—Lancastor Farming. Saturday, October 12.1968 6 Spread Eagle (Continued from Page 1) seventh generation to run this who whisked the tour into the _ ' .. . . .. . „ mAAilwrt nnr\ivt nH J eyC Fl ODI taint StOTt) tll6 1 CCOfOS g graduate management team for a slide presentation, said their ‘J* 1 “J? 1 ® d “ c ‘\ ‘’HS land is “rich soil, right next to J{J® *° ra • i M /1Al „, M A the We nave the maiket TS /h«mv "i thVv before we increase production,” rSmftod "!» bushel dried ™ li ”t“'~d''S2Sl» ..helled corn per acre. SSS?wm any more eggs on the market, according to the president, be cause the increased production will go into their liquid egg market or into their chicken corn soup, chicken noodle soup, ham and bean soup with eggs, chicken and egg croquettes chicken a la king, chicken noo dle casserole or sponge cake They have removed fence ows and put little five and ten icre fields together to make arge fields, comparable to the nid-west. Their 2,000 acres of ’orn this year are planted in 30- .nch rows with 25,000 to 30,000 plants per acre to take advan tage of their abundant supply of ;hicken manure. The fields are planted with six row planters xhey have a tractor-trailer and harvested with two huge ' ian jj truck that hauls liquid eggs ncker-shellers which run 24 directly to noodle makers and nours a day when the corn gets jj a jj ers This market has been ready. All-wheel drive, army developed by using their four -iirplus trucks and huge 133- e gg breaking machines that will horse power, eight-bottom plow handle 80 cases per hour, to ractors are used to keep the o p en on j y to p quality eggs. Tra neld operation moving. ditionally, the egg break-out The real story at Spread Eagle business has been a salvage op , . . , „ „„„„ eration Elwood saw an oppor hough, is chickens, eggs and se jj a high aualitv ™™ la S <!d bMh r ”B a ot m pVduct at a good £rL Ind ?! iS e”wo»s ’grSSua has ' , ? i “';* e don,t Franklin 4 Marshall College f-We'dev.Eo »” « is ZctiZ S hare prov He was headed for a career in , , . , , , r * :he medical field but convinced e ? ° U „ SJS n!,?'alnwfh S his parents, Mr and Mrs How- f bl ? f oducts t Ou F, gr ™ th po : ard Wilhaid. that he wanted to because Ea“e re“nt= come back to the 85-acre home tecau ® e farm which was a part of an »“ mt «f at «J ° P n onginal 1400-acie tract granted of P roducing ’ processing and by William Penn back in the marketing a basic food product 1700’s Elwood represents the (Continued on Page 7) FALL HARVEST SPECIALS COMBINATION K— CATTLE & HOG !<: , WATERER J 84954 95 HOC WATERER LL-J REGULAR SALE }AM 59 PRICE $49.95 PRICE HEATER CABS Less Windshield and With Windshield and Wings Wings Regular Price $31.95 Regular Price $38.95 FALL HARVEST FALL HARVEST SPECIAL SPECIAL s 2B« J 35 !5 ALL SALE PRICES GOOD ’TIL OCTOBER 19,1968 Central Tractor Parts Co. Phone 569-0111 1590 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, Penna. STAINLESS STEEL machinery break teunzers. Four of these expensive ma out eggs at the Spread Eagle Farms. The chines combine for top breaking capacity liquid eggs are then piped into huge pas- of 80 cases per hour. L. F. Photo {S£ , " ir * THE HEART of the Spread Eagle tures 140 thousand bushel storage cam- Farms operation is this feed mixing cen- c,cv. an oil-hred dryer and a portable f er on one ot their 20 farms. The unit fea- grinder. L. F. Photo Built in two row widths—32-inch center handles narrow rows of 30 to 34 inches—39-inch center takes standard rows from 36 to 42 inches—inf' pendent husking and shelling units easy to in. change—picks 150-bushel yields up to 3 mpj roller gathering chains with 17-inch reach ah( of snapping rolls—blade-type snapping reduce shelling losses by to 6 bushels acre—exclusive feeding beater and raddk main elevator keep ears moving, prevent pi ging—big-capacity shellerhas64-inch, fully perforated cage —valley-design husking ' box with 8 rubber and iron, 47-inch rolls —oil-bath gear cases, stout tubular frame —only one pin to pull to swing drawbar from transport to picking position. CHAS. J. McCOMSEY FARMERSVILLE N. G. HERSHEY & SONS EQUIPMENT CO. & SON Hickory Hill, Pa. R. D. 2, Ephrata, Pa. Manheim - '* * VCR 83 Husker- Sheller tandard or (arrow row widths down to 30 inches
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