AlUincntir Farming, Saturday, Dacwnbar 14,1985
Mid-Atlantic No-till slated for Wednesday
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Farm Journal staff economist to
speak on the effect the new
legislation would have on grain
marketing.
But since the bill was still in
conference this week, and seems
destined to go into 1986 unpassed,
Dr. Marten will be focusing his
remarks on the overall farm
situation. As Nelson noted,
however, the debates and related
Farm Bill activities have provided
ample grist for Marten’s com
ments. i
A native of central Illinois, Dr.
Marten holds degrees in
agricultural economics from lowa
State and Purdue universities, and
Mid-Atlantic No-Till
Conference
Wednesday, Dec. 18,1985
Exhibition Hall
Home Area/4-H/FFA Building
Maryland State Fairgrounds
Timonium, Maryland
8 a.m. Commercial Exhibits open; coffee and
doughnuts served by Baltimore and
Carroll County 4-H
9 a.m. Morning Session
Speakers:
“Managing Animal Manure as a Resource "
Stuart Klausner, Cornell University
“Manure Management: No-tlll Corn
and Alfalfa
Douglass Beegle, Penn State University
“Grolund Water Quality and Manure
Manure Management"
Pat Lietman, U.S. Geological Survey
“Managing Hard to Control Weeds In
Corn and Soybeans"
Scott Hagood, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
" Ne-tlllage Insecticides for the '9o's"
Lee Heilman, University of Maryland
"Marketing Grain under the Farm Bill"
John F. Marten, Staff Economist, Farm Journal
1:30 p.m. Afternoon Session.
"Quiz the Experts"- featuring panel discussion
with participants in the morning session.
Lynn Hoffman, presiding.
4 p.m. Adjourn
CONSTRUCTION
owns more than 1,000 acres of
farmland in the cash grain area of
Indiana and Illinois.
The theme for this year’s twelfth
annual Mid-Atlantic No-Till
Conference is “No-Tillage-A Best
Management Practice.” Some 53
commercial exhibitors will be on
hand.
In line with the theme, the first
three morning program topics are
related to manure management
and groundwater quality. Topics
and speakers are as follows:
• “Managing Animal Manures
as a Resource”-Stuart D.
Klausner, Extension agronomy
specialist at Cornell University;
• “Manure Management on No-
12th Annual
Till Corn and Alfalfa”-Dr.
Douglas B. Beegle, Extension
agronomy specialist at Penn
State;
• “Groundwater Quality and
Manure Managemenf’-Patricia
L. Lietman, hydrologist at
Harrisburg, Pa., for the U.S.
Geological Survey.
These will be followed by a
presentation on managing hard-to
control weeds in com and soybeans
and another on “No-Tillage In
secticides for the 19905.” Dr.
Marten’s talk on grain marketing
will wind up the morning session.
The afternoon session will offer
opportunity to visit commercial
exhibits in the 4-H and Home Arts
building on the fairground or to
meet morning program speakers
in a “Quiz the Experts” session at
nearby Exhibition hall.
Tickets for the noon luncheon are
available at $3 each from county
offices of the Cooperative Ex
tension Service in Maryland,
Delaware, New Jersey, Penn-
Chore-Time develops alternative
to chain feeding for poultry
* MILFORD, Ind. - For many
years, the caged layer industry has
looked for an economical alter
native to the chain feeder. With the
release of the new
ULTRAFLEX™ Cage Feeding
System by Chore-Time Cage
Systems, the industry may now
have that alternative.
According to David Newman,
general manager of Northeast
Agn Systems, distributors of
Chore-Time Cage Systems in the
Northeast, the new ULTRAFLEX
System is designed for use with
caged layers and brood-grow
systems. The unique system
delivers feed to the birds in cage
rows up to 600 feet in length by
using a round, flexible steel auger
pulled through the feed trough by a
sprocket drive. The “coreless”
auger permits easy access to the
feed-even for poorly debeaked
birds. The auger also helps guard
against the bird’s natural instinct
to bill or pile feed in the trough,
which can cause feed to spill out
and be wasted.
"Actually, the ULTRAFLEX
was designed for several reasons,
with differences in feed for
mulations being the primary
consideration,” Newman noted.
"The system quickly moves fresh
feed around a continuous circuit at
80 feet per minute without feed
separation, roll back or skipping.
The auger speed also prevents
birds from selectively eating or
‘high-grading’ the feed as it passes
by them.”
"The system is simpler to
operate than most other systems
and is easily adaptable to most
existing cage systems.
ULTRAFLEX is also more
forgiving of factors such as
feathers and com cobs in the feed
and house managers who will not
tend to and adjust equipment," he
added. And, the ULTRAFLEX
auger glides around comers in
heavy duty galvanized steel elbows
eliminating the need for power
shoes, comer wheels, wear plates,
or shear pins. Both the
ULTRAFLEX auger and 20 gauge
high tensil steel feed trough
feature a five-year warranty.
The ULTRAFLEX System also
uses Chore-Time’s advanced
microprocessor tune clock to
provide various features, Newman
pointed out. “The feeder’s running
time can be set to the second,
sylvania, Virginia and West
Virginia. They must be purchased
in advance of the meeting-and not
later than Dec. 6.
Early arrivals will have op
portunity for visiting commercial
exhibits in the fairgrounds 4-H and
Horn? Arts building, beginning at 8
a.m., before the morning program
session gets under way at 9 o’clock.
Free coffee, milk and doughnuts
will be served by older Maryland 4-
H members from Baltimore and
Carroll counties.
The Maryland state fairground
site of this year’s twelfth annual
six-state no-till conference-is
CCC loan rate lowered
WASHINGTON - Commodity the CCC Executive Vice President
loans disbursed in December by Everett Rank.
f . TT c - The new rate, down from 8
the U.S. Departme t of percent, reflects the interest rate
Agricultures Commodity Credit £ha rged CC c by the U.S. Treasury
Corporation will carry a 7-7/8 jn number Rank said
percent interest rate, according to ’
V
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The ULTRAFLEX cage feeding system developed by Chore-
Time cage System and distributed in this area by Northeast
Agri Systems.
matching the exact time it takes the feeder to move feed
completely around the cage row. The clock can also be set to
provide one or more “stimulation cycles’’ between feedings.
Each stimulation cycle allows the ULTRAFLEX to run 10
seconds, moving the auger to stir feed and stimulate birds to
eat between feedings.
Newman also notes that while the system has just been
released by Chore-Time, the ULTRAFLEX System has been
tested on poultry farms for over five years with several
million birds being fed on systems already installed in the
United States, Canada and Europe. During the past year
Northeast Agri Systems has sold and installed several
ULTRAFLEX Systems in Pennsylvania, Virginia and New
Jersey and currently has more installations in progress.
* Article appeared in Nov 16,1985 issue of liancaster Farming
For More Information, Call:
NORTHEAST AGRI SYSTEMS
(717) 299-9905
located in the 2200 block of York
road in Timonium, north of
Baltimore.
For easy access from southern
points, drive three miles north of
the Baltimore Beltway on U.S.
highway 1-83. Turn off at exit 16A,
make a left turn onto York road,
and another left at the fairground’s
north gate.
If coming from the north on U.S.
highway 1-83, turn off at exit 17A
and make a right turn onto York
road. Proceed two-thirds of a mile
and make another right turn at the
fairgrounds north gate-near the 4-
H and Home Arts building.
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