Open House At Bicksler Farm A new $625,000 CHORE-TIME layer facility was on display at an open house on the farm of John and Doris Blcksler at Bethel Wednesday. The 108,864 bird Dura Cage house features a modern computer controlled feeding system and variable egg gathering speeds to accomodate the packing crew without the need to stop individual belt collectors. The sS'xS32’ chicken house with a 40’x44’ egg and cooler room was built by King Construction, New Holland. The equipment and supervision of the project was pro vided by Northeast Agrl Systems, Inc., Lltitz. On hand to greet the nearly 500 poultrymen who attended the open house were (I to r) Mark Klelnsmith, sales mgr. Chore-Time; Larry Horst, salesman, Northeast Agrl Systems; Richard Gentry, Chore-Time representative; Elmer King, owner, King Con struction; Wally Newman, marketing mgr., Chore-Time; John and Doris Blcksler, farm owners; James Evans, president, Chore-Time; Howard Brembeck, chairman of board and founder of Chore-Time; Dave Newman, vice president, Northeast Agrl Systems and Samuel Smucker, building foreman, King Construction. Chore-Time*s ULTRAFLO® feeder can free you from your chains We have probably been too modest up to now about the merits of our new generation ULTRAFLO 11 cage feeder vs. the old style chain feeders some of our competitors are still trying to sell you. In fact, the only negative comments about our feeder come from our competition, not our customers. So we would like to point out the bare facts: FEED SAVINGS; On-farm results show a feed savings of l /z lb per 100 birds per day - over $lO,OOO per year savings on a 100,000-bird house Year after year EASY ADAPTABILITY: Ours adapts easily to existing cage systems you may already have Or choose from our wide selection of cage styles 5-YEAR WARRANTY: Ours gives you a 5-year warranty on auger and trough Theirs doesn’t In fact, their dealers derive a large percentage of their income from parts sales. Ours don't MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL: Our control lets you program feeding time to the second, to match the exact time of one circuit Control number of feedings, time of each feeding - also 10*second “Stimula tion Cycles” between feedings, to minimize separation, and improve your birds’ feed intake M! *** '! ■% *T a SIMPLE OPERATION “Push-pull” Power Units with Vs or Va HP motor are located in a cage, have hardened steel gears for trouble-free operation FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK 139 A West Airport Rd., Lititz, PA 17543 (717) 569-2702 NORTHEAST AGRI SYSTEMS IS CHORE-TIME’S ONLY FULL LINE MASTER DISTRIBUTOR In the Nortneast .■ "* tM* i .j" fe . W .mTj «■ . Dealer Inquiries TROUBLE-FREE DESIGN: Our feeder has only two moving parts - the one-piece auger plus each drive wheel, their chain has more. Our confers are heavy 12 ga zinc plated tubing for long life: their comers have a reputation for trouble and short life REMIXING FEED; Our auger slowly revolves, remixing old and new feed, theirs leaves most old feed to get stale BILLED-OUT FEED. Our auger acts as a grid to prevent birds from raking, piling, and throwing out feed, neither chain or disk systems prevent feed waste COST SAVINGS Ours saves vast amounts of energy costs since it’s easier, to propel and runs only half as long as theirs LOW MAINTENANCE With our 5-yeor warranty on auger and 20 ga trough (one competitor has only 22 ga ) - plus no corner wheel mechanisms to wear out - ours saves you maintenance costs • Sales • Installation • Service NORTHEAST AGRI IST HI GRADING OF FEED Our auger travels at 80 FPM so birds are limited from eating until it stops, birds will hi-grade **«. feed from chain feeders, causing uneven nutrition vlllgpplliv® SYSTEMS, F A R MANAGEMENT Considering A Computer? __ Are you con sidcring the pur chase a per sonal computer? Virtually all ymdfUß farm families have been touched by the impact of the computer revolution. Although most farm families do not own computers, most do access computers through the ser vices they hire: accountants, nutri tionists, consultants, and DHIA, to name a few. As I travel through Lebanon, Dauphin and Berks Counties, I find an increasing number of farm families who own and use compu ters to support decision making in their businesses. Breeding lives tock histories, field records, enter prise accounting, and quick ration balancing all have helped farmers make good decisions. However, some of these families have not gained much from the purchase of PROVEN DESIGN Over 10 million birds are already on our feeder worldwide Also, it was proven in 5 years of on-farm testing before introduction INC. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 27, 1988-A2S a computer. Computer games and easier typing do not contribute much to the bottom line. When your barn cleaner needs new chain— whether flat link or Hook-Link™ type—we have the perfect replacements Both links are totally forged of rugged high carbon steel to reduce wear extend working life No wonder pur chain has a 10-year warranty Fits most barn cleaners JAMESWAY' BARN CLEANER replacement chain TEN YEAR WARRANTY ON ALL CHAIN NUMBER ONE IN VALUE...AND MOVING UPI LAPP’S BARN EQUIPMENT Sales & Service 5935 Old Philadelphia Pike, Gap, PA 17527 (717) 442-8134 The profitable use of a computer depends on three elements: 1. the user, 2. useful software that meet farm families’ needs and 3. a com patible computer that will run the desired software. Let’s look at each of these elements in some detail. 1. The User - Farmers who have benefitted from computer use share several characteristics. * They are committed to the management of their farm business. * They keep records in order to use them to make decisions. * They are willing to commit time to use the computer. Compu ters seldom save time, but can make your time more productive. * Most importantly, satisfied computer users have identified several tasks that they want the computer to do. * They buy computers because they have tasks for it to do, not because they think a computer purchase is the thing to do. * They buy a computer if it will do the task better than available services or doing it by hand. 2. Useful Software - This is the critical area. Can you find compu ter programs (software) that will perform the tasks that you have (Turn to Pag* A3B)
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