>—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
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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
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• Aluminum Slat
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• Gestation Stalls
• Nursery Systems
• Feeding Systems
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R.D. 2
Ephrata, Pa. 17522
(Farmersville)
Phone
Bus. 717-154-4271
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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
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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-
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one of the earliest A. H. Hoffman
buildings to be used.
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TRACTOR
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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
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Sam Nolt keeps a watchful eye on the A. H. Hoffman
scalper, one of the machines used to clean seed.
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Your choice of a 16-mch or two 14-inch cut
ting bar models Lightweight Handy controls
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SALESMAN
Home Phone
Lancaster, Pa. •
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