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Elevated stall milking Parlor Unit (16 out of 20 milking units most recently ccnstructed in Washington milk shed, have been this type). Cows are handled individually and each cow standi 30” above the level of the mar which eliminates squatting (at 1 to 6 squats per milking per cow time spent squaring lor 20 cows, for an average lactation of 305 days!) In a 3-stall parlor one man can milk 25-30 cows per hour and is large enough to hsndle 40-45 cows. If handling 50-80 cows then a 6 stall unit should be had. A three stall unit costs around $5000.00 with an additional $1800 to $2000 requ red for the nine line milker- and bulk tank. Thus the total cost siv for a 45 cow unit of each tvp: figures to be: Two story _— Story and half_ Parlor ___ figure the $24,750.00 15,750.00 16,000.00 e type bam and loafing (includes cost of po i and for hay storage area. The milking parlor—pole barn combo lends to greater ficiencv and labor u: other barn chores as decided reduction in hie in cows. Tower silos cost $5-10.00-18.00 r>er ton and in addition a blower, or auger, or suction trpe filler is ?'<*rd«-d. A horizontal tyr $3.50-$7.50 per ton lower filling cost. Carl Arnold, Associate Agricultural Economist, tial In Dairying” tvvc every question. The bright side: Expanding demand milking efilization in well as a udder troupe silo costs and has a E^t. "Poteno sides to for dairyproducts especially in this area. Relatively favorable price situation.
Not too much surp us milk in Virginia. Improvements in technology. The Darker Side: In high cost producjng area. Capital requirements are increasing. ! Dairy-man as well as inther farmers are likely to remain* in a cost— price squeeze for some titrye. The net results of (these good and bad points can bcjsummed in this manner: j
Necessary to operatfj more efficiently. j Need to mechanize fmore completely,
and Apply soujjtd management practices. j If they- do these things dairymen will prosper. Those wjio are un
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