—Lancastor Farming. Saturday, October 12.1968
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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
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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
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VCR 83
Husker-
Sheller
tandard or
(arrow row
widths
down to
30 inches