Page 12—Dairy of Distinction Supplement to Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25, 1998 Two big English walnut trees provide shade and nuts for making cookies and pies on the 135-acre dairy farm owned by Mark and Melody Stoltzfus, located along September Road, a deadend town ship road south of Honeybrook. The herd is comprised of about 65 mostly registered Holsteins that have a rolling herd average of 25,399 pounds milk. They keep about the same number of young stock. Mark’s grandfather, also a dairy farmer, purchased the farm in 1948. Mark and Melody have six children, and two of their boys, aged 12 and 9, milk cows, while Mark’s father Gideon frequently helps out with maintenance and field work, as well as teaching his grandchil- Congratulations Dairy of Distinction Award Winners GEHL The force behind farming Gehl 1475 4' x 6' Hi-Moisture ROUND BALER Geh15635 SKID LOADER 60/80 HP Diesel 1,800 Lb. SAE Operatin' J Rt. 4, Box 545, Lebanon. PA 17042 S miles E. of Hershey on Rt. 322 717-867-5161 or 1-800-261-2106 HOURS: Mon.-Thurs. 7:30-8, Fri. 7:30-9, Sat. 7:30-4 Demo Warrant $l,OOO Rebatr -Plus Large Demo Discour 43 HP Diesel 1,350 Lb. SAE Operating Capacity lacity er s of Fontana, Inc. Dairy 6f M CHESTER Distinction Gehl 6635 SKID LOADER 80 HP Diesel - 2,300 Lb. SAE Operating Capacity Gehl 4625 SKID LOADER Dairy of ■ Distinction MARK AND MELODY STOLTZFUS dren carpenter skills. The buildings sit in the middle of the farm prop erty, and is back off the road somewhat. Cornfields reach out to the main road (Route 10), and looking back to the farm, the passerby can see the silos and the back of the 54-tie stall, white-painted bank barn. The house is a large 1872 Victorian house with an older section that is being restored. There’s also a tobacco shed, a machine shop, a heifer barn, and a one-story 19705-era turkey house with curtains that is currently being used for machine and hay storage. They make their own TMR and use a nutritionist The meadow has some wet lands in it, and Melody said it provides aesthetic pleasure. Congratulations Dairy of Distinction Award Winners LIQUID 1 MANURE SPREADER | WITH FLOTATION TIRES TO MINIMIZE SOIL COMPACTION Available with complete line o( spreading tool bars and precise flow control to spread manure the ecological way eliminating spray drift and reducing odors Our tool bars are designed to apply hog or dairy manure on growing fields between rows of corn or on harvested fields _ 4 S Oil ft WHEEL SPREADERS WITH POWER STEEMW 3NI TO 9500 US GAL SPREADERS WfTH SMILE AXLE Oft TANDEMS 2961 TO MW US GAL •"Vstiapo bottom (or more •Standard oxtarlor finish complala duo out. opoiy primtr and urethano paint. • Low prolila tank for maximum visibility and stability mmm FARM EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER Spreader Tanks and Pumps Available for Sale or Rem ; “We have everything to meet your Waste Handling needs!’ SNOOK’S EQUIPMENT Your Complete Liquid Manure Equipment Dealer For 22 Years! 717-966-2736 Daily U. PS “We're here to serve you” Mifflmburg, PA 17844 Parts Service Ask For Ernest or Dean AGI-POMPE Dairy of fIU Distinction
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