FlO-Lancasttr Farming, Saturday, August 16,1986 DHIA Computerization On The Horizon BY MARGIE FUSCO Cambria County Correspondent UNIVERSITY PARK - ARIS is here. The Agricultural Records Information Service, created by the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, can put herd in formation at the dairy farmer’s fingertips. ARIS is a computer program designed to operate on an IBM or IBM-compatible, MS/DOS, computer system. In addition to needing a computer, a herdsman must have a modem in order to use ARIS. A modem is electronic equipment that creates a telephone connection between the farmer’s computer and the mainframe computer in State College. “Most farmers will be able to linkup through local phone num bers,” says Jay Wilson of DHIA. “We may eventually get a toll-free Horse Training Course Offered Horseback riding is fun. But real riding pleasure depends on how well your horse is controlled and control comes with training. According to a Pennsylvania State University correspond ence course on light horses, a system of deception is used in training. By rewards and praises you develop in your horse a feeling that certain of his powers are useful to you. At the same time, you try to train him to use his abilities to suit your purposes, not his wishes. Horses in their natural state, untrained or wild, move at a walk, trot, or canter, ac cording to the speed they wish to go. If pushed, they break into a gallop. You train horses by teaching them to walk, trot, canter, and go backward, at your wUI. From these primary gaits, you then teach horses for riding as racers, hunters, jum pers, parade ponies or cow horses, depending on your goals. To leam the training and care of horses for riding, study the Penn State correspondence course. Anyone can enroll by sending $9.75, including handling, to Light Horses, Dept. 5000, University Park, PA 16802. Make checks or money orders payable to Penn State. SEU IT WITH A LANCASTER FARMING CLASSIFIED number if there is enough use of the service.” Using ARIS, a dairyman can get information on his herd within hours of when the DHIA supervisor records it. “There’s no more waiting for mail service,” Wilson says. Moreso, the farmer can review, compare and analyze his herd by using a list of several hundred topics. The herdsman can see which cows are pregnant, which cows are not breeding efficiently, which sires breed the most calves, what milk production to expect in the coming months, and much more. Getting the information is a simple as turning on the computer and pressing a few keys, according to Wilson. The information the far mer needs is stored in the main frame, and is available at the farmer’s request at any time. FEEDING EQUIPMENT ' n*r Model 1600 C Belt Conveyor Model 166-A Conveyor ■ Model 162-A Conveyor Belt Feeder Wilson notes that computerized information can help farmers see their results rapidly and know at a glance where to make im provements to increase their profitability. He adds that com puter systems have now become affordable enough to be within the reach of most farm budgets, and that ARIS is a tool every farmer can use easily. To introduce far thers to the ARIS program, Wilson has written a manual that includes easy-to-read language, color coding to help explain the keyboard, and lessons that train the herdsman how to get the most out of the ARIS program and his computer. Each farmer’s statistics are protected by a built-in security system. Each farm on the ARIS system is assigned an individual password; without that password, Fatz Blender/Mixers Ring Drive Patz I—^ ————^^ WE CUSTOM DESIGN SYSTEMS FOR YOU the farm’s data cannot be issued it’s your private information.” by the computer. “The system is Not every detail of the system secure,” Wilson says. “No one else has been finalized. Wilson notes is going to invade your records; (Turn to Page Fl 2) Jay Wilson of Pennsylvania DHIA, explains the ARIS computer program at a recent demonstration. MANURE HANDLING SYSTEMS jirw#©- file's,’ x . '' ' '% X^£; Model 100 Patz Model 477 Lagoon Pump «r_ JflBV Two Convenient Locations m automatic farm systems Dairy Division an 1 M 608 Evergreen Road RD 2 Box 271 IWI Lebanon, PA 17042 East Earl, PA 17519 tS? (717) 274-5333 (717) 354-0584 Model 200 \s\ ' . a s \ Sales and Service
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