Grober Inc. Presents A Modern Veal Raising (Continued from Pago A 26) system. This is a water driven system, sort of a passive flush system. Beneath each of the two rows of 30 stalls in each bay, there is a full length manure trough, which ini tially looks to be typical of a gravi ty driven manure system, or a scraper system. Not these. The manure gutters are built level and have a wooden baffle at the end, near the corridor. Each gutter is to be filled with water, and, since the manure solids float, whatever manure is added can be expected to be forced to flow over the baffle into another channel run ning perpendicular, underneath the corridor the length of the building. Of the three propane tanks located at the rear of the veal raising facility, two are dedicated to fuel two forced-air hea ters, while the nearest tank is reserved to serve a large backup generator. Champion Sheep Plain 'n Fancy Albright’s Feed Mill Miles Angstsdt Livestock Hsullng Berks County Sheep & Wool Growers Bernvllle Quslity Fuels F.M. Brown Son Inc. Century 21 Columbisn Cutlery Inc. Core Ststee/Hsmllton Bank Fernwood Auction Co. First Nationsl Bank of Fleetwood First Nstlonel Benk of Leesport John Fry Auction Service Geho Architects Giorgio Foods Grimes Airport Hsppy Trolls Western Wear Hartman’s Roofing Brlsn Hetrick Livestock Hsullng K & K Cattle Co. This main gutter, with larger dimensions, also is equipped with a water-retaining baffle that func tions the same way as the small gutters. When the manure flows out of the main gutter it then flows to a manure lagoon, located slightly downgrade, and at least 100 feet from the facility. The size of the packed earth lagoon is such that it is to be capable of holding six months worth of manure, based on having a full compliment of 360 calves in the facility. The system is based on the prin ciple that anything added to a full container will cause overflow, and the overflow will be from the top of the container, not the bottom. Van der Urift said that the sys- THANK YOU TO 1994 BERKS C 4-H LIVESTOCK BUYER Reserve Champion Sheep Reserve Champion Beef Reserve Champion Hog tem does use more water to operate than does the typical dairy bam type manure collection systems, but the reason is that the facilities need to be kept as clean as possi ble, again to ensure a healthy growing environment Ideally, week-old Holstein dairy bull calves are to be purchased at auction and brought the facility for 18 cycles. According to Grober officials, the facility is to be used as-a demonstration and research facility. In a brochure of farm Grober These two side-by-side bins hold 2,000 pounds of feed ingredients which are mixed in the hoppers underneath the wood-encased hot water heater. From this central loca tion, milk replacer is piped to each of the six calf-raising rooms. The computer room is behind the far wall and window. Champion Baef Rose Valley Butcher Shop BUYERS K & K Feeds Keystone Perm Credit, A.C.A. Norman Kurtz & Sons Kutztown Garage L & B Dodge - Leesport Market & Auction Carlos R. Leffler Inc. John F. Lengle Inc. Ludwlck Funeral Home McDevltt & Co. Thomas McKinney Meadow Bend Farms Mente Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Inc. Meridian Bank Shelia Miller - 129th Representative National Penn Bank Nester’s Sanitation New Holland Ford Olay Valley Feeds distributed, it states, “We use it to show people not just what is new, but what is tried and true.” The brochure also states, “Blue Mountain View Farm is a research facility. It is here that we test new products, new ingredients, look at new management techniques, new housing methods and other ideas that we believe may contribute to easier management and more effi cient production of milk fed veal.” The farm selected for the site of the facility was purchased by Grober through New Pennsylvania Realty agent Perry Long, who Beat Penn Manufacturing Rolling Shade Polled Herefords Hatfield Quality Meats Auctioneers: John Fry, George Frey, Ken Lieby Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 22, 1994-A27 Champion Hog Hazel Park Meat Packing Papa Farms Pennsylvania National Bank Perry Acres Peters Bros. Meats Pioneer Grange-Topton Rolling Shade Polled Herefords Rose Valley-Butcher Shop Dr. Steven Seger Strausser Insurance Terry Strohecker Triple T Slmmentals TWIn Crib Farms Jack Todd Nutrena Feed Wayne Feeds John Weist Zettlemoyer Auction Company Mark Zimmerman Facility attended the open house ceremony. He said that he searched the area to provide Grober with several possible locations for the facility, but they decided to go with the 78-acre site for a variety of rea sons, including the fact that it is located close to the company’s Lehigh headquarters. According to Long, “The farm is unique... it’s not good for deve lopment. It is in three municipali ties, and bisected by high tension lines.” (Turn to Pago A2B)
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