Combine
Reduces
A new air-jet header that
greatly reduces shatter loss
in soybean harvesting had
been developed by resear
chers at the University of
Illinois.
The header, which saves
between one and two bushels
per acre, was developed as
part of a three-year project
funded by the American
Soybean Association (ASA)
Research Foundation and
"ATTENTION'
CANTALOUPE - WATERMELON GROWERS
We now are booking (or early delivery in January & February 1975
Black Mulching plastic 3 & 4 ft wide X 2 000 ft long 1 '/ 2 M Black
later than December 15.1974 Write for prices
ZIMMEDMAN’S Animal Health Supply
R.D.#4, Utitz, Pa. 17543 Phone 717-733-4466
3 miles W. of Ephrata along WQQDCORNER ROAD
5% CASH DISCOUNT
ON PURCHASE OF DETERGENTS AND SANITIZERS
A MIRACLEAN
FINISH INSIDE
.. AND ...
OUTSIDE
BRANDT'S FARM SUPPLY, INC.
Header
Losses
conducted by USDA
Agricultural Engineer Dr.
Ralph Nave.
The foundation receives
money for research funding
from soybean .growers who
participate in check-off
programs in 13 states.
"The air-jet header will
pay for itself in one season,
even on a small farm,” said
Harold Kuehn of DuQuoin,
president of the ASA
FROM YOUR SURGE DEALERS
SURGE DUOPFAN
SURGE LAC
SURGE PFANZITE
SURGE MIRACLEAN
SURGE K.O. DYNE
SURGE TD34
SURGE ZINIQN
THIS IS ONLY A PARTIAL LISTING
GLENN E. HURST
RD2, East Earl, Pa.
Ph. 215-445-6865
601 E. High St.
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Ph. 717-367-1221
Research Foundation.
He explained that average
soybean harvest loss is 10
percent, or four bushels per
acre on a 40 bushel yield. Use
of the floating cuttcrbur has
been show to reduce this loss
by 26 percent, saving one
bushel out of the four. The
new air-jet header, said
Kuchn, cuts the remaining
loss in half, saving an ad
ditional IVs bushels per acre.
"At $7 per bushel, the air
jet header will earn a farmer
an additional $10.50 per
acre," Kuehn said. "This
will quickly pay for the cost
of the header and begin
increasing the farmer’s
profits.”
Now that the basic
engineering research is
completed, Kuehn said, the
technology is ready to be
channeled to industry and
put into production on
commercial combines.
Kuehn explained that the
search for a header that
could reduce shatter loss
began when researchers
found the floating cutterbar
effective only in reducing
stubble loss and stalk loss.
Our popular Chlorinated Pipe Line Cleaner,
Low Foaming Acid Pipe Line Cleaner.
Chlorinated Bulk Tank and Utensil Cleaner.
A "Miracle-Cleaner" for Brush Washing.
An lodine-Detergent Udder Wash
Highly Effective Cosmetic Based Teat-Dip.
Liquid Sanitizer and Disinfectant.
OFFER EXPIRES DEC. 31
In 1970, Dr. Nave and his
associate at the University of
Illinois, Dr. R.R. Yoergcr,
began testing nn ex
perimental air conveyor
header designed to reduce
snauer loss. This model did
not prove to be highly ef
fective, due to the fact that
most shattered soybeans fell
to the ground in front of the
aitstrcam.
Laboratory studies were
initiated in 1971 to develop a
system that would correct
this problem by ejecting air
through nozzles located
about six inches forward of
the cutterbar. Although
effective, the first model
developed would have
required about 40 additional
horsepower. A more efficient
model was developed in 1972
requiring only 15 to 20 ad
ditional horse power.
According to Kuehn, tests
on the final model show the
air-jet header reduces
harvest loss by 49 percent on
30-mch wide rows and by 67
percent on 8-inch wide rows.
Higher performance on 8-
inch rows is due to the fact
that plants in the narrow
SANITATION
SPECIAL
MANY MORE ON SALE
An effective sanitation program should be followed to assure
constant cleanliness of pipeline milking systems. Dairyman is
shown adding sanitizer to the rinse water prior to milking.
GROFF EQUIPMENT
LESTER B. BOLL
RDI, Lititz, Pa.
Ph. 717-626-6198
Sperry Engineers
Receive Licenses
Nineteen Sperry New
Holland engineers have
received their professional
engineer’s license.
Professional engineer’s
licenses in agricultural
engineering were granted to
Dale A. Ashcroft, 548 W.
Conestoga St., New Holland,
senior design engineer;
Edward A. Blakeslee, 409
Edgewood Dr., New Holland,
design engineer; Leroy A.
rows are more evely spaced,
allowing the air stream to
pick up more of the shattered
soybeans, he explained.
Kuehn also noted that the
new header works best when
harvesting soybeans at 12
percent moisture and does
not significantly reduce
harvest loss when soybean
moisture is above 14 percent.
2 W. State St.
Quarryville, Pa.
Ph. 717-786-7225
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Pec. 7,1974
Crawford, BD2 New
Holland, project engineer;
Phillip J. Ehrhart, 1637
Rothsville Rd., Rothsville,
senior design engineer;
Joseph J. Lehman, 547 W.
Conestoga St., New Holland,
research engineer; Irwin D.
Mcllwain, 454 Whitman Dr.,
Lancaster, senior design
engineer; Kenneth W.
McLean, 548 548 Westfield
Dr., New Holland, senior
design engineer; Edward H.
Priepke, RD2 Stevens,
senior design engineer;
Richard A. Pucher, 57
Melvin Dr., Leola, senior
design engineer; Ernest A.
Schoeneberger, 14 N. Her
shey Ave., Leola, senior
design engineer; Joseph E.
Shriver, RDI East Earl,
senior design engineer;
Kenneth E. Smith, 880
Hornig Rd., Lancaster,
senior design engineer;
Louis R. Thomas, RD2, New
Holland, design engineer and
David F. Wolf, RD2, New
Holland research engineer.
The license in mechanical
engineering went to Earl A.
Hudson, 11 Circleview Dr.,
Leola, project engineer;
Shaun A. Seymour, RD2,
New Holland, project
engineer and Thomas L.
Stiefvater, RD2, New
Holland, senior design
engineer.
Barry Schmidt, RD2, New
Holland, industrial engineer
and Douglas Bechtel, 1327
Broadway Blvd., Reading,
production control coor
dinator, received the
professional engineer’s
license in industrial
engineering.
To be licensed, the person
must have a Bachelor of
Science degree in
engineering or have passed a
state-administered engineer
in-training examination and
must have had four or more
years of responsible
engineering experience.
Seventeen of the Sperry
New Holland engineers
recently completed a course
conducted one night each
week for 28 weeks in the
company’s Education
Center.
The two in industrial
engineering took a 16-week
course presented by the
Lancaster, Pa., chapter of
the American Institute of
Industrial Engineers.
At farrowing
time, she’ll
need some
extra help...
AMD SHE'LL GET IT WITH OUF
WORM 'N GERM PROGRAM
H- TRAMISOL m the feed
just befor’ farrowing knocks
out the four major lung
and mteb nal worms
AUREO S*P 250 fights
diseases rhinitis, scours and
cervical abscesses right
through the farrowing
period /
/ iTramiaol' /
can us /
today
STEVENS FEED
MILL, INC.
Stevens Pa
Ph: 215-267-2150
49