A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11, 2000 EVERETT NEWSWANGER Editor PARKSBURG (Chester Co.) - Comradery, beautiful cows, contrasting management styles and operational goals, and did I mention comradery? This summary gives both the subjective and objective sides of the Chester County Holstein tour Tuesday. We left the Samuel Stoltzfus farm at about 8:10 a.m., a little late because the bus motor spewed antifreeze water all over the farm driveway and the driver couldn’t decide if it was serious or what. But fi nally bus officials concluded it was only an over-fill of water and nothing serious. And we had no further trouble with the Five-year-old Jason Cooper helps his parents, Scott and April Cooper, show the tour group their Excellent Mena cow. Mena is milking as an 11 -year-old, after starting at 1 - iiy. She has a total of seven finished lactations to 34,061 m 1,208 f 1,047 p. it; . v^«ip RflY , 4i * > W| fevP- Mr *w '? V 0 1* I f 5 |w Sbs &g ” @ 9-. S a ao •o c I & a 3 bus the rest of the day, so they were right. First stop was at the Horace Hiendel Farm in York County where the huge new dairy com plex houses 200 cows in a tie stall barn that gives the impression when you walk in that you have cows as far as the eye can see. Fancy Brown Swiss cows line both sides of the barn as you enter. They also have a few Jerseys, but mostly Regis tered Holsteins that include Bellwood, Formation Celcius, and Patron. An evaporating cooling system helps maintain cow comfort and their 25,7001 b. herd average. Of special interest was the new farm store and small pro- mrmn b ' w *&3 K ■tf. V V Lady’s Manor AB Star Sara EX-92 greets the Chester County clothes. Sara is the dam of the Sascha bull that was also seen rently leased by ABS. cessing plant where they will open next week to sell locally the milk from the Brown Swiss cows. The tour made an extra stop just to see the nearly com pleted retail operation. In addi tion, Hiendel Farm feeds out 1,000 steers per year. At the Edwin Johnson farm at Airville, they have six cow fami lies that have top production and type. Under their Hicko rymea prefix they have been breeding polled Holsteins for more than 30 years. Of special interest on the brochure of the farm is Hickorymea Leader GYP P 2E with a lifetime of 122,480 m 4486 f 3997 p. Nine polled bulls are currently or soon will be available from U.S. studs from Hickorymea cow Chester Holstein Club Tour Visits York, families. This down-to-earth farm herd is noted for beautiful uddered cows. At Scott and April Cooper’s farm they milk 73 cows that av erage 3x 28,850 m 1,022 f 917 p. The farm of 120 acres was pur chased in 1967 by Scott’s par ents. In December 1998 Scott and April purchased the farm. After developing groups of reg istered Holsteins from My Lady’s Manor, Fultonway, and Pep-L-Lea, the current herd has 31 cows over 30,000 m with 11 cows over 40,000 m. Eleven cows have lifetime milk totals of 100,000 and 5 are over 200,000 m lifetime. Classification is BAA 105.7 with 1 EX and 28VG. They have received the Holstein Association’s PBR award for the m win rnkh ias! 7 years. Their prefix is Ap pealing Holsteins. My Lady Manor Farm, home of many well-known Maryland State and National show winners was the next stop. Beau tiful 94 point cows along with grand champion younger cows, made an especially impressive stop for the Chester County breeders. Housed in a freestall environment these cows look wonderful even in their work clothes. The first animal to greet the tour group (of course he was in a strong enclosure) was the huge Lady’s Manor Sascha bull who is currently leased by ABS and housed at My Lady’s Manor. Sascha is out of Lady’s Manor AB Star Sara EX92, and Aeros- ■jfipP'PSS i#'*!’-? •aw«B gMipt c Vtf l ‘ ,'t'' !Bl 1 **'l i tour group in her work at the farm and is cur- ''Hi ■ ■ S&* *■ v : if® v \ Excellent u Edward John 1,055 f 886p;' 1,050f861p;£ tar daughter. Final stop Farm, Conesl 1000 cow dair ingto 1,500 an modern of fa pipeline takes cows directly c truck. And a milking park movement lar housing faciliti get the job don A water fh place to handl eluding an irr get it to the «#“' *Wf « / , -4>sL ’ \ , T 1 s*\i» f *'? ( >,*>' . s' * f A X -
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