Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 17, 1981, Image 139

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324 feet. They stock trusses from 18
feet to 72 feet.
Steel is purchased in coils,
weighing 8.500 pounds each, and a
DAIRY-TRONI
COMPUTERIZED
DAIRY FEEDING
SYSTEMS
Simple - Precise
Dependable -
Inexpensive
The DAIRY-TRONIC SYSTEM costs less - prices include
computer. ID tags and feeders.
30 60 125
*6.637 *8.684 *12,878
*l6O *2lO *3ll
Number of Cows
Dairy-Tronlc System Cost
Five year monthly lease payment
The DAIRY-IRONIC SYSTEM increases cash flow by
increasing production and reducing feed costs
* Projected increase @ $153
per cow per year
Annual lease payments
Extra Cash Flow/year
* Based on University of Missouri figures from “Feeding according to
production”, and saving only one pound of feed and gaining only 3 pounds
of milk per cow per day on a herd average.
DAIRY-TRONIC SYSTEM Features that make a difference:
1. Simple to use and operate, computer teds you
how to program step by step.
2. Automatically feeds each cow individually the
exact programmed ration based on her milk
production.
3. Dairyman can change individual cow’s ration with
- just a push of a button at any time.
4. Feeders can handle high moisture, shelled or
ear corn, complete feed, or concentrate.
5. Special feeders can meter out four different
rations in various amounts totally independent
of each other.
6. The computer automatically prints out the follow
ing information every 24 hours or anytime de
sired. It shows date, time, and the following in
dividual cow information: cow number, amount
programmed, amount of feed consumed and the
monthly total to date. Plus, the herd daily and
monthly totals to date.
7. An * shows cow didn't eat full amount of pro
grammed indicating possible sickness develop
ing or cow coming in heat.
8. Computer can be programmed for 1,2, or 4
cycles per/day. Example: on 4 cycles a cow pro
grammed for 20 lbs. of feed will get 5 lbs. every
6 hrs. Jt automatically carries any left over
rations into the next cycle.
INQUIRIESINVITED FOR SALESMEN
AND EXCLUSIVE DEALERSHIPS IN
PA, MD, NJ, NY A DEL.
For more information call:
1-800-443-8916
9r Write or Call:
MARTIN
DISTRIBUTORS
520 Prescott Rd.
RD 1. Lebanon, PA 17Q42
Phone: 717-866-4906
or: 717-866-4555
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their finished building.
Increases Milk Production
- Saves Feed
With an I.D. tag on each cow, and a highly
accurate scanner located in each feeder
the computer is able to exactly identify
- and control the amount of feed each cow
can have, based on her milk production.
*4.590 *9,180 *19,125 *38,250
*1,923 *2,520 *3,732 *6,132
*2,667 *6,660 *15.393 *32,118
9. Has a battery system with re-charging unit for
back-up power to keep memory stored in event of
a power failure.
10. Just pushing a few buttons will check, display
(and print on tape if desired) each bins activity, a
cows record, the computers, memory, and other
information.
11. Priced lower than any other comparable com
puterized feeding system on the market.
12. Simplified keyboard provides for ease of opera
tion and allows programs for future such as,
data storage, milk monitoring and etc.
13. Large black numbers are etched on yellow tags
that can be used with chains or ropes.
14. A Dairy-Tronic unit can operate up to 15 feeders
positioned at a maximum distance of one mile
from computer.
15. Option: galvanized or stainless steel feeders.
16. Foolproof cow identification tag can receive and
transmit an electronic signal up to 4 inches from
the sensor: therefore, contact is unnecessary.
No magnets or lights are used. Signal is un
affected by excessive. light, manure or dirt
coating, etc.
SPECIAL DISCOUNT ON THE FIRST
ORDER FROM EACH COUNTY IN
PA, MO, NJ, NY & DEL.
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FREE INFORMATION (circle and mail) Dairy- |
! Tronic Computer System, Automatic Feed Milling j
! Systems (weighs in each ingredient), Grinder-Mixer, j
j Feed Augers, Tanks, Soybean & Corn Roasters, j
{ Grain Storage Bins, Grain Driers, Bucket Elevators, j
j Transport Augers, Feed Blowers, Scales. Con- i
I centrate Metering Equipment. i
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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 17,1981—D1l
At Round' Hill jrms,
processed on assembly line.
Drain Fields-Filter Beds
Specializing in Sewage Systems
Ail Types on Lot
O Dynamic Masonry
Contractors
GORDONVILLE
MIKE FISHER & LARRY HERR 687-6801
SPECIAL FARM PRICES FREE ESTIMATES
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