Sputnik?
Posted by Kirsten(upstate NY) at 2015-01-16 16:55:49
A friend of mine asked me what a Sputnik is. Something to do with milking cows. Anyone????
Response by Leo N.E.Ohio at 2015-01-17 06:57:32
Sputnik was the first succesful launch of a satelite to orbit the earth . Sent by USSR . In the early 80's i belive
Leo
Response by Uncle Joe at 2015-01-17 07:08:28
Googled "sputnik" and "milking" and "cows" and got a few hits. Here is some text from one of them which mentions "sputnik: as a milking transfer cart used by Amish in Wisconsin:
"The last time I spent regular time milking a herd of cows, I used surge buckets and carried the pails of milk to the milk house -and poured them into the strainer on top of the bulk tank. I thought it was a good, low cost system! Didn't mind the manual labor. Don't see many of those “step saver” conveyor systems around barns anymore, but do see those fancy “sputnik” transfer carts on the Amish farms in my neighborhood -and think those folks are really getting the advanced equipment over my experience!"
Joe
Response by carlheth at 2015-01-17 07:59:07
Back in the 70's we used one. Our bulk tank was 50 feet from the barn in a separate building. There was over 125 feet of hose to string across yard and barn. Started with Surge buckets changed to Delaval floor bucket. To me they did a better job and the cows seemed to like them.
Response by Klaus Karbaumer at 2015-01-17 10:18:04
I was ten when the Russians launched the first satellite into orbit in October of 1957. We learned about it on the radio and in school since my family at that time didn't have TV.
Response by swamper at 2015-01-17 18:50:54
We didn't have much in the way of evening entertainment either Klaus, so several of the families in our community would gather at a neighbor's farm and watch for sputnick. My Dad was always the first to spot it, and my sister and I thought he was brilliant!
Response by KC Fox at 2015-01-17 22:47:47
the Russian Sputnik satellite is all that I could think of. The popular Mechanics magazine of April 1957 had a picture of that satellite setting on a dock in New York city the same funny windows on it, different from the USA satellite.
Response by Dale Wagner at 2015-01-18 09:13:51
Spudnic is also a brand of potato piler/elevator used around here.
Response by Dick Hutchinson at 2015-01-18 15:46:08
I don’t know how to post pictures. Does the milk cart on the right hand picture on page 39 of Allen’s second book have a name?
Response by Uncle Joe at 2015-01-18 17:37:59
Sorry Dick. I am away from the office until January 29. I will try to upload that photo when I get back.
Joe
Response by Dick Hutchinson at 2015-01-18 19:24:16
Thanks
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