The Rural Voice, 2000-05, Page 5Cover story
Every dairy farmer, no matter how dedicated he
or she may be, has cursed the rigid schedule of
milking — the sense you had to get home to milk
or had to drop field chores to tend to the cows.
But for the Bos
family on their
Bellstein Farm
near Blyth, milk-
ing times are a
thing of the past,
thanks to new
robotic milkers
they installed last
fall. After initial
headaches
retraining their
cows, they love
the system now.
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Columns
Behind the Scenes Cover
Gisele Ireland 6
Keith Roulston 8
Robert Mercer 12
Mabel's Grill 14
Features
Building Bridges to agricultural jobs 16
Toting up the value of agriculture 18
Hands-off milking 20
Solving growing pains 28
Rifle Clubs preserve rural tradition 34
Rural Living
Recipes 36
Gardening 38
Decorating 40
Book Review: Letters from Across The Country 41
Departments
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News: rural MPs, MPPs hear issues 41
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Business Centre 54
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Agrilaw 48
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Woodlots: Return of the horse 52
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