>—Umcoter Farming. Saturday. April 20. 1974 Dean Ebersole, an A. H. Hoffman •mployee, was busy helping to load ive tractor trailers with seed orders Local Seed (Continued from Page If year’s catalog lists alfalfa, small grams, soybeans and grass seeds in addition to com. Company president Richard Godshalk has been with Hoffman since 1940. We talked with Godshalk one recent morning to learn a little more about the com pany’s past, present and future. “The biggest change I’ve seen since 1940,” Godshalk said, “has been the improvement m com yields brought about by hydrid seeds. When I came to the company, yields were averaging around 30 bushels an acre. Today, we get three ames that much com from an acre - because of hybrid Controlled HOG confinement Svstems Big Dutchman offers you the professional hog producer COM PLETE FACILITIES We provide all systems that make up a conf.nement operation (unlike any of our competitors) therefore we are able to guarantee you reliability control cost savings and one source service Contact us for personalized in formation and service concerning • Aluminum Slat Flooring • Farrowing Units • Finishing Systems • Gestation Stalls • Nursery Systems • Feeding Systems —OGRI-EMIP. IHCJ— R.D. 2 Ephrata, Pa. 17522 (Farmersville) Phone Bus. 717-154-4271 AUTHORIZED £u; Putchman. distributor r " \ ' ' v>. on the day Lancaster Farming paid a call. Firm Observes 75th Yr. seed, and also better fer tilizer and cultural prac tices.” There’s nothing on the horizon that will compare with the impact hybrids made on com production, Godshalk feels, but there JAYOBER SALESMAN Home Phone 717-665-3768 SIX FORD LAWN AND GARDEN TRACTORS 7 to 16-horsepower models Hydrostatic or gear transmission Options include mowers, snow throwers, trip blades, tiller, carts, plus over 60 attachments for lawn maintenance, landscaping, gardening THRE 5-hp, gear-drive, 5-hp, chain-drive, and 8-hp, two-speed, gear-drive All with 26" tilling width Optional extension tines ?*• **. 'V'** ” r f are some changes taking place. “We have sold some high lysine com, and Funk’s is working on a silage breed. That could be especially important for this area.” Just as he’s optimistic about his company’s con- '■fp. * is war juse in Landisvii one of the earliest A. H. Hoffman buildings to be used. LANCASTER FORD TRACTOR Is the Home of The Friendly People Where Everyone Tries Hard to Please YOU! No matter what your Lawn & Garden Needs may be, Don’t Buy until you have talked to Jay or John. Have they got a deal for you! THREE FORD RIDING MOWERS 5-hp model with 26-inch cut, 7-hp and 8-hp models with 30-mch cut Optional 40-inch snow blade and rear grass catcher. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN US Why Not Call Them Today or Stop in and Meet All The Friendly People at LANCASTER FORD. REMEMBER: If You Haven’t Gotten Our Price, You Haven’t Gotten The BEST PRICE. LANCASTER TRACTOR, 2166 Willow St. Pike % I’ll' J tmued success, Godshalk sees a definite future for Lancaster County farming. “I’m a pilot,” he said, “and every time I fly over the county I’m comforted to see all those acres and acres of green fields. Sure, we’ll have more losses to developers, but I think we’re going to have farms around here for a lot of years to come.” Phone 464-2746 Where the Deal is Always Better -X l\ / I I f a was Sam Nolt keeps a watchful eye on the A. H. Hoffman scalper, one of the machines used to clean seed. FOUR FORD ROTARY LAWN MOWERS Thrifty 19-inch model, three 21-inch models —push type, self-propelled and self-propelled with key start. Grass catcher standard with 21- mch models, optional for 19-irjch model. THREE FORD CHAIN SAWS Your choice of a 16-mch or two 14-inch cut ting bar models Lightweight Handy controls FORD INC. D>. JOHN FENNINGER SALESMAN Home Phone Lancaster, Pa. • \
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