From ghegyes@nalusda.gov Wed Mar 30 18:27:43 1994 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 17:10:45 -0500 (EST) From: Gabriel Hegyes To: SANET-mg Subject: SOFTWARE: Manure & Smart Pitchfork (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 1994 15:52:06 -0500 From: Mark Varner To: Multiple recipients of list DAIRY-L Subject: Manure & Smart Pitchfork A question was asked concerning budgeting for expenses associated with manure on a dairy farm. We've not had that question before, so we have nothing stored. However, Phil Goodrick announced Smart Pitchfork about a year ago. A short description is below: "SMART PITCHFORK# Philip R. Goodrich and Zhongyi Sun A user-friendly expert system computer program SMART PITCHFORK is available to assist livestock producers utilize manure more efficiently for sustainable crop production, reduction of energy inputs and pollution control. Animal manure nutrient information and nutrient application plans are determined from rules and calculations bypassing the normal time consuming hand calculations which hinder the farmer or the custom applicator. SMART PITCHFORK allows the client to quickly see the options and understand how the advice was determined. " The information for retreiving a better description of Smart Pitchfork is below. Please note you will still have to contact Phil to get a copy of the software. Phil reads Dairy-L, and perhaps he'll update us. Hope that helps. Mark Varner varner@umd5.umd.edu ================== ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Instructions for Getting File from the Listserv Software ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To get a copy of the file, send an e-mail message to: listserv@umdd.umd.edu Put the following line in the body of the message: GET WASTE TXT Please note that this file is about 8 Kb in size and it contains about 1400 words. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Instructions for getting the file by anonymous ftp +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To get a copy, ftp to yorick.umd.edu (128.8.10.37) and use anonymous as the login id and your e-mail address as the password. The file is located in the pub/dairy-l directory, and is named: waste.zip Please note that this is a binary file, so set your transfer method appropriately. For more detailed information on anonymous ftp from the Dairy-L site, send an e-mail message to the listserv address above and put the following line in the body of the message: GET DAIR-FTP TXT