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PSU Develops
New Egg Packer
The poultry industry has a
MW automatic device at its
disposal, a mechanical egg
MECHANICAL EGG PACKER invented by agri
cultural engineers at Penn State University is shown
with one of its developers, Howard D. Bartlett. The
Research Corporation of New York City is handling
licensing to manufacturers.
STAY SHARP ... LOAD AFTIR LOAD
Gehl’s Chrome-Edged Knives stay sharp . . . chop
more tons of fine-cut forage. In addition, the cutter
bar is faced with tungsten carbide for longer life.-
Select-A-Cut transmission gives you short, medium
or long length forage with a push of a lever.
The Gehl Chop-All gives you trouble-free, work*
saving chopping from the first load of hay to the
'last load of corn. All this plus the shortest, most
| uniform cut silage available.
■ HERE’S PROOF! At a Farm
. Progress Show, it was proved
that you can get up to
28% more silage in
your silo with Gehl’s
short cut.
Mate us Ptotte ft With a Demonstration!
N. G. HERSHEY
& SON
Manheim
packer developed by the Agri
cultural Experiment Station at
Penn State University, The
new device is made to pack
eggs in filler flats, or cartons,
diiectly from an egg collector,
washer, grader, or other con-
Chrome-Edged Knives
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FARMERSVILLE
EQUIPMENT CO.
R. D. 2, Ephrato, Pa.
veylng equipment, according
to Howard D. Bartlett, of the
department of agricultural en
gineering.
The packer makes egg col
lecting a completely mechan
ical system from nest to pack
ing case, Bartlett pointed out.
The unique parts of the equip
ment, he said, are a mechan
ism to position, eggs so they
will be packed small end
down and an electrically con
trolled mechanism to sys
tematically diveit eggs from
the conveyor to the packing
container.
Four major components
make up the new egg packer,
a conveyor for moving the
eggs into the mechanism, an
orienter to turn all eggs with
their small ends toward the
flats or cartons so the eggs
will go into the packing cells
correctly, a packing mechan
ism, and a carriage to advance
the flats or cartons as each
row is filled
Bartlett said the device is
low-cost in comparison with
egg packeis now on the mai
ket To i educe cost and to
simplify the machine, all opei
atmg power is provided by an
electric motor and electrical
solenoids conti oiled by switch
es and relays.
The mechanism will pack
3,000 eggs or eight cases an
hour The product is the in
vention of Bartlett and Wil
liam B Ciawfoid, of Topeka,
Kansas, former graduate as
sistant in agncultuial engi
neering The invention has
been assigned to the Research
Corporation of 405 Lexington
Ave, New York, NY to han-
die licensing by interested
manufacturers.
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Fertilizer Program
300-400- lbs. per acre 0-20-20
Worked in seed bed
* *
J 300 lbs. per acre 5-TO-10 *
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YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE A SYSTEM—SO JAMESWAY
The Jomeswoy Volumatic distributes evenly from top to bottom. No feei
BIG J DISTRIBUTOR/UNLOADER
distributes feed uniformly—
gives you 20% more capacity
Two machines in one! The Big J works in any season as
a silage distributor, as a silo unloader. At filling time, the
Fill-O-Matic distributor revolves to direct feed to the wall
of the silo cob, corn, stalk, grass and leaf particles stay
mixed evenly for ideal compaction, fermentation and pres
ervation. No uneven, off-center loading which causes dan
gerous pressures against silo wall. Ends hand labor in the
silo because the Big I is completely mechanical 1
Positive delivery unloader! The Big J unloads evenly, too,
with Power Circle Drive-and 3-Point Suspension. You can
remove fluffy, newly cut haylage immediately no waiting
for feed to settle.'
|] M. E. SNAVELY
445 Soutk Cedar Street Ph. 62* *144 Lititz, Penna. 17543
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 20, 1966—:
Esbenshade Nominated
To Agway Board
Willis Z. Esbenshade, Lan
caster, has been nominated
for reelection to the board of
diiectors of Agway Inc
Esbenshade was named at a
district meeting of Agway
committeemen Wednesday,
Aug 10, in Boiling Springs,
Pa.
The district for which he
will be a candidate includes
Perry, Cumbeiland, Fianklin,
Adams, York and Lancaster
counties in Pennsylvania, and
Washington, Can oil, Fredeuck,
Baltimore and Harford coun
ties in Maryland.
Esbenshade will stand for
election to a thiee-yea" teim
at the Agway stockholders an
nual meeting, Oct 20-21 in
Syiacuse, N Y
He has been a membei of
the Agway boaul since the
meigei of Pennsylvania Faun
Buieau Cooperative Associa
tion and Agway in 1965 Pnoi
to the merger of the two co
opeiatives, he had seived on
the boaid of PFBCA since
1958
Esbenshade operates a 112-
acre farm on which he idises
beef cattle, poultry and sheep i
He is the fouith generation of 1
His family to work the faim |
He is a member of the Ex-j
tension Association, having
served as president and vice
piesident, and has seived as,
president of the Lancaster
Comity Farm and Home Foun
dation.
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seporati
• Corn Superior
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dough s.age and soighum-su
dan silage in the hard dough
stage, as lecommendcd
The fo ages weie fed to
steers starting at about 390
pounds and were supplement
ed at the rate of 3 pounds of
commercial conccn'iate for
every 4 pounds of silage.
After 140 days, steois full
fed on corn silage gamed 021
more pounds per day and le
quired 145 fewer pounds of
feed per pound of gam than
steeis fullfad on sorghum-su
dan silage Aveiage daily
gains weie 2.02 pounds on
corn and 181 on soighum-su
dan
In 1964, sorghum-sudan sil
age cost $5 per ton and coin
silage $8 per ton But the cost
per bundled pounds of gain on
coin silage was $lB 37, on hy
bi id soi ghum sudan, it was
$2O 74
Some Gave Up and
Cried,
Others Tried A
Classified
In Lancaster Farming
• MORE MILK
• IMPROVED HERD
HEALTH
. . . ALL AT A
GREATER
PROFIT
Dairymen logically
PROVED
MILK POPPER
(SUPPLEMENT, 32', J
BRINGS OUT FULL
PRODUCTION
CAPACITY
OF THEIR COWS
SAFELY
a blend of proteins,
special levels of vita
mins, minerals plus
20,000 U.S.P. Units
Vitamin A (as palmi
tate)
. . PRODUCTS OF
HONEGGER RESEARCH
S. H. Hiestand
& Co.
SALUNGA Phone 898-2248
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