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Yoder Family Works Together
(ContiniMd from Pago A 1)
year showing at the Farm Show.
Although Lee spends some time at
the Farm Show, both know that at
tending shows is something Jo
anne loves to do.
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"Lee knows I enjoy going to the
shows, although you don’t get a
lot of sleep!” Joanne laughed.
"Michael was 9 months old last
year and we were snowed in. But
everyone pitched in and helped.
The draft horses were used to
bring hay and straw through the
snow for the animals in the bams.”
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Teaching responsibility and working v Jy are top priorities at,
farm, home of Lee D. and Joanne Yoder’s family and Holstein herd.
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This year the Yoders plan to
show six milk cows and two heif-
ers. They will set up Friday night
and “sleep” on cots and bales of
hay.
"We never get much sleep with
the cows mooing, the kids playing
and the lights on all night,” Joanne
laughed.
Lee, Cindy (18) and Brad (17)
do most of the showing. Cindy’s
been showing animals since 9
yean old.
In 1993 during the Mifflin
County Youth Fair, Cindy earned
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In 1995. both Cindy and Brad
received the award. The Yoder
family earned premier breeder and
premier exhibitor awards three
years in a row atthe Mifflin Coun
ty Youth Fair.
Joanne said she sees showing
dairy animals as a way to expose
others to fanning, especially at the
Farm Show.
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lic. At Harrisburg, die non-farm
kids come in and get excited about
what they see. The milking area
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Le® D. and Joanne Yoder lead one of their show animals,
Ridge-Point Mascot Mindy. Mindy’s production is projected
to be 26,370 pounds milk at 305 days.
gets crowded every evening with
people watching.”
At Home
Lee D. and Joanne milk 75 Hol
steins three times a day on a bum
they rent from Son and Betty Bon
son. The Yoders believe their roll
ing herd average 0f23,289 pounds
of milk is their reward for good
herd health, a good heeding pro
gram and raising good crops.
“My goal is to make better for
ages so we don’t have to buy a lot
of protein. I try to teach the boys
that too,” Lee said. “In 1992, we
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That really cuts dowrt on fertiliz
er."
The Yoders earned the Mifflin
County Conservation District co
operator of the year award in 1993
because of their good conserva
tion practices. Lee also hauls over
200 loads of sawdust to local
farmer* each year in addition to
the field wok.
The Yoders rent three farms
for a total of 180 tillable acres.
They’ve been milking at Son Bon-
(Turn to Pago A 47)
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