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July 26. 2003 Lancaster Farming Section E, Dairy of Distinction
Alvin and Pauline Diamond and their sons Louis and Paul are part
ners in this 300-plus milking Holstein operation on the western
foothills of the Allegheny Mountains. The cows are housed in a free
stall barn and milked in a double-10 parlor. The Diamonds grow 400
total acres of corn, alfalfa, and grass hay to supply about half the
herd’s forage needs, and buy the remainder from a neighboring
farmer.
Alvin started dairying here in 1957. His father had been a steel mill
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The herd today includes 90 cows owned by employee Joe Harim. Ac
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