El4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 21,1981
BY
ROBERT G. LIGHT
Massachusetts
Dairy
Specialist
Field equipment
replacement on farms is
common. It is replaced
as it becomes worn to
the point that further
maintenance doesn’t
seem worthwhile, or
perhaps the unit doesn’t
have the capacity to
keep up when expansion
takes place, or it just
plain obsolete and needs
to be replaced because
new methods have
made it outdated
But, are milking
systems handled the
same way 9
Is there a tendency to
overlook the milking
system because it does
give good service 9
Does it become ob
solete, too 9
In the last few years,
there have been a large
number of new in
novations in milking
systems: new parlor
types; automatic take
off milkers; vacuum
switching milkers, even
for stall barn milking.
Automatic weight
recording is becoming
possible.
There have been
shifts from high to low
line milking, and there
have been changes in
the standards and
recommendations used
in the industry for
milking system in
stallation over the
years
How long has it been
since you reviewed the
performance of your
milking system 9 Take
vacuum pumps for
example.
Vacuum pumps used
for milking machine
operation can be divided
into three types piston,
rotary vane, and cen
trifugal water
displacement.
The piston and rotary
types are common in the
eastern US. and will
work satisfactorily as
long as they provide
adequate capacity and
have sufficient reserve
Less well known here
is the centrifugal water
displacement pump
which is commonly used
in large dairies in the
west - but now, we have
larger parlors, too, and
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it may be well to look at
this type of pump if
you’re considering
replacement.
While it is more ex
pensive, and requires a
water supply and waste
line, it is much more
durable than the other
types since there is no
metal-to-metai contact
within the pump. A ring
of water moves with the
segments of an offset
impeller within the
housing, providing a
seal between the im
peller and the housing
As impeller turn, the
alternation movement
of the water toward and
away from the shaft
causes a pulse-free
pumping action.
The exhaust from the
pump should be at least
as large as the con
nection fitting of the
pump, and in all cases,
should be directed
outside, downward and
away from the building.
Mufflers or silencers
should be used only if
absolutely necessary
since they may reduce
pumping capacity, or
consider their use when
sizing a new pump.
An oil trap can be
provided to cut down on
messy conditions.
Water seal pumps may
require a water
separator as well
Consider having the
exhaust discharge to an
external sump filled
with rock to minimize
mess and noise
If two or more pumps
are used, they should be
manifolded together, or
connected into a
common vacuum
header or tank (unless
you are using a split
vacuum system; This
will assure only one
vacuum level and will
balance the air
movement load.
Each pump should be
connected into the
system with a full-flow
gate valve for quick
disconnect in the event
of pump failure
A vacuum pump
should be rated in CFM
(cubic feet of air per
minute) at a specific
vacuum level and pump
speed (RPM) and not in
terms how many units is
will handle.
Differences in air
requirements per feet,
ABSOLUTE auction
4 ACRE FARMETTE
Tuesday, April 14,1981
at 12 Noon
Four miles west of Fogelsville, Vz mile
east of New Smithville exit Rt. 22 and Rt.
863, (one block south off old Rt. 22 along
Klines Mill Road) Weisenberg, Twp.,
Lehigh Co. Pa.
A four acre farmette w/two and one half story
frame farm house w/six rooms & V/z baths,
coal fired hot water heat, well water, a barn
w/(3) 12’xl5’ horse box stalls, a two car
garage, a two story cement block bldg for
poultry or storage, plus other out bldgs, fenced
in pasture For inspection call (215) 395-8084
Terms: 10% auction day, bal. by May 25,1981
Auct. Note: A real chance to buy that small
farm, will be sold regardless of price, owners
moving out of area.
Sale Ordered by
MARLYN C. & ALICE L. STROH
Conducted by
Ralph W. Zettlemoyer Auction Co. Inc.
(215)395-8084
evaluate your vacuum system
the way milking
systems are installed,
or the way they are
operated can cause wide
variations in air moving
requirements.
The problem of pump
sizing is further com
plicated by the common
use of two different
standards, the ASME
(American Society of
Mechanical Engineers;
or the New Zealand
standard
The ASME is based
upon free air, or at
mospheric pressure,
while the New Zealand
standard uses 15 inches
of mercury vacuum
level. The result is that
the New Zealand
specifications are twice
those of the ASME
standard.
Be certain your are
using proper rating
system for your in
stallation.
Periodically, the
recommendations for
air delivery are
changed, using ex
perience in installation
as a guide The effect
has been to move
toward recom
mendations being used
in California
At the present time,
the following values are
being used for pipeline
milkers.
