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20—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 17. 1976
Manure
handling
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Studies by both univer
sities and commercial
concerns have proven that
manure does increase in
value when stored under
proper conditions. In
formation received by Bexler
claims that the manure
from each of his 50 cows
should be worth $75 more per
year than it was worth prior
to his converting to the
storage system. He has some
reservations about the
claim, but is nevertheless
pleased so far.
He decided to go for the
innovation because of his
being unsatisfied with the
practice of hauling manure
every day, increasing the
value of the product “and
environmental con
siderations were also in the
background.” In spite of the
costs mvolved, he proclaims
“if is the cheapest manure
storage system I could
make.”
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Manure drops through openings in
the gutter (top of picture) and down
into the chamber via fibreglass
chutes A hydraulic ram pushes the
manure through the 12-mch pipe and
into a storage area The hydraulic
pump, which is partially visible m the
left center of the picture, requires 25
Calvin Beiler, Paradise R 1 dairyman, expresses
nothing but satisfaction with the $lO,OOO manure
handling system he recently had installed at his 50-
cow dairy operation. He’s one of the first in the
state to have a set-up which'incorporates the
movement of manure through a large pipeline and
into a storage area.
gallons of fluid in order to drive the
10-mch piston which has a 36-mch
stroke. The piston is under 1500 p.s i
pressure and travels at a rate of 5.5
strokes per minute Installation and
maintenance are said to be no
problem
June milk brings $B.BB
NEW YORK, ,N.Y. - A
uniform farm price of $B.BB
per hundredweight (46.5*
quarts) for June milk
deliveries to pool handlers
under the New York - New
Jersey marketing orders
was announced this week by
Thomas A. Wilson, market
administrator. The uniform
price was $8.90 in May 1976
and $7.53 in June 1975.
The butterfat differential
was 10.9 cents for each tenth
of a pound of fat above or
below 3.5 per cent. The
seasonal incentive fund
(Louisville Plan) takeout for
June was $.40 per hun
dredweight, amounting to a
reduction of $3,502,557.37 in
payments to dairy farmers.
Receipts from dairy
producers totaled 875,639,342
pounds, 0.9 per cent or
7,920,190 pounds less than m
June 1975, Wilson reported.
Handlers utilized 371,266,065
pounds of these receipts or
42.4 per cent for fluid milk
products (Class I). In June
1975 the Class I utilization
percentage was 42.1. For
June 1976, handlers paid
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SALE NOW IN PROGRESS ON ALL&H3 UNILOADERS
WE WILL TAKE
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THIS VALUABLE
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TILL JULY 31,1976
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PAUL SHOVER'S INC.
35 EAST WILLOW ST
CARLISLE, PA
|717|243 2686
A. L HERR
& BRO.
312 PARK AVE
QUARRYVILLE, PA
[717) 786-3521
DEPENDABLE
MOTOR CO.
East Mam Street,
Honey Brook, PA
[2151273 3131
$10.84 for Class I milk
compared with $9.34 a year
ago.
Wilson stated that receipts
on bulk tank units were
849,744,565 pounds, up
3,020,690 pounds. He added
that this was 97.0 per cent of
the pool, compared to 95.8 a
year ago.
A total of 496,800,852
pounds, or 58.5 per cent, of
tank milk was used as Class
II and was subject to the
transportation credit which
amounted to $496,800.86.
Producers with tank milk
numbered 18,154, a decrease farmer,
of 3.4 per cent. The ad- All prices quoted are for
, ministrator said that the milk at 3.5 percent butterfat
total number of producers m received within the 201-210
the pool was 19,273, a loss of mile zone from New York
5.6 per cent. Average daily City.
When tillage begins, other
arts follow. The farmers
therefore are the founders
of human civilization
OFF OUR REGULAR PRICES
FOLLOWING MODELS;
• RECONDITIONED EQUIPMENT
CONVENIENT FINANCING P^VM
CLAIR J. MYERS LwiStfl
Lake Road R 1
Thomasville, PA
717 259 0453
ZIMMERMAN’S
FARM SERVICE
BETHEL, PA
[717)933 4114
STOUFFER
BROS. INC.
1066 Lincoln Way West
Chambersburg, PA
[7171263 8424
deliveries per producer rose
71 pounds to 1,514 pounds.
Pool bulk tank units
decreased 23 to 184. Reports
from 116 handlers were used
to compute the pool, seven
more than in June 1975.
There were 104 handlers with
producer milk, a loss of two.
The gross value to dairy
farmers for June deliveries
was $78,390,258.75. Wilson
explained that this included
differentials required to be
paid to dairy farmers but not
voluntary premiums or
deductions authorized by the
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