The Huron Expositor, 1957-01-11, Page 6The age of automatic machines ; At top left, Mr. W. G. Thompson
comes a step closer to the farm ' points to the working parts of a
with the introduction' of electric- I single unit. Beans leave the groov-
eye sorting machines, now oper-
ating 24 hours a day grading On-
tario white pea beans at the Blen-
heim mill of W. G. Thompson &
Sons Limited. One operator han-
dles the complete bank of 24 ma-
chines, which will "look at" some
480 million beans in 24 hours, scan-
ning each and making a decision
as to whether it is 0 sound or an j
off -grade bean. Cull beans are'.
given a high - voltage electrical 1
charge. and attracted electrically
away from the path of sound beans
into a cull discharge spout.
ed conveyor belt near the top of
the machine. fall through the elec-
tric -eye viewing mechanism and
follow either one of the long plates
below — the good ' beans falling
i straight down. the off -grade beans
following the bent plate into the
discharge spout for culls.
At..tcp...xi ht is a view of the
24 units now in operation, with a t
technician -operator checking a
machine. Framework for addi-
tional machines is in foreground,
and overhead is duct -work for the e
dust elimnntor.
AUTOMATION IN BEAN PICKING
POINTS WAY TO NEW TREND
The age of automation which is
the talk of industry. is knocking
on the farmers' door with promise
of new methods of handling crops
and new and larger markets as a
result.
A concrete example of this is
the battery of 24 electric -eye sort-
ing machines which went into op-
eration at the first of the • year in
the white bean elevator of W. G.
Thompson & Sons Ltd., at Blen-
heim. The Thompson firm also op-
erates at Hensall.
These electronic marvels, each
of which looks at 20 million beans
—one at a time—every 24 hours.
accurately sort beans to a toler-
ance never before possible on a
large scale.
The electric eyes mean not on-
ly a higher standard of product,
but they can also be utilized to
process damaged crops that might
otherwise be fit for little else than
pig -feed. With the best of older -
type equipment used almost uni-
versally in the bean district to
turn out "hand-picked" beans, the
heavy loss in processing such
damaged crops, plus the expense
of handling often made them worth
as much for pig -feed as the clean-
ed beans would bring.
The machines are a complex
bundle of electrical and electronic
engineering, and require highly
skilled technicians to make re-
pairs if such occasionally become
necessary. Aside from repairs.
hey will operate continuously 24
hours a day. seven days a week,
vith only one attendant. Beans
are delivered automatically to the
yes. and removed by vibratory
conveyors to storage bins for fin -1
1 bagging over automatic scales.
What happens to the beans can
be seen in the accompanying pic-'
ture, Near the top of the unit is
a grooved rubber belt. From this
the beans, following one another
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as closely as beads on a string,
pre n' -"-°"ted into space, falling
through the centre of the electric
eye ,ust below.
In this unit is a photoelectric
cell which views the passing par-
ade. As long as the beans are
white, as they should be, nothing
happens, and the beans fall on
down along the line of the straight
plate below, at right, and into the
conveyor.
When an off -grade bean comes
along, quick as an electrical im-
pulse can be—remember electric-
ity moves at the rate of 186,000
!miles per second—two little prongs
projecting near the path of the
falling bean give it a 20,000 volt
•electrical charge. The "shocked"
bean is then attracted electrically
to the bent plate at left (which
!has an opposite charge on it, be -
I cause opposite electrical charges
attract each other) and following
a curved path, falls into the con-
veyor for cull or off -grade beans.
It is possible to use the electric
eyes to sort yellow -eye beans or
red kidney beans by placing in
front of the photo -electric cell a
filter of the proper shade. As long
as the bean conforms to the shade
of the filter, it will pass,but off-
color beans will be "shocked" and
swung into the discard.
Dust is the greatest enemy of
the machines. and an elaborate
system of air exhaust conduits op-
erates continuously. There is a
pick-up in each machine, visible
just above the conveyor belt, to
snatch away every particle of dust
that might come along with the
beans.
The commercial fishing season of
1955-56 on Great Slave Lake in
the Northwest Territories produced
more than 7 million pounds of fish
with a marketed value of nearly 2
million dollars.
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Dublin School News
(By C. MOYLAN)
The tension was relieved Thurs-
day, Dec. 20, when a skating party
was held, having finished the ex-
ams that morning. Friday there
was a different note in the air.
We held a party, with dancing and
exchanging of gifts—a good way
to get in the Christmas mood.
$ $
Everyone had an exciting time
over the holidays, and the only
complaint was, "They were'nt long
enough!"
$ $
We agreed that it was a stroke
of fortune that reports were with-
held till after Christmas, and the
holidays were all the more enjoy-
able because of it, but we had
this hanging over us to start back.
The plunge was taken last Thurs-
day, and it wasn't so bad after all.
Now everyone is back in the swing
of things with renewed vigour.
$ $
Question of the week: What
student in the school has an in-
feriority complex?
Note: New bus in Dublin.
Comment: Eh! Cleo?