Milker units, 6.0 cfm
(ASME), Milk meter,
1 0; Sanitary couplings,
per 20, 1.0; Inlets, per
10, 1.0, Regulators
(each), 3 0,
As an example, an
eight unit system would
have. 8 units @ 6 cfm =
48 cfm, 8 meters @ 1
cfm = 8; 80 couplings @
1 cfm/20 = 4, 30 inlets @
1 cfm/10 = 3, 2
regulators @ 3 cfm each
= 6 The total is 69 cfm
Values for con
ventional bucket
milkers are as follows
cfm reserve, 10 cfm,
cfm per unit, 2 5.
As an example, a four
unit conventional
system would require 20
cfm ASME or 40 cfm
under the New Zealand
standard. Since it is not
likely that your system
meets these
specifications, is it a
good idea to replace
vacuum pumps of
questionable capacity
with a larger, high
capacity pump’ capacity vacuum
If the vacuum system systems should be no
has properly sized and problem.
installed vacuum However, it milk size
controllers, and if milk is small, excess pump
line sizes are properly capacity may increase
related to the number of milk line flooding
units, then high causing vacuum fluc-
JUNIATA CO. FARM AT
PUBLIC SALE
SATURDAY, APRIL 25
Located approx. 35 mi. northwest of
Harrisburg, near Richfield.
PARCEL #1 - 62 A’s, 30 tillable, balance
wooded, 5 room dwelling, 2600’ frontage.
PARCEL #2-68 A’s, 30 tillable, balance
wooded, 3100’ frontage
NOTE - Both Parcels offered separate, then as
one unit, 130 A’s total.
For Complete Info, Contact:
Long Bros., Aucts.
R.D. #2
Port Royal, Pa. 17082
Ph. 717-527-4784
PUBLIC SALE
FARM MACHINERY
Conducted By Russell M. Wright,
Auctioneer
P.O. Box 111, Newport, PA
FRIDAY, MARCH 27,1981
At 10:00 A.M.
Located in Perry County, Buffalo
Township. From Newport exit off Route
22-322, go North approximately 1 mile on
Route 34. Turn right at intersection onto
Montgomerys Ferry Road, 3 Vz miles to
sale. Or 3 miles West of Route 11-15
along Montgomerys Ferry Road in Bucks
Valley.
Consisting of a small amount of household
goods including Treadle Sewing Machine,
Clothes Tree, Trunk, Dinner Bell, Maytag
Wringer Washer and various items
-MACHINERY
Farmall Super H Tractor with live
hydraulic; Cultivators for Farmall H or M;
New Holland No. 268 Hayhner Baler with
thrower, New Holland, No 467 Pull-Type
Hay bine, 7-foot cut; 2 6-ton Hay Wagons with
Oak Racks, 16 ft., New Idea No 400 Side Rake;
IHC Side Rake; 2 Grain Wagons, 165 bu.
Hopper Bins; New Idea No. 323 Single Row
Corn Pikcer, Diadem 3 pt. Fertilizer Spreader
No 290 (NEW); 16 ft. Gram Auger; New Idea
Trail-Type Mower, 7-ft cut; Agway Pull-Type
Sprayer with 200 gal fiberglass tank; Mayrath
Bale and Grain Elevator; PTO Grass Seeder;
John Deere Self-Dumping 12-ft Spring Tooth
Harrow; Ontario 12-ft Spring Tooth Harrow;
Oliver 3 -12” Bottom Trail Plows; Oliver 14” 2
Bottom Trail Plows (NEW); Land Slides to Fit
Oliver; 2 - New Oliver 12” Plow Bottoms;
Oliver No. 40 Walking Plow with Steel Beam;
Ontario 13 Double Disc Gram Drill on steel
wheels; 12” Post Hole Auger; 35-ft. Endless
Drive Belt, 7” wide; new Tray for Wheel
Barrow; Case 8-ft Disc Harrow; 2-Pair
Stewart Cow Clippers; Heavy Log Cham; 50-
gal. Drums; 8%-ft. Truck Cap, 8 HP.
Dnyamark Riding Mower; 2 - Fuel Storage
Tanks with Pumps, 160 and 300 gal sizes; Milk
Cans; Tractor Chains to fit size 14-28 tires; 28”
Tractor Tire and Tube; 2 - Electric Brooders;
Stainless Steel Milk Strainer; Double Stainless
Steel Wash Tubs; 82 gal Glass Lined Electric
Water Heater, Homelite Gear Drive Chain
Saw; 12-ft x 14-ft Tarps; Meat Bench; Barb
Wire, Small 8” Table Saw; Pile of Scrap Iron.
