Sperry New Holland Buys Land In
Nebraska For Plant Construction
Sperry New Holland, a division
of Sperry Rand Corporation, has
purchased land for a future
manufacturing plant at
Lexington, Nebraska, it was
announced by Thomas Beaver Jr,
vice president and general
manager, North America.
The company, with
headquarters in New Holland,
has signed an agreement to buy a
150-acre site from Lexington’s
Council for Industrial
Development.
When built, the new plant will
be used primarily to help meet
the growing needs of North
American farmers and ranchers
for agricultural equipment.
Construction plans have not yet
been made.
Sperry New Holland, which has
a plant in Grand Island,
Nebraska, manufacturer and
markets farm and industrial
equipment. The Grand Island
plant was opened in 1965 and
Beaver said the company has
been well pleased with its ex
perience there.
In addition to the Grand Island
plant, the company has
manufacturing facilities at
Belleville and New Holland, and
Fowler, California. Overseas
plants are in Australia, Belgium,
France and England. The
company markets its products in
more than 70 countries and has
9,000 employees worldwide. It is
the world’s largest manufacturer
of specialized farm equipment.
Sperry, the parent company,
has its headquarters in New York
City. It is a diversified company
with 79 plant locations and ap
proximately 85,000 employees
worldwide. It has research,
manufacturing and sales
operations in 30 countries.
In discussing the decision to
locate a plant in Lexington,
Beaver said: “An important part
of our long range planning in
volves making available the fa
cilities required to meet our
marketing plans. This pew
facility, in addition to planned
expansion at our existing plants,
will give us the added
manufacturing capacity we need
to get that job done.
“We’re locating our new plant
in Lexington because we feel this
is a community ready and willing
to help us meet the challenge of
building a local organization
which will operate effectively
and efficiently.
“In recent weeks, our
representatives have worked
closely with a number of
Lexington’s community and
business leaders and they have
been most helpful in supplying us
with the information we needed
to arrive at this important
decision.
“This is a progressive com
munity and we’re delighted to
become a part of it. Meeting the
challenge of growth has become
an important way of life for the
people of Sperry New Holland.
We feel we’re beginning a new
and vital chapter in the com
pany’s story of growth with our
decision to locate a new plant at
Lexington, Nebraska.”
Repair Leaky Faucets
Drip.. .Drip.. .Drip.. .Leaky
faucet bothering you? Well, it
may bother you even more if you
add up the wasted water. At one
drop each second, one faucet
wastes a quart of water every
hour. That’s seven gallons a day
or 210 gallons a month, says N.
Henry Wooding, Extension
agricultural engineer at The
Pennsylvania State University.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,1973
Interstate Swine Shipment
Markets List Updated
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) has issued
an updated list of stockyards and
livestock markets approved to
handle shipment of swine
crossing state lines. Approval is
granted under federal
regulations aimed at preventing
the spread of hog cholera.
The list is scheduled for
publication in the Federal
Register Friday, August 3.
Copies may be obtained from any
Veterinary Services office of
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), or
by writing to USDA, APHIS-VS,
Room 870, Federal Center Bldg,
number 1, Hyattsville, Md. 20782
APHIS officials explained that
“approved” stockyards and
livestock markets are listed in
two categories:
- Those authorized to ship any
class of swine, i.e., feeder,
breeder or slaughter animals;
and
- Those authorized to ship
slaughter animals only.
Also listed are the livestock ?
markets and stockyards that
have lost their approved status.
Approval of swine markets is
part of the cooperative program
to eradicate hog cholera in the
United States. Under the national
eradication program started in
late 1962, 45 states are now
classified as “hog cholera free”
by USDA.
Hog cholera is a highly in
fectious, viral disease of swine. It
affects no other animals or
humans, but is usually fatal to
hogs.
Operators of approved markets
must agree to comply with
sanitation standards and to
assemble and ship hogs in ways
designed to reduce the chances of
spreading disease among
animals. They must also keep
proper records and must
promptly report any suspicious
disease.
APHIS officials noted that the
updated list reflects, in part, the
agency’s continuing inspection
efforts to assure that the markets
and stockyards are fully com
plying with sanitation standards
and other requirements (see
press release USDA 892-73). Most
of the additions and deletions are
due to normal turnover of
businesses, APHIS officials said.
Witmer Cow
Production
A ten-year-old Registered
Guernsey cow in the Penn-Del
Farm herd of Raymond and
Louise Witmer, Willow Street,
has completed an official DHIR
actual production record ac
cording to The American
Guernsey Cattle Club. Burkes
Taverns Emorys Dottie produced
14,510 pounds of milk and 561
pounds of butterfat in 305 days,
two times a day milking. Testing
was supervised by Penn State
University.
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