Eric and Carol, the diary owners, got back from the state's farm tech show and Eric brought some brochures that he thought were interesting. There was an automatic feed sweeper. When cows eat their food, they tend to push it out w/ their nose so a good amount of it gets beyond their reach into the alley way. Normally, a little while after feeding, someone goes down the alley way w/ a shovel and pushes the food back to within their reach. The brochure pictured something akin to a Roomba on steroids that spins around pushing the food back toward the cow. Another brochure was for an automatic calf feeder. This machine was shaped just like the robot in "
Lost in Space". I swung my arms out, walking stiffly, and mimicked the classic line, "
Danger Will Robertson". Eric about split a gut. The rest of the milkers (born in the 90's) just looked on, wondering what we were laughing about.
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