ißfuT.anoastor, Farming. Saturday. October 4.19C9
Apple Picking Equip. Developed
Equipment to make apple The platform is basically a
tucking easiei and moie efficient tower with extendable walkways
lias been developed by the Agn- for four pickers to use at the
culluial Experiment Station at side of a tree It was designed to
The Pennsvlvama State Umvei- pick apples from standard size
‘ tiees, averaging 18 to 20 feet in
“ The device is a picking plat- height - About one - ha ' f of , th «
form, built on a standard wagon apples on a tre ® c * n
ohnssis The olatform Was de- from one side. Each pickei can
signei previously un- maneuver his walkway over a
available persons to work in or- limilcd range Wlthin a tree '
chards, according to Gary W The platform, moved by a trac-
Allshouse. agricultural engmeei tor, was tested in orchards of two
in chaige of the development Pennsylvania apple growers dur-
He claims picking apples from mg the 1968 picking season. Un
tne platform is less strenuous der favoiable conditions, it was
than picking from a laddei possible to achieve a somewhat
■Pickeis ude through an oichaid fastei harvest with the platform
instead of walking Moieo\ei than with ladders In one oich
tnev ha\e a flat level suiface to aid. woikers on the platform
stand on while working picked apples about 15 per cent
The complete unit can be pio iastei than the same woikers
daced m a faim machine shop using ladders In the other oi ch
at a cost ot 54500 about hah of aid. the picking iates were about
which is foi laboi equal
No comparison
A. B. C. Groff, Inc.
New Holland 354 4191 jHHMI
Wenger Implement, Inc.
The Buck 2844141
Sfntfzberger's ■
Elm 6(J5 2141
John Deere 34 Forage
Harvester sets the standard
for low-cost
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It's understandable when you add
up the facts that cor? pickups have
exclusive rubber gathering belts
for plug-free feeding; that changing
attachments is the fastest and - , '
easiest around; that there's a cylinder'
cuiterhead and built-in knife
sharpener. See why it's the leader.
Look one over soon.
Landis Bros. Inc.
Lancastei 393-3906
M. S. Yeorsley & Sons
West Chester 696-2990
Apples are picked into conven
tional canvas buckets The fruit
is collected in a, bulk bin earned
at the rear of the machine The
fi uit is emptied from the buckets
on the same level from which it
is picked and the bin is nevei
moie than a few steps fiom the
pickers.
Although the picking platform
was developed for standard size
trees, it was also tested on 12-
foot high trellis trees and a tree
wall of 12-foot height
In testing the machine, the
lowei branches of all trees were
first picked fi om the giound
Then the remaining apples were
picked from the platfoim
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See Egg Recipes
September was a good month
foi egg publicity in New York
as Ella Elvm. food editor of that
city’s Daily News, featmed eggs
on two separate occasions in her
food section
The Poultry and Egg National
Board supplied photos and kit
chen-tested recipes for the two
aitides that had a combined cal
culation of over 4,200,000
One article, published during
the first week of September,
featuied “Pickled Eggs Gieat
at Table and Bar” The second
BEE-LINE j
Supply Ceptef
aiticlc, beautifully illustrated
with a PENB> photograph, gave
the recipe for “Eggs Goldenrod’’
which are, m the words of Miss
Elvin, "An Egg Dish that’s good
a-. Gold ”
Pat Myles. PENB’s Director of
Home Economics, reports that
these two articles are just a small
fi action of the publicity through
out the U S resulting €rom the
Fall mailing of photos and red
pes
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any person of unusual or preco
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epithet of James Crichton, a
Scottish intellectual prodigy.
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Long-lasting bearings, rust and corrosion
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Allows fan to be mounted flush with in
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Eliminates constant need to oil hearings.
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