Berks BERKS COUNTY —This year Berks County Holstein Club is hosting an interesting and educa tional tour to Bedford and Blair counties featuring new facilities, famous Holstein genetics, red and polled Holsteins as well as niche marketing. The trip is open to any 'person wishing to have an enjoy able day with other Holstein en thusiasts. Following is our itiner ary; Loren Woy & Family, Everett Within the last month, the Woy family has moved into a new 6-row free-stall bam with a state of-the-art milking center. The Center features an Universal double-10 expandable to a double-16 parlor. To maximize milker comfort, the flow of the pit is on hydraulic cylinders enabling it to be raised or lowered. The milkhouse (tank, controls and wash systems) are all located in a basement area beneath the parlor. Employing a water reservoir sys tem, the Woys pump water during off hours into holding tanks to be used throughout the day. Feed is stored in bunker silos. The farm ing operation consists * <<■ 601 Overly Grove Rd., New Holland, PA 17557 Cu «. m c.™™*, 0,... Paul B. Zimmerman, i„c. jrnßTi 717-354-4740 L 1 Dairy Barns, Heifer Facilities, 295 woodcomer Rd.* utitz, pa 17543 • 717/738-7365 JJiniri Dhll Man 1 la, 1 u. m .. -m , nrn ««,, Hor# ® Barns Equipment Sheds, Etc 1 mile West of Ephrata vagfcy rnH van ueu nome. n r-oy-yurr Authorized Dealer For Keystone Wqffle Slat*. Ca " or wri,e for additional information and the name of your nearest dealer Holstein Tour Pittsburgh in 1995. The herd con sists of 180 cows housed in a 120-stall bam with the low cows residing in a loafing bam. Cows are milked in a carousel parlor. A visit to the display room off the farm office will pay tribute to the many great cows bred and devel oped at Singing Brook Farm. Obie concentrates his efforts on record keeping and the cropping pro gram, while son Bruce and a herdsman care for the cattle and the flush program. The fanning operation covers approximately 1,000 acres in a beautiful Bedford County valley.- Buricet Falls Farm, New Freedom This scenic dairy farm located at the end of farm country in Blair County is owned and operated by David Burkct and his family. Mas ters of niche marketing, the Bur kets and their Polled (hornless) cattle and red or red-factored Hol steins are drawing interest from around the world, especially Eur ope. The 100-cow herd is housed in a stall bam with heifers in either counter-slope pens or freestalls. Several of the bulls which the Bur kets are currently marketing are housed in the bull bam. This fami ly operation consists of 450 acres, probably 600 acres if it were all laid flat! Be sure to look in the farm office to see another crop that grows and harvests great in this area! Carl Rowser Elk Farm This exciting farm, where Carl raises his elk, is located in the Dutch Comer area of Bedford County. His herd consists of 11 cows and yearlings and 5 bulls. All of the animals are registered by the North American Elk Breed er’s Association. The elk are raised primarily for their velvet (immature antlers) which are used in Asia for medicinal purposes. Breeding stock sales and meat ♦ ’ * '* production also contribute to their value. Mr. Rowscr’s elk are kept in large pastures that serve as a na tural environment to these giant deer-like animals. We will also see the work station where the elk are treated and worked by the vet. Carl will explain the breeding, bloodlines and marketing of regis tered elk; many aspects of which are similar to breeding registered Holsteins. Travel Information Perldomen Valley Bus Com pany will be providing charter bus service for the farm tour with the UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Are you wondering about the “wonders” of the World Wide Web? Confused about your course on the information superhighway? Intrigued about the mysteries of the Internet? If you have a modem on your computer and access to the Internet, let the new Dairy- MAP web site be your guide to finding information. The Dairy Management And Profitability (Dairy-MAP) pro gram has a new web page with not just the dairy producer, but all of agriculture in mind. Designed by Rob Walker, the new web page can assist individuals and busi nesses in locating information in agriculture from Dairy-L to Graze-L, from Bees to Sheep, from Cows to Beef; it is all on the Dairy-MAP web pages and link ing pages. Dairy-MAP used Clark Consulting International, Inc. in listing the most up to date mater ials in agricultural data bases. This 'i * **} 4 - < To Bedford And Blair Counties Information Age Comes To Dairy MAP ROBERT TURNER Eastern Regional Coordinator, Dairy-MAP y < V following pick-ups: 7:15 a.m. • Depart Fleetwood Grange Hall (Park in the rear near the buses.) 8 a.m. - Depart the Bethel Pub lic Library; located at the Bethel Exit of 178. (Park behind the Li brary to allow patrons easy ac cess.) Please be prompt! Bring a brown-bag lunch for your noon meal, the Berks County Holstein Club will supply a bever age. A supper stop in Everett be fore heading east will be spon sored by Star Silo. We appreciate their generous support of this The information is free to computer users with a modem and Internet access. Information about the treatment of mastitis or animal diseases, mechanical problems with your tractor, tapping into the National Dairy Database, and much more is available through the Dairy-MAP web page with links on the Internet Superhigh way of information. The web page is designed not only for managers but also for all users interested in researching dairy and agricultural information. From the Dairy-MAP home page you can link to agricultural publi cations, dairy software, agricultur al organizations, commercial dairy sites, dairy publications, dairy farmer home pages, fim cow stuff, computer resources, Internet resources, newspapers, search engines, Intemet/web training, weather sites, agricultural soft ware companies, and other agri cultural related links and much more. Most important is the Dairy-MAP workshop schedule pages for each of the workshops on their new 61 ’xl96’ 3 row free stall barn Features: Double 5’ Curtains on front & back Enclosed Feed Alley Ritchie Water Master energy-free Paul B. Zimmerman Wide Loop Free stalls & Gates Sand-Based Free Stall Beds 9:30 p.m. - Return to the Berks County area. Cost Transportation costs will be $2B per person. Make checks payable to die “Berks County Holstein Club.” Checks must be presented upon boarding the bus. Reservations Please make reservations by calling any of the following no lat er than Match 10, 1997: Dave Biller - 610-944-0541 Don Stoltzfus - 610-286-7378 Dennis Sattazahn - 610-589-2310 being held in Pennsylvania, from Managing For Success, Financial Management, Human Resource Management, to the newest work shops being scheduled on Focus on the Future just released last week by the Dairy-MAP team. The Information Age and web pages are very much in line with the mission statement of Dairy- MAP, which is: "To create oppor tunities for people in the dairy industry to learn new business management skills.” The new web pages by Dairy- MAP do just that, they make available new management tech nology for the collection 6f data to assist your daily business deci sions to increase the opportunity for profitability. Try the new Dairy-MAP web pages at: http://www-das.cas.psu.edu/users/ dairymap/ Leave your comments and please check out the scheduled Dairy-MAP workshops in your area. 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