Environmental Laws Will Affect Manure Systems UNIVERSITY PARK-Air and water pollution regulations, which will be intensified in the future, will determine which types of manure handling systems farmers will have to devise, a farm systems research specialist noted at the Dairy Herd jj- Orand Opening HI Celebration We Celebrate. SPECIAL PRICE ON NEW and USED EQUIPMENT Management Conference held at The Pennsylvania State University. Rodney Martin, of Agway, Inc., speaking to 400 dairymen, said the soil, as a living filter, will dispose of all manure materials without runoff if properly han- DOOR PRIZES ■ MOVIES - DEMONSTRATIONS CHICKEN CORN SOUP DAILY FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. COME, WE WANT TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH YOU! R. S. HOLLINGER & SON ||| 113 W. Main St. MARCH 14 & 15, 1973 9:00 AM. TO 9:00 P.AA. 10% Discount ON ALL PARTS dled He cautioned the dairymen to take a “wait and see’’ attitude toward new pollution regulations before investing thousands of dollars in new disposal systems. “One concept of the future possibly will be two-story barns where animals are housed on the top floor and the basement used for manure storage,” Mr. Martin At a recent Junior FFA meeting held at Garden Spot High School, officers for the following year were elected. Seated, from left to right, are: LaVern Martin, sentinel; JesS Martin, president; Darwin Davis, PH: 285-4538 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 10,1973 — said. “Storage bins or tanks can Be careful with fire: be constructed to allow manure cirp UoVvMt storage of up to six months.” 1 liCiC die Uducs in the woods. Another method may be storing liquid manure in tanks in or near the barn and then having the product pumped by an irrigation system directly onto pasture and cropland, he said. This, he added, is now being done by a number of farmers. Mr Martin emphasized that liquid manure storage is costly at the present time and requires large amounts of water to maintain. EXTRA SPECIAL PRICE ON I.H. BALER reporter; Bill Hurst, secretary. Standing: Mr. Robert Woods, Chapter advisor; Eugene Nolt, treasurer: Galen Rutt, student advisor; Robert Reifsnyder, vice president, and Jay Weaver, chaplain. 41
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