B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 15,1971
New Corn Planter Relies on Air
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Shown Monday pointing out some of the
key features of a new International Harvester
corn planter aie- Glenn Bailey, Quarryville
RD3, and Nelson Sangrey, Christiana RDI.
Both are employes at Cainsdale Farms, owned
by Ivan Yost, Christiana RDI.
The planter is called a 400 Cyclo planter.
As explained by a salesman from C B
Hoober & Son, Intercourse, the cyclo planter
basically is like the conventional planter except
for the planting mechanism The conventional
planting mechanism has been replaced by a
forced air system.
The new system relies basically on three
parts; a PTO driven fan to supply air pressure
to the seed drum a revolving seed drum with
six rows of pockets that selects and spaces the
seeds, and rubber air cut-off wheels that ride
the top of the seed drum
In explaining the new equipment, Les
Houck. C B Hoober salesman, said it has two
primary advantages over present equipment,
first, accuracy in planting any size seed corn
at a umform population selected in advance by
the farmer, and second, a minimum of moving
parts which can cause planting difficulties
McHaleAsks
Legislation
Jim McHale, state Secretary
of Agriculture, says that nation
al legislation which would
strengthen the fai mer’s right to
bargain over puces and condi
tions of the sale of their pro
ducts is needed if the fanner is
ever to achieve parity in the
market place
McHale said two possible
routes in bai gaining could be
opened One is the direct route,
across the table, head to head,
the way labor unions bargain
For this, Ke added, legislation
would be needed to exempt
farmers from anti-trust laws
The second route would be
legislation broadening the au
thority to bargain under the
2937 Federal Marketing Agi ce
ments Act This method would
extend the marketing order
system now limited to milk and
vegetables to all faim commo
dities.
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treats hay like the big ones
The CASE 475 offers more. Like putting less hay in
the windrow than a 9-foot for faster drying-curing,
especially the first cutting. It takes less horsepower,
too a 2 or 3 plow tractor does the job. And you have
less overall width just 9Vz feet for passing through
narrow gates and lanes.
WALTER BINKLEY & SON
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The equipment-has been under experiment
by International Harvester for thiee to four
years, it was reported.
In the photo, Bailey is pointing out one of
the air hoses which carries the seed from the
revolving seed drum to the ground, while
Sangrey is indicating the revolving seed drum
During planting, seed in the proper
amount is automatically fed into the bottom of
the seed drum through a chute leading from
the master hopper.
The PTO driven fan supnlies air pressure to
the revolving seed drum. The air pressure in
the drum naturally escapes through holes in
the seed pockets As this happens, the seeds
are held in the pockets of the revolving drum
As the drum passes the air cut-off wheels,
the wheels momentarily close the holes, block
the escaping air, and the seeds are carried into
the seed tube manifold Air pressure then car
ries the seed through the seed tubes and into
the furrow behind the openers.
According to the equipment salesman, the
seed is selected, released and placed in the
rows with constant precision and with no
bounce or scatter of seeds
New Case 7-foot windrow-conditioner
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Phone 626-2344
Weaver Wins FFA Quiz Contest
John Weaver, Cloister FFA
Chapter, Ephrata, won the an
nual Lancaster County FFA
Quiz Contest at the county
leadership training confcience
at Solanco Thursday.
Weaver, son of Mr and Mrs
J Paul Weaver, Ephiata RDI,
was previously named Chaptei
Star Greenhand at the Cloistei
Parent and Son Banquet this
Spring He was piesident of the
chapter’s parliamentaiy pioce
duie team.
Tn winning the quiz contest,
he beat out 17 other contestants
from nine county schools The
elimination contest involved
answering questions about FFA
Cloister chapter advisor is Carl
Graybill. Robeit Good, Region II state
The Cloister Chapter.also ,e- dent from Yo rk Coun.
ceived a plaque for winning tne F
county volleyball tournament ty, sang a solo.
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Pcquea Valley FFA Chapter re
ceived the basketball plaque.
Slate FFA President Ted
Rhodes encouraged the local
FFA members to become better
leadois and citizens.
Three men leceived honorary
Red Rose Farmer Degrees.
They aic Stanley Musselman,
farm representative of Nation
al Central Bank; Dr. Charles
Livak, quality control manager
of Penn Dairies, and Chris C.
Kunzler Jr, president of Kunz
ler Packing Co.
Entei tainment was provided
by five guitar players from
Grassland Chapter of New Hol
land.
Lancaster, Pa. 17601
Phone 393-3906
Ephrata, Pa.