A46-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15, 1992
EVERETT NEWSW ANGER
Managing Editor
OXFORD (Chester
Co.) —“What a blessing it is to live
in a rural setting and especially on
the farm/' said Alvin Stoltzfus as
he gave a welcome to the more than
200 visitors to Dunwood Farm at
the Chester County Holstein picnic
on Thursday. "There is no better
place to raise a family.
“And I have noticed the children
here today,” Stoltzfus said. “So the
future for dairying looks good in
Chester County.”
The picnic drew one of the
largest crowds in recent years as
breeders from Maryland and Lan
caster County came to see the well
known herd of cow families and
visit with fellow Holstein breeders.
Stoltzfus said that their long
range breeding patterns and goals
have stayed about constant. They
breed for production, feed for pro
tein and butterfat and cull for type.
He said this plan may change a
little in the future because produc
tion has become easier to obtain.
In the last several years, more
two-year-olds milk more than 80
pounds of milk and they have five
in the herd now that milked more
than 90 pounds.
“We still like cow families,”
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Stoltzfus said “The blessing I have
experienced has been continuing
the cow families that my dad
started years ago. We basically use
the top IS TPI bulls matched with
Triple A,
Guest speaker was Dave Rama,
a Holstein merchandiser. Rama
said registered Holsteins expand
your horizons and give you a
chance to add extra dollars to your
milk check. He said breeders need
to stay focused on their goals and
listed three possible directions to
develop a top merchandiseable
herd.
The three directions are: 1.
select and breed for high protein
and high index; 2. breed for the red
factor; or 3. develop a show string.
But in each of these directions
you need type. Rama said that
without type you have nothing.
In quoting Horace Backus,
Rama said you should buy the best
genetics you can afford and then
breed them better. He urged dairy
men to add new genetics into their
herds so they could stay in the fore
front of the registered Holstein
business.
Walter Wurster, Chester County
agent, reported that ground has
been given for a new 4-H center.
Located along Route 322 between
Guthersville and. Honey Brook, IS
acres of ground has been given for
the center, and funds will' need to
be raised to build buildings.
. Wurster also said he was work
ing op the county tax reassesment
agenda to try to help farmers not to
be taxed more than necessary on
their porperties. “We need to try to
get us off this'proP ert ytax.” Wur-
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