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The Rural Voice, 1993-09, Page 36N HIk4N HORIZON POULTRY PRODUCTS INC. Box 337, Hanover, Ontario N4N 3H6 HATCHERY 1-800-668-7443 PROCESSING 1-800-561-4540 SRGE Au'rorcvz,i MILKING STALLS With non-stop cow traffic At the I.P.M. Sept. 21-25, Walkerton ... See our working display of the AutoFlow Partour at the Surge display. The AutoFlow par or configuration permits individual cow attention which is critical to early detection of health problems and management of each cow's milking routine. You can easily customize the milking routine to accommodate your preferences. One of the success factors to increasing milking efficiency is to assure the operator is relaxed and comfortable. The AutoFlow maximizes operator comfort by minimizing the need to twist and turn when attaching the milker unit and inspecting udder condition. Less back strain means comfortable milking in a stress -free environment. The entire cow milking routine is less frantic and more operator friendly. The AutoFlow control system lets the operator work harmoniously with the individual cows. Type Parlor Cows 1'er Hour Call Hank Binnendyk at: HURON DAIRY EQUIPMENT LTD. SURGE R. R. 4, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1WO 519-522-1935 522-0416 after hours 32 BRUCE COUNTY I.P.M. EDITION dwelling on the past, but he will admit it was a bad time. His family was still too young to help out and he was forced to get out of the strenuous dairy business. He sold the farm. But he rebounded and in 1968, purchased a farm at R.R. 4, Wingham where he lived from 1968-1984, the year he bought his current home near Walkerton. In Wingham, he started a cow -calf and cash crop operation which has grown to include a viable stocker sideline. In all, Mr. Armstrong and his son farm 800 acres of land stretching from Wingham to Hanover way. During his farming career, he made use of an agriculture degree from the University of Guelph which is where he was first introduced to plowing as a competitive sport. "That was back in the days of contour plowing where you followed the lay of the land. It's hard to plow straight but it's even harder to intentionally plow crooked," he says. Students at the university competed and it was here that he learned about the import-ance of setting up equipment. "You can have two men with the same plow and the same tractor, but the one will plow much better because he's learned how to adjust the plow." o most farmers, setting the T plow is a simple matter but at the competitive level, the setup becomes very intricate and exacting and competitors can lose a competition for something as seemingly simple as the distance between the coulter and the shear. For instance, the OPA's plowing manual dictates that the distance from the point of the shear to the bottom of the beam must be the same for both furrows, that the distance between mouldboards must be the same at front and back and that the scimmer must be the same height and the same angle to the coulters. Jim got hooked on the "competit-iveness" of plowing, an aspect that still keeps him interested today. But it isn't just the competition At the competitive level the plow's set up is intricate 50/60 70/80 90/100 100/115 AutoFlow 2x3 2x4 2x5 *2x6 Standard Exit Her./Para. 2 x 6 2 x 9 *2 x 11 *2 x 13 Rapid exit Her./Para. 2 x 6 2 x 8 *2 x 10 *2 x 12 Note: Operator's performance greatly affects throughput of any type of parlor. * Two operators may be required to achieve indicated cows per hour. Call Hank Binnendyk at: HURON DAIRY EQUIPMENT LTD. SURGE R. R. 4, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1WO 519-522-1935 522-0416 after hours 32 BRUCE COUNTY I.P.M. EDITION dwelling on the past, but he will admit it was a bad time. His family was still too young to help out and he was forced to get out of the strenuous dairy business. He sold the farm. But he rebounded and in 1968, purchased a farm at R.R. 4, Wingham where he lived from 1968-1984, the year he bought his current home near Walkerton. In Wingham, he started a cow -calf and cash crop operation which has grown to include a viable stocker sideline. In all, Mr. Armstrong and his son farm 800 acres of land stretching from Wingham to Hanover way. During his farming career, he made use of an agriculture degree from the University of Guelph which is where he was first introduced to plowing as a competitive sport. "That was back in the days of contour plowing where you followed the lay of the land. It's hard to plow straight but it's even harder to intentionally plow crooked," he says. Students at the university competed and it was here that he learned about the import-ance of setting up equipment. "You can have two men with the same plow and the same tractor, but the one will plow much better because he's learned how to adjust the plow." o most farmers, setting the T plow is a simple matter but at the competitive level, the setup becomes very intricate and exacting and competitors can lose a competition for something as seemingly simple as the distance between the coulter and the shear. For instance, the OPA's plowing manual dictates that the distance from the point of the shear to the bottom of the beam must be the same for both furrows, that the distance between mouldboards must be the same at front and back and that the scimmer must be the same height and the same angle to the coulters. Jim got hooked on the "competit-iveness" of plowing, an aspect that still keeps him interested today. But it isn't just the competition At the competitive level the plow's set up is intricate