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Only DARI-KOOL Gives You All
1. AGITATOR
Choice of 1 or 2-speed agitation
2-speed optional at additional cost
2. REINFORCED COVER HOOKS
Provide firm, sure support for cover
when raised Welded on for strength
3. TANK COVERS
The tank coven are easily removed
for washing or tank inspection
4. CONTROL CABINET
All controls for operating tank are
easily accessible for servicing
5. TIMER
Controls operation of cooler
SHENK FARM SERVICE
ICE-BANK MILK COOLER
SPECIFICATIONS
R.D.4, LITITZ, PA. PHONE (717) 626-4355
24, HOUR SERVICE ANSWERING SERVICE (717) 733-1224
THE ACRE TAKERS
From our Nation's 2,261 million
acres of land we feed, clothe, and
house some 212 million people—and
produce still more items for export.
Just how our hind area is divided up
and'thc changing uses of agricul
tural land arc detailed in this
story.
Our Nation's cropland resources
cover 472 million acres—but not all
of that total is actually devoted to
crop production in a given year. In
fact, at the time of the last agri
cultural census, the acreage used for
crop production amounted to only 71
percent of the land available; about
18 percent of the land was used for
temporary pasture and the rest was
idle or in soil improvement crops.
Housing our population doesn’t take
much room. Ail the cities, towns,
and suburban developments put
together occupy only 35 million
acres—or less than 2 percent of the
country’s total land area Feeding
and clothing our population requires
at least 30 times more land than
housing.
9 °:,
Manually controls operation of the
water pump and agitator
7. THERMOMETER
Positioned for easy reading Accu
rately indicates milk temperature
8. BRASS WATER PUMP
High capacity pump circulates
water for fast milk cooling
9. ADJUSTABLE LEGS
After tank has been levelled in
milkhouse the legs may be sealed
10. 33° ICE-WATER
Rapidly circulating ice water removes
milk heat for fast cooling
These Advanced Features —>
11. COPPER COOLING COILS
Refrigerant circulates through coils
around which ice-bank is built
12. LARGE RESERVE ICE-BANK
Provides the ice-water necessary for
rapid cooling of the milk
13. AGITATOR BLADE
Designed for complete, gentle agita
tion of the milk in all parts of the tank
14. INSULATION
The most efficient insulation protects
the milk Reduces operating costs
15. ICE-WATER SPRAY PIPES
Ice-water is pressure-sprayed over
milk tank surface for fast cooling
Cropland use isn't static. From 1950
to 1962, the acreage of cropland used
for crops declined 15 percent as a
result of Federal programs aimed at
shifting cropland from production to
soil conserving uses. Since 1962
crop acreage has fluctuated by
several million acres, more or less in
balance with crop demand.
Although cropland acreages
generally have been trending down
since 1950, numerous localities have
enjoyed gains. The biggest acreage
gains occurred in the lower
Mississippi Valley, central and
southern High Plains, central
California, and northern Montana.
Not quite as large but nevertheless
substantial increases also occurred
in the Com Belt, the Dakotas,
Florida, and several areas of the
West. In general, cropland develop
ment in the East is associated with
wetland drainage and in the West
with more irrigation and improved
dryland fanning.
oductivity per acre of cropland
led for crops has increased more
ian 50 percent in the past two
•cades—the result of a corn
nation of factors. In general, the
Ijustments in the acreage used for
■ops have resulted in increasingly
mcentrated cropping of the most
•oductive land, both on individual
irtns and by areas and regions. The
bstitution of new cropl and and im
rovement of existing cropland by
ich means as land forming, drain
;e, and irrigation have also up
aded the acreage used for crops,
y these improvements in basic land
capability have been added larger
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16. STAINLESS STEEL TANKS
The milk tank, water tank and exte
rior are oil built of stainless steel.
17. SANITARY TANK DRAIN
Designed for fast complete tank
draining Sanitary, Easy to clean
18. CALIBRATED MEASURING ROD
Weight of milk is accurately meas
ured Easy to read Stainless steel
19. TIGHT FITTING LIDS
Do not fall off when cover is raised
Lids fit tight to keep out vermin
20. JUST-RIGHT POUR HEIGHT
Most models low for easy pouring,
cleaning and inspection.
21. REMOVABLE COVERS
Covers easily removed for washing,
cleaning and inspection
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Sept 7.1974^
inputs of fertilizer, pesticides, and
herbicides; and improved plants,
machinery, and equipment.
Livestock graze on about 890 mil
lion U.S. acres—roughly two-fifths
of the total national land area. The
amount of cropland and grassland
used for pasture has dipped slightly
since 1950—but there’s been close to
a 40-percent falloff in the forested
grazing area. The result has been a
130-million acre decline in grazing
space over the past two decades.
However, remaining grazing
acreage has been significantly up
graded by gradual substitution of
better land, brush clearing, ferti
lization, and other means.
It takes water to make land produce.
Approximately 4,700 million acre
feet of water (rain, snow, sleet, or
hail) fall on the United States each
year. About 70 percent of this water
evaporates or is used by plants
through transpiration. Out of this
comes the largest agricultural water
use—nonirrigated crop, pasture,
and forest production. Only about
1,350 million acre-feet of this water
that falls each year is available for
diversion from streams and for
replenishing ground water supplies.
We withdrew about 370 million acre
feet of this total in 1970, roughly a
third of which was for irrigation.
Irngated acreage has grown from
less than 8 million acres at the turn
of the century to more than 39 mil-,
lion in 1969. Nearly 90 percent of our
irrigated acreage is in the 17
Western States. California alone
has over 7.2 million acres—or
roughly a fifth the national total.
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CONSUMER
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Prevent Carbon Monoxide
Poisoning
You can protect yourself
and your family from that
dangerous end product of gas
oline and heating fuel com
bustion, carbon monoxide. A
mere 1 percent concentration
of this gas in the air causes
instantaneous death. With as
little as .08 percent uncon
sciousness results in one hour
and death occurs in two to
three hours.
A new product which can
worn as a badge, fastened
to a wall, workbench, visor,
or car dashboard, is special
ly treated to react to small
concentrations of the deadly
gas. If carbon monoxide is
present the sensitive indica
tor tablet turns from its nor
mal tan color in progressive
ly darker shades to black,
depending on the strength
and concentration of the gas.
Called LIFESIGN, and man
ufactured by Tempil, the in
dicator comes with a badge
that holds the replaceable
indicator tablet.
There’s no need to risk
danger of carbon monoxide
in your cai, in your factory,
oi in your workroom This
elusively odoiless gas can now
be detected by sight!
LIFESIGN is new and
therefore mav not y'et be
available in vour locality Vou
may order duect trom the
manutacturei Send two dol
lais to Tempil Division, Big
Three Industncs, Inc . South
Plinilield NJ 070S0
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