Improvements Needed, But Concepts Found Valid Machine Apple Harvesting ORDER YOUR TROJAN SEED CORN AT LAST YEARS PRICES. Lancaster Counh T s Original Trojan Dealer EUGENE HOOVER Lititz RD3 Phone 569-0756 * that pays interest & ' I ' Fulton Bank will add something extra to your Christmas Club check next November—4%% average interest—if you complete all your payments. An extra "Merry Christmas” bonus to all our Christmas Club savers. Join a Fulton Christmas Club now—there’s a lot of interest m it for you. You may open a Club for as little as $l.OO bi-weekly. FULTON Bill Agi luillm ,il engmeeis .it Penn btali' Uniuisiiy have developed a m.icliiiu 1 foi (ho fiitine a haiustei f«i apples giown on nanou hedgciowsoi ticllises, .1 culiitu method of lomoiow Ihe tu lbs .vph haue-'ei has woikcd will dm me the shoit linn it has Inn used in e\pen ment d ouhauls i si fuiuic \c.us u nia\ lu Ip to salve the piob k 1 m ol lahoi shoitages in the tiee fi ui. mdiistn, accoidmg to its designcis, Gaiv W \llshouse and C 1 Moi iow This machine sti addles the tiee lows and is similai in ap peal anee to high cleat ance tiac tois oi giape harvesleis It is possible to haivest tiees eight feet m height and thiee feet acioss the low with the new machine For hedgeiow apple pioduction, dwarf-type tiees aie planted six to eight feet apait in the low with about 12 feet be tween rows Ovei lapping fibei glass plates padded with foam rubbei aie CHRISTMAS ¥ * o SERVING LANCASTER AND DAUPHIN COUNTIES used to foim a seal aiouncl the tiee and collect the flint These plates also channel the haivested fiuil onto lotnc.voi belts Con vc.vois on cilhn side cam fi ml towaid the icai of the machine elevate u. and then lowei it into a bulk bin Dining the cinunt haivcstnig season, a totaling, \ibiatnig shakei with mimeious bais leaching into the tue is being used to detach the flint In limited tens on Golden Delicious uitd Yoik vaiieties, the shakei has lemoved 85 to SO pei cent of the flint The engineeis plan to icdesign the shakei foi moie vigoious action to haivest moie of the ct op A numbci of specific opeia tional pioblems need some ad ditional study, Allshouse and Morrow point out Howevei, the concepts and principles used in the pielimmaiy design have pi oven valid The overlapping plates used to form a seal aiound the tiee and join the €y » *+ Xi** i Member Federal Reserve System, F D IC. CLUB* . J ® 3- \*j* || Jr Lancaster Farming. StiUirthiy. N»\ ember H, 1!)70 col let I hint have tloiu vciv wi'll, tin 1 enamel is cl.mn ftamaite to liu li links has Ijccii -sliltlU HOWeVOI 111 e* i o \V( i c two obvious di aw backs The h.uvcsl cm could not In backed up omt* st.utcd down ihe iow \lso n was ncccss.uv to cnli i and e\,t liom the iows in ,i fan tv sti.uahl line which me leased the tinning space needed at ow ends Last veal, an expcinmntal shakei that attached b\ a clamp to each lice was used to detach the fiuit This unit was mount ed on the side of the haivestei and opeiated with a thiee-inch stioke up to 300 odes pei minute Although the tiee shako did a fauly good job cl lemoung fuut, 90 pei cent, it was not fast enough to be piactical Alls house and Monow believe that between 100 and 150 tiees must be harvested pei houi to le duce machine haivest costs to ,'k. •IN.* e 0 Q X ' ‘V ?- i \ V -x v * — : f A FUIT SERVICE vBANK/ T ested llit s.mii’ K \cl .iv pi cm ii; h mil I).ii vesting I'h.mi i ‘-.iin,iii Imiiii on <i in.u him- covl o loimhK s 2() ODD uilli ,i 1() pi l lent Ii iill losv .l 20 pen ci nt Inin losv loi cli.iiKiiii; him ,nul tin i■ um .0 tlic iou nuN .i m.klinn c out mnou -1% dowi Ihi id \ imi‘‘ Laud .it i i.ilc o ..bon' 2/10 m.lc pn hom IL.n the to.alum uliialum 'hakoi dc u loped foi tho cuiicst M.i-oi. the machine ii.n opcialcd .0 sped-, up to one miie pci houi sleep well * 0 Chores all done A fine meal. Got some paper work done and watched some TV. K sure is easier turning m at night knowing some impor tant things never go to sleep. Like the protection from Farm Family Insurance Companies Covers the whole farm, too. Buildings Equip ment. Even family and per sonal belongings. Here’s a company that pro\ es they know farm problems by all the different plans and pro grams they ha\e You might say you owe it to the farm to talk with a lepiesentativc fiom Farm Family Chances aie \ oil'll sleep a little better. j, Wilbur Solieiaberger 2134 Hobson Road Lancaster, Pa. Phone 392-8900 PCHMfrYLt~MIA F&ttMCttS ASSOCIATION INSURANCE SERVICE} Lite Insuiance Company Mutual Insuiance Company A sv Farm Family 7
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