Dairymen Feast At Milking Parlor Information Smorgasbord
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
INTERCOURSE (Lancaster
Co.) Extension officials and
commercial dairy equipment rep
resentatives said they figured that
about 40 dairymen would attend a
Tuesday seminar on milking parlor
design held at the Harvest Drive
Restaurant in Intercourse.
Surprise.
Mote than three times that many
showed up for the event.
Sponsored by the Penn State
Cooperative Extension the event
featured several speakers from
Penn State and Cornell universi-
Ken Morgan, with Boumatic, discusses aspects of milk
ing equipment with dairymen at seminar.
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ties, a panel of dairymen who have
built and work with different types
of parlors, and several representa
tives horn different dairy equip
ment manufacturers.
Free stall operations and milk
ing parlors have been around for
years. But some of the styles and
designs discussed at the seminar
were exotic affairs compared to the
majority of currently used
facilities.
There were floating rotary plat
forms, new and improved parallel
designs, all-pnuematic operated
rigs, and herringbone designs.
Experts talked about the need
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parlor seminar.
for parlors, and some of the draw
backs and bonuses, and considera
tions to be made in contemplating
construction.
Others talked about the use of
computers and automatic milk
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PSU’s Dr. Steven Spencer
talked about what farmers should
consider before taking on a
project.
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He said the number of cows, the
milking schedule, possible
changes to those, existing facili
ties, funds available, environmen
tal regulations ... in short.
everything involved with running
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