' I \ November, 1968

ASAE BUILDING PROGRAM

The new ASAE Headquarters Building

By constructing its own Headquarters Building, the American Society of Agricul­tural Engineers is planning a major step forward in service to its members. Those of you who are members of ASAE are aware of the member solicitation for ftmds for the building. Others may not be aware of this activity. Regardless, we would like to add our enthusiastic endorsement to this campaign and to urge your participation. Through the years, ASAE has served as the focal point for the advancement of our profession, contributing in turn to our own individual recognition and advancement.

One of the objectives of the solicitation is to have every agricultural engineer take a part, large or small, in the new building. If you have not participated, we urge you to send a contribution today: ASAE Building Flllld, Box 229, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085. Contributions are tax-deductible and will be appropriately ac­knowledged.

ALUMNI NEWS

Richard L. Bengtson~ MS '6~ is presently a Captain in the Army. Dick is in South Vietnam with the XXIV Artillery Corps, serving as a Liaison Officer to the 108th Artillery Group and the 12th Marine Regiment.

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Delmar Nelson '60, who is a Field Service Representative with A.O. Smith Harvestore, Inc., recently visited the Deparbnent.

Congratulations to Ed and Mrs. Manke on the arrival of a baby girl, Sarah Elizabeth~ September 26, 1968. Ed, '50, '53, and '59, is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Engineering at Purdue University.

Richard G. Carlson, '63 and '65, visited the Department recently. Dick is are­search engineer with the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Swamy Roa A.A.~ MS '58, will be participating in the Survey Mission of the Asian Industrial Development Council of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE). He will serve on the fact- finding team for industries manufacturing agricultural machinery in ECAFE countries.

Roger Arris~ Ag. Mech. '66, is now employed as a sales representative with the . Cate:rpillar Tractor Company in Peoria, Illinois

VISITORS

Professor A.J. Muehling '50 -was the host fo.r several foreign visitors to the Department during October.

Pictured at left at the Russell Jeckel Farm (L TO R) are L.H. Huis­man~ Director, Institute for Farm Buildings, Wageningen, · The. Nether­lands; J. Van GaaZen,Directo~Field Crops and Grassland Husbandry; P. Anema~ Advisory Office for Farm Buildings; and Russell Jeckel~ Hog Producer at Delavan, Illinois. ·

Dr. K. Kirpal Singh was a visitor in the Department from September 27 to October 2. Dr. Singh is Director of Extension Education for Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. · He visited with members of the Agricultural Engineering Exten­sion Staff regarding a comprehen­

sive agricultural engineering extension program, to be initiated at Punjab Agri­cultural University.

Mr. Juan Urbina~ Extensio~ Agricultural Engineer from Lima, Peru, was a guest of Professors D.G. Jedele and F.W. Andrew on September 12 and 13. Mr. Urbina is studying extension education methods applicable to his country.

Mr. · E.J. Mostyn~ British Ministry of Food, Fish, and Agriculture, visited the Agricultural Engineering Department on October 21, regarding research on medium­pressure pneumatic conveying and the automatic feeding of dairy cows.

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Mr. E.P. Hudek3 Extension Agricultural Engineer from the Department of Agri­culture, Manitoba, Canada and two other agricultural engineers from the Animal Industries Branch, visited the Department on October 29, to review resear~h in livestock housing and materials handling.

DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES

A traineeship program for M.S. candidates specializing in waste disposal has been approved and funded. This program is a cooperative one between the Division of Sanitary Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering and the Departments of Food Science and Agricultural Engineering. It provides a financial stipend for candidates while enrolled in a full-time graduate program. In this respect, it is similar to a fellowship. The program is sponsored by a grant from the Solid Waste Division, National Center for Urban and Industrial Health, U.S. Public Health Service. Qualified individuals are being sought for the traineeships.

A Symposium on Roadside Cover3 Techniques 3 and Equipment Development was held at the Illini Union on November 21 and 22. The program was jointly sponsored by the Illinois Division of Highways and the Agricultural Engineering Department. Dr. R.R. Yoerger has been Project Supervisor and Professors B.J. Butler3 '48 and '49, and W.R. Nave '63 have been Project Investigators for research on roadside equipment development.

Dr. Gene Shove has announced the program for the 1969 Corn Conditioning Confer­ence, intended for Manufacturers and Dealers of Grain Handling, Conditioning, and Storage Equipment. The Conference will consist of four half-day sessions on January 8 and 9, 1969, to be held at the Illini Union on campus.

The general topics for the four sessions will be: "Corn Conditioning and Uti­lization," "Understanding the Teclmique of Grain Conditioning," "Grain Handling and Conditioning Systems That Work;'and"A Look Ahead in Grain Conditioning." The speakers will include University and USDA researchers in agricultural engineer­ing and agricultural economics, representatives of the grain trade and grain processors, and farmers reporting their experiences with corn-conditioning systems. The purpose of the conference is to present information that will help manufacturers and dealers apply current grain-conditioning technology to the design and selection of equipment for systems that will form a profitable part of their customer's farming operations. Programs will be available in December.

