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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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