Lancaster County’s Dairy Princess
(CondniMd tram Pag, B 2) miltillg schedllle .mm.
has nine rooms, and the side where smoothly after that
Clair's father, Samuel Uves has The collapse of the stone wall
seven rooms. resulted in the wall being rebuilt
The family has the sheepskin with cement blocks, which allow-
deed that shows that Penn’s son ed them to install windows for
sold about 400 acres to a Cook circulation,
before it was purchased by an The first day that the dairy bam
Obeiholtzer. The farmland and the was completed, it took three hours
woodland were distributed to van- to coerce the cows to enter the
ous family members in early gen- stalls
erations of the Oberholtzer family. “They didn’t want to step across,
In the late 19605, terraces and the gutters and the cow mattres
waterways were installed. Bui ses,” Clair said.
much of the old-time charm of the After a few days, the cows
sprawling farmsite was kept intact relaxed and the job went faster and
The children still remember gm^vyhi-r
when free-range chickens roamed -j stal]s because I can watch
j 'in. i- the cows individually. You can tell
“And we stdl have two working when a is aling „ You
outhouses, Heather joked. can give them more individual
Clair was bom in the farmhouse attention and the cows are tamer,”
and when he married, he rented the riair sairf
farm until 1981 when he purchased j ess i yn M id. “Before we
il *°™ father - . couldn’t keep them clean because
In 1993 a new dairy bam was we enough stalb . Wc
built and attached to the older bam. switchcd M{ of at night and
During renovations, the stone the other half went to the manure
gabled end of the bam collapsed. Now> it>s much mo^nye-
It ’ s » mi ™; le t* l . u ‘ nient and the cows slay cleaner,
smash the milking equipment or «p lus you can tell the cows are
hurt any cows,” Clair said coSmble.” Clair said.
A vacuum line broke, a replace- Ventilation fans are used to pull
ment pump was found, and the air through. Even in high tempera-
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Clair stands In front of the new dairy barn that was attached to the older barn. Dur
ing earlier renovations, an accident resulted in Clair “technically dying” before his
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friends helped with the farm work,
tuies, it feels comfortable in the
bam because of the air flow, Clair
said.
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Heather and Jesslyn share a
close friendship as sisters. Heather
said that when Jesslyn became the
county’s alternate dairy princess
two years ago, she made it a goal to
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become the county dairy princess.
The night after she was
crowned, the family left her sleep
in as they thought it only fitting for
a princess. Otherwise, Heather and
Jesslyn are expected to milk every
Sunday morning and relief milking
a chore they both enjoy.
Being a dairy princess has its
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