* 810-Llridastef Farmfhjj, Saturday, February 28,1998 sKids* > Dairy Farmers Find Tripiicity A Blessing LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) A young dairy farming family of threcjias found that tripl icity in other aspects of their life also can be counted as a blessing. Allen and Eileen Heagy, who have an 18-month-old son, Kevin, have been dairy farming on their own for two years on a 55-acre farm just north of Lebanon city. Recently, one of their mostly grade Holsteins gave birth to triplets. While that isn’t necessarily a blessing for dairy purposes, Allen said he intends to keep the two bull calves for six months to raise for sale as feeders, and the heifer calf may join the rest of their 70-head milking string, although heifers tend to be sterile if part of a multi- SEEKSFIND FIND THESE WORDS IN THE PUZZLE SELOW. CALF DUCKLING KITTEN CHICK FAWN LAMB COLT JOEY POULT CUB KID PUPPY THE WORDS REAP UR DOWN ANO ACROSS. w K pie birth. Allen said that in his family the set of triplets was a first “Mom and dad said they don’t remember every having any." His parents, David and Juno Hcagy, dairy farm in South Annville. They ship milk to Mt. Joy Farmers Cooperative. The father of the triplets is a loc ally purchased bull. That may prevent Allen from registering the offspring, which may prevent him from getting a higher price on heifers or bulls, but he said he is getting good milking cows by using only local bulls that come from dams with records of 35,000 pounds milk or more and those that classify at 90 points or better. Konger. Allen and Eileen Heagy and son Kevin show the triplet calves born to one of their grade Holstein cows in their 70-head milking string. #
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