A3O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 5, 1994
Pa.DHIA Herd Management Award
(Continued from Pago At) Jersey, where David was raised on
sustained production, mastitis a 100-cow dairy farm,
managements, overall somatic cell As of this week, the registered
linear score, and reproductive Holstein 60-cow herd averaged
management, including average 26,841 pounds of milk, with 957
days open, services per pregnancy, pounds, or 3.6 percent, fat, and 875
and age at first driving. pounds, or 3.3 percent, protein.
David and Martha Pool are the According to David, in one
operators of Fantasyland Farm, a year’s time, the herd average
60-milking cow dairy they run on incrased more than 3,000 pounds
an 140-acre operation near Bern- of milk,
ville the couple rents from Reuben Pool said that at the previous
and t iiiian Getz. rental farm, he and his wife milked
The couple has three children, 42 cows in a tie-stall facility, and
Lynette, 14, Elliot, 10, and had a rolling average of 23,868
8-week-old Caitlyn. pounds milk, 3.5 percent fat and
The two oldest are involved in
4-H dairy projects and Lynette
showed the first place senior
2-year-old at Kutztown, which
was the reserve grand champion of
the open show and the county 4-H
roundup. She said it was an accom
plishment after recovering from an
accident in which she was struck
by a van.
Elliot also showed cattle and
had an intermediate yearling that
earned him some recognition.
The Pools moved to their pre
sent location last November from
another nearby, but smaller farm
they rented, after moving to Pen
nsylvania from southern New
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They were feeding a totally mix
ed ration (TMR) at the old rental
farm, but the biggest change was in
nutritionists and raw feed, accord
ing to David.
At the previous farm, as part of
the rental agreement, the Pools
used the landlord’s nutritional ser
vices and grains and forages.
Since moving to the Getz farm,
the Pools have been using Tim
Kissling as a nutritionist Kissling
is an independent nutritionist who
also raises dairy cattle, and Who
happens to live nearby.
According to Pool, Kissling has
helped tremendously in getting the
feed balances correct and in being
able to correct quickly, without
attempting to sell a branded
product
“We owe a lot to Tim,” David
said. “He’s on the ball and he
doesn’t sell anything but himself.”
In addition. Kissling and Pool
both do body scoring of the herd so
that his cattle stay in top shape
while producing high quantities of
quality milk.
“(Body scoring is) probably one
of the most important things to
Tim.” David said of body scoring.
“I haven *t had a problem with con-
The dairy herd at Fantasyland Farm is owned by David and Martha Pool and Is
situated in a protected valley in Berks County. The farm was tied for the top Pa.DHIA
herd management award.
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A TMR mixer and an automatic
feeding cart, along with a home
ground top-dress are part of the
feeding program. David checks
moisture content when changes in
loads of forages occur, or other
changes seem to occur.
Somatic cell count had been a
little bit of a problem at the new
farm fix’ the Pools, until switching
to a different teat pre- and post
milking solution. Also changed
was that the first teat dip, which
didn’t seem to be as effective,
employed a dip cup application.
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The treatment the Pools use now is
sprayed on.
Right now the herd’s running an
average of about a 170,000 soma
tic cell count
As is well-known, the infectious
disease “strawberry wart” has been
affecting herds around the state
and throughout the dairy industry.
When it first appeared on the scene
several years ago. experts were
unsure whether the disease was
infectious or not and what could be
done to treat it.
The disease has affected the
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