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The Rural Voice, 1988-02, Page 54GMC TRUCK For the best: — Selection — Service — Price MARKDALE 519-986-2221 Don't Delay — Subscribe Today The Rural Voice Produced by people with farming in their blood. Serving 12,800 readers in the region. One year for $14; two years for $20. THE MAGAZINE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY. The Rural Voice Box 37, Goderich, Ont. N7A 3Y5 519-524-7668 DAIRYMANAGER: A hands-off system Total system approach. Each of DairyManager's components is specifically designed to work together. Giving you a system that's virtually "hands-off" in operation, simple to install, and easy to maintain. One IBMS PC compatible computer operates all components. No chance for a mixup. Our cow ID system is a good example of "hands-off' operaton..—tit - L. Antennas are located at each milk stall and feeding station, so there's no chance for a rrxxup. (SURCE,4 It's totally automated. Identifies cows. Feeds 24 hours a day. Weighs milk electronically. Produces management reports. One software program. Every cow earns her keep. A problem Isn't a problem. Service doesn't take much more time than calling your independent Surge dealer. Because the IBM® PC compatible computer doesn't require specialty parts. And the individual components, single cable construction, and quick -connect connections make service fast. Every cow wears her own easy -to -change ID tag. ,4114 Top Vie The budt-in alarm and rasher on he mik meter lets cperatas spot production problems and allows he computer to ia. particular caws Side View The Generatai 2 milk meter autanabcally records mdk production and sends the intonate) to the computer There's no chance fa a mistake Tom Contact HURON DAIRY EQUIPMENT LTD. R.R.4, Seaforth, Ont. NOK 1 WO 519-527-1935 Walter 52 THE RURAL VOICE CALENDAR 13 — Perth County Junior Farmers Annual Banquet, Sebringville Commu- nity Centre, 7 p.m. 13, 20, 27 — Introductory Computers in Agriculture, Computer Lab, Mid- dlesex Hall, Centralia College. Satur- days 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Contact Kathy Biondi at 519-228-6691. $25 pre -regis- tration fee. 13, 20, 27 — Public Speaking course, OMAF boardroom, Clinton. Contact the Huron County OMAF, 482-3428 or 1-800-265-5170. 16 — Manure Management Seminar, 9:30 a.m., Clinton. Contact the Huron OMAF, 482-3428 or 1-800-265-5170. 16-19 — Perth Agriculture Week, Stratford Fairgrounds. 17 — Holstein Club Barn Meeting (Grey County), 12:30 p.m. at the farm of Oren Hopkins. 17 — Swine AI course, Bruce County OMAF boardroom, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $100 (participants receive $100 worth of semen value applied to their account, to be used within two months). 17 — Zone 9/Bruce, Grey, Dufferin, Simcoe, and Muskoka Egg Producers Annual Meeting, Globe Hotel, Rose- mont, 7 p.m. dinner, 8 p.m. meeting. 17-18 — Canadian Farm Builders Association Annual Meeting, Westbury Hotel, Toronto. Contact J. R. Ogilvie, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, 519-824-4120, ext. 2430. 17-18 — Ontario Association of Agri- cultural Societies Annual Meeting in Toronto. 18 — Zone 7/Perth, west half of Water- loo County Egg Producers Annual Meeting, Tama Inn, New Hamburg, noon lunch, meeting to follow. 18 — Sheep Course — fencing and handling equipment, 1:30 p.m., OMAF boardroom, Clinton. 18 — Sheep Course — fencing and handling equipment, 8 p.m., OMAF boardroom, Stratford.