Underground (Continued from Page 20) storage basin. Four-inch diameter plastic drainage pipe was laid around and underneath the storage. The clay soil reservoir em bankments seal readily and there is little seepage. Mehling was careful to locate the storage reservoir downslope from the springfed water cistern. No manure overflow can ever reach the cistern. Milking parlor and milk room wash water are drained to a 1000 gallon sealed septic tank located underground near the manure pump. When the manure ram starts, it automatically turns on an auxiliary submersible sump pump which empties septic tank effluent into the manure pipeline. With a non-fly breeding manure storage. Dr. Mehling’s herd can be kept cool and comfortable during the heat of the day in the fan ventilated dairy barn, rather than on pasture. “Cows on pasture in fly season crowd under a shade tree in mid-day and eat little grass,” Melding points out. “We turn our herd out to graze m late afternoon and cool of evening. “Some bams are kept too warm and swarm with flies in winter as well as Summer. Flies are one of the worst deterrents to milk production. Outdoor storages with sealed manure crust can help keep dairy barns fly free.” BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT ... - I CASH INTEREST BONUS You buy a PT-225 Bearcat 111 with a PTO, 20-speeds forward, CAT-638 cu. in. 6-cylinder engine, and 18.4x34 dual tires for $42,000.00. Steiger pays interest bonus of 4% to cover your in terest expense until March 15,1978. YOU SAVE Harold W. Russell & Sons, Carlisle, and John, at Rome, Pennsylvania, made doubly sure that their new pump filled storage would contain all of manure’s valuable nutrients. Their 50 by 100 foot storage has a sloping concrete floor and also has one foot thick concrete walls. It is virtually a concrete vault to hold fertility nutrients. Storage capacity is provided for a full year, permitting a wide choice of hauling dates. When cropland is ready, manure can be plowed under the day it is spread. Formerly, Russells hauled manure to fields twice a day all Winter. Not only was it a bone chilling chore, but there was evaporation loss of ammonia from manure left on frozen ground. In Spring, there was runoff loss of manure washed off the slopes. “Our new pump will save on our fertilizer bill,” the Russells agreed. “We try to be good agronomists and converve all the crop growing nutrients in manure.” They believe their new pump storage system will help prevent runoff into nearby Wysox Creek which leads to the historic Susquehanna River. Maplehofe Dairy equipped their new 100-cow bam at Quarryville with a new Acorn solid manure pump to prevent flies and odors from reaching their dairy retail store nearby where they sell SIEIGER SHATTERS RECORDS AT NEBRASKA... NEBRASKA TESTS AGAIN PROVE STEIGER IS THE LEADER IN BUILDING THE BEST 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRACTORS IN THE COUNTRY. I. Highest Horsepower, 281.94 HP with Model ST 325 2. Highest pounds pull, 28,189 lbs. with Model ST 325 EXAMPLE: } $ l6BO OO OFFER GOOD UNTIL 11/14/77 Congressman Bill Goodling and Adams County Beef Producers president Frank Darcey congratulate owners and exhibitors of the top animals at their recent calf sale. At left is Paul 2800 gallons of milk a week, plus dairy foods and eggs. Their new 10% inch piston pump ejects manure un derground 100 feet to a levee banked 50 by 100 foot storage. The earthen im poundment will prevent manure runoff from reaching Octorara creek and NEW RECORDS ESTABLISHED ■* v V * < lake which supply drinking water for Chester, Pa. Maplehofe owners Aaron Glide and herdsman son Sam wondered whether the manure pump could handle heavy straw in the manure, up to seven bales a day. Glide traveled to see an installation at Sussex, N.J. 3. Lowest fuel consumption, .471 pounds per HP hours with Model ST 325 4. Quietest 4-wheel drive cab, decibels. Model ST 250 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 5,1977 Heffner with the champion crossbred heifer. Terry Shearer, right, had the champion Hereford steer as well as the top crossbred steer. where an Acom pump was propelling manure mixed with old hay used as bed ding. “It it can pump hay, it can pump anything,” Glick observed. “We decided that pumping bedded manure underground would be a cleaner, healthier way. ” s " jy* w 78.5 ' •*, * > *-r •»! v ~ - ,f < % < >, \ . S V* I - 'i •A'-’s < s ' v ' w *< X > v > Vr A n sS - n- '%«r “ 4. ,><K ,' >; 4. 21 i
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