I.* I .minister Forming. SaUmliiy. September 12.1970
Taking the Odor Out of Manure
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i < onudi it (I .is Mage I «f tltc*
Prim Stair Ssslrni.
Tl\< cos! foi rleelneitx to op
t .re ilu maiune (I \mg f.uis and
siin.iiii mcrlinnism itins about
M/ton of m.inuic toiilammg 30
pci ten! moMme \I Ibis st.im
•he m.imne is di\ .md ciiunhli
. ml is in excellent handling con
d.tion foi field applic.ilion with
out senoiisodoi pi obh ms
Hovuiei, I)i Hies-lei fiels
that b.\ fin thei dixmg the
n .mine to less than 10 pei cent
no. stuie with a commemal
tliui the inami ll ma\ have new
potential uses
With offensive odois elim
inated. even when the dry nu
nne is le-wctted the pioduct
has shelf life and tan be used on
nations, floweis. and lawns
It has a potential use as a
soil buildei and levegetaloi of
spoil banks and stnp mining
a i eas
It is being sougnt by mush
100m produceis foi use in their
compost mi\
This second stage diying adds
anotliei $3/ton cost to covei fuel
and electi icily, but the i etui ns
mat be fai gieatei than both
opeiating and capital costs once
the \alue of the new pioduct
finds Us place in the maiket
In the summei of 1969 one
Closteidale house 40 feet wide
and 488 feet long was convened
to the Penn State svstem The
bouse had thiee pit aieas sep
al aed bv posts about 13 leet
wide limning the length of the
house An cndilating fans weie
mounted about 20 inches above
the flooi level down the center
oi each pit and spaced 25 feet
apait A stii’ing, cleaning gadget
v as consti acted and installed in
e £ .ch pit
With an uneven numbei of
pts two powei units weie le
(liui ed to pull the stniing and
cleaning mechanism The lakes
a e duven peuodically the entre
length of the house sciaping,
pulling spilling, mixing churn
ing and aeiating the law diop
pmgs The fans above the diop
pings cu culate the an which
picks up moistuie horn the iaw r
d oppings
In conti ast to the Penn State
svstem wheie senn-diy manuie
js diawn fiom the house and feci
automaticalh into a commeicial
oiyei the pioceduie has been to
pcnodicallv (about eveiy five
ckvsl iemme the semidiy ma
nine (28 to 35 pei cent moistuie)
fiom the house The manuie is
d awn to the end ol the house
wheie a comentional chain bain
cleanei comers it to a tiuck oi
tli \ sp'eadci
This 28 to 35 pu ceiu moistuie
p oduct is \ei> smnlai to chy
Try A Classifie
It Pays!
LLOYD H.
KREIDER
Auctioneer
and
Sales Manager
Quanjville R=2 Box 180
Ph: 786 3394
Herr demonstrates the texture of the 30 per cent dry
manure which leaves the hen house under the new system
The manure feels flaky and crumbly; it has very little odor.
loost manuie You can pick it up tine) to lemove oi haul in a
m youi hands and dust them ott nnseiable fashion we now have
none will stick Theie is veiy in exchange each week 10 to 12
little odoi —a chicken odoi yes, tons of a veiy easily handled
but not a manuie odoi pioduct with some yet un-estab
. , e hshed value, little oi no odor, no
A numbei of advantages ha e ltstmtlons on weather or ’ ea .
been gained to th . PO, t e
gieatest being that of volume ninhlpm f
handled Instead ot 28 tons of *
ia\v waste (70 to 75 pei cent What about the economics of
moistuie) oi 35 tons ol liquid aT this 0 Theie aie thiee aieas to
waste (90 to 95 pei cent mois be consideied
NOW!
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Sept. 18
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1. IlemodeliiiK- The house we
uniodeled cohi approximately
50 cents pei bird I believe the
next house would cut this by 20
to ISO pel cent. With new con
htiuction. I would expect the
cost to be 25 to 30 cents per
biid. (And 1 just pulled this fig
me out of the air.)
2 Operating cost is appioXi
nintcly 12 cents per hen housed:
1 educed to 20 dozen eggs per
hen, this is equal to 6/10 cent pei
dozen eggs pi oduced
a Eleclncit.v— dependent upon
clcctiic Kite, is appio\imalel>
7 to B’= cents per bad annuallj,
$7 per d.i> pel 30.000 hens.
b. Laboi—for iemo\al to truck.
to 4 cents annually per bud
(8 hours pei week at $3 per
houi).
3. Maintenance and Repair
No figuics available to date.
We have been able to recover
some of this cost by selling this
semi-diy (30 per cent) manure,
thus reducing the cost to about
J . cent per dozen.
What is being accomplished at
Cloisteidale can apply to many
poultry and livestock opeiations
(large or small) in this area. The
principles of staling maniae and
blowing air across it can be ap
plied to the varied egg pi educ
tion systems
The mechanics and physical
adaptation of these principles
becomes an individual faim sit
uation Penn State reseaicheis
and Extension personnel aie
xeady and willing to assist poul
trymen in planning installations
The cooperative effoits of Di
Biessler and his staff and the
men of Cloisteidale, Ed Bowser
and Clarence Spatts, not only
prepared the way in odoi contiol
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for CloMordalc but also for tho
industi y as a whole. Dehydration
can be an economical solution to
the farm odors problem.
But Dr. Brcsslcr U of the
opinion that the future method
of manure handling lie* In
adopting Stage 2 of the Penn
State system. Selling the dry
powdery manure containing less
than 10 per cent moisture will
tuin faim manure problems into
an asset.
~Dr Bressler is gratified to see
developments of a research pro
ject so quickly adapted to solu
tion of a major poultry industry
problem and the groundwork
laid for controlling odors from
all kinds of livestock.
Had it not been for the finan
cial support ($30,000 annually
for three years) given to the re
search project at Penn State by
the Penns>lvania Department of
Agriculture through its Harness
Pacing Funds, the rapid progress
in developing the drying system
would not have been possible.
This is an excellent example of
government, university, and in
dustry cooperation in seeking
an answer to a problem quickly.
The project has attracted con
siderable attention from other
groups
The Coal Research Board of
Pennsylvania has given a grant
of $12,000 for each of the past
two years to determine the value
of the dehydrated product in
revegetating spoil banks and
sti ip mines in Pennsylvania.
The Pennsylvania Poultry Fed*
eration is supporting the project
with a giant of $l,OOO this com
ing jear. These grants will give
considei able assistance to the
research program in waste man
agement.
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