The interior of Oliver’s free-stall barn is exceptionally well lit by both artificial and natural means. Cows are let out of the barn for only very
short periods of time. An automated feeding system has been a help in increasing efficiency'and production. Lancaster Farming Photo'by Dieter Krieg
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facilities, a milking parlor
and milk house in 1968 for
$60,000. Less than two years
ago he found it necessary to
build a simple 32 by 80 foot
addition to the original 128 by
80 foot structure. He and his
hired man, Foster, helped
with the actual construction
but the bill when it was all
done still added up to $ll,OOO.
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That’s how inflation has hit
farms. The addition included
no equipment other than a
home-made hay feeder
which Oliver has found ideal
for feeding hay stacks. The
feeder, which incorporates a
movable side on an overhead
track, was built by Foster.
“He’s a better carpenter
than I’ll ever be,” said
Oliver proudly.
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Very well lit with 68
transparent roof panels and
37 artificial lighting devices,
the roomy free-stall bam
serves as the cows’ home for
most parts of the day and
night. It is divided into nine
sections to allow certain cow
groups to be together and
make management easier.
In spite of all the gates and
petitions within the bam,
Oliver claims he can still
clean it in 45 minutes, in
cluding hauling time. He
proudly noted that ap-
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proximately 1000 loads of
manure are hauled each
year, but only about three
are loaded by hand.
Oliver beds his stalls
primarily with sawdust. A
little soil added keeps the
material in the stalls a little
longer. At a cost of less than
$9 per ton, and only about 65
tons needed per year, Oliver
figures he’s doing pretty well
on bedding costs. He beds his
stalls every ten days with an
average of two shovelfuls of
sawdust per stall.
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When milking time
arrives, the cows enter a
double-six milking parlor.
The cows’ udders are
washed with warm water
which has a disinfectant
already metered into it.
Working with DeLaval
Model 200 milkers, Oliver
and his son, Chris, have been
able to milk 55 to 60 cows per
hour. Someday, Oliver
proclaims, he’ll have a few
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changes made so that the
entire milking operation cai
be done by one man withou
sacrificing either time oj
production.
A very conscientious
record keeper, Oliver is
proud of the fact that he has
kept statistics on his herd foi
the past 14 years. Tc
facilitate his breeding
programs, he uses a Braj
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