-AUTOMOBILE
1 - ’66 Pontiac Catalina, 4-Dr Sedan
NOTE This machinery has been well cared
for and is in good condition Order of Sale:
Household Goods - Machinery
TERMS: Cash or Good Check
Lunch stand
HAROLD W. and ANNABELLE M.
CAMPBELL
R.D. §l, Newport, PA 17074
Phone 567-3585
Seller reserves the right to reject any or
all bids
Not responsible for accidents
tuations which may be must be analyzed as a
reflected in. udder system, and not as an
problems. accumulation
The milking system separate segments.
PUBLIC SALE
OF 1.80 ACRE POULTRY FARM
SATURDAY, APRIL 11,1981
At 11 A.M.
Located approx. 2 miles west of
Morgantown along Rt. 23. Caernarvon
Twp., Lane. Co., Pa.
REAL ESTATE
HOUSE. 2Vz story cement block house with
stucco, asphalt shingle roof, full basement. Ist
fir. has nice mod. kitchen with oak cabinets and
dishwasher, also pantry, dining room with open
stanway, large living room, closed in porch, **
bath, mostly w/w carpeting. 2nd fir has 4
bedrooms and full bath, w/w carpeting Oil hot
water heat, attached 2 car garage with storage
above
POULTRY HOUSE 2 story cement block
290’ in length, part 40’ wide and part 27’ wide
Total broiler capacity 26,000 me. both floors
(Total sq. ft. 20,340, Floor space) includes
automatic waterers. Big Dutchman chain type
feeders, building equipped with ventilating
fans, 2 bulk feed bins each 10 ton cap.
SHOP 10’xl8’ frame All buildings in good
cond.
LAND. 1.80 acres, all open. Terrain gentle
slope. Nice garden area, all macadam drive
WATER Well and pressure system.
SCHOOL DiST.: Garden Spot
TERMS; 10% dn. day of sale. Inspection
anytime by appt. Call: HORNING FARM
AGENCY, INC. 215-286-5183.
Terms By
lESSE & VERNA MAE STOLTZFUS
Wentz & Weaver, Attys.
Auctioneers
Elton & Alvin Horning
HORNING FARM AGENCY, INC.
Main Street
Morgantown, Pa.
2X5-286-5183
AUCTION
FARM EQUIPMENT, ETC.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
lOA.M.
On Possum Hollow Road, Limerick
Twp., 6 mi. E. of Pottstown. Turn off Rt.
422 on Airport Rd. to Lightcap Rd., to
Possum Hollow Rd. Follow sale signs on
Rt. 422 & Airport Rd. 3 mi. to sale.
Known as Gilpin Farm.
MACHINERY: Allis Chalmers WD 45 trac
tor; AC. WD tractor, A.C, WD tractor &
mounted corn picker, 2 A.C WC tractors & 2
sets cultivators, A C. Roto Baler; 3 A.C. 3 bot
tom mounted plows, A C combine; A C 7 ft
mowing machine; Ford 7 ft mowing machine;
1949 Chev. flat bed Truck, J D. 2 row corn
planter, J D manure spreader, J D disc on
wheels; cultipacker, 3 sec spring tooth har
row, lime spreader, 2 Ontario grain drills,
Bnllion seeder & cultipacker, 2 power corn
sliellers, buzz saw, 7 ft snow plow, pull type
disc, J.D hay crusher, 3 pt. sprayer, hammer
mill, 2 elevators, 2 rubber tire flat wagons, 2
wheel trailer
TOOLS; elec welder, elec, grinder, anvil, 2
hp. motors, ladders, vises & workbenches,
many small tools found around a farm Quanti
ty LUMBER, mostly oak, large drums, snow
fence, Bob Sled, wagon wheels, harness, 300
gal gas tank & pump, cast iron pig troughs,
platform scale, lot scrap iron
FEED, etc.: 1200 bu. corn, bin of oats, mow
of straw. Jot barley.
Everyone should attend this sale. Something
lor large, small & weekend farmers. All
machinery is operable. Farm has been sold,
everything to highest bidder. Tools sold first,
followed by machinery & feed.
Estate of
LUCY D. GILPIN
By Order of First Penna. Bank &
Robert D. Giifillan, Execs.
% 489 7127 941.8050
HESS & MOYER
* AUCTIONEERS
115 HESS ROAD • COLLEGEVILLE. *A 1942*