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tend 130 milking holsteins a a wall agricultural representative for york county our visit to louis lon- gos was a particularly good one and bound to influence our ideas and opinions on modern dairy farming this visit was one of several made by mem bers of the york county holstein club to farms near hartford connecti cut fortyeight holstein men made the trip by air the longo farm has about 130 cows milking plus young stock and dry cows its operated by two men whicli seems an almost impossible achie vement in labour effici ency free stall housing a milking parlour all sil age feeding and good building layout were ob viously responsible for cutting labour needs a way down the herd average was almost 18000 lbs of milk average interval between calvings was 119 months and average number of lactations completed per cow was 62 these are exception al records and the kind that really makes money from our discussion with mr longo a lot of things were contributing grain fed according to production extremely careful attention to breeding sound culling selection in breeding for strong feet and legs and a program for the fast growth and development of young stock seemed to be the main points the cost cutting feat ures of the setup were the use of bunker silos outside feeding pole barns free stalls and feeding silage with trac tor and loader mr lon go condemned tower silos feed augers silo unloaders hay balers gutter cleaners stanch ion barns straw bedding and even hay for adding unnecessary costs to pro duction these seem like the views of a radical or someone looking for pub licity but when longo tells his story in the barn yard with 18 years in the milk business and suc cess all around him his ideas have to be taken seriously some of the conditions are different here our land will beat his a mile for growing hay he can buy protein a lot cheap er than we can his mar keting situation is differ ent lawn and garden tractors avai lable in 6 hp 8h p and 12 hp models plus a complete line of accessories at joe mccullough motors claremont 6492101 dairy farmers keep your cows contented the master way let us help you formulate a high energy dairy ration with your own grains and one of the following master 24 dairy supplement master 32 dairy supplement master 40 dairy supplement we are also in the position to supply bulk master 16 dairy ration pellets or krums master 16 milk producer pellets or krums at substantial savings call your local master feed dealer at whitevale tl wilson and sons ltd 2941951 2941951 the tribune thursday march 14 1968 page 15a