A Farm Problem: Adapting Yesterday’s Buildings To Today’s Type of Agriculture The lapidly changing pattern of U S agriculture is reflected in excessive labor requirements on many farms on which service buildings are obsolete or not easily adapted to laboi-saving equipment, the U S Depaitment of Agriculture says This situation was reported to members of the American So ciety of Agricultural Engmeeis at their 51st annual meeting, which opened June 23 at the University of California, Santa Barbara The meetm? continued through Wednesday and will emphasize engineenng needs ana develop ments in farm structures, power and machmeiy, soil and water hydrologv, diainage, nngation and erosion. THE SUMMARIZED results oi the ASAE’s efforts to anticipate faim building requirements for the future were repoited by USDA agricultural engmeei Wal lace Ashby, as chairman of the association’s committee on Farm Structures Research Needs and Statistics, to members attending Lloyd M. 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SALUNGA the session on farm structures Ashby is head of farm struc tures research for USDA’s Agn cultural Research Service at Beltsville, Md His committee repoit is based on replies to three questions sub mitted last October to heads of departments of agricultural en gineenng and other selected re spondents in the Uinted States and Canada THE REPLIES, totalling about 500, indicated an urgent need for more efficient and eco nomical farm service buildings and more livable farm houses Answers also emphasized the need for information and tech nical assistance that will help farmers meet their building problems more adequately, Ash by said Questions on which answers were receied through 22 college department sof agricultural en gineenng in this country and two in Canada, were 1 What is the most urgent problem affecting farm build ings of the faimstead as a whole 9 2 What maior changes in faim practices that will affect farm buildings do you expect by 196’ 3 What major problem relat ed to farm structuie of the fai instead will need solution by 1965’ REPLIES TO these questions. Ashby said, weie received from staff members of collee depart ments farmers, county and home demonstration agents, Vo-Ag teacheis, country bankers, deal ers in building materials and equipment, and many others A problem often mentioned by the respondents is how to adapt existing buildings for more effi cient production Since it is im practical to replace all obsolete buildings in the near future, ways must be found to improve them Adaptation of existing buildings for the transition from diveisified operations, to larger, more specialized enterprises re-, New 1958 No. 3 Baler Get a Trade-in Offer This Week! quire special attention. Buildings for tomorrow must be efficient and easily adapted to changing agriculture Mechaniza tion of building operations will require efficient but not too cost ly systems of handling agricul tural materials Situations and trends affecting farm buildings were descubed by those replying to the thiee basic questions One tiend Ash by reported, is that farms arc becoming larger as land is con solidated into fewer opciatmg units OFTEN AN ownei is unable to find sufficient use for farm stead improvements, though he is short building space at the home farm Another trend indicated by the replies is the increase in the size and specialization of live stock production operations Many existing buildings do not meet new requnements which lean toward more confinement and drylot feeding Changes in feedciop handling methods were also indicated as a well-marked trend that affects building design The changes in methods of harvesting, storing, and preparing crops, including farm diyino and hermetically sealed storage, are resulting in feeds that are easily handled and used, such as field-shelled coin, pelleted forage, and liquid feeds Other trends cited in the re plies were (1) rising wages and scarcity of dependable labor, (2) more stringent sanitary and other code regulations, (3) rise of contract farming, which has greatly affected poultry produc tion and is moving into cattle and hog production and (4Kpcr petuation of farm building obso lescence, because few farmers or mral builders arc skilled m applying new developments m building design or in materials handling systems FARM SERVICE buildings must provide a healthy environ ment for livestock, efficient use of feed, and pioduction of high quality products Theie must be safe storage and efficient means of conditioning and handling crops and other materials and adequate means of storage and maintaining faira equipment. Replies summarized in the re port also stressed need for ex- ♦ 4-Bar Pick-up (48" wide) ♦ Twin Unit Kmotter ♦ 30" and 38" Bale Length ♦ Up to 10-tons-an-hour capacity ♦ 2-cylinder, air-cooled engine ... 14 hp at 2400 rpm Pli. Landisville TW 8-4016 Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 27, 1958 I&. TESTS HAVE SHOWN THAT the new liquid supplement gives steers a finish that is firm and well marbled, yet without too much of an outside covering of fat. Notice on this cut how little fat there is on the extenor. panded research in order to keep pace with farmers’ needs and with research in other fields Many replies stressed the need Dead Animals Removed Promptly Will Pay Full Value For Dead Animals Dealers in Bones, Tallow and Hides FRYS RENDERING WORKS Prop., John Fry 2114 Holiinger RD. Lancaster Ph. EX 2-4815 Toll Charges Accepted l!lllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllll.lllllllll | llllllllllllllllllilllllll PORSCHE DIESEL June 2!! - 12 Noon to ! P. M. 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