■Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 21.1970 28 TRACTOR TALK I.caky Old Boots Can Mean Trouble In the spring when you gel your machinery icariy for the woik to be done you'll probably want to give youi engines a good tune-up. Chances aic that you'll be buying and installing new spaik plugs, points and con dense! s. It’s a good move to in sure trouble-free operation. How ever, be sure to check the rub ber bools that cover the spark plugs, too. According to the en gineers at Champion Spark Plug Company, old boots tend to dry out and crack, and when they do, you could loose some of your power due to Washover What happens is that eletncity takes the path of least resistance. Rathei than run along the wire and to the spaik plug tip, it could come out through a crack ed boot and spark across the outside of the spaik plug insula tor. While installing new boots, check the rest of the ignition wiring Make sure insulating ma terial is in good shape without cracks which will also cause shoi ting. Avoid Electrical System Damage A good neighbor is a fellow who comes along with the answ er to a can’t-start pioblem. It could be that he has a set of jumper cables in the trunk of ins car, and this could be the answei to your problem If you don’t want it to be an expensive solution to your piob lem, make sure of polarity when connecting the booster cables to CENTRAL 4-H TRACTOR CLUB By Dudley Rohrer The fourth meeting of the Central 4-H Tractor Club was held on Tuesday evening at 7 30 at Landis Bros., Inc, 1305 Man heim Pike, Lancaster. A demonstiation was given by 'Randy Meyer on “A way you can Lp youi tiactor” David Leaman gave a demonstiation on “The Importance of keeping oil in join engine at all times” One of the duectois of the club, Chust Biubakei, gave a demonstiation on ‘How diesel fuel is ignited ” The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, Feb 24 at 7 30 at L. ndis Bros , Inc. 4-H SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION CLUB A film and talk on tree plant ing will highlight the next meet ing of the Lancastei County 4-H Soil and Water Conservation Club. The meeting will be held at 7:30 pm, Monday, March 2, at the home of Tim Breneisen, Conestoga R 1 BOOTS AND SADDLES 4-H CLUB By Diane Reese A re-oi gamzation of the Boots and Saddles 4-H Club took place at the Farm and Home Center in Lancaster Friday night, Febru aiy 6 Elected officers weie. Pies ident, Jeannine Bender, Vice- President, Jim Watts, Secretary, Cathy Reinhold and Kirk Bussell; Tieasurer, Becky Glatfelter, News Repoiter, Diane Reese, County Council. Becky Glatfelter, Knk BusselL and Cathy Rein hold. Plans weie made for a bowling Paity on Maich 27, and also a futuie hoise show The next meeting will be held March 13 at the Faun and Home Center. the battery. Positive always goes to positive and negative to nega tive. Another word of caution which could save you money: don’t over-boost. If your vehicle is equipped with a 12-voll system, an 18-volt or 24-volt souice can turn the engine over at a very rapid rate, well in excess of what is normally needed for starting. However, it the system is over loaded with up to twice the nor mal voPage, the distributor breaker points can turn blue and the coil can be so temporarily overstressed that it will be dam aged permanently In addition, if the engine is equipped with ti ansistonzed components, the sudden surge of electricity can destroy those tiansistois and diodes in a flash. The engineers at Champion Spark Plug Company say that if a well-charged 12-volt booster battery will not start the engine, better look deeper into the prob lem beyond the discharged bat teiy. Serving The Farmer, Gardener And Home Owner Agricultural PLANT FOO0 1 KSTORE-* We Give SfO Green I JfWl So. Newport Road, Stamps m ° REEN fa Intercourse, Penna. Phone (717) 768-8451 “Look For This Sign” The time has arrived to make or growing crop's this season. You are invited to attend a meeting: WHEN: Friday, February 27, 1970 WHERE: Intercourse Fire Hall LUNCH: 12:00 Noon MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 1:15 P.M. Company representatives from Niagara Chemi cal, Monsanto Chemical, and the Upjohn Company will discuss Furadan for corn rootworm control, Lasso for corn weed control, and Emde for tobacco weed conitol Problems will be discussed and recommenda tions made for disease control on tobacco plant beds and insect and disease control on field crops. We are confident that this meeting will be of interesi :o you. MR. FARMER Lef the facts speak for themselves The Geauga Lake County Dairy Service Asso. Inc represents 7100 cows. The latest records show the following information. 24 cows with over 20,000 lbs. of milk (we fed five of the top ten) 21 cows with over 750 lbs. of fat (we fed four of the top ten) (ours averaged 879 lbs.) 47 cows with lifetime fat production over 3,000 lbs. (we fed 30% of those) The highest herd average was 15,044 lbs. of milk. (Guess who fed them.) What we’re trying to say is, With performance like this, we must be doing something right. Call your Pioneer man S ELMER M. SHREINER Trading as Good’s Feed Mill Specializing in DAIRY & HOG FEEDS New Providence, Pa. •incbw7» Phone 786-2500 Youth Farm Safety Order Issued Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz has signed a Hazardous- Occupations Order to protect hired farmworkers under 16 from particularly hazardous jobs. The order, published in the Federal Register on January 7, and which was effective on February 6, replaces an interim order which will remain in force until this date. The order protects young workers from dangers in certain tractor and farm machine operations, handling hazardous chemicals and explosives, work ing at high elevations, working in pens with breeding stock, heavy timber operations, driv ing buses, trucks, tractors or autos with passengers, and work inside airtight produce and grain storages or silos. The 14- and 15-year-olds who complete training under approv ed Federal Extension Service or Vocational Agriculture pro grams may receive an exemp tion for operation of tractors and soipe farm machines. Cooperative Vocational Agri- Limestone & Fertilizers Maryland Horticultural Peat cultural student-learners will and safety organization!, and alio be exempt from certain other government agencies, provisions of the order. The or- Copies of the order ore ovall dcr does not opply to youths able from the Director. Bureau employed by their parents or of Labor Standards, Washing persons standing in for a parent ton, D. C. 20210. or person, nor docs it supersede more stringent State laws. Too Dangerous The order was developed with Not a single vessel was sunk the assistance of an advisory by gunfire in the Battle of Tra committee representing youth, falgar. The firing of explosive farm owners, agricultural asso- shells aboard ships was then ciations, educational institu- considered too dangerous to the tions, unions, farm, industry user. the FUTURE is HERE with REX SELF-UNLOADING FUTURE THE BOX DESIGNED WITH THE A FARMER IN MIND SIMPLE... Worm Driven Main Apron lans Worm Driven Beaters STRONG... Built - Ith G' NO AUGER - NO For Smooth, Easy, Trouble Free Handling Of Heavy Loads Now is the time to buy LAMCO 14’ 2 beater FOR AGE BOX mounted on heavy duty wagon w/tele scoping tongue and 10:00 x 15 8 ply new tires. Also pre-season Bale Throw Racks and Feeder Racks. KINZER EQUIP. CO. Your Equipment Center in Lancaster County Box 23, Kinzer, Pa. forage box $1595.00 Deduct $lOO.OO During December 75.00 During January 50.00 During February 25.00 During March Bv LANCO LOCKE, N.Y. SMOOTH... NO RATCHET SAFE... FINGER FORCED FEEDING RATCHET Phone 442-4186.. * f *
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