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Moving air at the rate of up to 120
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With the large numbers of heat
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room can be shut down in the
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Inside the buildings, all animals
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center section located beneath the
sow wears faster than the two side
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Beneath the floors in both
farrowing and nursery areas,
eight-inch pit fans operate year
round to carry pit gases away from
the animals.
Although the farm’s original
farrowing and nursery facilities
aren’t equipped with the
sophisticated geothermal system,
Herb is concerned with energy
efficiency is those areas, as well.
With hot water as his heat source
in the older buildings, Schick has
installed a side-arm boiler capable
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of burning wood or coal. When
winter temperatures dip below the
wood burner’s ability to heat the
buildings, the oil burner is on
stand-by to pick up the slack.
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