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Farmer’s Daughter Returns Home To
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Steve and Barb Wilson's son, David, scrapes the walk
way behind the cows on Rose-Edge Farm in Port Royal.
Rose-Edge Farm
that arc on the National Holstein Association’s Locator
List for Production. Every seven to fourteen months the
herd is classified.
Rose-Edge Pontiac Nicki is scored Ex-90 fqr type.
They use her for embryo transfer. She has four calves and
one heifer. One of the calves and the heifer arc her natural
calves, and three were carried by other cows. They are
still implanting some of her embryos and also have sold
some.
The Wilsons utilize the red book published by the Hol
stein Association on the rating of bulls to help them make
mating decisions for their cows. Such classifying is im
portant and is given consideration by a prospective buyer
of a calf or of embryo. The artificial inseminator co-ops
require at least a very good classification to accept bulls
into their lineup.
Steve and Barb grow com and alfalfa and have a silo
for haylagc and one for com. They use a totally mixed ra
tion (TMR), working with a nutritionist who advises
them on the com, haylage, soybeans, vitamins, minerals,
etc., used in the TMR. Since cows are known for being
good “sorters”. Barb said that it is very important to have
all thoroughly mixed together or the cows will “sort out”
the ingredients they like best
All of the cows get a TMR. Also fed is a topdress, of
which the top-level cows get more with the amount being
decreased for each cow in accordance with its production.
The nutritionist receives their DHIA reports and forage
tests and then decides what they need in the feed and
sends them a computer printout. So far they do not have a
computer in their operations.
The Wilsons shred newspapers for bedding for the
cows in the bam and use sawdust for the heifers and straw
for the baby calves. They have been using shredded
newspapers for four years. Newspaper makes excellent
bedding and dissolves easily in the manure spread on
their fields.
In addition to being in on all of the farming operations,
of course Barb' is a homemaker and a mother. She puts
out a garden but grows mostly tomatoes because there is
not time to take care of a complete garden. Since her par
ents live nearby in a home built on some of the farmland
after their retirement. Barb and her mother gel together to
can vegetables and peaches.
Barb's father, Jim, still comes each morning to help
with chores while Barb goes into the house to gel David
ready for school. Then Jim leaves to drive school bus. Be
cause it was one of the first days they were able to get into
the fields after a wet spring, Jim had returned to spread
manure while the Wilsons were taking lime to give the in
tcrvieew for this story. Like many farmers, he may be re
tired but still likes to be a part of the farm life.
And, oh yes, seven-year-old David Wilson has his
chores to do regularly on Saturdays and in the summer.
He cleans troughs, sweeps scattered feed away from the
cows, feeds the heifers their hay, and takes milk and grain
to the calves.
Uncattar Fanning, tMuntay, Jam 4,1M4-E23