Natural dir drying (Continued from Page 96) because of lower humidity conditions out there. Steffen, on the other hand, is convinced his product will work in Pennsylvania. A former theology and botany student, Steffen became interested in grain- drying and storage when he specialized in plant physiology at lowa State University. “No one had previously - attached economic value to the presence of life in grain,” he explains. “We’re marketing an understanding of grain and PLANNING A POLE BUILDING 1 SEE WALTER & JACKSON, INC. WE WILL HELP YOU PUN YOUR BUILDING FOR YOUR NEEDS TREATED LUMBER DIMENSION: I Agricultural WALTER & JACKSON, INC. - CHRISTIANA, PA. 17509 PHONE: 215-593-5195 or 857-2613 “ServingTHEAREA’S Building needs since 1872" . what value of grain is all about and how to preserve it," the entrepreneur says. He considers the Harvestall unit to be a total grain confinement system. One of the Haryestall representatives at the Bird in-Hand- meeting noted that .initial costs of the Harvestall system would be higher, compared to most other units. Operational costs, however, would be reduced by as much as a third, he added. A farmer’s in vestment in the _ systdfe would include electrical circuitry, infrared-bulbs, the forced air system, and at "WE DELIVER" least the bin floor (if not the entire bin). A Harvestall bin floor is mandatory if the farmer expects the system to work. - The floor is perforated. “It’s like a com crib for shelled corn,” said a spokesman for the company. "Air is forced through the perforations at the rate of 2% to three cubic feet per bushel per minute, he ex plained. “This creates an environment to carry off heat and moisture that com is releasing on its own. The com is allowed to ripen and mature, rather than be destroyed by adding large amounts of heat,” the spokesman continued. Steffen says undamaged WOOD ROOF TRUSSES Residential 0S& “ grain is essential for top quality. He argues that conventional drying systems can damage grain, while his unit does not. In fact, he claims the technology of his system allows for 100 per cent germination of the com that was stored. This healthier state of the kernel, Steffen explains, also ac counts for his claim that chill-cured com has a 10 to 20 per cent higher feed value, as compared, to com that was subjected to high temperature drying processes. . Hesston gets Romanian sales HESSTON, Kans. - Stockholders of Hesston Corporation were told recently that the company has, within the framework of an existing agreement between Fiat Trattori, S.p.A. and companies in Romania, agreed to make machinery sales to Romania in the approximate value of $45 million over the next six years. Lyle E. Yost, chairman, announced the transaction at the farm equipment com pany’s annual meeting held at company headquarters here. He said that Hesston Corporation, together with Fiat Trattori, had entered into a major cooperation agreement with CITMA and Universal Tractor, com panies engaged in the manufacture and sale of farm equipment in the Socialist Republic of Romania. REGULAR TRACK STORM PROOF TRACK HANGERS - ROLLERS STAY ROLLERS DOOR HOLDERS PULL HANDLES Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1979 Financial planning seminars set COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The development committee of the Maryland 4-H Foundation, Inc., will steer a traveling seminar across the state during February to present information on financial and estate planning for professional workers. Stops will be made- at Easton, College Park and Hagerstown. Principal speaker will Be Robert-M. Hanson, Gaithersburg; a certified financial planner in Chevy Chase. Md. Hanson is chairman of the 4-H Foun dation’s development committee. 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