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On-truck grain drying made possible
A labor saver with additional benefits of minimum noise and pollution, the S.S.
Truck Body Grain Dryer underwent testing in Delaware this year.
KENTON, Del. - A
Delaware farmer, near here,
has been granted a U.S. pa
tent for Ids invention that
dries all kinds of grain right
inside truck bodies. Visitors
to the Pennsylvania Farm
Show will be able to see and
inspect it outside at space 50.
C. Stanley Short, Sr.,
devised the new process us
ing above floor perforated
ducts and side panels for hot
air movement through the
‘Parity office’ opened
SPRING GROVE - Penn
sylvania now has a tem
porary “parity office,”
headed by Bernard Gardner,
Spring Grove R 3. After
recent meetings with the
Virginia delegation of
American Agriculture,
Gardner has agreed to
coordinate strike action
witoin Pennsylvania and to
serve as an information
office.
American Agriculture
scheduled a meeting with
Secretary of Agriculture
Bergland in Omaha,
Nebraska, yesterday. While
Gardner would nave liked to
attend that gathering, he
questions the ultimate value
of the conference.
“The government insists
that they won’t do anything
until they see if the new
Farm Bill works. So why
should we spend our own
money and time traveling
out there if it’s already been
determined that nothing is
going to be done?” he
wonders. And what are we
supposed to do while they’re
finding out if it works?
Starve?"
Local farmers, while
expressing sympathy with
the cause and'concern for
the problems which have
prompted the strike
demands, have mostly
remained uninvolved in
actual participation.
According to Gardner,
Virginia activists recently
sponsored a rally supporting
American Agriculture
demands, with about 800
farmers attending. The
possibility of holding a
similar rally in Penn
sylvania, with a featured
speaker from Georgia, is
being considered.
The upcoming Penn
sylvania State Farm Show
has also come under some
criticism from strike sup
porters Gardner feels that
implement companies
should not be spending
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gram to perform the drying
process to desired moisture
content.
The SS Truck Grain Dryer,
as it has been named, went
through many expensive
trial and error im
provements before it was
perfected according to
Short.
Short says this process
opens up new markets for
export or to mills which re
quire dried grains, which
monies for such exhibits and
advertising because those
costs help raise the price to
the farmer-buyer.
A key aim of supporters of
American Agriculture is to
eliminate “middlemen” in
the food production and
marketing chains. Goals are
to establish large farmer
run grain marketing
facilities and imput-buying
cooperatives as a step
toward easing the cost-price
headache.
To help raise money to
finance the strike
movement, American
Agriculture has undertaken
a fund raising hat and
bumper sticker sale, with
the items available in this
area through the Spring
Grove parity office. Hats are
and bumper stickers go
for $l, postage paid.
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payment, the amount
generally is not considered
income for the recipient and
is not deductible for the ex
husband. However, if the
settlement provides that
payments are to-be spread
out over a span of ten years
or more, they are treated the
same as open-end alimony -
the ex-wife must report the
payments as income and the
former husband may deduct
them on his tax return.
Between 1975 and 1976,
central cities gained
2,650,000 persons through
inmigration, but 4,605,000
persons left for a net loss of
1,955,00. Nearly two-thirds of
people leaving the central
cities-some 3,499,000 - settled
in the suburbs. The other
third - about 1,106,000 -
settled in non-metropolitan
areas
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were not available before to
wet grain growers without
other drying facilities.
An official moisture test of
com was made recently on
the Short farm using a sam
ple 22 ton load. The load of
com from the field tested
20.5 per cent moisture. The
SS Track Grain Dryer was
turned on at 9 a.m. and off at
12 noon. The dried com then
tested at 15.7 per cent
moisture.
Growing several hundred
acres of small grains each
year, Short has had his in
vention tested both on the
farm and by officials. It can
be purchased on advanced
order.
Farm tracks and semi
trailers equipped with the
patented SS Track Body
Grain Dryer may be loaded
with grain in the fields. The
track is then connected to a
large heater-fan unit which
dries the grain right on the
track. The procedure in
volves practically ho labor,
no air pollution, no cracking
fines and very little noise.
The patented process takes
100 to 200 minutes, depen
ding on the moisture content
of the load of grain.
The large combination
motor-fan-heater unit can
deliver over 20,000 cubic feet
of air per minute. The unit is
heated by a nearly 5 million
BTU gas-fired burner, and
air at 100 to 200 degrees
Fahrenheit is delivered by a
12-bladed 38-inch fan.
The fan forces the heated
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air through the entire 2-foot
diameter center duct which
is perforated so that the
heated air moves uniformly
through the load of grain,
both laterally and vertically.
The air moving laterally
picks up moisture from the
grain and passes through the
perforated side panels, then
up through a narrow flue
space up over the truck body
sides. After the grain is dried
to the desired moisture con
tent, the burner gas fire is
lame
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turned off, the fan is left run
ning to cool the grain to com
plete the grain drying pro
cess. It is important to probe
the grain from top to floor to
get an accurate average
sample.
The fan’s electric motor
should be 15 horsepower or
more. Some motors may be
single phase with “step up
unit” 220 volt However 3-
phase is more efficient if 3-
phase is available. Some
fans may be PTO tractor
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equipped. This process has
beat farm and officially
tested.
The large fan-heater
motor units are advance
ordered special, from long
experienced ’reputable
manufacturers. Each far
mer must comply with local
zoning, and gas, and elec
trical regulations; and
should inquire and arrange
in advance with local gas
and electrical contractors
for supply and service.
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