The hills and wooded areas rise behind the beautiful Lonely Acre Farms’ homestead along Friendsburg road west of Route 73 in the Oley Valley in Berks County. For more than 150 years the Hoffman family has farmed the soil here and milked Holstein cows on these fertile fields and meadows with a winding stream. Today, Barry and Karen Hoffman and chil dren Dwight, Sherry, and Kris, represent the 4th and sth generations of the Hoffman family to call this farm home. A very down-to-earth commercial dairy operation, they milk 72 black and white and red and white Holsteins, and have about the same number of replace ment young stock. They farm 330 acres to raise the forages to feed the cows, and they raise a lot of soy beans for grain. Their desire to better utilize their homegrown soybeans attracted the Hoffman family to Purina feeds about 16 months ago, and the rest is history. “We wanted a feed supplier that would help us to use our own beans to reduce the bought short-feed we needed to buy,” Barry said. “At the time we were at the 17,800 lb. average milk production level and looking to reduce feed cost. We were also looking to increase milk production. FARMERSUI'HOH CO-OF ' SOiast wwtes Avenue QraenqasUe, FA 17225 717-597-3191 FRANKLIN FEED & SUPPLY 5458 Cedar St Williamson, PA 17270 717-369-3724 BROOKLAND MILLS, INC. McVeytown, PA 17051 717*899-6772 FARM & RANCH SUPPLY Warriors Mark, PA 814-632-6834 ® Trademark of Ralston Purina Company v i s' H A <■« -s “ UMBERGER’S MILL R.D. #4 - Box #546 Lebanon, PA 17042 717-867-5161 MARTIN’S FEED & FERTILIZER, INC. rHECK-H-BOAPfI Cobum. PA 16832 239 W. Main St"" 814-349-8787 Knoxville, PA 16928 814-326-4178 HIGH BROS. MILL 441 Centerville Road Gordonville, PA 17529 717-354-0301 ■«v I >* *% ~ v PURINA MILLS, INC. i GOWER* SON aRM,Bo*BO '' ' •W»lrtmfeport. MD 21796 301-582*2818 WIL GERMANSVILLE FEED & FARM SUPPLY, INC. 17130 Bake Oven Rd. Germansville, PA 18053 610-767-9650 Lancaster Fanning, Saturdi rfHWIREAU 41*&3-6184 iv«r«H, PA ft4<«s2«2ai3 Naw Enterprise PABI4-766-3328 FRANKLIN FEED & SUPPLY 1977 PhUadelpWaAve. Chambersburg, PA 717-264-6148 * BERLIN MILLING RD #1 -BOXBB Berlin, PA 15530 814-267-4124 RITTER FEEDS P.O. Box 306 - LR 3008 Paxtonvio, PA 17861 717-837-3606 EAST GATE SEED & GRAIN Feeds designed with you in mind. 10. 1999-All Reedsvllle, PA 717-667-6656 I <
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