Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 30 Mar 1962, p. 19

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Farmer Produces Milk Eggs On Large Scale One of the more unusual typ es ol farming operations in the County is that practised by George Faris oho produces both milk and eggs on calm parativety large scale on hu zuoacre farm beside Highway 21 just north oi Cookstowni To begin it is worth noting that beside tlri Faris and his family the 200 acres sup part four male and two femalo employees throughout the year and also very much bytheday labor especially through the summer PUREDRED STOCK The main burn houses 57 purebred Holstein milk cows in three rows newlyinstalled gutter cleaner talus the back ache out of stable cleaning Names and registration informo lion on shingles hung above each cow allows the herdmon to identify any cow at glance and keep accurate records Four cows not at the end of their milking lactations have al ready topped the 15000 pound mark and one has produced over 17000 pounds of milk These records are based on 35 day lactation period Milk production of his herd is reg istered under ROP Records of Performance lot of people dont real lze how heavy cow must milk to produce 17000 pounds of milk in 305 days explains Mr Faris To do that cow must produce 55 pounds at milk every day for 105 days One of these cows gave over 90 pounds at milk day at her peak and gave over 2600 pounds in one month There is no secret to high milk production asserts lttr Faris The chief qualities cow should have are good breeding background and good appetite Good management and feeding are equally important cow should be fed heav iest when she needs it most that is at peak production The higher you can raise the quantity of milk given at peak production the longer and more the cow will milk right through Too many dont start feeding cow until her production begins to drop off that is too late FEEDING POLICY He feeds his cows cnsilage dairy ration and good conditlt ioned hay He feels that hay conditioner is one of the host aids to making good boy and that good hay is essential to reduction or units are used the cows The LIKE GROWNUP cows these little Holstein calves have their own miniature stainless steel bqu milk tank calibrated to hold 5674 pounds of milk where it is cooled to 34 degrees and stored until bulk milk truck picks it up for an Aurora dairy The DeKalb White Leghorn hens 12000 of them are hous ed in two relatively new build ings one end at which are conveniently divided and yet connected by complet egg gra ding and egg storage facilities in the first plaoc ltlr Farts buys day chicks and lets them out other farmers to raise to laying age on custom basis We have louse all the room we have got here or laying birds he says In the big long hen houses floored with open wire screen the thousands of birds seem to live active and contented lives The sight of those milling crowds would no doubt make you dizzy if you looked long enough at them For entertainment radio talks and sings to the hens all day troughslike conveyor with chain drags circling each building brings never ending supply of chicken feed to the hens automatically continu stalls looking on flow of fresh clean water snakes back and forth along the open Water unused when it reaches the ends of the flumes is not recirculated but building in Vshap0d metal flames is discarded down the drain IMPORTANT Clean water is not to the health stresses Mr Paris So tome are tha hens that they even flew onto the writers These hens dozens at time crowd into communal nesting boxes to lay eggs which roll into hold racks inaccessible shoulders to the hens This prevents the hens start to eat the eggs and keep ing the eggs somewhat cooler This flock of hens have not come into production Now long Says George Faris on There are 21 of these calves In this building very Import of the notk 4aa m1 they are laying about 65 per cent They will an per cenL soon be laying Hens in the other building were moulting and of course will not start laying again till they have replumnged The summer months are the heavi est laying months really Mr Farts says Then it takes two 45 BRADFORD ST just to grade the eggs Now one can manage 12000 MILE WARRANTY 30000 MILES BETWEEN GREASE JOBS SEE THE NEW FORD ECONOlINE TRUCKS THE BARBIE EXAMINER FRIDAY MARC 30 l9€2 FOR LIMITED TIME ONLY 1962 FORDSFALCONS No PAYMENTS Till JUNE 62 Tim CANADAS MOST CAREFREE CAR 6000 MILES BETWEEN OIL CHANGES HIGHEST TRADEINIALLOWANCE GUARANTEED FORD SERVICE COURTEOUS SALES AND SERVICE SALES DEPARTMENT OPEN EVENINOs UNTIL pm TERMS TO SUIT YOUR BUDGET UP TO 36 MONTHS FORD SALES AND SERVICE PA 87931 For Top Dollar Tire Value Buy DOMINION ROYAL Sup SUPER WEARING OUAIITIES SUPER TOUGH CONSTRUCTION Exclusive lug design Spearhead Complete Size Range In Stock 50 per cent longer wear Tough tread compounds or bite Extra rubber whene it counts penetration Wider deer or Grip Master II SUPER POLLING POWER Safety bonded carcass punishment of modem ON THE FARM SERVICE Our service trucks are fully equipped to han dle on the farm tractor tire servicing and re pairs Call on us for fast dependable work resists the continuum bruising Tarming PADDED ROLLING mm on hand snrtadzs more rubber in Takes nmto ear less um Vital tread area delivers longer wealV smoother ride on hard sum DOMINION TIRE STORESllMITED ll0 BRADFORD STREET BARRIE PA 85965

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