Time is money end you'll see how easy it can be to
save both with a Westfalia Parlor. And Westfalia has
just the right one designed to match your milking
needs and style. Whether you choose the new
Westfalia Herringbone All-Exit Indexing System, the PRA (All Exit Parallel) or
the new AUTOTANDEM, you can't go wrong with Westfalia.
EASE!
20 to 0 in 8 Seconds!
Quick, quiet and smooth best describes
Westfalia's All-Eixt, Indexing Herringbone
Stalls. You'll have the most efficient cow
traffic available with the WestfaKa All-Exit.
This great, new system allows all cows to be
exited out of the milking area at the same
time. Stalls are returned to the entrance posi
tion in only 8 seconds. Quiet hydrauics do
the work.
PRA
Milking
Parlor
THE PROFITABLE
RIGHT APPROACH
TO PARALLEL
STYLE MILKING
WESTFALIA
SriHMAT.
EFFICIENCY!
Just
• Individual milking and care for each cow.
• A slow milking cow does not affect the
changeover of cows
• Operator has full side view of entire cow and
more.
• Reduced-stress milking for cows and operator
• One person operation with excellent
milking efficiency
• Lets you milk smarter for better profits!
COWS PER HOUR 4045 50-55 65-70 80-85
AUTOTANORM 2x2 2x3 2x4 2x5
Number of Mllhan I I I I
BEDFORD. PA
IS. BAKER AGRI-SYSTEMS
John Baker *l4-623-2113
CHAMBERSBURG. PA
WALTON’S DAIRY SERVICE
Gary Walton 717-312-7 SM
HAMBURG.PA
SHARTLESVILLB
FARM SERVICE
Data Wangar, Craig LuekanbHl
21S-4SS-102S
WESTFALIA’S ALL-EXIT, INDEXINO HERRINGBONE STALLS
But that's only part of the job these
heavy-duty stalls will do for you. When in
the indexing mode, the breast rails gently
nudge cows into the proper milking posi
tion. An easy to use control box keeps
operation simple.
Milk the easy way with Westfalia’s PRA Parlor
Udders are located just 29" OC apart to easily
handle more cows per man, per hour
Sequencing gates with positive stops prevent cows
from entering the wrong position As one cow
enters, the entry gate pivots open for the next cow
When milking is completed, the Fast Exit stall
//system opens up the .entire row of gates, releasing
all cows at once to quickly exit the parlor, ready
for the next cow
And thanks to it's compact design, you can milk
twice as many cows in nearly the same amount
of space as a herringbone stall setup Milking is
done from behind with the milker weight balanced
on the cow's quarters for better milk flow
A Westfalia PRA will improve your cow traffic
flow and save time in the parlor A PRA will also
improve your bottom line
WEST*ALIA BULKING EQUIPMENT ft COMPUTER SALES CENTER
LEOLA.PA
FISHER * THOMPSON, INC.
Amaa Fbhar, Rick Thom aeon
Mark Haaabr, 717-M6-3507
MIFFUNBURO. PA
WEHk’S DAIRY EQUIPMENT
Mark Wahr 717-9M-13M
SECA’S DAIRY SERVICE
717-4M-7SM
The Westfalia AUTOTANDEM brings a new era of efficiency to
side-opening parlor stalls
Westfalia’s AUTOTANDEM Parlor Stalls are really amazing It starts
when a milking stall entrance gate opens This in turn releases a
cow from the holding area gate
The cow is then identified and moves into the stall for milking
Once in the stall, the cow is manually prepped and the milker at
tached This is when the Stimopuls takes over with stimulation
necessary for optimal milk let-down
Westfalia's own Metatron Milk Meter records milk produced per
individual cow and controls the take-off by milk flow After
take-off, the cow is released from the stall and the AUTOTANDEM
System restarts automatically, releasing the next cow tor milking
and repeats the whole process
AUTOTANDEM really lives up to it's name Aside from startup,
preppmg the cow and attaching the milker, the entire milking
operation is AUTOMATIC!
AUTOTANDEM Stalls are tough built with heavy-duty hot-dipped
galvanized pipe and self-adjusting vacuum operated gates And
what's more, AUTOTANDEM has been field tested on over 2000
herds of 30-400 cows
AUTOTANDEM will let you milk more cows per man One man
can handle up to a double 5 AUTOTANDEM milking 80-85 cows
per hour 9 cows per hour, per stall now that's efficiency!
