See SAME Tractors At The Reading Fair - Sept. 24 to 29 See Us And Compare; • Features • Economy • Power • Dependability • Traction TAP ENTERPRISES, INC. 4531 Kutztown Road Temple, Pa. 19560 qV) _ Jsljy Mum, STORAGE BARNS 46 Queen Road Intercourse, PA 17534 (717) 768-8673 Located V 4 Mi. South of Intercourse on Queen Rd., Off Rt. 772 SPECS DELUXE BARN SPECIFICATIONS All wood framing, pressure treated 4x4 skids. 8’ buildings have 2 skids, 10 & 12 wides have 5 skids. Floor joists are 2x4’s spaced 16” on center covered with 5/8” exterior plywood. Sidewalls are constructed with 2x4 studs 16” on center. Exterior is made of 5/8” Tl-11 rough sawn plywood. Choice of 7 exterior colors. Roof Trusses are constructed with 2x4’s covered with Vi" exterior plywood. Asphalt shingles finish the ex terior. Doors are double, reinforced doors. 4’ wide door is standard on 8’ & 10’ wide buildings. 6’ door is standard on 12’ wide buildings. One jalousie window is standard on back SHINGLES Brown, Black, Green, White Wider doors, extra doors, extra windows, extra floor supports, cupola, weather vane, higher side, shutters, overhead doors. ECONOMY BARN SPECIFICATIONS 4x4 pressure treated timbers. 2x4 floor joists spaced every 16” on center covered with 5/8” plywood. 2x3 studs. Roof trusses are 2x3 covered with 3/8” plywood and shingles. %” siding covers outside. CALL FOR PRICES SPECIAL THRU SEPTEMBER 14’x32’ Deluxe Barn Reg. $2300 NOW ONLY $2150 OPTIONS 215-929-2553 215-921-391^ (Frank's Ford - 215-929-2884) hr . A-FRAME CARRIAGE SHED QUAKER SHED Lani ter i-armii L jk Oairv \y Business 'W By . , Newton Bair Silo Filling Time - The Way It Was With the field harvesters humming all around me, I can’t help recalling how silo filling has changed. Just like The Old Gray Mare, ‘She Ain’t Like She Used to Be’. There were six farms in our little valley along the Yellow Breeches Creek in York County. Each farm had one silo, and there was only one silo filling outfit in the whole community, so silo filling became a community project. The week after Labor Day, the old grindstone was oiled up to sharpen everyone’s favorite corn chopper. Some choppers had the blade riveted on the wooden handle at a 45 degree angle, some were smooth and some were serrated on the cutting edge. A few fellows liked the long machete-like knives with a hook at the end, and others used a large butcher knife to cut corn. Everybody had a favorite hand chopper. The silo filling ng was a com bination cutter and blower, which had to be set up at the silo The blower pipe had to be moved from silo to silo and set up in sections to iy, Mptemoer i.*., fit the height. The ‘goose neck’ attached to the top section of pipe supported a series of telescoping buckets extending down the inside of the silo, which we referred to as the ‘down pipes’. This was to aid in distributing the silage as it was tramped and packed during filling There was always a ‘packer’ in side, preferably someone who weighed at least 200 pounds, to hasten settling. The whole operation of setting up the pipe was a hair raising affair. It was my job to climb a ladder on the outside of the silo to pass a rope through the pulley attached to a hoop near the top. The best ladder in the neighborhood was a forty foot wooden extension job with several rungs missing and one or two others tied on with binder twine. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the extension rope was eight feet short, making it necessary to climb eight rungs and push the top section by hand to its maximum height. Every push snagged on a silo hoop and required the acrobat on the ladder to jump the whole ladder and push at the same time, so it would clear (Turn to Page 04) isss? builds performance leaders ' ll Protected against rust inside and out For barn equipment that stays looking good and working harder for years longer than painted equipment check out Butler Livestock Systems line Stalls pens, stanchions and accessories all are hot-dip galvanized to put proven rust protection over every inch of surface inside and out Can t chip away like paint See us for the performance leaders .in systems and service. hot-dip galvanized BARN EQUIPMENT Now’s The Time For |! ;! BARN RENOVATION! < | Equipment In Stock For Fast i; 1 1 Installation... 'I ;: CALL FOR OUR PRICES I • 3 Servicemen • 3 Service Trucks • 24 Hr Service Now Serving the counties of Northampton, Monroe & Lehigh in Pa. Also Sussex, Warren & Hunterdon Counties in NJ K.C. DAIRY SERVICE RD 2. Box 2332 Mt. Bethel, PA 18343 (717) 897-5141 WH-M
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