6 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 28, 1962
• Hag House
M'ontinuwl iron) IM-'o t)
all 'iiuo there is not one win
dow in the entire bam
loss jon i omit the small peep
holes in the we.ith- r-tight
doors in i.nh tnd oi the
building
Down (Mi I) side of the build-
InK there is a liuht space < ov
ert d with <1 tianshicent plasiu
film but this plasm is novel
removed iront the opening un
less .1 power lailuit should
cause the ventilating fans to
shut oft
BU'(triLitJ does most of the
work of c.innn for the 4Mi
head of fecdei hcnrs tlu house
will nold Along with .m as
sist from Eft.tMtM elei tru <on
trols
mnloi s
a nd
feed and waier into the pen-,
manure Horn the hosts drops
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OVERHEAD BULK BINS hold the feed for the 480
head of hogs in the newly constructed hog feeding bam
on the farm of William Beam near Morgantown The
steel framed, aluminum covered house has no windows.
A plastic curtain lets in light, but all ventilation is
furnished by the 12 fans which are controlled by ther
mostat Beam points to the feed bin which uses gravity
to fill the hoppers of two automatic feeders in the
house. L F Photo -
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■ brinish th«' slatted floors in
to a tank ol water Wastes
uin be diawu ott through a
\al\e at one end of the build
ing and spread on fields or
si died in a lagoon ‘We
haieut lull! dttided how the
inamne will be handled ’
Bea m sa> s
mi-
How did all tms building
program tome about’
Beam, who lornierK bought
lattle tor a Philadelphia pat k
cr decided he wanted to get
back into some phase ot tinn
ing hut was not quite sure
what it would be.
Dunng .1 Mbit to the Penn
bjlMima State Farm Show he
saw some literature on con
trolled- pn\ ironment ho g
houses, and became inteiested
lie talked the situation o\er
with lus son Titus, who larnis
the home larm and the} de-
in o\ e
1. nnlis\ ill..
lester erb
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AS LAZY AS A HOG, seems to pretty well sum up the attitude of the pigs in
this feeding operation All they have to do is eat and grow fat. They don’t even
have to walk very far to get feed, and feed is available for them at all times.
Bulk feed is stored in two large bulk bins outside the building Automatic controls
bring the feed down through plastic tubes to the feeders in each pen. Automatic
controls keep the feeders full at all times. The light streak along the rear wall is a
strip of plastic in the windowless house In an emergency. <if electricity should
fail) these plastic curtains can be rolled down manually, but under most condi
tions the fans will supply all ventilation. Slatted floors keep the pigs cut of their
manure and out of mud Fence panels swing both ways so tnatjany pen can be
subdivided into three separate pens when pigs are being mot ed or handed.
fick'd 10 nnestigate tin thei tom -,e\Pial hog feeding opera- following them at the Elver-
He (ont.uted the turn of tI0 » s Indiana where Beam son RI iarm. "Bit I saw this
Knipeis Hrotheis, New 110 - Kleaned ideas for his own as a -oit of insurance, - ’ the
land dealeis loi Big Duuh- opeiation elder explains
mail Fai in Equipment The Titus Beam feeds about 75 One of the biggest problems
linn anangtd lor Beam to head of steers, with 100 pigs (Continued on page 7)
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