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40 THE RURAL VOICE
Through hard work and innovative ideas, Bob Robertson has
established Roblea Farms with a 70 -cow registered Holstein herd.
electric furnace seldom comes on
when the water to air heat system is
used. "If something were to go
wrong with this system, then the
electric would come on, but not a
lot can go wrong with them. A
refrigerator will last for years and
so should this."
Robertson got the idea for his
system from a commercial unit he
saw advertised at a farm show. The
principal is the same, but Robert-
son's unit cost far less then the
$10,00 price tag on the commercial
unit.
Robertson estimate that his
heating costs are $100 a month.
That is the cost of electricity need-
ed to operate the unit. He has also
installed a heat system in his son
Ian's house with a four -ton com-
pressor and a greater length of
coiled copper wire. He feels that it
is more efficient and a more ade-
quate size for the house.
A heat reclaimer was also built
by Robertson and his son-in-law
five or six years ago in the dairy
barn. It is still in use today. "It has
paid for itself many times over and
there's no investment. We have a
$450 yearly hydro savings from a
material cost of $300 to $400. Ex-
cess heat from the milk warms a
120 -gallon water tank as it is
pumped through 50 feet of copper
tubing coiled inside the tank.
Bob Robertson doesn't have a
reason for his dairy operation be-
ing the success that it is, especially
during these financially draining
years. His wife Edith, sums it up as
"plain ordinary hard work." Un-
doubtedly, innovation, experimen-
tation, and careful planning
should be added to that. ❑