A26-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, June 15, 1996
Amos Fisher, Fisher & Thompson, Inc., standing, and
Leonard Smoker, dairyman, show the new flat barn milking
parlor unit that is the first of its kind In southeast
Pennsylania.
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BAGS Summer Field Days-
You are cordially invited to attend one or all of the
three scheduled field days to be sponsored and hosted
by Brubaker Agronomic Consulting Service, Inc.
(BAGS) at our Hibshman Homestead Research Farm in
Ephrata, Lancaster County.
Dates of the field days are June 25,
July 25 and September 4,1996 .
Currently, there are 40+ plots being used for a variety
of research projects such as:
- Fertility Trials
- Pesticide Trials
- Herbicide-Resistant Crops
The field days will run from 10 a. m.
to 3 p.m. A free lunch will be h*
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Unveiled At Open House
PARKESBURG (Chester Co.)
A new milking system was
unveiled at the farm of Leonard
Smoker this week. Several
hundred fanners stopped by at an
open house to see the new
equipment
Used in California for quite
some time, this flat bam milking
parlor has moved into southeastern
Pennsylvania now as a result of
farmers looking for economic
ways to expand their herds.
Basically, the Agromatic sys
tem that is manufactured in Wis
consin features individual stalls
with milking units, milk meters,
and automatic takeoffs that are
installed at the end of a ties tall bam
or in a special location to be
accessed from the frees tall bam.
At Smoker’s farm, a group of
eight milking stalls have been
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placed within easy access to the
frees tall bam. The cows come in
the center of the cluster of stalls,
and each cow steps up 15 inches
onto die milking platform where
an- automatic tie mechanism locks
her into place. The cow’s slight
elevation allows the milking
machine to be easily attached from
the operator’s seat that is part of
the unit
When the milk stops flowing,
the milking machine is removed
with an automatic take off, and the
headlock is released to open wide
enough to let the cow walk out
through the front on a level walk
way back to the bam.
In this system a slow milking
cow does not hold up the group.
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ing area through a gate operated by
a garage door opener. When one of
the stalls has been vacated, the
operator hits the remote control
button and the gate allows the next
cow access to the milking area.
Leonard and his son Greg report
that milking is easier with the new
system. They save time and SCC
counts have been lowered. One
person can milk 87 cows in one
and one-half hours.
Since this system can be made to
fit into existing bams, it has been
called a good transition parlor to
help begin to increase herd size.
Sponsors of the open house
included Fisher & Thompson, Inc.;
Agri-Basics, Inc.; Cenex Coopera
tive, Inc.; Lapp’s Bam Equipment;
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative, and
Rufus Brubaker Refrigeration.
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