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BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
BETHEL What do the con
crete medial barriers found on
many area highways have in
common with modern livestock
management practices’
For one thing, both the barriers
and products used in the care of
livestock are likely to originate
with a company located .in the
southwestern corner of Berks
County.
That company is Concrete Safety
Systems, of Bethe'l
Originally concentrating
Smith cattleguards, awaiting installation on area livestock
farms, are among the best known of precast products manu
factured by Concrete Safety Systems. Concrete is of the
same high strength 5000 PSI quality used in making highway
medial barriers.
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manufacturing primarily on the
highway barriers, the company
started adding a growing line of
pre-cast concrete products for use
on livestock farms beginning last
tall.
Like the barriers, which have
saved many a life on the highways,
the farm products, such as cattle
guards, feed bunks and waterers,
also offer improved livestock
safety among other management
advantages
And, just as the manufacturing
specifications used in the making
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of the barriers meet the stringent
demands of high-speed highway
driving, they also can satisfy
agriculture’s needs for sturdy
construction, particularly where
livestock are concerned.
“The quality of our concrete is at
the basis of our products, both for
the highway and the farm," ex
plains Jay Robinson, vice
president of sales for Concrete
Safety Systems.
“We use high strength 5000 PSI
concrete in all of our products. And
all of them are reinforced with
steel bars ”
Robinson goes on to explain that
the company maintains a full-time
quality control department, which
is in addition to the daily state
inspection for the highway
barriers
“Also, we use all steel forms in
casting the products,” Robinson
said
The steel forms provide a better
finish and more consistent
tolerances in the products, he
pointed out, which are both con
struction features of interest to
farmers in the fabricating of
waterers or feed bunks
Probably the most recognized
farm product manufactured by
Concrete Safety Systems is the
Smith Cattleguard, which was first
introduced in Virginia some two
decades ago and has since ex
panded to more than 15,000 in
stallations in 33states
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sylvania, Concrete Safety Systems
offers the one-piece, precast, steel
reinforced cattleguard in
stallations in 12, 14 and 16-foot
widths
The systems are designed to
carry loads that are comparable to
the legal limits set for highways
"Another of our products which
has been well received on area
farms are the feed bunks, both the
centerline and fenceline types,”
Robinson points out
‘We offer an extra deep trough
that measures 15 inches deep,”
according to Robinson
“Our bunks also have concrete
ends that bolt on, which permit the
easy expansion of a system
“Another feature involves in
serts which are cast into the bunks
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Jay Robinson, vice president of sales for Concrete Safety
Systems, of Bethel, examines tank portion of freeze-proof
waterer, which recently was cast in plant. Other farm pro
ducts include stock tanks, cattleguards and feed bunks.
to allow for the bolting of fence to
the feed trough ”
A unique product now being
offered in Pennsylvania by the
Bethel firm is an automatic freeze
proof waterer, which can be
utilized in both dairy or cattle
operations
“Interest has been growing in
this waterer,” Robinson said
“It permits sealing off a farm
pond for safety and sanitation
reasons and provides a year-round
source of water for the livestock ”
The waterer can be installed on
either a pressure system in bar-
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nyards or feed lots or in the bank of
a pond.
A combination of circulating
water in the concrete tank and
earthen covering over part of the
system, which acts as insulation,
provides year-round watering
facilities In the summer, the in
sulating qualities also serve to
keep the water cooler and promote
higher livestock intake
The freeze-proof waterer was
developed in 1978 in Missouri in
cooperation with the Soil Con
servation Service.
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