C2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Saptembar 13,1980
New machine composts unwanted organic waste
every month-all dried
natural gas. He’s ecstatic
about the cost savings the
Digester offers.”
As feed paces rise and
fixed ammonia fertilizers
become increasingly ex
pensive, the market for the
end product is wide open.
Couple that with the Brill
Digester’s environmentally
clean process and it seems
likely that a lot of farmers
will soon be churning out
brown gold.
LANCASTER Fanners
and food processors have
long been plagued with the
problem of what to do with
manure, slaughtering offal
and canning wastes.
Increased restrictions
imposed by the En
vironmental Protection
Agency has further com
plicated the problem. Open
Humping is generally for
bidden, burning is closely
controlled and slurry
lagoons just don’t make for
happy neighbors. Disposing
of organic waste can become
a mountain of a problem for
some farmers.
One answer to the problem
may be the Bnll Digester.
Looking much like a
gigantic wooden hope chest,
the Digester takes any type
of unwanted organic waste
and in 24 to 72 hours turns it
into a rich, dry substance the
color and texture of pipe
tobacco.
The principle behind the
machine is exactly that of
the backyard compost pile:
aerobic bacterial action.
Like a compost pile, it
generates its own heat.
Energy is required only to
churn the waste and sup
plement the drying of the
Mushroom committee organized
WASHINGTON
informal group, the U.S.
Mushroom Committee of
State and National
Agricultural Organizations,
coordinated by Penn
sylvania State Represen
tative Joseph Pitts has been
organized on behalf of the
U.S. Mushroom Industry m
its pursuit of government
relief from canned
mushroom imports.
Consisting of the
American Mushroom In
stitute, Pennsylvania
Farmers Association,
Pennsylvania Food
Processors Association,
Pennsylvania Farmers
Umon, and the Pennsylvania
State Grange, the group
aims to prevent duplication
of efforts so that their goal of
import relief can be reached
as expeditiously as possible.
Congressman Dick Schulze
(R-5, PA) is coordinating the
efforts of the Committee in
Washington, D.C.
The Group’s action to
educate legislators and
government staff officials
about the problems of the
US. Mushroom Industry
comes m the wake of U.g.
International Trade Com
mission recommendations
on the petition filed by AMI
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It eats manure, crop residue, dead animals-any organic waste-and using only
aerobic heat churns out a rich brown, odorless compost in 24 to 72 hours. This
demonstration model of the Brill Digester is currently being shown throughout
the country by its distributor DeKalb Agßesearch
end product.
No additives are
necessary, only the 30
percent addition of some bio
degradable absorbent such
as sawdust, ground cobs,
shredded paper or hay.
under Section 201 of the
Trade Act of 1974. However,
the U.S. Mushroom Com
mittee strongly supports the
imposition of a mandatory
five-year quota beginning at
a level of 78 million pounds
for the crop years July 1,
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fertilizer, useful anywhere
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ding for commercial
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addition, because it tests out
with 13 percent digestible
protein, the compost has
1980 through June 20, 1982.
During the following three
years, the recommended
quota would increase ten
percent for each year. This
five year period is necessary
in order to allow the industry
time to obtain and install the
because uie aerobic action
heats the -compost up to
170° F., are
killed, weed seeds sterilized
and odors virtually
eliminated.
The end product makes a
supe r b humus building
new equipment so vitally
needed for it to become
competitive agam.
For further information,
contact Representative Pitts
at (717) 783-2910 or (215) 444-
4581.
OLEY FAIR
September 18,19,20
THURSDAY
BROADWAY BUCKAROOS
Watermelon Seed Spitting
Contest
Lamb Trimming and
Blocking Contest
OLEY VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL BAND
Antique Auto Show
Pie Eating Contest
Bale Throwing Contest
Strolling Dutch Band
GARDEN TRACTOR PULLING CONTEST
AUCTION OF FAIR EXHIBITS - 9:30 P.M.
LIVE BROADCASTING...WEEU
(Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Oley, Pennsylvania
Route 73 and 662
An Old-Time County Fair
become a valuable sup
plement to cattle feed.
“We’ve had calls from all
over the country,” says' John
Taylor of Dekalb which
distributes the digester.
‘■‘Especially from
poultrymen.”
“They’re seeing that this
machine can turn a nusiance
into a profitable end prodhet.
One California egg producer
has been sending two or
three containers-full of
poultry manure to Hawaii
SATURDAY
FtiIDAY
The OUTAWS with
CRAZY ELMER
Log Sawing Contest
Farm Tractor
Pulling Contest