A hands-on experience.
Lifeline.
Full of “liquid health.”
j ßlizzard Keeps Milk Haulers
On The Road Day And Night
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The milk was finally delivered
to the plant, but, of course, Erdman
didn’t get home that night. Little
Nicholas must have had a premoni
tion, because his daddy still had not
been home by Wednesday after
noon when this reporter found him
at an Amish farm with another full
tank load of milk.
Erdman likes his job and he
takes it seriously. “The farmers
depend on me to keep their bulk
tanks empty so they can milk
again,” Erdman said. “And I
depend on them to keep the farm
lanes open so I can get in. It’s a
partnership.”
On Wednesday, at the lasi farm
on the route, the truck was full, and
Erdman could only take about half
of the milk in the farmer’s bulk
tank. But it gave the farmer enough
room so he did not need to dump
any milk from the next evening and
morning milking.
“I’ll be back tomorrow to empty
the tank,” Erdman told the Amish
farmer. “I just sleep better when I
know all my farmers can milk
without throwing any away.”
And with that, Erdman stopped
in the farm lane, dropped his tire
chains, and headed for Lansdale.
Hopefully, Nicholas saw his daddy
again sometime late Wednesday
evening or early Thursday
morning.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 20 1993-A35
Down Pequea Lane.
So long; see you again tomorrow.
On the long road home.
Photos by Everett Newswanger, Managing Editor.
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