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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 27,1978
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Forty Kindergarten and first grade children from
the N.C. Schaeffer Elementary School, Laureldale,
Berks County, recently visited the Rae Hix Farm,
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VINYL DROPPING SHIELDS
eliminate the headaches of dropping boards and
dropping board scrapers. Manure slides off the
dropping shields and into the pit.
.Owners of present Northco Slant-Back Systems are impressed with the way all
components of the system work together to increase the efficiency of the total
system.
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Mohrsville Rl. They had the opportunity to see
broiler chicks, dairy and beef cattle, and hogs.
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Summer-stored grain
needs to be warmed
NEWARK, Del. - Grain in
storage that will be held on
the farm into or through the
summer months should be
warmed up to 70 degrees
Fahrenheit by the middle of
June. This will prevent
moisture migration that can
induce spoilage.
According to University of
Delaware Extension
agricultural engineer Tom
Williams, grain stored in
bins of 2000 bushels or less
usually do not require
warming. Gram stored m
larger bins, however, should
be wanned five to 10 degrees
Fahrenheit each month
starting in April until the
gram temperature reaches
65 to 70 degrees.
One can begin wanning
the grain with aeration fans
on fair days when the
average daily temperature
remains 10 to 15 degrees
Fahrenheit above the grain
temperature. Average daily
temperature is the daily high
plus the daily low divided by
two.
Air flows of one cfm/bu
(common for drying fans)
will need to operate about 15
hours to change the grain
temperature, says Williams.
An air flow of one-tenth
cfm/bu (common for
aeration fans) will have to
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FEED MIXING ACTION Northco's exclusive
core auger mixes feed along the entire feed line
to help prevent feed separation There are no
hang-up spots where feed can become stale
Uneaten feed is carried back to the hopper and
mixed with fresh feed
LESS WEAR The core auger floats on a
cushion of feed There’s virtually no metal to
metal contact which means less wear
LESS WASTE A specially designed “feed-saver”
trough maintains a feed level that is easily ac
cessible to the birds from billing feed out of the
trough
VERSATILE Northco’s Cage Feeder can be
adapted to fit nearly any cage or cage arrange
ment even vertical or wall-row operations
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operate 150 hours or six and
ohe-fourth days to change
the grain temperature.
Aeration fans moving one-
tenth c£m/bu or less air
should be operated con
' tinuously until all the gram
is warmed. Once a warming
zone has started through the
grain, it must be moved
completely through since
moisture tends to condense
on the colder com ahead of
the warming zone. If the
warm layer is stopped
against the cool “wetted
layer,” com m this zone may
become musty and spoil.
The temperature of the
grain can be checked by
holding a thermometer in
the exhaust air stream if the
aeration fans are pulling the
air down through the grain.
This is also a good .place to
smell the condition of stored
grain. Musty odors indicate
spoilage.
It is unnecessary to con
tinue fan operation after the
grain has been warmed.
However, operating the fans
15 to 20 minutes every week
will move fresh air through
the grain. If there is a pocket
of grain that is deteriorating,
the fresh air will likely pick
up some of the musty odor
and one will be able to smell
this m the discharged air.
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