LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) The Lancaster County
Holstein Club has announced the
itinerary for its 1995 farm tour, set
for March 9.
Reservations are being taken on
a first-come, first-served basis,
until the bus is full. The price per
person for the day-long bus tour,
which includes a full meal at the
West Fallowfield Christian
School, is $25.
The deadline for mailing reser
vations is March 1, in order to take
advantage of a $5-per-person early
reservation discount.
Call-in reservations will be
taken until March 4. Call Larry
Kennel at (717) 653-4825.
This year’s farm tour program is
to visit five Holstein operations in
Berks and Chester counties, and
the New Bolton Center in Kennet
Square.
The bus is scheduled to leave
from the Lancaster Farm and
Home Center, in Lancaster,
promptly at 8:15 a.m. Participants
should arrive no later than 8 a.m.
The bus is expected to return to
the Farm and Home Center about
Lancaster Announces
Holstein Tour Program
8:15 p.m.
Checks should be made payable
to: Lancaster County Holstein
Club. The envelope should be
addressed to: Larry Kennel, 1489
Grandview Road, ML Joy, PA.
17552.
Of special note, participants
should bring a packed lunch for the
noon meal. Drinks are to be pro
vided by Dunwood Farms.
The farms to be visited include
Caernarvon Farm, located in Mor
gantown, Berks County.
Owned by Andy Stoltzfus,
Caernarvon Farm has an 84-cow,
tie-stall bam, and keeps a herd of
about 120 cows, 49 of which are on
the Holstein locator list. A large
portion of the herd is used as reci
pients for the farm embryo transfer
program.
With a herd BAA of 105.5, the
farm has two, well-known cow
families Spirit Stacey, and
Jodee.
At Caernarvon, the tour group
will get to see a calf nursery which
houses 50 calves in individual and
Caernarvon Farm
small group pens; a new heifer
facility with sloped floors and
slats; and the tour will also be
shown the farm house, which was
rebuilt this past year following a
fire on Feb. 10, 1994.
The farmhouse, originally built
in 1845, has been rebuilt to reflect
the same-era style. The Stoltzfus
family will be on hand to share
their experience with the rebuild;,
ing process.
Glen-Valley Farm
Also on the list of farms is Glen-
Valley Farm, in Atglen, Chester
County.
Owned and operated by the fam
ily of Ken and Marilyn, Brandon,
Jordon and Scott Umble, Glen-
Valley Farm was started by Ken’s
parents, Harold and Lena Umble in
1952.
Currently, the 175-acre farm
operation including additional
rented land, produces alfalfa, com,
soybeans, and barley to feed its
90-cow Hosltein herd and about 35
replacement animals.
In 1993, the bam was expanded
and upgraded with 30 additional
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Lancaster County Holstein Club
1995 Farm Tour Program
Registration Form
(Deadline for registration Is March 1)
NAME:
ADDRESS:
PHONE:
There arc people attending through this
registration, at a cost of $25 each ($2O if registration is
postmarked by March 1).
NOTE: Bring a packed lunch for the noon meal. Drinks
are to be provided by Dunwood Farms.
SEND FORM WITH CHECK PAYABLE TO:
LANCASTER COUNTY HOLSTEIN CLUB
C/O Larry Kennel
1489 Grandview Road
Mt Joy, PA 17552
tie-stalls, a manure pit, and a tun
nel ventilation system. The herd
BAA is 106.2, and the rolling herd
average (RHA) is about 21,000
pounds of milk, 792 pounds of fat
and 680 pounds of protein.
More than half of this herd's lineage traces
back to an Excellent cow that Harold had pur
chased in Canada. She produced many Very
Good and Excellent offspring.
Sires currently being used by the Umbles
include Mascot, Mandel, and Emoiy.
Some of the cows expected to be seen at
Glen-Valley include:
• 10th generation Very Good, GV Blacks
tarPosh,a VGB7 with 31,000 pounds milk as
a 3-year-old and a Leadman son at Atlantic
Breeders Cooperative; GV Enhancer Pixie,
VG 89 with 31,000 pounds milk for three
generations;
• and 86-point Aerostar daughter on the
elite list with a son going to AI, embryos to
France, and other AI contracts;
• and an 88-point Blackstar daughter that is
a third generation Very Good with more than
31,000 pounds milk, and a son going to AI.
Dunwood Farms
Most people are aware of Dunwood Farms,
owned by Alvin Stoltzfus, of Oxford, in Ches
ter County, because of the 1979 herd dispersal
that featured Dunwood Chief Carmel.
This dispersal also contained 60 animals in
the Golden family. This family was started
with a cow purchased in 1933 by Alvin’s
father.
An invitational saleat the farm in 1988 also
featured 60 members of the Golden family.
Presently, there are about 40 members in the
herd, representing the 13th generation at the
farm. Of those 40, one is a 3-year-old South
wind daughter that freshened February and is
milking about 100 pounds of milk per day. As
a 2-year-old, this cow made 27,000 pounds of
milk and scored 88 with an Excellent mam
mary during classification.
The Umbles farm about ISO acres. The
58-head herd has a BAA of 107.6 and an RHA
0f25,743 pounds milk, 1,008 pounds fat,'and
853 pounds protein. There are nine Leadman
daughter and nine Blackstar daughters in the
milking string.
Melwood Holsteins
Another well-known dairy in Chester
County is the Melwood Holsteins operation
owned by Melvin Stoltzfus.
This dairy farm also has its roots in the
Dunwood herd. The herd was dispersed in the
1988 Dunwood invitational sale. Then the
herd was started again in 1991, in the present
40 lie-stall bam.
The 45-cow herd averages 26,278 pounds
of milk, 1,038 pounds of fat, and 861 pounds
of protein, with a BAA of 106. In the milking
siring are five Blackstar daugthers, and five
Leadman daughters, including a* Leadman
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