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Have Nfir d Luck,
Clinton Wins
Clinton Bantam hockey team up-
set Seaforth Bamtanls in a regular
scheduled game at the Clinton
Arena on Friday by a 9-1 score.
The game was fairly close in tl}e
first• period, with Clinton scoring
two by Smith and Livermore, while
Pinder scored to make it 2-1 at
the end of the first period. How-
ever, in the second period.the ,fast-
er and bigger Clinton team took
a commanding lead by scoring five
unanswered goals, with Boyes, Mc -
Lennon, Livermore, Dales and
Cummings doing the scoring.
In the third period Clinton came
back with two more goals by Mc -
Lennon and Smith. Clinton has a
very good Bantam team, but we
believe our boys will give a much
better account of themselves at
their next meeting.
CLINTON—Goal, Watkins; de-
fence, Draper, Bartliff; centre, Gat -
tenger; wings, Smith, McLennan;
alternates, Livermore, Pickett,
Cummings, Boyes, Scruton, Wilds,
Jacobs, Murney, Dales; manager,
Doug Andrews.
SEAFORTH—Goal, D. Tremeeh;
defence, T. Lamont, G. Flannigan;
centre, T. Dick; wings, H. Dale,
W, Pinder; alternates, J. Varley,
Wm. Marshall, J. Patterson, J.
Dick, W. Teall T. Love, B. Muir,
K. McLlwain, X. Stacey, G. Brown;
Manager, J. Patterson.
First Period — Clinton, Smith,
(Gatenger) 2:00; Clinton, Liver-
more 4:45; Seaforth, W. Pinder
(Dale, T. Dick) 10:06.
Penalties—Clinton, Bartliff, 8:50,
Second Perlpd—Clinton, Boyes
(Dales) 17:00; Clinton, McLennan,
19:00; Clinton; Livermore (Drap-
er) 19:50; Clinton, Dales (Draper,
Scrutton) 21:25.
Third Period—Clinton, McLen-
nan, 31:00; Clinton, Smith 40:00.
Penalties—Clinton, Jacogs 35:00.
"Last night I dreamed I mar-
ried the most beautiful woman in
the world," young Terry told a girl
at the office.
"Were we happy?" she asked
with a sigh.
SUBJECTS OF MEREST
TO FARMERS
Live Testing For Bacon Quality
In swine breeding work, the best
possible parent material must be
selected. The only method pres-
ently available whereby meat
quality of different litters may be
compared, requires the slaughter
and carcass measurement of a
sample of pigs from each litter
and appraisal of the different lit-
ters on the basis of the carcasses
of their slaughtered litter mates.
By chance the samples slaughter-
ed might include the best pigs of
the. litter, which not only repres-
ents a loss of breeding stock but
also slows down an improvement
program. If it were possible to
measure carcass quality on a liv-
ing pig, more pigs of the best lit-
ters would be available as breed-
ing stock. Dr. 11. T. Fredeen and
other members of the Animal Hus-
bandry staff at the Lacombe Ex-
perimental Farm, Canada Depart-
ment of Agriculture, are attempt-
ing to determine carcass quality
on live hogs through the use of
X-ray and measurement of fat
thickness.
Day old pigs are X-rayed and
from the film, the vertebrae and
number of ribs are counted. Ev-
entually this information may give
indications of the potential carcass
quality of the animal. The hogs
are X-rayed once again at 200
pounds weight and in addition to
vertebrae and rib studies, fat thick-
ness on the back of the hog is re-
corded. This information is then
related to actual carcass quality
after slaughter.
A more rapid and less expen-
sive measure of fat thicness on
the live hog can be obtained by
kthe use of what is known as a
Lean Meter. This is a needle-like
apparatus consisting of two elec-
trodes insulated from one another.
The needle is introduced into the
animal and the resistance of the
flesh to a very small electrical
current is measured on a meter.
It is powered by two pen -light bat-
teries. Fat, due to its composi-
tion, has a greater resistance to
electricity than lean meat, so
when the needle passes from fat
to lean it is indicated on the met-
er,
et
er, and the depth of fax: recorded
in this manner. .
The Lean Meter was developed
by research men at Purdue Uni-
versity and is used fairly widely
by research workers in the United
States, It is gradually replacing
an earlier method of fat measure-
ment where the skin was slit with
a scalpel and the layer of fat
measured with a small steel ruler.
The Lean Meter is practically pain-
less and can be used to measure
the fat anywhere on the animal's
body. At present it is in use at
several swine research units in
Canada.
No country as yet relies on this
equipment as a measure of car-
cass quality to the point where the
slaughter test is eliminated. Work
is progressing nicely at Lacombe
and Dr. Fredeen is hopeful that
he may come up with information
which will eventually eliminate
slaughter of potential breeding
stock. X-ray equipment is costly
is a comparatively cheap, uncom-
plicated instrument weiginng but
a few pounds and may prove of
considerable practical value to
swine breeders who wish to im-
prove the carcass quality, speci-
fically fat content, of their pigs.
The Lean Meter, nn the tither hand,
which, together with its size and
weight, makes it of unlikely use
for other than research purposes.
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