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Location: Northeast Montana
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
tumbleweed_texn wrote:
When I lived in Montana I had the pleasure of getting to know some Hutterites.
If the rest of the country spent as much time worrying more about the whole instead of just themselves, things would be alot nicer. They do what needs done without complaint. They put family and community first. They may have a different approach to everyday life, but it sure seems to work for them. Plus those Hutt women are about the best cooks anywhere.
Tex


Besides being good cooks they make fantastic wine... I don't know how they make it- but it will not only keep you regular, but definitely a cure-all for all aches and pains...
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cowsense
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Location: Central Saskatchewan
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Our neighbour built a new dairy barn two years ago; designed for robotic milkers and he is expanding to 200 cows. Yes there were lots of growing pains; lots of tech glitches but they are quite happy with the system now. Good dairy help is extremely hard to find & keep here.....the robotic system does cut back labour requirements. Even more important it frees up some quality time for the owner and is an inducement to keep his kids involved in the business. Otherwise the 7 day workweek/ 365 days a year milking cows grinds the small operators to the point of burnout!
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Location: BC
PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dairy technology amazes me. This video blew me away.
Many of you may have seen it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJRy82i8e5Q&feature=email
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jopie
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Location: The Netherlands
PostPosted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Here is a link to a photo of the first milking robot prototype in 1982 , I don't know how to get the picture up here.
I translated the Dutch text for you.
The milking robot is a Dutch invention and as far as I know, the Dutch firm Lely is the market-leader.

http://www.deweekkrant.nl/pages.php?page=1163861

A cow is milked in 1984 in the
prototype of the robot. On the right the
computer that controls everything.

Earnewald - The original prototype of the first robot in the world comes to the Frisian Lânboumuseum in Earnewâld.
The praktijkschool Oentsjerk where in 1982 Roelof Middel and Rinke Oenema started a revolution led by a machine to develop a fully automated milking cow.
It was an idea that many thought impossible but others found undesirable. The invention fits into a long tradition of Friesian machine builders that make devices to reduce the labor on the farm.
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