i -Dairy of Distinction Supplement to Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 3,1990 182 L. Gearhart In Hollldaysburg, Blair Co. Shel-Dor Farm maintains 55 head of registered Holstein, in addition to 55 head of young stock. The farm uses a tie stall and dumping station at 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. The Dairy of Distinction farm “is nice when people drive by," said Sheldon. “We let the kids walk up to cows and ask questions about the farm. The visitors are cooperative.” The diversi fied farm also raises vegetables, registered Suffolk sheep, chickens, and turk eys which “gives kids a great variety of animals to look at, other than cows," said Sheldon. Sheldon’s son Thomas, 32, and daughter-in-law Sherry, 32, and their kids Thomas, Jr., Shelly, Jordan, and Sara help with the farm. Also, Shel don’s daughters Jane, 39 and Mary, 36 also help. “There’re only four dairy farms in the Hollldaysburg school district, and it’s a big district!” said Sheldon. Roger and Pamela Stock operate this 150-acre Fair Valley Farm in Martins burg, Blair Co. They have 10 registered Holstein and the remainder grade, milking 80 cows with 80 replacement heifers and calves. The Stocks use a free stall with milking pipeline at 5:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Herd average Is about 17,000 pounds and they use a TMR provided by Martinsburg Milling. They rent the farm and have purchased the cows and equipment, with son Roger, 14 and daughter Tracey, 13. Pamela said they also raise about 200 feeder hogs which they sell on the open market. Dairy of ■ Distinction F.M. BROWN’S SONS, INC. Manufacturer of High Quality Feeds Balance for Your Dairy Farms Needs \ la Salutes Dairy of Distinction Award Winners For Promoting the High Quality Standards of F.M. BROWN'S SONS, Inc, Wanufocturtng Uv«stock F«*fc Slm*lS7l rsaar*. * PA tn PA HKXM4&4344 ' our <* state 3® Milkmasttr»uppi Brown' S FLEx-fokmULA FEED'S iu»a»»l ddn S MILK Jn lemtnt - o I o M - 5 wi . li 321 raises about 150 acres of corn and alfalfa for a farm owned by Dale Hoover. Byler milks 54 cows and maintains 10 replacement heifers. Milking Is 5 a.m. and 4 p.m. from a double-3 milking parlor. The first five months show a herd average of 20,548 pounds. The farm, In the family for 32 years, is operated by Byler and wife Debra with sons BenJl, 12 and Aaron, 8. James Byler said he uses a “poor man’s TMR,” mixing the grain and corn silage and haylage, which a conveyor moves into the feeder. The milking parlor, which speeds up daily mixing, was Installed In 1973, a 6-surge stall, 3 on a side. The cows can be loaded In and out individually when done milking, they can get out, and another cow can take its place. The milking speed Is vastly Improved. Dairy At] of fli Distinction OC DE LAVAL Need to cut down on labor in the parlor and do a better job of milking? The DE AVAL SST 11 SS cord take off and the PLATO arm take-off offer you these be the capability of S adding the FLO' electronic milk me J to the system to gi you accurate report on milk production and much more • i ■ fptified SERVICEMEN Install & Service From Radio Dispatched Trucks. Route Trucks To Serve You. J.B. ZIMMERMAN & SONS, INC. Ralph Stoltzfus Home Ph: (717) 859-3119 We Proudly Solute The Dairy Of Distinction Award Winners For A Job Well Done! oc DE LAVAL AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR P.O. Box 337 Blue Ball, PA 17506 East Of New Holland On Rt. 23 CALL (717) 354-4955 Jim Zimmerman Home Ph: (215) 445-4086
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