6—Lancaster Farming. Friday, April 12, 1957 Planned Barnlot Saves Labor In U. of Missouri Dairy Operation The building arrangement shown in the drawing includes some of the good principles of dairy building arrangement, says Ralph Ricketts, University of Missouri extension agricultural engineer. Such an arrangement stresses efficiency, labor saving, and attractiveness. The milking parlor is located on the service court. This allows NOW-insure AGAINST SOIL INSECTS SEED DISEASES <#NT«Oli „ i a More Effective 2-Way Protection a Economical a Eosy to Use a Sole and Compatible In one easy operation you can now increase your crop yields by protecting against wireworms, seed corn maggots, seed rot and damping-off diseases. ORTHO Seed Guard assures you top germination—good paying stand. THMTHO 4CO \» • fAT #ff ECONOMICAL Costs approximately 100 per Acre oz. jar treats 3 bu. Seed Corn 1.69 j 1 lb. can treats 10 bu iSeed Corn ? SMOKETOWN *PHONE LANCASTER- EX2-2659 I Twice the protection against PARAKERATOSIS! New, improved Red Rose Swine Feeds moke your hogs doubly safe against parakeratosis and stunted growth. Red Rose now contains added zinc. Zinc can be the "missing link" to pork profits. Now you can get "pasture performance" even in dry lot feeding— because Red Rose gives hogs a finer nutrient balance and mineral fortification. For better growth perform ance and higher profits, try new, improved Red Rose Guaranteed Swine Feeds with added zinc New improved Swine, Feeds REICH POULTRY FARM E. MUSSER HEISEY R.D.I. Marietta, Pa. R.D2 Mt Joy, Pa. A. S. GROFF 21 S. Queen St. Lancaster, Pa. R.D.2 CHAS. E. SAUDER & SONS R.D.2 East Earl, P*. WARREN SICKMAN MUSSEK’S Pequea, Pa. The Buck, R.D.I, Quarryville, Pa. R.D.I trucks and other vehicles access to the parlor from' the service court without »gomg through lots or opening gates. The exit door of the parlor stalls is on the near, or south end, of the building. Ricketts calls attention to the lane or alley leading to fields. During summer months, cows can be turned directly into this lane. In the winter, a gate swung across the alley directs cows back into the lot. The milk parlor isn’t connected directly to the loafing shed but is located about 12 feet away. This space is covered and has a north and east wall but no west wall. In the winter cows can come from the loafing shed into the milking parlor via the covered passage way. In the summer, they can be held in the lot and brought into the parlor by the same route. The feed storage and process ing building is located convenient to the service court in'the dia gram, Ricketts notes. The feed grinder is spoted in this 20 by 30- foot building so that gram can be shoveled directly from each of the four bins into the grinder. With this arrangement, the grinder can be used to grind, mix, and deliver feed into the milking parlor’s feed room. WITH ONE The loafing shed is a simple, open-front type of structure gen erally 40 feet wide. About 60 to 70 square feet are neded \>er cow. This portion of the arrangement is to be used only for a bedding 4.59 Psittacosis (Parrot fever) oc curred 90 per cent more fre quently in man during 1956 as compared to the incidence in 1955. Rabies in bats has been report ed in 15 different states Red Rose AMMON E. SHELLY Lititz, Pi J. C. WALKER & CO. Gap, Pa. PLANNED BARNLOT SAVES LABOR M «• l*Aar r IF PRESENT but mgs are not serving as efficiently as they might, a long range barn-lot renovation project may be in order. Planning and forethought can make many present buildings serve a new area. Such a shed needs cleaning only once or twice - 'a year and a manure fork on 'the front of a tractor makes an ideal cleaning tool. The hay feeding shed corners with the loafing shed and opens to the east. Hay, stored from the ground up, is fed with'movable self feeder managers. A self-feeding, above-ground concrete trench silo corners on the southwest corner of the hay NEW NO-PITMAN MOWER L ■*# v /A,. ...off any tractor TUNC IN. National Farm and Home Hour, Saturday, NBC. ALUS-CHALMERS SALES AND SBKVICE tfann & Grumelli Farm Serv. Quarryvllle, Pa. V. G. Myers & Son Aheenu. Pa. shed. The east end is the open end. Such a self-feeding silo ac commodates two cows per foot of width. A very important part df the arrangement above is a mechani cal device for scraping up drop pings and loading them into a manure spreader. A frontend, tractor-mounted scoop does the job nicely. The paved area around the lot and silo works best when scraped every day or two. Since every farm is an indivi- glides through my hay... Fast Revolutionary. TWIN-WHEEL drive on the new AUis-Chalmers No. 7 mower cuts cleaner, faster, quieter. Two rotating wheels with balancing counter weights replacethe chattering pitman. Driving action is smooth, quiet... at any angle from straight rip to 45* below horizontal. Come in, let us show you the new No. 7 mower . . . complete with SNAP-COUPLER hitch for Allis-Chalmers tractors, or trail-type for other makes. Stevens. Pa. L.H. Brubaker Snavelys Farm Service -Lancaster. Pa. Mew Holland, Pa. 'Zo/rSY/va jy// i V’!7 S*~*>Y/C£~ • . <r<s>c/A?r' Otrrur Gim/to capacity. The above drawing can be used as a guide for future plans. The layout -can be changed to meet a farm’s specific needs. (Drawing by University of ■Missouri.) TWIN-WHEEL uul KtAE-COWLI* »r. AUto-Clmlnuri tntfumkf.- R. S. Weaver L. H. Brubaker Lititz. Pa. srrv srae**jr AMO ''rsstfti mv/ ■Ts ' /na* Prr*iosz dual case in itself, this specific plan would fit very few. How ever, these principles will apply to most, Ricketts says. Perhaps a remodeled barn would replace the loafing shed or other varia tions would be in order. It’s not impossible to reduce the chore labor of feeding and caring for livestock by half And, this is possible without the con struction of a lot of expensive structures if a little study and planning is done ahead of time.
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