FISHER A THOMPSON, INC.
Nertham Sarvlea Cantar
717-4 M-MM
(Formarly Dairy Division
Walnut Bam A Dairy)
TROY. PA
DAIRYLAND SALES A SERVICE
Tom Roa
717-2*7-412*
WLUAMBPORT.PA
LYCO DAIRY SERVICE
Stave Waltz- 717-4*4-070*
If you're planning a new bam or are remodel
ing (fils under an B' celling) this year, the
Westfalia All-Exit Indexing Herringbone Sys
tem should be your choice.
AUTOTANDEM
System
THURMONT.MP I
INTERSTATE DAIRY |
EQUIP. CO. INC. |
Richard Slrita ,
HMU4SSI
301-271-7344 [
{special WESTFALIAI
DEALER FOR THE I
J AMISH DAIRYMEN J
I PARADISE. PA
I Uayd Ranck .
| 717-447-4361
For Farm Bureau
ROBERT TURNER
WtaHalia Senior
Salta Englnttr
Panntylvanla,
Maryland,
Ottawa,
Now Jtraay,
Waal Virginia,
Vlighila
717477-1301
Makla 7174N4H7
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 1. 1993429
Eckel Testifies
WASHINGTON, D.C. Keith Eckel,
president of the Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association/Farm Bureau (PFA) testified last
week before the U.S. House Public Works
and Transportation Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment regarding reau
thorization of the Clean Water Act.
Eckel testified on behalf of the nation’s
hugest farm organization, the four-milliom
member American Farm Bureau Federation
which represents farm bureaus in every state
including PFA.
The Clean Water Act was enacted in 1972
and is the nation’s primary water pollution
prevention law. It has been reauthorized by
Congress several times, most recently in
1987.
Eckel said a new reauthorization of the act
should preserve the rights of states as the unit
of government responsible for water quality
standards, and should emphasize local solu
tions to runoff problems and voluntary pre
vention programs. Also, Eckel said, “It is crit
ical that a clear, comprehensive wetlands law
be passed. From the standpoint of equity to
landowners and good conservation such a sta
tute is long overdue.” In addition, an adequate
commitment of financial resources is essen
tial to make sure whatever program is deve
loped works.
Protection of water resources has been a
priority of farmers and ranchers for many
years, Eckel told the committee. He listed the
following examples: '
Soil erosion has been reduced 90 per
cent or more on 3S.S million acres of land in
the Conservation Reserve Program.
Crop protection chemicals used by far
mers are down 20 percent from 1982.
Corn’s nitrogen fertilizer use efficiency
is up 14 percent since 1980.
Implementation of conservation com
pliance plans on highly erodible soils is
slightly ahead of the expecte rate with 58 per
cent of planned acres fully implemented.
Over 88 million acres of cropland are
under conservation tillage systems providing
residue cover of 30 percent to 90 percent.
Farmers and ranchers “want to do what is
right for the environment,” Eckel said. “They
will respond to problems when provided with
sound, scientifically based information and
reliable cost-effective solutions.” Public poli
cies on water quality “should be based on fact,
not perception,” Eckel said.
“There is a critical need for continued
research and a greater understanding of the
site-specified linkages between farm prac
tices and water quality.”
In addition, Eckel said, “solutions that
woik best are those that come from the grass
roots up. Achieving improved water quality
practices is best accomplished by voluntary,
locally designed and implemented site
specific solutions.”
Federal “one-size-fits-all” solutions should
be avoided, he said.
Patience will be needed, Eckel said,
because “achieving water quality improve
ments is a process that takes time to show
results. We should take a reasoned, long
teerm approach to water quality
improvement.”
Furthermore, Eckel said, “There is an
urgent need to consolidate the multitude of
water quality programs at the federal and state
level.” Legislation that has been introduced to
enable farmers to establish a single conserva
tion plan for their farms makes sense. Eckel
said, but should be expanded to other agencies
and programs.
Eckel also discussed, what he called “the
lack of a clear national wetlands policy.” He
told the committee, “Wetlands protection
efforts have grown not by design but by
default, by litigation and bureaucratic expan
sion rather than clear congressional intent No
average citizen can tell you what national
wetlands policy is.”
He urged the committee not to miss the
opportunity to develop a clear national wet
lands policy. “Something is terribly wrong
with federal wetland regulations,” Eckel said.
“The regulators have overreached. The reg
ulations have no design or common sense.”