—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14. 1973 8 Group leaders at the 13th Summer Institute of the Pennsylvania Association of Farmer Cooperatives held July 8-12 at Shippensburg State College discuss program details with Dr. Daryl K. Heasley, right, Extension rural sociologist at The Pennsylvania State University, program chairman. From left are: Dwight Houser, of Lampeter, youth council: Kenneth Groff, of 37 Quarry Road, Leola, discussion leader; and Gordon Hoover, RDI, Gap, discussion leader. Farmline SINGLE-PHASE itow h.p Motors ELECTROMEC 34 NORTH READING ROAD EPHRATA PA 175?2 717 733 7911 The Institute delegates, sponsored by the Lancaster Council of Farmer Cooperatives, were chosen to take part in conference activities on a competitive basis. They were among 250 rural young adults from 60 Commonwealth counties and parts of New York State and New Jersey attending the educational con vention sponsored by P.A.F.C. and the Penn State College of Agriculture. Modern farm machinery is helping farmers to do more work than ever before, according to Sperry New Holland farm equipment engineers. Giant combines today harvest enough wheat in just one hour to make 20,000 loaves of bread while automatic bale wagons allow just one operator to stack over 3,000 bales of hay in one day. I'tll, I,;\ »■ V' v ' ; i V'l'* (111. 'V i'j'.'Mli '’•"''/A 1 i'\h A I 111 1 fi John Deere Balers have more teeth outside the tractor tires Heavier hay and bigger cuts mean wider windrows—so our quiet balers have extra-wide pickups. Pickup on the heavy-duty 346 is 71 inches across (including side flares) with 144 teeth, 61 inches and 80 teeth on the 336 But that's only half the story. Usable pickup width—the area EDWIN HURST INC. Adamstown.Pa 215-484-4391 WENGER IMPLEMENT, INC. The Buck LANDIS BROS. INC. Lancaster National Central Posts Earnings National Central Financial Corporation, parent company of National Central Bank, recorded income before securities gains and losses for the first 6 months of 1973 of $3,702,562 or $1.16 per share, compared with the year ago figure of $2,947,511, or $.93 per share, a 25 6 percent increase according to John C. Tuten, bank chairman. Net income after securities transactions for the 1973 period was $3,661,068, or $1.14 per share, compared with the year-ago figure of $2,958,229 or $.93 per share Total assets grew to $818,039,929 on June 30, 1973, compared with assets of $711,475, Rim A. B. C. GROFF, INC. 284-4141 New Holland M. S. YEARSLEY & SONS West Chester 696-2990 393-3906 that can be used without driving tractor tires over the windrow— is the other half. Pickups on John Deere Balers are offset 10 inches from the bale case This puts the pickup out where it’s usable not behind the tractortires. Stop in and see for you r self. SHOTZBERGER'S 665-2141 354-4191 513 on June 30 of last year. Deposits at the end of the second quarter were $684,453,048, up from the June 30, 1972 deposit figure of *610,212,860. Loans totaled compared to the year-ago figure of $422,947,461. ERTH-RITE MAXICROP (Formerly Sea-Born) ALGIT ZOOK & RANCH, INC. R.D. 1 Gap, Pa. 17527 Phone 717-442-4171
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