—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 8, 1972
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Caleb M. Wenger Firm Launches New Livestock Building Concept
Caleb M Wenger’s mechanized The first of the new type of unit
farm equipment company, of is being completed this week at
Quarryville RDI, this week the Ernest Sander farm at Silver
announced a new type of free- Springs
stall housing for livestock
The new system features an
automatic opening and closing
roof to allow direct sunlight and
air for drying and ventilation
The system involves an en
closed feedlot with free stall
housing for animals
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Sauder’s son Paul explained
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Paul noted that his brother
Jonas recently started teaching
at Weavertown Mennonite School
and he indicated the new system
will enable the farm to continue
with less labor
Caleb Wenger said many of the
features of the new building are
patented and were developed by
himself and his staff The firm
previously has been well
established in building gates,
feeders and other farm equip
ment This equipment is being
put into the new building to
develop an integrated and
automated feeding and housing
system
A striking and novel feature of
the new housing is a large section
of roof on the south side of the
building which opens
automatically when the sun is
shining A sun sensor
automatically directs the metal
roof panels to open when the sun
is shining
Wenger explained that
“everybody housing animals
faces an enormous moisture
probem The only economical
way to dispose of it is
evaporation. The sun gives this
evaporation ”
The open roof and the sunshine
causes the evaporation to occur
at the same time that it enables
the moisture to escape, ac
cording to Wenger And the
automatic controls makes it
possible for the roof to be closed
during unfavorable weather and
open during good drying weather
without the farmer having to be
around or struggle to open the
roof manually.
Wenger emphasizes that
success of the new concept
required that the building be
oriented to the south.
The building was also designed
for unlimited future expansion by
adding to one end of the building
It was also designed for ef
ficient and rapid cleaning' and
minimum of waste runoff
problems
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One of the keys to the success of the new building concept
being introduced by Caleb Wenger of Quarryville RDI is this
sensing system. Wenger adjusts the system as work on the
new facility at Silver Springs nears completion this week.
Wenger dropped his cap over the sensing device (top right)
to cut off the sun’s rays and demonstrate that when it’s
cloudy (no direct sunlight) the roof panels automatically
close.
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