As part of the annual Fall Extension Conference (held October 7 through 11 on campus), a three-day short course on grain drying was offered for county Exten­sion advisers. Twenty advisers completed the course, which was taught by Pro­fessor F.W. Andrew '47 and Mr. Marvin Hall. The purpose of the short course was to provide the county advisers with a better understanding of the principles of grain drying, which will help them to be of greater assistance in system plan­ning. Some of the topics covered were: "The Theory of Drying"; "Psychrometric Principles'i; ''Methods of Determining Moisture Content, Heat Transfer, Air Move­ment, Types of Drying Systems, Handling-System Design and Layout"; and "Storage Structures . ''

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STAFF NEWS

The North Central Region Connnittee on Materials Handling (NC-82) met on Octo­ber 15 and 16 at Purdue University to report on and discuss the research projects being carried on in the 13 states of the North Central Region. Professor H.B . Puckett represented the University of Illinois.

D.D. Jones~ '66 and '67, Dr. D.L. Day~ and P~fessor A.J. Muehling '50 attended the North Central Regional Research Committee Meeting on Farm Animal Waste Dis­posal in Chicago, October 28 and 29, 1968. Jones gave the Illinois Station proj­ect report, Day was general chairman, and Muehling was visiting the meeting in connection with his new job assigrunent on swine research (see below). The Com­mittee is developing a handbook on Farm Animal Waste to be published next year.

Dr. G. C. Shove discussed ''Harvesting, Conditioning, and Storage Techniques for Shelled Corn" at the Annual Corn and Wheat Utilization Conference sponsored by the USDA Northern Utilization Research and Development Division and the Corn Industries Research Foundation Technical Connnittee. The October 15 to 16 meet­ing, held at the Northern Regional Laboratory in Peoria, Illinois, was attended by representatives of the wet corn milling industry.

Daniel Jovan was a Visiting Fellow in the Deparunent from April through Septem­ber, 1968. He is chief investigator of the Farm Machinery Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary. Dr. J.C. Siemens '58 served as his program coordinator.

Professor J.A. Weber '42 visited the National Machinery Tillage Laboratory at Auburn, Alabama, October 23 to 25, to help write a position paper on the use of similitude in soil-machine systems. The paper will be the basis for discussion at the ASAE Soil Dynamics Seminar, to be held at Allerton Park, April 9 and 10, 1969.

Professor D.G. Jedele and Dr. J.O. Curtis~ '47 and '48,attended the annual meet­ing of the Midwest Plan Service at Purdue University, October 17 and 18. This cooperative plan service of the 12 north-central land-grant universities is a going concern with a headquarters annual budget of about $65,000, producing many excellent farm buildings plans, handbooks, and digest sheets for wide distribu­tion.

A.J. Muehling '50 will spend the next 5 to 6 months doing a comprehensive revieh of the literature on the research work that has been done in swine housing and waste management for the Nat~onal Pork Producers Council and the Federal Exten­sion Service. He will also make reconnnendations concerning additional research. This review will be inconnection with the National Pork Producers newly launched "Nickels for Profit" program. A fund is to be accumulated, based on hogs moving into the market place. This money collected will go for the promotion of quality pork and to support future research in swine production.

CENTRAL ILLINOIS SECTION~ ASAE

Some 83 members and guests attended the Central Illinois Section Meeting of ASAE on October 26. Professor J.W. Pendleton of the Agronomy Department discussed new com cultural practices and varieties. Visiting Senior Lecturer Peter Meiring showed movies and discussed his home land of South Africa. A buffet lunch was served in the Agricultural Engineering Building followed by the 58th Annual Homecoming, featuring the Illinois-Ohio State football game.

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STUDENT ACTIVITIES

On October 10, the .Agricultural Mechanization Club made a trip to Catei:pillar Tractor Company. After a breakfast at the horne of Dr. and Mrs. Lanham~ 22 stu­dents and 6 faculty members drove to Peoria and spent a very enjoyable day tour­ing plant facilities and hearing presentations concerning the functions of the organizational divisions within the Caterpillar Company. . The tour was high ­lighted by a demonstration of $2.5 million worth of earthmoving equipment in operation. Caterpillar employees including Bi~~ Hendriakson~ Ag. Mech. '68, and Roger Arri~Ag.Mech. '66,rnet with the group to discuss career opportunities.

On November 9, some 30 members of the Illinois Student Branch of ASAE and 5 faculty members toured the Anderson Grain Canplex just west of Champaign. The 12-rnillion bushel storage facility will serve central Illinois grain producers with a dump pit capable of 60,000 bushels per hour and a drying capacity of 10 , 000 bushels per hour.

W. Ra~ph Nave