds of milk, 779 pounds of
buttcrfat and 700 pounds of pro
tein per cow for the 1989-1990
testing year.
Other herds that averaged 750
pounds of butterfat and/or 650
pounds or more of protein were:
• Charles P. Dennis Jr., Hones
dale - 54 registered and grade
Holsteins that produced an aver
age of 20,709 pounds of milk, 762
pounds of butterfat and 686
pounds of protein per cow.
• Rowe Brothers, Honesdale -
97 Registered Holsteins that pro
duced an average of 18,603
pounds of milk, 766 pounds of
buttcrfat and 593 pounds of pro
tein per cow.
Other production awards
included:
High Cow for Milk Production
“ Edith”, 29,345 pounds of milk,
owned by Paul Harrison and Sons,
Moscow.
High Cow for Bulterfat
Production- “Venus”, 1,065
pounds of butterfat, owned by
Rowe Brothers, Honesdale.
High Cow for Protein Produc
tion - “Audrey”, 960 pounds of
protein, owned by Charles P. Den
nis Jr., Honesdale.
High Lifetime Cow for Milk
Production - “Terry”, 14 lacta
tions, 238,757 pounds of milk,
owned by D. Ellis Dix, Pleasant
Mount.
High Lifetime Cow for Butter
fat Production - “Liza”, 10 lacta
tions, 9,349 pounds of bulterfat,
owned by Jericho Dairy, Lake
Como.
High Lifetime Cow for Protein
Production - “Salina”, 9 lacta
tions, 5,403 pounds of protein,
owned by Clearfield Farms,
Honcsdale.
High Quality Milk Award -
James Slocum, Susquehanna, with
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