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... I r,4-THE CAROLINA TIMES SAT., DECEMBER 2Z, 1979 i I. bin. Harlcy built the dryer on skids so he can use it at t , other buildings. Although Harley s solar dryer is designed primarily for. crop drying, it can help heat brooding houses and other livestock shelters or farm machine shops and machinery sheds. Call For Action Tips; Call A Lawyer HVondert are many, and nona is more wonderful than man." Sophocles Call, ; For f Action,- in copperation with 35 local , bar associations, is spon soring a nationwide "Ask the Lawyer Day" on Thursday, November 29, 1979 from 4 to 8 p.m. Three lawyers from the Durham. Young Lawyers Association" and three from the North Central Legal Assistance Program will volunteer ; their ser- vices for this special pro-' ject. The Durham Call Fbr Action Number is 688-9306. Local people will be able to get legal informa tion in such areas as marriage-divotce, wills, , landlord-tenant relations, and consumer problems, fording to the Call For4 kpttion Director, -ft "This will be the third fear that Call For Action hu sponsored this type of innovative "Ask the Ex pert Day." Another pro gram "Ask the Tax Ex pert" will be held in the early part of 1980. Ohio farmer Chuck Harley built this 12 X 24 foot solar grain dryer for "a mite under $600" and expects it to pay for itself (be first year. He borrowed the money through the county office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Stabilization, and Conservation Service, which can also help builders locate plans. The dryer, on skids, is attached to Harley 's 5,000-bushel grain bin. JACKSON COUNTY, OHIO "I bought it all at the local cash and carry hardware," said Chuck Harley, a farmer here try ing to beat the high cost of energy by building his own solar grain dryer. "The total cost was just a mite under the $600 I had estimated, "he said. "Since 1 spent a bit more, than $600 last year for the. propane gas I used, to dry my corn, I figure this dryer will soon pay for itself." The dryer is an amaz ingly simple triangular structure with a 21 x 24, foot collector surface. On any sunny or cloudy bright day the sun heats the air in the collector. An ' electric fan draws the, warm air off through a duct into the bottom of a grain storage bin. The air Solar Grain Dryer Makes A "Bushel Harley is a full-time employee of the Goodyear Atomic Plant in neighbor ing Pike County. With his weekends, evenings and other free lime he also operates a 150-acre farm in this Appalachain foothill region of southern Ohio. He grows corn, soy beans, wheat and hay on a farm reclaimed from an old peach and apple or chard with the help of ero sion control and conserva tion loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Last February, a month when farmers get out their pencils to figure cost and profit possibilities of the coming crop season, Haley was worried about increasing operating ex penses, especially for fuel. Leafing through a farm magazine, he saw an arti- away for the plans. After talking it over with . friends and other farmers. Harley decided he could build the dryer himself if he could find the money. He estimated the cost of materials at around $600. Fortunately for him, the Jackson county office of the department's Agricultural Stablization and Conservation Service announced about that time it was making farm facility loans for solar grain dryers. When he learned that, Harley lost no time making out a loan application. While Harley became the first farmer in the U.S. to use a department farm facility loan to build a solar grain dryer, the loans have been available for years to help farmers jrisei through the grain and cie aoout a small portable nuiia on-tarm storage -too. taking mois.turewith seemed to him both prac- ed grain Drying and handl- only since June 1979 that solar drying units have been eligible and en couraged for such loans nationwide, through county ASCS offices using department approved plans. Loans are also available for commercially con structed solar grain drying systems and for multiple use solar systems both commercial and homebuilt provided one of the intended uses is grain drying. Harley built the dryer, out of plywood, greenhouse-type clear fiberglass sheets, 2x4 inch studs, hardware cloth and black paint for the solar ray collector. He also needed metal framing and supports and miscellaneous nuts, bolts, hinges and electric wiring for the fan, which runs off He hooked the dyrer up '" LtS:his,.'0P"bu,shel grain. 1 1 lid V.I II 13 U I ICIdMI v w the gifts thafll have everyone lairang. r a- i vvv OWalt Disney Productions Deck the hall$, the bedrooms and the den with Dhones from vour GTE Phone Mart. And vni j'II hear about it all year long. A phone is the perfect qift because its practical (they'll use it every day), yet a luxury. What could be more luxurious man an elegant cradiephone in the boudoir? or a sieek styieiine" phone next to the living room sofa? , i Put Mickey Mouse under the tree, and just watch the reaction. Or see what happens when you give an 01a rnena an old-rashioned candlestick phone. You'll find enough phone styles and colors to wish everyone a merry Christmas, at the GTE '' v yPhoneMart. - -5f And it's a lot closer than the North Pole. rui a new rnone in your life. V '0 buck CsUmg not miitto in tt tnu. New location in Northgate Mall near Sears 1: "A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue Is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use." Washington Irving Free newspapers in the U.S. now have an estimated aggregate circulation of 30 million -equal to that of paid-circulation weeklies and half that of dailies. MM bur 3 ri n,i n . ' nl r5R nwir 1 mi vn. f ' 0arai035ji 1 1 1 V' . J' With its rich red yTJ green stems, thejf vi, poinseraa serves as a fitting symbol of the wonder and beauty of this special season. We hope that like this Christmas flower, your holidays bloom with color, excitement and mirth. May you and your family share in every happiness. Where You; re Somebody Special MECHANICS & FARMERS BANK fcimliHMQ,ooo la mum ww aNuuaci cmmuiim LocatedStatewideln: HBWESTPARRISBSTn 615 FAYETTEVILLE ST. 411 E. CHAPEL HILL St. v r- 1 ' 1 fr DURHAM . . RALEIGH CL ". '.." CHAW.0TTE '
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