Veal Producer Pins
Hopes On Climate
Controlled Bam
A veal producer in Kempton,
Pa., hopes to rear his calves to
market weight totally without
medication.
Chuck Dixon, general ipanager
of Kammerle Farih, said he
hopes to accomplish that feat in a
new 5,000-square-foot, $125,000
barn with a sophisticated climate
control system. Dixon designed
the barn in conjunction with Air
Engineers, Inc., of Allentown.
One of the major aims was to
provide the maximum amount of
air circulation with the minimum
amount of disturbance; to
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provide a continual soft blanket
of fresh air without drafts.
A Ceramaguard ventilating
ceiling developed by Lancaster’s
own Armstrong Cork Company,
was specified for the new barn
because it allows air to be
distributed evenly over the entire
area without drafts and because
it is not affected by high humidity
conditions necessary for the
health of the calves.
The entire area above the
ceiling acts as a plenum supplied
with fresh air from two giant fans
located at the end of the barn.
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Chuck Dixon, genera! manager of possible to hold calves for 14 weeks with
Kaemmerle Farm, Kempton, Pa., stands in virtually no medication,
his new calf holding barn which is making it
The air is automatically heated
when necessary, then mixed with
water vapor to provide the
required humidity. It then drops
through thousands of tiny holes in
the ceiling to provide an even
distribution of conditioned air
throughout the barn.
Space between the barn’s inner
and outer walls serves as both
insulation and an exhaust
chamber. The air is pulled
through vents in the outer walls
near the floor by exhaust fans.
Fresh air comes down to the
floor and is pulled out at floor
level so that fumes are pulled
away from the calves.
This is expected to greatly
' reduce the possibility of lung
problems as well as to provide a
more relaxed environment that
will keep the calves on their
eating program.
The new barn houses 216
calves, and replaces an old
facility of the same size. Besides '
automatic climate control, the
new barn was designed to reduce
labor costs by a good 50 percent.
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Dixon said one of the problems
in the old bam was the constant
need for changing fan settings
throughout the day in order to
keep the air flow and tem
perature even. Frequently
changing outside conditions also
created the need for closely
watching the inside atmosphere.
The new bam will let Dixon
keep the temperature at between
55 and 60 degrees and relative
humidity at 40 tc 60 percent. The
air conditioning system includes
intake and exhaust fans, pads
that are wetted by pumps to cool
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and to provide moisture and
automatically controlled louvers.
The bam is warmed in cold
weather by steam heat. A
humidifier that can add water to
the air is also contained in the
plenum.
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