2t—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, Nortrtbar 4,1971
It’s 5 30 a m the beginning of
another day, even though the night
does not appear to,have gone
Silence and a light frost cover the
countryside. The stars are sparkling
m a cloudless sky, and there's only a
faint hint towards the east that a
sunrise will occur in another hour
I walk into the barn, take off my
jacket, flick on the lights, and begin
the day's activities The push of a
button starts the silo-unloader, which
throws down silage for the mornmg
feeding. Most of the’cows are lazily
beginning to get up as they anticipate
their forkful of silage and portion of
gram Some, like Cindy and Bosco,
who are forever hungry, voice their
anxiety without hesitation
While the silage accumulates at the
base of the silo, just in front of the
cows, I take a broom to sweep the
feed alley, and then a scraper to clean
the litter alley By the time that’s
done, there’s enough silage down to
begin feeding The whole barn soon
smells of corn silage as the material is
spread out in front of 40 cows It’s a
pleasant odor
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A gram ration is fed according to
each individual cow’s production
level, body condition, closeness to
calving, and age. A few, like Cindy and
Bosco, get an extra pinch to keep
them friendly The truth is they're
both too friendly they're spoiled
and my favorite pets
Nearly 20 minutes have "gone by
since I walked into the barn, and
another 10 will pass before the
milking starts I have already walked
a couple of miles back and forth,
back and forth m a barn which is
160 feet long' There are plenty more
miles to come this barn is not
equrpped with pipeline milkers
Strainers are set on top of the bulk
tank, an udder wash is prepared,
milking machines are carried to the
far end of the barn, and I’m ready to
milk The noise of the vacuum pump
drowns out most of the sounds from
the radio, which has been on since I
walked into the barn
The pulsing of pulsators the
“heart” of a milking machine soon
fills the air The cows are up and
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eating, their neck chains occasionally
jmglfe, and periodically there is the
hollow sound of two empty buckets
being set on the floor after having
been emptied in the milk house
Sometimes I get greeted-with a’nice
sloppy tail in the face, which makes
me wish I' had cleaned the barn
before milking,Vyhat a way to wake
up if a fellow is still sleepy l
The milking procedure goes on for
an hour and a half: wash udders, put
the milking machine on the cow,
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from the ration as its en
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periodically check on the' machine’s
progress to avoid overmilkmg and
resulting udder injury, take the,
machine off, dump the milk Into a
carrying pail, and take it to the milk
house where it will be'cooled and
agitated in a bulk tank
That's how the day starts on a dairy
farm when things go smoothly As
with any business, it’s not all bad if
things work out right and the income
meets expenses
used in a ration containing
less than 10 lbs. dry hay,
stated Young’s Inc.
For more information
write to Young’s Inc.,
Roaring Spring, Pa. 16673.
(814-224-5111).
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