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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1980
Page
3
Kansas State University agricultural engineering professor Charles Spillman reports solar collector storage units in hog farrowing houses can cut propane use per square foot and may also dry grain and ventilate shelters. He cites a 10 year payback and tax credits making solar cheaper than electricity.
A scientist explains that a south-facing concrete block wall stores solar heat to warm ventilated air in confinement buildings, reducing fuel use. The system supplements conventional heating, may cool shelters at night, and could dry grain in fall, replacing propane in limited cases.
Kansas State University economist Leonard W. Schruben warned at the 55th annual Agricultural Experiment Station Conference that producing grain alcohol for gasohol yields a net loss of petroleum energy. He cited a distiller’s figures showing 54,180 gallons of petroleum fuels used to make 60,000 gallons of alcohol and projected costs of subsidies plus pump prices reaching about 450 dollars per barrel of added highway fuel. He urged continued R&D and a broadened subsidy approach before mass construction of fuel alcohol plants.
Kansas State University economist John H. McCoy previews a study at the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Conference comparing two hot processing methods to conventional cold processing in a plant slaughering 480 head per shift. Hot options cut energy use by about 42 percent and reduce labor, with per carcass savings around $1.68 to $1.67 and annual totals near $329k to $383k, plus lower cooler costs and potential meat shrinkage reductions.
The American Soybean Association runs a membership contest sponsored by Mobay Chemical to boost participation. Twenty couples may win a five day market development mission to Mexico, leaving New Orleans August 5 and returning August 9, with ten top recruiters and ten random new members eligible.
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