“Feed
Costs...
Radically
Reduced”
JMJ Springpond Registered
Holstein Farm began in 1989 when
Jeffrey, Michael and Jennifer
Davis, children of Ray and Francis
Davis, wanted to farm. A farm near
their home in Berks County near
Leesport became available about
the time Jeff and Mike graduated
from high school. The siblings had
been raising and successfully
showing 4-H animals so they put
their animals in a “JMJ” partnership and
purchased additional cows to begin their
dairy operation. Dad worked off the
farm.
The family continues to be successful,
milking 60 cows that continue to
increase in production and show fine
type with 12 or more cows classified VG
to 89 points. It was the production part
of the business that brought the Davis
family to Purina.
“We were at a stalemate in early
1997,” Mike said. “We thought we could
get more milk but the feed cost was
going up and up and we were not
getting any more milk.
“We switched to Purina in April last
year and we could tell a big difference
within six weeks. Not only were we
PRITTS FEED MILL
RD #1 - Box 88
Berlin, PA 15530
814-267-4124
RITTER FEEDS
P.O, Box 306 - LR 3008
Paxtonville, PA 17861
717-837-3606
Paradise, PA 17562
717-442-4183 1-800-635-3592
Umonville, PA 19375
610-347-2377
KREIDER’S MILL, INC.
PO Box 146
Loysville, PA 17047
1-800-789-M1LL(6455) 717-789-
3535\
BEDFORD FARM BUREAU
Bedford, PA 814-623-6194
Everett, PA 814-652-2313
New Enterprise, PA 814-766-3328
Warriors Mark, PA 814-632-6834
FRANKLIN FEED & SUPPLY
■1977 Philadelphia Ave.
Chambersburg, PA
717-264-6148
Trademark of Ralston Purina Company
This Celsious daughter is classified VGBS and projected at 27,000 m as a two-year-old. Her friends
are from left, Ray, Jeff and Mike Davis (at halter), and Dave Kipbach, Purina’s farm consultant from
Anthor 's Feed Mill, Strausstown.
getting more milk, our feed costs were
radically reduced. Purina’s program put
us on more home-grown roughages with
less purchased feed. They balanced our
haylage, corn silage, and high moisture
corn in such a way that made it good for
the cows and good for our bottom line.”
Today the top record in the herd is
38,000 m. Twelve cows are milking over
100 pounds per day and the herd
average is over 24,000 m an increase of
3,000 pounds of milk in 14 months since
changing to Purina .feeds without using
BST. And while milk production
increased, butter fat and protein held to
previous levels.
Another major improvement is
breeding efficiency. Before the move to
Purina, first-time conception rate was 33
percent. Now they have a rate of 51
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5468 Cedar St
Williamson, PA 17270
717-369-3724
BROOKLAND MILLS, INC.
McVeytown, PA 17051
717-899-6772
K & K FEED, INC.
23 N Park Street
Richland, PA 17087
717-866-2324
WOODSTOWN ICE &
COAL CO., INC.
50 East Grant Street
Woodstown, NJ 08098
609-769-0069
ANTHONY’S FEED MILL
PO Box 212
Strausstown, PA 19559
610-488-6211
FARMER’S UNION CO-OP
30 East Walters Avenue
Greencastle, PA 17225
717-597-3191
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*" ITT.. , ' Coburn,PA 16832 ,
239 W. Main $t 814-349-8787
Knoxville, PA 16928
814-326-4178
High Bros. Mia
H.C. SUMMERS, INC.
NORTH GLADE FEED & SUPPLY R D BOWMAN & SONS, INC.
12435-A Woodsboro Pike - Englarßd.
Keymar, MD 21,757 Westminster, MD 21157
301-898-3414 410-848-3733
FARM CREST FEEDS
UMBERGER’S MILL
R.D. #4 - Box #545
Lebanon, PA 17042
717-867-5161
PURINA MILLS, INC.
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441 Centerville Road
Gordonvllle, PA 17529
717-354-0301
4002 Jefferson Pike
Jefferson, MD
301-473-8300
WELLCO FEED
RR 2, Box 1-A
Wyalusmg, PA 18853
1-800-326-9651
717-746-3442
Lifitz, PA
717-626-0331
800-432-3040
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percent, a definite indicator of improv
herd health. Of course, calves, heifers,
and dry cows are fed Purina feeds.
“After we switched to Purina, feed
costs went down and milk production
went up,” Mike said. “And production
still increasing. I can certainly
recommend Purina’s programs and thei
farm consultants like Dave Kiebach to
other farmers. In fact, based on what
we have experienced in our own herd, I
have already done this.”
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GERMANSVILLE FEED &
FARM SUPPLY, INC.
17130 Bake Oven Rd
Qermansville, PA 18053
610-767-9650
FARM CHOICE, INC.
297 Chesapeake Avenue
Harrisonburg. VA 22801
540-434-4601
OLEY VALLEY FEED
RD2 - Box 271 A Oley, PA
610-987-3568
J.B. FEEDS
Berrysburg, PA 17005
717-362-CHOW
WILLIAM GOWER & SON
Rt 1, Box 50
Williamsport, MD 21795
301-582-2818
Feeds designed with you in mind.
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