A3O-Lancaster Firming, Saturday, July 23, 1994 Schwartzbecks Find Peace (Continued from Pag* A 1) Cher-Red, a four and a half-year old cow he had purchased just weeks before! The next day, a Peace and Plenty bred, bom and home-raised cow, Peace and Plen ty March Lexine, beat out 244 cows to win the title of Grand Champion at the 24th annual Maryland State Holstein Show. The Schwartzbecks also won three of the cow classes with home-bred animals as well as the three best females class. "Lexine” went on to win the Best Maryland Bred and Owned animal helping Peace and Plenty farm take the award for Premier Breeder and Exhibitor for the secdnd year in a row. Nona and Joe Schwartzbeck sure have come a long way since that county fair! Jackpot Show In York YORK (York Co.) There is still lime to enter your steers, bar rows, and lambs in the Keystone National Rib Cookoff and Music Fcst Jackpot Show scheduled for Saturday, July 30 at the York Fair grounds. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Livestock Association, the Jack pot Show for youth ages 8-19 is part of a four-day Rib and Music Fundraiser to support the Key stone International Livestock Ex position. Jackpot prizes to be awarded in clude $5OO for the champion steer, $350 for the champion barrow, Mrs. Schwartzbeck remembers when it wasn’t so good. When they purchased their Union Bridge Farm 25 years ago they had grade Holsteins. “We just coundn’t af ford anything else back then. I re member a show where we took six cows and ended with five in last place,” Mrs. Schwartzbeck recalls with a chuckle. “It wasn’t handed to us. We have worked at this for a long time.” Now Peace and Plenty farm has about 260 head of cattle, 160 adult bovines and about 100 head of young stock. Now, all of their Holsteins are registered. Currently Joe and Gus are milking about 120 cows twice daily in their double four herringbone parlor. Shane stays busy with his own business, Umm, mm, good! and $250 for the champion lamb. A supreme champion banner will be bestowed upon the best animal among these champions. Exhibitors and their families can also enjoy the many activities of the rib cookoff, including a craft show, delicious barbequed ribs, strolling clowns, and a pet ting barnyard. Music entertain ment for Saturday headlines Jef ferson Starship, Sharks, Flying Colors, and Once Fish. For entry information, contact Cathy Stewart, (717) 274-6911. Entries can be made up to the time of weigh-in on show day. Shane Fence. “The day starts at about 3:30 a.m..” says Mis. Schwartzbeck. “with milking and then feeding.” It takes about two and a half hours to milk, and “no two days are alike!” On the hottest days of summer, while waiting to be milked and during feeding the cows are cool ed by a sprinkler system. They are fed twice a day. Their total mixed ration, (TMR) consists of alphalpa hayledge, com silage, soy bean meal, whole roasted soy beans and Two of Nona and Joe Schwart: calf feeding time. shelled com. The Schwartzbecks take time from operating their full-scale dairy farm to attend about three shows per year the Maryland Holstein Show, the District Field Day in Howard County and the Maryland State Fair. “If we have a good year we take a few cows up to Harrisburg,” Mrs. Schwartz beck said. “We took a cow to Madison once, too. Now that is a show!” Mrs. Schwartzbeck adds that she hopes “Lexine” gets them to Madison. grai Nona Schwartz beck feeds the heifers. “The best thing about this is that we do it together,” she says, not ing that three generations of Schwartzbecks attended the Maryland State Holstein Show this year. She worries about farm ing in the future. “There are just too many government regulations. You feel like you are just treading water.” Mrs. Schwartzbeck looks fondly upon her three grandchil dren, David, Aubrey, and Austin, amd expresses her wish for the fu ture. “I just hope the farming families can survive.” *n, Aubrey and Austin, help at >od!
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