D6-Lancaster Farming Saturday, November 8,1986
Eastman’s Valleybrook Farm Features Latest In Research Technol
KINGSPORT, Tenn. - A new,
multi-million dollar complex for
conducting exploratory, fun
damental, and applied research in
animal health and nutrition is now
ready to begin operations, ac
cording to officials of the Eastman
Chemicals Division, Eastman
Kodak Company.
“Research in various stages is
already under way on many dif
ferent animal nutritional products.
Our expectation is to develop new
technology that will lead to more
efficient and cost-effective animal
production,” explains Dr. James
Chitwood, Kodak vice president
and director of Research and
Development, Eastman Chemicals
Division.
“The Valleybrook Farm
research complex includes an
office building, research
laboratories, specialized
laboratories, a dairy bam and
milking parlor, feed mill, and
feedlot accommodations for up to
300 head of sheep and 500 head of
beef cattle,” continues Dr. Chit
wood.
“Eventually, the complex will
have a staff of approximately 90
professional, technical, marketing
and support personnel. Specialists
on staff will include animal
Green Hills Fence Company demonstrates how to handle
seven wires at once while building a high-tensile fence.
Ohio Team Wins Fence Contest
CARMICHAELS Thirteen
two-man crews from throughout
the East competed in Lifetime
Fence Company’s first annual
high-tensile fence building com
petition on Sept. 20.
Judging was based on speed,
neatness, accuracy, appearance of
equipment and personnel and
timesaving ideas not common to
high-tensile fence construction.
Judging the contest were A 1
Hechler, Irving, Tex.; Ray State,
Waunakee, Wise.; Tom Tuggle,
Richmond, Va.; Don Gottfried,
Columbus, Ohio; Robert Young,
LaVergne, Term.; and Loren
Glascock, Veedersburg, Ind.
Dailey Fencing Company of
Adamsville, Ohio, took first place
and went home with a Shaver 12
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The two-person crew from Beilina Fence Company show
their fence building technique.
nutritionists, physiologists, en
docrinologists, microbiologists,
and veterinarians.”
Valleybrook Farm features the
latest laboratory facilities and
equipment available for research
and efficacy testing on new
products. Dr. Chitwood observes,
“Testing of promising animal
nutrition supplements under
conditions approximating com
mercial practices will be con
ducted in our dairy and milking
parlor facilities, as well as in our
beef cattle and sheep feedlots.”
“The dairy bam consists of 100
comfort tie stalls, 12 maternity
pens, and a nursery with 12 calf
stalls. Our milking parlor is a
double six, -herringbone plan
utilizing the latest technology
including automatic takeoffs,
individual weigh cells, and flow
meters electronically coded and
recorded by the computer. Cows
will be identified by transponders
to the computer as they enter the
parlor.”
“The beef feedlot will house up to
500 beef cattle in 50 pens, allowing
simultaneous trials to be con
ducted. The sheep feedlot houses
up to 300 lambs in 60 pens. Both
beef cattle and lambs will be used
for testing of developmental feed
hydraulic postdriver. At second
was Krieder Fencing of Hun
tington, Ind., who won 25 coils of
Bekaert high-tensile wire. Log
Cabin Fence Company of
Marianna, Pa., took third prize,
$250-worth of Lifetime products
compliments of Burke-Parsons-
Bowlby.
While the competition was highly
mechanized, one team, calling
themselves the “oldtimers,”
participated with a team of horses,
a wagon and a hand postdriver.
Next year’s competition will be
held in Ohio to encourage par
ticipation from the Midwest. For
information concerning the 1987
event contact Lifetime Fence
Company, Inc., P.O. Box 396,
Carmichaels, PA 15320.
Eastman’s recently completed Valleybrook Farm will be staffed by 90 professional and
support personnel.
efficiency products.”
Although the feed mill at
Valleybrook Farm can duplicate
the services of a commercial mill,
it is designed specifically as a
research feed mill, says Dr.
Chitwood. He notes, “When con
ducting nutritional trials on food
producing animals, it is im
perative that feed ingredients be of
known quality and precisely
blended.”
Valleybrook Farm will enable
Eastman Chemicals Division to
continue its research effort in
animal nutrition that started in the
late 19605. Dr. Chitwood reports,
“From that research has come
Eastman IsoPlus nutritional
supplement, an additive used as a
source of energy in dairy cattle
feed. Results showed that cows fed
IsoPlus supplement produced as
much as 1,000 pounds or more of
extra milk over the cow’s lac
tation.”
Butler Polygon Mixers Feature 6 Waterfall 9 Action
FORK ATKINSON, Wise. - The
exclusive Butler 20-panel drum
design on its new “Polygon”
Ensilmixer models features
special mixing paddles, and
produces a superior “waterfall”
type mixing action. Unlike round
drum designs, the polygon design
provides more rapid and thorough
blending and mixing.
One reason for the superior
mixing action is that the 20-sided
polygon drum continually pushes
ingredients forward into the mam
mixing process, for uninterrupted
mixing. In contrast, round drums
tend to allow ingredients to slip
backward, interrupting the smooth
mixture flow. Another reason is
that the polygon drum is made of
14 gauge corrosion-resistant
stainless steel, and thus has a
smoother polished surface, which
allows less cling of wet, sticky
materials to the polygon drum
sides for more efficient mixing.
The 20-sided “polygon” design is
also much stronger and more rigid
than round designs.
The new Ensilmixers feature an
exclusive loading hopper design
which eliminates hopper dead
spots and improves the quality as
well as the speed of the blending
process. Complete blending
generally can be accomplished in
three to five minutes.
In addition to providing a faster
and more thorough mixing action,
the new Butler “Polygon” En
silmixers allow faster unloading.
Five lifting scoops at the rear of
the polygon drum (more than are
on any other drum-type mixer)
funnel the ration to the discharge
auger and allow a fast, steady
unloading rate. A patent has been
applied for on this unique design. A
rear auger gate controls the rate of
loading of the center auger.
An option for the new En
silmixers is a Butler-built elec-
The computerized double six herringbone milking parlor is
equipped with precision measuring devices capable of
weighing milk production to the nearest tenth of a pound.
tronic scale system or single point
mechanical scale. Butler OMP
electronic scale systems assure
exact feed formulations. And
Butler weigh beams provide 99.5
percent accuracy.
“Polygon” Ensilmixers are
designed for easy maintenance.
For example, a single direction
center auger eliminates reversing
clutches or friction drive, resulting
According to Butler Livestock Systems, a polygon design
results in faster and more complete feed mixing.
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in less need for service. And the
front auger bearing is located out
of the feed mixing chamber for
longer life and easy service access.
For more information on the new
line of Butler “Polygon” En
silmixers, contact your local
Butler dealer or write to Butler
Livestock Systems, 801 Janesville
Avenue, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538.
Telephone; (414)563-5521.
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