Louetta's Lore

[Lyehopper]

28 years ago I had the occassion to spend 12 months on a dairy farm doing general dairy work and advancing to milking a line of dairy cows. I got to know those cows very well and they could be dangerous and hurt you.

Ski, I think most dairy herds today are pretty docile and are actually bred not only for great milk production but mild disposition as well.... Holstein Bulls can be dangerous and hard to handle due to their sheer size but most dairy operators AI (breed) their cows nowadays anyway.

I know of a pretty nice dairy operation in eastern VA that milks 1,200 cows using a turnstile automated parlor. The cows walk onto the turnstile and after one revolution she is milked, she walks off and another cow walks on. About 40 cows load the Turnstile and they are continuously walking on and off.... The operation milks each cow twice daily and operates three shifts with only one milker and one herdsman per shift. Each cow has a RF device attached to a collar that identifies the cow and the "system" keeps a tally on her milk production, when she is ready to be bred, if she's on medication and her milk can't be used, etc.... It's very impressive. Here's the company that builds the turnstile parlor. http://www.delaval.com/Products/Parlour_milking_systems/Rotaries/Turnstyles_HBR/default.htm

[Websman]

You really don't read my posts do you?....LOL!

He may not, but I read every post...jejjeeeee

[IIC]

Louetta...Where are you???

[peanuts]

Louetta...Where are you???

I miss her too, Doug

[Websman]

Maybe she defected to IBD....LOL

[Louetta]

Louetta...Where are you???

I'm here. Have naught to say. Am on the wrong side of this rally and haven't been able to get much to work so I'm lying low.

[Louetta]

I miss her too, Doug

Thank you, that's nice.

[Louetta]

Maybe she defected to IBD....LOL

Nope.......

[jiesen]

Lou, you've got quite the fan base here!

[Louetta]

Lou, you've got quite the fan base here!

Right. On the net nobody knows you have no boobs. Well,...to speak of.

[IIC]

I'm here. Have naught to say. Am on the wrong side of this rally and haven't been able to get much to work so I'm lying low.

Well Lou...the nice thing about this forum is that you don't always have to "Stock Talk"...So how's the new place workin' out?

[Louetta]

Well Lou...the nice thing about this forum is that you don't always have to "Stock Talk"...So how's the new place workin' out?

Fine. Its very much like the places I lived in the last four years, 150 year old building, one row of buildings from the river, fireplace, good size rooms.

[Rob]

150 year old building . . .

That's cool, Louetta. I LOVE historic, old buildings! A couple years ago I stayed in a B&B called "Hewick" in eastern Virginia that must be one of the oldest in the country. It was originially a home built over a hundred years prior to the American Revolution. One of the cool things (to me) about it is that its history may also be bound up with some of my early immigrant ancestors. If you ever get down to that neck of the woods, you should check it out.

[peanuts]

Fine. Its very much like the places I lived in the last four years, 150 year old building, one row of buildings from the river, fireplace, good size rooms.

When is the house warming party? Remember to invite us.

Sorry to hear of your latest trades. I'll buy the alcohol, OK?

[Louetta]

That's cool, Louetta. I LOVE historic, old buildings! A couple years ago I stayed in a B&B called "Hewick" in eastern Virginia that must be one of the oldest in the country. It was originially a home built over a hundred years prior to the American Revolution. One of the cool things (to me) about it is that its history may also be bound up with some of my early immigrant ancestors. If you ever get down to that neck of the woods, you should check it out.

Cool. I've been to George Mason U which might be close.