Page 2—Com Talk, Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, April 17,1993
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PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC., INC.
Richard Glenn and his family live In this stone
house overlooking the barn and trout stream.
Brothers Pay Attention
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fann averaged 165-175. A test
plot of Funks averaged
155-165 bushels.
Vanderau noted that the
brothers pay close attention to
the kind of com they plant.
“They don’t just go according
to a salesman’s pitch. They
keep track of their yield and
plant what’s best for them,” he
said. They use hybrids from
various seed companies.
“The most important thing
on that farm is timeliness,”
Vanderau added. “All of that
com was put in at the optimum
com planting time, not too ear
ly or too late. The same with
their hay. They get it down ad
in, in a few day’s time. They’re
hard workers and they have the
manpower to do it.”
Each of the brothers has his
own niche in the operation.
Besides milking, Dave takes
care of 48 heifers at his place,
about a mile and a half away,
and 47 more at a rented farm.
Richard milks and shares
record-keeping responsibilities
with Mike. They all do field
We Have Soybeans And Alfalfa!
work, as does their father.
Mike cares for the young
stock and the fresh cows and
does all the breeding. Calves
are raised on elevated grates in
the old stanchion bam adjacent
to the main farm. Dry cows are
taken there to freshen, then are
milked there for a few days.
“Very seldom does Mike
lose a calf,” Richard said.
Their grade herd is milked in
a double six with six units.
The Glenns employ two full
time helpers, William and
Jason Harmon. The brothers,
who are handicapped, unload
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The Glenn Brothers dairy farm borders Route 522 in a scenic valley south
of McConnellsburg.
IMPROVED
SEED SPACING,
TWICE THE
RATE CHOICES
gt gravity, ips v
for improved spacing control
■ No seed blowing, no pressurized
hoppers
■ More than twice the seeding rale
choices
■ Allows faster planting
■ Available on 46 MaxGmerge 2
configurations. Other metering
options available
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Dave, left, and Richard in the
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