A32-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6, 1999
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) The Lancaster County
Holstein Club has announced
plans for its annual tour, set to be
held March 9 to visit three farms,
located in upstate Pennsylvania
and in southern New York.
The tour bus is scheduled to
leave the Lancaster Farm and
Home Center promptly at 7:45
a.m., March 9, and return about 11
p.m.
The cost for the tour is $3O per
person for reservations made by
Feb. 20. Reservations after Feb. 20
cost $35 each.
Included in the cost of the tour is
a turkey supper, although particip
ants need to bring their own
packed lunch.
The bus for the tour is to be
equipped with a video player and a
video of the 1998 Mid-East
National Holstein Show at Madi
son, Wis., is to be shown during
the trip.
The tour is open to all. Member
ship in the Lancaster Holstein Club
is not ncccssaiy.
To make reservations, fill out a
registration form and a check for
the appropriate amount made out
to: Lancaster County Holstein
Club.
Send the completed registration
form and check to: David R. Wen
ger, 532 Breneman Road, Man
heim, PA 17545.
The tour is to visit three of the
top BAA herds (by size) in the
nation.
First on the tour is to be avisit to
Gor-Wood-D Holsteins in
Mansfield.
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Lancaster Holstein Club
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Operated by father Gordon, and
sons Tim and Ron Wood, the
homebred herd was started in 1948
and has a rolling herd average pro
duction of 23,831 pounds of milk,
852 pounds fat and 769 pounds of
protein. The BAA is 110 percent
for 225 cows. The farm has the top
BAA in the nation for herd with
more than 150 cows.
Included in the herd are 80 cows
classiGed as Excellent.
In addition to quality Holsteins,
the Woods have been involved in
breed polity making. Ron Wood
has been a member of the Holstein
USA board of directors for the past
five years.
Also to be visited is Lantland
Farms, owned by the Lant family
in a five-way partnership including
four children, their families and
the mother. The Lants milk in a
180-cow ticlf stall bam. The herd
has a rolling herd average of
21,500 pounds of milk.
Lantland Farms is an 800-acre
Dairy of Distinction with a BAA of
109.2 percent cm 176 cows, with
53 Exccllents, including a 95-point
cow and five 94-point cows.
Also to be visited is ML Glen
Farm, owned by Ben and Dean
Jackson. The milk 85 cows three
times-per-day, and the herd has an
average production of 29,000
pounds of milk, 1,100 pounds of
fat and 900 pounds protein.
Ihe Mt. Glen herd is fed a total
ly mixed ration (TMR) and has
around-the-bam drop feeders and a
liquid manure system.
'The BAA cm die herd is 106.9.
The farm is home to Mt.
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LANCASTER HOLSTEIN
CLUB TOUR
NAME
PHONE NUMBER
NUMBER INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING
X cost ($3O each by Feb 30, $35 after)
Make checks payable lo
Lancaster County Holstein Club
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Manheim, PA 17545
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distributed its traditional 13th
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raw milk sale profits. As we
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cooperative distribution comes
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