A3D— UncastT Farming, Saturday, February 11,1984
BY LAURA ENGLAND
NEWMANSTOWN - Lebanon
County cattleman Floyd Horst is
not one to take any evergy crisis
lightly.
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After running underground a. jght feet, the pipes jut out
and connect directly to the barn fans. The air is harvested by
a Martin air system.
• Easy to apply
• Reduces nutritional loss
• Helps control heating
• Improves palatability
• Improves digestability
• Helps eliminate spoilage
• Non-corrosive, nontoxic
• Non-chemical, safe to use
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Warm geotherm air heats veal barn
In 1973, when the Arabs
boycotted the United States fuel
market, Horst erected a solar
panel on the side of his barn to heat
water. During the Iranian crisis in
A Probiotic culture providing the bacteria required
to cut hay and silage losses and improve quality
Lebanon County cattleman Floyd Horst and his 5-year-old son, Anti
inlet pipes used to direct the outside air through the geotherm system.
1979, he and Robert Kreider, of
Jonestown, engineered an alcohol
fuel generator for additional farm
fuel.
Although no foreign energy
crisis is currently threatening the
United States, Horst has added
another energy-saving device to
his beef cattle operation - a
geotherni system.
Designed on the theory that the
earth (geo) provides heat (therm),
Horst engineered the geotherm
system to heat his 50 x 64 foot, In
stall veal calf barn. The system,
which was installed in October
1983, provides heat during the
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winter and will serve as a cooling
system during the summer
months.
Already this winter, Horst has
recorded a 50-degree difference
between the outside and inside
temperature of his veal barn. The
temperature outside was -15
degrees, but the inside barn
temperature boasted a warm 35
degrees.
"If you’re looking for a way to
minimize energy," Horst said,
"then this system is a natural."
Horst said he expects a 15 degree
cooling temperature during the
summer months. High summer
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temperatures and humidity cause
problems when fattening calves,
he said, and he hopes the geotherm
system will help eliminate these
problems.
Though the concept of the
geotherm system sounds com
plicated, Horst said it actually
works as a three-step process.
To begin, outside air enters an
inlet pipe located on the outside
corner of the veal barn. The air
travels through the pipe and mixes
with the 50-degree temperature
ground air. This "treated air” is
harvested by a fan and flows
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