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is also a Houle Closed Loop Flush System for the ho= lding area and special needs alley. Manure is transferred with a Houle Futu= ro Hydraulic Pump. Prime Acres Ltd <= /p> (Pruim’s) 28 Stall Mag 40 Inside Rotary Westfalia Surge Parlour with Westfal= ia Surge automation including Meters, ID, Pedometers, DairyPlan, Sort Gate = and Koolway Milk Tank. There is also a Houle Closed Loop Flush System for t= he holding area and special needs alley. The free stall barn has slatted fl= oors. RAW MILK <= /p> What did Nathen Straus, one of the founders of Macy’s Depart= ments Store, refer to as “the white peril”. The answer is MILK.= Straus had become convinced that something had to be done about drin= king unsanitary milk, which he thought was responsible for the high death r= ate of New York children. Straus sensitized by the death of two of his own = children and the death of his own cow decided to take matters into his own = hands. At his own expense, in 1893 Straus built his own pasteurization plan= t and set up a series of milk distribution centers in New York from which h= e sold his pasteurized milk for only a few cents. People who couldn't affor= d it even got it for free. Straus’s venture is credited with saving t= housands of lives. Even though he was opposed by anti pasteurization people= in |
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1920 the US Government made pasteurizing mandatory.= One admirer remarked in 1923 that Straus was “a star in the milky wa= y of philanthropy, a man whose heart is bubbling over with sterilized milk = of human kindness”. (From - Brain Fuel by Dr. Joe Schwartz) MANURE SUMMIT TOUR Mid November 2008, Pacific Dairy Centre organized a tour to Darite= ch in Lynden, Wash. Approximately 40 dairymen from the Fraser Valley got to= see Reels, Pumps, Separators and Composters at Daritech and then a tour of= 5 dairies in Whatcom County. The following is a list of the farms:<= /p> Edaleen Dairy · = Biolink Flush for Holding Pends and Special Needs Barn · = Houel Cable Rope Scrapers Harry Faber · = EYS Separator · = Bedding Master Composter DeVries · = EYS Separator · = Conveyor System Vietse Bouma · = 2 - DT360 Rotary Screen Separators · = Sand Pit Sediment System Vreugenhills · = Side Hill Separators · = Sand Lanes for reusing sand We thank all who came out and hope this facilitating of ideas will= help some of our Canadian dairies in new ways of recycling manure, water, = sand and bedding to help cow comfort and help soil improvement. |
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Newsletter Volume 26 No.02 |
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TOUR DAY QuoVadis Dairy Farm (Kraakman’s) Double 10 Westfalia Surge Magnum 90i Parallel with Westfalia Surge= automation including meters, ID, Pedometers, DairyPlan Sort Gate and Koolw= ay Milk Tank. Manure is scraped with Houle Cable Scrapers and transferred w= ith a Houle Agi-Pump. Springbank Farms = (Kooyman’s and Westeringh’s) 32 Stall Mag 90 Westfalia Surge Rotary Parl= our with Westfalia Surge automation including milk meters, ID, Pedometers, = DairyPlan, Sort Gate and Koolway Milk Tank. There |
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PACIFIC MOO BIZ |
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HAVE A FARMTASTIC = DAY - EAT FRESH DRINK MILK - COWNT YOUR BLESSINGS |
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