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
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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
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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
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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
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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.”
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814 654 7309
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Jim Kelley
717 297 4128
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814 793 3731
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