C4B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 28,1984 Keep C00L ... Everyday Specials Farmer Boy Ag THE FAN OF THE FUTURE NOW! A FRESH NEW FAN FROM FARMER BOY Farmer Boy’s new fan is designed especially for agricultural ventilation and built to last’ It features non-corrosive plastic housing, louvers and optional European blade plus, a dual voltage multi-speed motor with a full two vear warranty Rely on Farmer Boy’s new ventilation fan for a fresher more productive environment for your livestock LAB TEST SPECIFICATIONS FROM AIR MOVEMENT & MECHANICAL SERVICE Ltd. WINNIPEG MANITOBA CANADA H.P. RPM Static Pres. CFM AMPS Lowest Priced Plastic Fan On The Market And Most Energy Efficient Also Available Small Fans From 7” to 48” FARMER BOY PIG SHOWER SYSTEMS ARE ’GONNA KEEP US COOL THIS SUMMER! Direct Evaporative Cooling FARMER BOY “HOG FOUNTAIN” • Intermittent Drip Cooling • Spray Cooling The Perfect Cooling System For Sows In Farrowing, Gestation Stalls And Boars In Stalls Cheek Our Priees...Yeu'll Really Stay Cool — ? ¥ f'III\ I \ t ' ;\,\' ' » \ < \ ''\ l ' * \ i \ ,'\l»' ' ' V I \ I\ll\ I \ I \ SPRINKLER COOLING SYSTEM KiHidiMUffl usitoumwn When the temperature goes up one of When the temperature is above 72° F the first ways your body reacts is by even ventilation can t cure the stress that breaking out in perspiration That s results But a sprinkler cooling system can nature sway of cooling off help your hogs where nature fell short It s different with hogs High tern giving them a chance to cool off It sprays peratures cause them a great deal of them with coarse water droplets to reduce stress because they can t sweat When their body temperature The idea is under this stress due to heat hogs will simple but extremely effective lose their appetite weight gams drop there is poor feed conversion conception rate is reduced and pens become a mess All of this adds up to lost profits The sprinkle cycle is turned on automatically whenever the barn temperature rises above a preset level 72° F Throughout this on period the control functions to permit sprinkling to occur for a preset time period each hour (2 minutes/hour is recommended for best results ) When the barn temperature drops below 72° F the cycle is automatically interrupted The nozzles are clamped to a plastic pipe strung over the gutter of slatted area at the rear of the pen Each nozzel covers a 5 6 foot diameter area which usually means one nozzle per pen The nozzle assures a coarse droplet spray pattern which is important for maximum cooling A fine mist of fog is not desirable in geographical areas of generally high summer relative humidity 24” N/A N/A 1794 1615 N/A .125 .135 N/A 1191 3975 N/A (NotFogger) FOR HOGS 12” 18” N/A N/A 1082 N/A .25 N/A 4600 N/A 1.9 1.6 Control ID] ■ -n ctiur - Mi Nozzle £ ATTENTION PORK PRODUCERS E-Z FLUSH SWINE WASTE TREATMENT s • CONTROLS PIT GAS PRODUCTION • IMPROVES SOLIDS HANDLING • RETAINS MAXIMUM FERTILIZER VALUES • REDUCES LAND APPLICATION ODORS E-Z FLUSH Waste Treatment Program Is Simple E-Z FLUSH Stops Biological Activity in Wastes During Storage, With No Bugs Eating the Wastes, No Gases Are Produced. No Nitro gen Is Lost From Conversion to Volatile Ammonia, Land Application Odors Are Virtually Eliminated E-Z FLUSH Neutralizes the lonic Attraction That Makes the Solids Stick Together, the Wastes Are Not Sticky, Therefore They Pump Much Easier “Wc have a 500 sow feeding pig operation with a Sands building with 4 foot deep pull plug pits to a lagoon Be fore we started using E-Z FLUSH, we had solids built clear up to the slats at each end of the 4’x4'xl6o' pit which the five nursery rooms, the plug is in the middle, 90’ from each end and was intended to operate as a trickle tyne pit By using E-Z FLUSH as recommended, we have steadily reduced the solids in these pits Each time we pull the plug, we gam a little At this tune we have reduced the solids to the point that we are allowing the pit to trickle and only pulling the plug when we pump the lagoon There are usually 1000 pigs in the nursen Before using E-Z FLUSH to control the pit gases, we were running 40 to 50 dead pigs a month out of the nur sery Now we are losing less than 20 per month and the only change we made was starting on the E-Z FLUSH program Saving 20 pigs a month by using two gallons of E-Z FLUSH is a real bargain ” I am a hog producer with a 12 crate farrowing house plus nursery room for 200 pigs up to 60 pounds This building is 28 ft by 56 ft and is fully pitted We started using E-Z FLUSH m Jan 1984, and we have noticed a considerable improvement in the manure odor in the building as well as on the field The last time we spread on the field, which was the first treated manure we didn't have the usual foul odor until about a week later Wt thought then the E-Z FI USH must have lost it s power, but learned later the neighbor was spreading untreated manure adjacent to our field With our operation, we feel that by changing from our present concrete floors to woven wire and continuing on the E-7 FLUSH program, we could easil) double our capacity in the same building " ADVANTAGES TO THE PRODUCER FROM THE E-Z FLUSH WASTE TREATMENT PROGRAM Reduced expenditures for animal health 6. Reduced producer health hazards, products. 7. Maximum nutrient retention in wastes. Reduced death losses. 8. Reduced risk of loss of animal and human Reduced winter heating costs. life during pit emptying. Prolonged equipment and building life. 9. Reduced risk of animal deaths during power Reduced feed costs and time-to-market. outages. shouldn’t you be using the E-z flush program?? 10. Reduced land application odors. Mike Stueham Plum Creek Pork Cozad, NE “Reduced deaths in nursery 20 pigs for 2 gal. E-Z FLUSH” SamK Stoltzfus Loganton, PA “No foul land application odors ' 56" WALL & CEILING LINER PANELS • GRADE A As Low As .SO 1 Sq. Ft. . GRADE B As Low As .50° Sq. Ft. Call Us For Your Ventilating Needs: • COOLING PADS • VENTILATION SYSTEMS • FANS, etc. Please Write Or Call For FREE Catalog *0 Swine Systems Specialists FARMER BOY AG. *VC 410 EAST LINCOLN AVE. 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