m "J If you feel we may be of service, please call usiat 768-3301 or 1-442-4183. We can only help. JOHN J. HESS 11, INC. SO. VINTAGE RD. - PARADISE, PA 17562 PURINA CHOWS r> Lancaster Farming, Saturday, iuly 8,1978—13 At the USDA Animal Genetics and Man agement Laboratory, Beltsvilie, Md , scientists are heating the wash water and the milking parlor with energy from the sun Four different types of solar collectors, operated simultaneously, are being compared for efficiency and durability Solar energy harnessed Farmers, more than most people, have always had to rely on the sun, as well as the other forces of nature Not too many years ago, crops stood m the field, were stacked or wmdrowed, or put in a crib to be dried by the sun and wind But with today’s more efficient machinery, more acres can be harvested in less time, with less losses to pests and adverse weather By doing this, grains are often* harvested with a high moisture content, so they must be artificially dried before storage More fossil fuel is now required to dry corn than is used to produce the crop In 1956, only 14 percent of the corn crop in Illinois, In diana, and lowa was artificially dried Today, that figure is around 70 percent As the supply of fossil fuel continues to dimmish, the cost for many agricultural uses may become prohibitive We must turn again to such alternate energy sources as the sun for at least part of oar agricultural energy Re search programs, financed by the Energy Re search and Development Administration and coordinated by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and Cooperative State Research Ser vice, are doing this Scientists in ARS and State Agricultural Ex periment Station laboratories are experimen tally collecting and using solar energy to dry corn, rice, gram sorghum, wheat, soybeans, peanuts and tobacco They are also exploring more efficient ways to dry hay m the field and m barns. Animals, too, will benefit from the solar energy research Solar energy is being tested to heat and cool milking parlors and to heat poultry and swine houses, along with drying poultry manure to facilitate handling Other scientists are studying how to heat and cool greenhouses and rural homes with energy from the sun Soon, because of this research, solar collec tors in many forms will trap the sun’s energy to benefit not only farmers, but all the earth’s inhabitants YOUR FARM EQUIPMENT IS YOUR LIFE LINE PUT ALL THE DIESEL PROBLEMS IN CAPABLE, RELIABLE HANDS AT MILLER DIESEL INC. Specializing in Diesel fuel injection pumps, injectors and turbochargers. 6030 Jonestown Rd - Harrisburg, PA 17112 717-545-5931 Interstate 81 - Exit 26 Celebrating our 20th year in business.
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