REAP Help on Waste Disposal (Continued from Page 14) under the tremendous pressures exerted by many tons of waste. Many systems of this type being built now are with concrete block with steel rods and con crete through the holes in the blocks. These do not meet REAP specifications and some of these systems have collapsed on local farms, Bass said. Conservation Also Needed There’s another string at tached to REAP funding of the storage pits. Funds will be awarded only to farmers who “haveadequate land treatment.” Adequate land treatment means “a complete conservation LANCO BEDDING FOR POULTRY AND LIVESTOCK Shavings Bagged, Bulk, Biown-in. Call for information Phone 285-4506 Ford has - N CHAIN SAW “HAWK” CHAIN SAW • Super-lightweight and easy to use, even for beginners. Only 7 % lbs without bar and chain. • Big hand grip with throttle, oiler button and stop switch at the operator's fingertips. “EAGLE I” CHAIN SAW • 2 CID engine with plenty of power to handle tough woodcutting chores. • Equipped with 14" bar and chain. “EAGLE II” CHAIN SAW Big 16" bar and chain handles logs and trees up to 32" in diameter. Automatic oiling—operation of throttle automatically feeds oil to bar, chain and sprocket. Separate oiler button provides manual override. Perfect all-around chain saw for commer cial users, farmers, ranchers and the most demanding casual users. Tractors Equipment applied to the land, including strip cropping and terraces where needed.” This applies to those portions of the farm on which the manure will be spread. The reason for the requirement for the use of these conservation practices, Bass explained, is “the feeling there’s no reason to finance a pit if the farmer is going to allow the manure to run into the water system after it is spread.” While keeping the manure off the frozen ground dunng the winter eliminates some runoff problems, when the Manure is spread in the spring, it is spread in much large quantities than branched-out! NEW LANCASTER FORD TRACTOR INC. 2166 Willow Street Pike Lancaster, Penna. Ph. 464-2746 (Formerly ‘‘Dorsey Ford”) LINE What appears to be simply a concrete diameter storage pit for animal waste. It’s feedlot on the Weidler Grube farm is ac- designed to hold these wastes up to 100 tually a little more. Underneath is a 30-foot days for Grube's scale of operation. under the present daily spreading system. If erosion and heavy runoff occur during or shortly after spreading under the new system, the pollution potential is still great on land without con servation practices, according to Bass. But experience with local farms which have been properly treated with conservation measure, including waterways and terraces, has shown that there is very little runoff of soil and other solids, Bass explained. The terraces in particular catch the water, slow its movement, allowing more of the water to be retained by the land and preventing erosion. Bass conceded the large pit Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 11.1971—1! system poses one problem, an odor problem. While the problems doesn’t exist as many days of the year, when spreading does occur, the problem is more acute. But care in picking the right kind of weather to minimize odors and even plowing down soon after spreading are among techniques which can miminize the problem, he said. He added that he thinks far mers will have an easier time placating urban neighbors on the odor problem if the neighbors know the problem is going to exist only for short period and infrequenlty. (Editor’s note: To eliminate the odor problem, which is partiularly severe with large poultry operations Penn State University poultry scientists have made considerable progress on developing a drying system to make the poultry manure both much lighter in weight and odorless. Work is now underway to reduce the cost of the process an to develop market sfor the finished product in order to offset the drying costs. 4-H Calendar Monday, December 13 7:30 p.m. Lancaster County Ayrshire, Jersey, Brown Swiss 4-H Club Christmas party, home of Ken Eshleman, Rheems. Wednesday, December 15 8 p.m. Lancaster County 4-H Roller Skating party, Rocky Springs Park. Thursday, December 16 7:30 p.m. Lancaster County Red Rose Baby Beef and Lamb Club meeting, Farm and Home Center. Plug it in and forget it... This high-capacity Reddy Heater has an automatic safety shut-off control MARK 100 DELUXE Exclusive control gives you peace of mind Stops heat er automatically if flame or ignition fail. Makes it ideal for any application where heater must run unattended overnight. Runsuptol4.s hours on one tankful of low-cost kerosene. Hauls easily in a car. Ask for demonstration. iFceppy Heamsßi GERMAN BROS. SALES & SERVICE 1 Mile North of Terre Hill on Route 897 East Earl, R. D. 1, Penna. Phone 215-445-6272
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