You lose two ways When the grain elevator charges 2Vz percent per point of moisture to dry
shelled corn, you pay 25 percent of your crop in drying costs if you take the moisture content down
ten points In addition, the corn you get back has shrunk in volume and feed value so you need to
use more of the heat dried gram to fatten cattle and hogs and produce eggs
That's why Harold Weaver. RD 2, Newville, Pennsylvania, started to use the on-the-farm natural
dry gram storage system from Advanced Ag Systems This system uses the drying effect and the
wind chill factor of moving air forced up through the newly harvested gram in the bin
Before we got the natural-dry, air-cooled storage bin two years ago, we were always selling our
shelled corn out of the field at harvest time,” Weaver said "When you thought you took 100 bushels
to the elevator, you would find you got paid for only about 60 bushels when the check came in the
mail Now we fill our 7500 bushel bin to the top, turn on the fans and let it dry out naturally No
costly fuel bills No cracked, dusty, scorched grams Beautiful yellow kernels fit for any growing
P'g fattening steer or laying hen And our full bin of shelled corn shrank down only three inches
last year "
Several neighbors have also tried feeding shelled corn from Weaver's natural-dry gram storage
bin with excellent results John Nolt had problems with a pen of hogs that continuously fought
among themselves They never seemed to be satisfied even though they had enough to eat When
THIS GRAIN FARMER FINDS YOU CAN LOSE
25% OF YOUR CROP WHEN YOU HEAT DRY SHELLED CORN
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Noit switched Irom heat-dried corn from the feed mill to natural-dry corn from Weaver’s on-the-farm
storage bin, the hogs stopped fighting within three days "It had to be the corn,” Nolt said “That's
the only thing we changed "
So if you find you also lose 25 percent of your crop when you take shelled corn from the field to
the grain elevator, write for more information on how this natural-dry wind-chill factor system
works Send your request to Advanced Ag Systems RD 2 Box 174, Elverson, PA 19520 Or call
(215)286-9118
Advanced Ag Systems
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 18,1981—C3!
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES;
KEN SAUDER
Brownstown, PA 17508
Phone (717)656-6519
PAUL DETWEILER
Newville, PA
Phone (717)776-3288
MILFORD MAST
Elverson, PA 19520
Phone (215)286-9118
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