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Lancaster DHIfl Report
N. Alan Bair
Associate
County
Agricultural
Agent
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Chase The Water
Out of Milk
We have all heard the
story about the dairyman
who told his neighbor that
the best cow he had was the
one named "Water Hose.” It
may Just be a “story,” but
milk adulterated with water
is one of the big concerns of
your dairy coops today.
Although there are willful
violations, many dairymen
are jeopardizing themselves
and their industry without
consciously thinking about
it. How much water do you
use to "chase” the milk out
of your milking system?
If the practice of rinsing
the milk out of the pipeline
with water is used, you must
carefully calculate the
amount of water to use. The
amount of milk left in the
pipeline is actually very
small. It is equivalent to the
capacity of the verticle milk
pump standpipe. The milk
pump standpipe is the
verticle discharge pipe from
the pump to the high point of
the system. This is the only
section of a pipeline that
does not drain.
This vertide standpipe is
usually 6 to 10 feet in length.
The capacity of a 1M: inch
pipe is 0.8 gallons per ten feet
of length. Thus, 2 to 3 quarts
of water is the maximum
amount of water to use in
most pipeline system when
“chasing” milk out of the
pipeline milker.
Don’t embarrass yourself
and your milk company.
Water is very easily
detectable in milk - even
those several quarts in a
tankful.
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RH
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Jacob S. Dienner
RH
Lancaster Mennonite Hospital
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RH
Robert Kauffman Jr.
R&FrH
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R&GrH
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RH
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RH
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RH
Unit Time
Per Cow
With all the new
automated milking equip
ment on the market you may
begin to wonder if you are
milking as many cows per
hour as your neighbor.
Don’t get too discouraged
if you haven’t invested in the
latest automatic equipment.
Certainly cows per man hour
can be important, but to the
cow, its the tune it takes to
milk her individually that is
important. Time per cow is a
good indication of machine
capability, operator ability
and herd health.
I suggest that you take 2
minutes and calculate the
unit time you spend with
Do It Al
Jay L. Ranck
Susy
M. Dale Herr
4 GrH
Edgefield Farms
Bess
RH
DAYS
ON
TEST
each cow. For instance, if
you are milking 48 cows,
using two machines, and you
spend two hours at the chore
you figure it this way:
multiply the number of
machines by the number of
minutes you spend and
divide by the number of
cows. For our example it
comes out to 5 minutes for
each cow. Many good
dairymen keep their average
that low.
If your unit time is too
high, it’s a good idea to find
out what’s causing the delay.
Maybe you’re not preparing
enough before you start
milking, or you’re trying to
handle other chores during
the milking period. Milking
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5-6
NO.
COW DAYS
IN MILK
100.0
COWS
99.0
40.0
88.5
27.5
95.9
41.7
90.5
45.4
86.0
33.7
96.4
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32.5
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35.5
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3.8 668
18,105
3.7 665
15,750
4.2 665
%
FAT
MILK
LBS.
55.9
52.5
52.3
46.4
44.5
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51.3
49.1
50.7
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51.5
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— machines on the cows after
machines in poor working the milk flow ceases,
condition can slow down the \ Check your milking time,
operation as well as the It may be the key to other
practice of leaving the problems.
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BEDFORD
CAMP HILL
ELLIOTTSBURG
HAMBURG
HONEY BROOK
KIRKWOOD
LEBANON
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NEW HOLLAND - Two
men at Sperry New
Holland’s home office have
been named to positions at
company branch offices.
Irvin E. Aal, market
development projects
director, has been named
branch manager of the
company’s Lenexa, Kansas,
office. Arthur F. Benjamin
Jr., retail operations
planning administrator, has
been named district sales
manager in the Joliet, 111.,
branch office.
FAT
LBS
2.04
2.00
1.90
Aal joined the company in
1962 as a sales trainee in St.
Paul, Minn. He was
promoted to branch training
manager at the company’s
office In Columbin, Ohio in
1968 and was named product
manager for hay tools in
1972. He became market
development projects
director one year ago.
Benjamin joined Sperry
New Holland in 1962 as a
sales representative at the
company’s branch office in
Columbus, Ohio. In 1969 he
was promoted and tran
sferred to Memphis, Term.,
where he served two years
as branch training manager
and one year as district sales
manager. He became a
product manager in 1971 and
had been retail operations
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LONGACRE ELECTRIC
845-2261
BENCE FARM EQUIPMENT
623-8601
LLOYD SULTZBAUGH
737-4554
CARL BAER
582-2648
H. DANIEL WEf
488-6574
273-9730
LANDIS &ESBENSHADE
786-4158
MARVIN HOR!
272-0871
relocated
planning administrator since
1974.
Ayrshires
complete
records
In the herd of Charles H.
Gable of Conebella Farm,
Elverson, PA, a seven-year
old registered Ayrshire cow
named Conebella Patty has
completed an official milk
production record of IS,SCO
pounds, with 678 pounds of
butterfat, on twice dally
milking for 305-day DHIR
testing period. This record is
one of many being made by
an increasing number of
registered Ayrshires on the
Ayrshire Breeders’
Association official DHIR
testing program.
Patty’s record is times
the national average for all
dairy cows. The Ayrshire
breed is noted for persistent,
profitable production of
nutritious, quality milk.
Also in the herd are the
following cows and their
records: Conebella Tor’s
Janet, 10, 15,150 626, 1%;
Conebella Betty Ruth, J-4,
14,890, 607, 1%; Conebella
Count’s Dorothy, S-2, 13,750,
587, 1%; Conebella Harold’s
Klarabell, S-2, 13,480, 566,
IV4; Conebella Victory’s W.
Girl, S-3, 13,390, 633, VA;
Conebella Count’s Lorretta,
J-4, 13,140, 577, IV4;
Conebella Med’s Pat, S-3,
12,740, 544, IV4.
McfILLISTERVILLE
CLAIR SANER & SON
463-2234
MILLERSBURR
LEO LANDIS
692-4647
MILTON
LANDIS FARMSTEAD AUTOMATION
437-2375
NEWVILLE
FRED B McGILLURAY
776-7312
PIPERSVILLE
JOSEPH MOYER
776-8675
STREET MD
WALTER WEBSTER
452 8521
THOMASVILLE
KENNETH L SPAHR
225 1064