24—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, October 11.1969 Problem Can Be Solved Poultry Manure Handling In Suburban Areas G. O. dressier Professor of Poultry Science a specially designed device Pennsylvania State University which also serves as a cleaning An economical method of mechanism, drying poultry manure inside a It is lime clock controlled and poultry house without the for through a series of reversing mation of offensive odors has switches the system is automa been developed at Penn State tic Cleaning can be automatic University. Poultry dioppings or manually controlled when voided contain between When the manure is removed 75 and 80 per cent water The from the house at 30 per cent drying system is designed to be- moisture it is finely textured gin evaporating water imme- and dry to the touch It is ideal diately and reduce the water for field application or it can be content to about 30 per cent be- further processed with a com fore removing the manui e from mercial dryer After the latei the house. This i educes the diying stage moisture content is quantity of manure to be han- cut to less than 10 per cent and died to about the initial the manure can be stored safe amount produced, thus saving ly without producing offensive m handling and hauling costs odors Several potential sales Equally important is the ad- outlets are now being explored vantage that the drying method for use of the diy fine powdeicd used prevents growth of the manure. anaerobic bacteria (growing in The first stage ot drying in the absence of oxygen) which side the poultry house costs produce the offensive odors. around $3/ton of 30 per cent The diying system was de- moisture manure remaining velopcd as a component of the This cost is calculated on the sloping wire floor egg produc- basis of the net increase in kilo tion system Basically, it con- watt consumption for ventila sists of blowing air at velocities tion because of the drying fans over 500 feet per minute across mounted directly over the man the manure as it falls to the ure. Cost per kilowatt is as floor underneath the sloping sumed at IV2 cents The cost wire along with stirring the does not include capital invest manure several times daily ment for the additional fars Fans circulating air are mount- Electrical costs for stirring are ed underneath the birds housed negligible To dry the manure on the wire floor and about 15 from about 30 per cent to less inches above the manure Fans than 10 per cent adds another are centered over floor areas 10 $2 to $3/ton of dry manure to 12 feet wide and spaced 50 Thus, foi around $7/ton for feet apart lengthwise to the electrical and fuel costs a sale house. All fans but the one next able product can be produced to the cross elevator located at It is saleable, because the offen the end of the house blow air m sive odors so common to poul a horizontal fashion. The fan try manui e have been eliminat next to the cross elevator is ed and is in a physical form mounted so as to blow air di- which can easily be handled rectly downwards into the man- The chemical content has excel nre at velocities of 1000 feet lent plant growth capabilities oer minute These fans, circula- More detailed information ♦mg the warm house air across can be obtained by writing to the manure at high velocities. Dr Glenn O Bressler, Poultry ■ esults in rapid surface drjing Science, Department, Penn Frequent stnrmg constantly ex- State University, 212 Animal In poses new moist suifaces of the dustnes Building, University manure to the an Park Pennsylvania 16802. 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