Posted by sammydwm on February 20, 2022 at 07:59:05 from (104.243.226.125):
In Reply to: technology in dairy posted by Hoofer B on February 19, 2022 at 11:08:34:
My family bought a dairy farm in 69 in Wisconsin. It had a Universal vacuum pump and buckets. Milk was strained into cans that sat in a concrete tank with running water to keep them cool.
Dad updated the pump to a new DeLaval and the first time he fired it up he freaked out because it was so noisy compared to the Universal, he actually called the dealer and they explained that the noise was normal...
In 71 the milk company offered to finance a bulk tank so dad finally stopped using cans. We were the last farm to be using them....but 20 years later when the Amish started showing up the milk company was back to cans again....
In 72 the barn burned and we ended up buying a different farm rather than rebuilding. Dad put a stepsaver in that barn and man we were really living....
After dealing with heart problems and several moves we ended up on another farm in Wisconsin in 79 and it actually had a pipeline in it....Was a crappy older DeLaval with single shot pulsation and an underpowered vacuum pump but was still miles ahead of carrying buckets of milk to the milkhouse...
Spent several years of my adult life installing and maintaining milking equipment. Have upgraded a lot of guys from buckets to pipelines and even up to portable automatic take-offs. Put in 8000 gallon bulk tanks and several large parlors.....always amazed at where technology can take us...
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