Electronic dairy system on view March 30 at Del. university NEWARK, Del. - There will be a dairy open house Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the University of Delaware farm on Route 896 across from the Chrysler plant in Newark. Purpose of tiie event is to provide dairy farmers and other interested in dividuals an opportunity tt> ob serve the new electronic milking and feeding system recently in stalled by the University of Delaware Agricultural Ex periment Station. Parts of this computer-based system are unique and new in their use in the U.S. Each animal in the 73-cow herd wears an electronic transponder on a collar around her neck. This automatically identifies her in the milking parlor, controls pill pyffflsSa pill OCRs ■ (WESTFALIA ACR l) \ | '■"s. 'v her access to feed supplements and provides a continuous record of her performance and activity. According to extension dairy specialist Dr. George Haenlein, the new system makes it possible to eliminate many inefficiencies which reduce herd productivity, and cost dairy farmers money. It features the latest technology in electronic milk metering, milker back-flushing, automatic milker take-off, milk precooling and milk monitoring. Flashing signal lights in the milking parlor tell personnel if a cow has been treated and should be milked separately, if her milk shows signs of mastitis, if she is off her feed and may be sick, or if she is coming into estrus. Visitors to the open house can ■ WMm ifppi illlll;: f *' Hbft a mm lii I;.;.;.;.;?.; Westfalia extends its lead in automatic pipeline milker take-off equipment Automatic take-offs are rapidly becoming standard equip ment in the dairy business And rightly so They save time They take the guess work out of milking and can improve the efficiency of the milking operation by up to 50%. When you go to automatic take-offs go to Westfalia and stay on the leading edge of technology Westfalia’s ACR 1 features automatic take-off with memory strip time This unit features Westfalia quality throughout, and is more than competitively priced Westfaha’s ACR 2. with stainless steel compo nents, takes you that extra step in take-off automation Now features memory strip time and kick off detection The ACR 2is the most feature proven take-off on the market today It’s way ahead of the competition Both the ACR 1 and ACR 2 install easily in any facility work well with any brand of pipeline milker Contact your Westfalia Sales Center If you need the name and location, call or write ‘Time Saver” Crowd Gate Cut your milking time up to 10% with the "Time Saver” Crowd Gate from Westfalia. The "Time Saver" combines sound and impulses to effectively guide cows into prep stalls and/or parlors. Easily adapts to your holding area. tour the university’s dairy facilities and observe the elec tronic system in operation. Another highlight of the event will be a series of microcomputer Penn Ag endorses Farm Bill EPHRATA - PennAg Industries Association’s board of directors has come out in favor of the 1985 Farm Bill proposal submitted by the Reagan Administration. The board adoped the following statement at a recent board meeting: “PennAg Industries Association supports a free market-oriented economic system and believes that American agriculture has suffered because of over-regulation by ■ WESTFAUA demonstrations on farm financial management, dairy ration balancing, engineering problem solving, and the Grassroots America farm information government. While recognizing the role of government in unusual or emergency situations, the Association supports the adoption of a 1985 Farm Bill which will have as its ultimate goal a market oriented farm policy, by: •bringing about a gradual reduction in federal programs for agriculture over a multi-year time frame-about three years, •helping to bring into beine equitable, manageable federal ill M ■£:*! WmM Wmm Wm 1 Westfalia srsiMur. 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Equipment from 10 commercial dairy suppliers will also be on display. Lufich will be available from food service vendors. programs which address only those areas which agriculture alone cannot develop successfully (e.g., research, disaster assistance). “The problems of American agriculture did not develop overnight, and cannot be solved overnight. A gradual reduction of government involvement is necessary in order to ease the transition to a market-oriented agricultural economy.” MSM OT.j.V^lj jffl MT BETHEL K C Dairy Service Kevin Corretl 717 897 5141 NEW WILMINGTON Chuck Moose Inc 412 533 3077 SPARTANSBURG Brenner Dairy Equipment Albert Brenner 814 654 7309 TROY Oairyland Sales & Service Jim Kelley 717 297 4128 WILLIAMSBURG Longenecker Implement Rod Carson 814 793 3731 SYKESVILLE. 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