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42 THE RURAL VOICE
-DAIRY FARMING IN BERMUDA
A local Ontario pipeline system has been installed at the
biggest dairy farm on the island.
by Phyllis Coulter
NIP
Harry Kromer is the biggest shipper of milk in Bermuda, milking 175
dairy cows on three farms with the help of ten employees, two are
pictured here.
Harry Kromer is the biggest milk
shipper in Bermuda. He milks 175
dairy cows on three farms with the
help of 10 employees, and he uses
both feed, and a pipeline system
from St. Marvs. Ontario.
Kromer produces 80 per cent of
the milk consumed in Bermuda, a
tourist island with a population of
55,000 which balloons to 100,000
during tourist season. The island is
two miles wide, 19 miles long and
has between 600 and 700 acres of
farmland. Kromer has the largest
dairy farm on the island; most
other dairy farmers have five or
ten cows with the second largest
producers having only 20 cows.
Pail -type milkers were used on
every dairy farm in Bermuda until
December, 1985 when Bill Binder
of Tri County Dairy Supplies, St.
Marys installed a duo -vac milker
and pipeline at Kromer's farm in
Bermuda.
The decision to go to a pipeline
was a "milestone" for Kromer,
says Binder. In a visit to Shur -
Gain, Kromer's feed supplier, he
made a side trip to see the pipeline
system on Don Steve's farm
known as Stonetown Farms Ltd.,
near St. Marys. Kromer was im-
pressed. He wanted a pipeline
system that was easy to operate
because most of his employees are
unskilled and he wanted an easy
but efficient system.
This is the first major interna-
tional installation for Binder. He
and his son Ed travelled to Ber-
muda in December to do the first
of a three-part installation of the
21/2 inch milk and vacuum line.
They returned in both January and
February to complete the installa-
tion. Binder soon overcame the
language barrier by using sign
language and lost of pointing as
most of the employees speak only
Portuguese.
In Bermuda, Binder observed
that the dairy animals on Kromer's
farm, mostly Holstein and some