Page 6—Dairy of Distinction Supplement to Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 29,1995 <* \ * /t I BLAIR o Becksville Farm Becksvllle Farm, located in Sinking Valley near Tyrone, is owned In partnership by Jim and Joan Beck and their three grown children Jim 111, Bruce, and Dayonne. The children all have college degrees but came back to the farming opera tion. The family farms 350 acres of corn and alfalfa to feed their herd of 160 registered Holstelns. Herd average on 100 milk cows Is over 18,000 pounds of milk. They have three silos, use TMR, and milk In a parlor. The farm has been In the family since 1937, and the Becks say It takes dedication and hard work to keep the farm going. But for them It is a family affair. Quality Buildings with Quality Materials Residential • Agricultural • Commercial WALTER &JACKSON, INC Salutes the DAIRY OF DISTINCTION WINNERS • Millwork • Lumber • Trusses * Pole Barns • Owens Corning Roofing * Insulations • Design and plan Services * Stanley Doors • Anderson Windows * Glen Gery Bricks • Paneling & Ceiling Materials • Treated Yellow Pine • Wheeling Channel Drain • Aristokraft Kitchens • Cedar Siding * Aluminum & Vinyl Siding • Hardwood Flooring * Metered Concrete "SERVING THE AREA’S BUILDING NEEDS SINCE 1872” Hinkletown (Farmersville Road) • (717) 354-4911 Christiana (E. Gay Street) • (610) 593-5195 or (610) 857-2613 Quarryville (18 N. Hess Street) • (717) 786-2171 Butler’s Hardware (116 First Ave., Parksburg) • (610) 857-5521 All Locations Open Mon.-Fri. 6:30 - 5:00 Sat. 6:30 -12:00 We deliver from all locations! Dairy Ah of H Distinction Kerchen Hill Holstelns Raymond and Nancy Seidel manage the Kerchen Hill Hols telns Dairy of Distinction In Kutztown, Berks County. They purchase feed tor the operation and maintain about 16 acres in pasture. The Seidels maintain 38 milking and 30 young stock of registered Holstelns on the dairy, with a latest DHIA average of 20,000 pounds milk, 700 f, and 640 p. The cows are milked from tlestall to pipeline. Hay, grain, and corn silage are the primary feeds. The Seidels have been farming for a total of 43 years and have been at the Kutztown location for 19 years. Dairy of ■ Distinction
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