DRYING SHELLED CORN in batches of 300 bushels, this bin took corn at 30 per cent moisture and witih the use o± forced air heat, dried it to 12 per cent in less than 10 lours. The corn was dumped into a hopper and e’evated ;o the bin by sugar. After driving was completed, an auger in the bottom of the bin emptied the 300 bus he's in 18 rmn ites. —L. F. Photo COLLEGE STUDY SHOWS VENT-O-MATIC Is "Most Efficient"! There’s a BIG DIFFERENCE in venti'ating equip ment Studies at CORNELL show that one 36-inch “Vent-O- Matic”, delivering 10,000 cu ft of air per minute (air for 2500 average birds) costs $47 30 per year for pow er, compared with $7B 15 for the next most efficient system. Others cost from $147 58 up to $260 16 for power on the same size ]ob. COULD YOU USE BVz CENTS PER BIRD EXTRA A YEAR? Total operating costs (including depreciation) put Vent- O-Matic ahead by a wide margin. Prof. C N Turner of Cornell says “In a large house (8500 birds) the dif ference in operating cost could be as much as $7OO a year . . . The efficiency of the motor and'fan assembly can be more important than the purchase price ” Before you buy, get an air-delivery ratine . and you”! buy “Vent-O-Matic”. You’fi like i f s smooth, care-free performance. Birds like the uniform tem perature and humidTy (Cornell' data) in hot and cold weather, without drafts or pockets. “Vent-O-Matic” is a complete ventilating system . . . not just a fan You get full automatic contro', contin uous air movement, and c'ose temperature regulation as well as low first cost and the most economical oper ation. HIESTAND, Inc. MARIETTA, R. D. 1 PH. HA 6-S3QI The Earlier You Trade The More You Save! Let us figure your deal n0w.... the sooner you trade the more McCormick Farm Equip. Store Cope & Weaver Co. EPHRATA WILLOW STREET C. E. Wiley & Son QUARRYVTLLE - WAKEFIELP J. B. Hostetter & Sons MOUNT JOY of *5OO or more you save! Kauffman Bros. MOUNTVELLE Earn a bonus at 6% on any IH tractor or ipment purchase J. Paul Nolt David Kurtz MORGANTOWN C. B. Hoober INTERCOURSE 10,000 Bushels Of Corn Is A Mighty Big Heap By: Jack Owen Ten thousand bushels of corn in one pi'e makes a mighty big heap At least it looked like a big heap this week when this reporter saw it in the potato storage cel-' lar of the Manheim Rl farm of Noah Kreider and sons. Noah W. Kreider and sons Noah, Jr. and Richard, and son-in-law Leon Schnupp, farm in partnership at Man heim Rl and Manheim R 3. The farming operation in cludes 16,000 head of broil ers. 10,000 laying hens, 50 holstein milk cows, 80 steers and some feeder hogs to fol low the steers. That many head of live stock on anybody’s farm will eat a lot of corn m a year’s time. Livestock on the Krei- der farm is no different. It takes a lot of corn to balance out the rations of that many head of cattle, hogs and chic kens. V V V V V V V V R.D.I, MOUNT JOY, PA. GAP Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 3, 1960 —T In addition to the thirty acres of corn grown on the home farms, the partnership rented 150 acres for corn near Tower City, Penna Most of the crop at Tower City was picked with a pick er-sheler and trucked to Lan caster County as shelled com. Ten thousand bushels of she.led com could make quite a storage problem on most farms, and in many seasons it could have been a prob em for the Kreiders. Fortunately, the 94 acre potato crop was graded, bag ged and sold before tune to pick the com. Only one problem remained. High moisture com in a potato cellar would very likely mo.d and spoil. The answer was simple to the Kreider partnership. The corn woud have to be artificially dried Hay on Manheirn R 3 BUY THE B-275 DIESEL NOW! Only 20 °Jo Down No Interest Till April \, 1961 No Payment Till April 1, 1961 Now you con own a full-featured B-275 Diesel tractor at new low cost! Now you can figure fuel cost savings of up to 50% every day you use it! Now you can operate hundreds of hours longer—spend less than ever for maintenance! PLUS... The new B-275 carries more 3-point tools than any other Diesel. It zips through a variety of tough jobs with rugged, big-lugging Diesel power, and gives you eight speeds for ward, from IVz to 14 mph. Try the fast starts, easy handling, and effortless control of the International B-275 yourself. Arrange for a demonstration today! farm is finished with heated air from a crop drier The partnership has a wagon drying outfit with a duct work built overhead in a pole barn constructed for the purpose. After adapting the potato storage cellar to take the corn it was an easy matter to adapt the drier to condi tion the corn for the cellar. A specially bui t bin for grain drying batches of 300 bushels at a time was purch ased and the crop drier was attached. As the corn was picked and trucked to the ce lar it was dried and stor ed Very litt’e labor was need ed to move the corn It was hauled from field to storage m trucks equipped with dump Beds which un’oaded directly into an auger-e eva tor hopper. The auger eleva ted the shelled grain into the drying bin. After drying was complete, another auger emptied the corn back into the e evator hopper to be conveyed to storage. The potato storage cel'fcr is approximately 200 feet long and is located under a double broiler house with space for 8,000 brokers on (Turn to page 11) Cocalico Farm Ayrshire Givesloo,ooolbs.Milk Cocalico Bari’s Violet, a registered 15-year-o’d Ayr shire cow owned by Eli N, Martin, Stevens, Pa, has produced over 50 tons of muk She has accumulated a lifetime production record to date of 106,296 pounds of milk and 4181 pounds of but terfat. This is equivalent to 49,440 quarts which at 20c a quart wou’d be valued at $9,888.00. In attaining the “Fifty Ton Club”, Cocalico Bart’s Violet milked 3229 days, or an av erage of 33 pounds of milk per day.
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