60—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 22, 1975
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PUBLIC
SALE
OF VALUABLE
FARM MACHINERY
SATURDAY,
MARCH 29,1975
11.30 A.M.. Sharp
At RD#9, York, PA. In
Windsor Twp. at Holtz on
Millers Mill Road.
The undersigned will offer at
public sate the following
1956 Farmall Super C tractor
two bottom 14 plow &
cultivators, 1954 Farmall Cub.
1 12' mounted plow &
cultivators, 1939 Farmall "B'
with cultivators disc, IH 7 ft
mower side rake, silo blower,
disc harrow. IH 3 bottom
mounted plow. J Deere two
row corn planter, rubber tired
wagon, 3 section harrow, 13
hoe drill, J Deere 7 ft No 1
hay conditioner, good shape.
New Holland Super 66 P T 0
baler. 2 hay tedders, 20 ft
elevator. 2 New Idea manure
spreaders, New Idea tobacco
planter, tobacco hoer, 2
tobacco balers, approx 5 000
tobacco lath, rubber tire
tobacco wagon with 20 ft
ladders, 1 set of 16 ft ladders.
Century sprayer, rebuilt
sprayer unit, Co op milk
cooler, milk pails, can rack,
wash tub strainer, cow
clippers, Himan unit, stan
chions, oil drums, feed drums,
barrels, 4 hog troughs,
chicken equipment, saw,
horse drawn plow cultivators,
potato digger, land roller, peg
harrow, drag sled, potato
planter, also corn sheller,
grindstone & many other
articles too numerous to
mention
Not responsible for accidents
on day of sale
Terms - Cash
Refreshments by East
Prospect Fire Co
Sale by:
KENNETH SEIPLE
Jacob A Gilbert, Auctioneer
Kline, Leber, Gilbert, Clerks
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PUBLIC SALE
MONDAY, MARCH 31,1975
11:00 A.M.
DAIRY CATTLE, FARM EQUIPMENT
Located on the premises in the village of Bordnerstown, Lebanon
County between Indiantown Gap and Lickdale. Turn South at Speck's
bar in the town of Bordnerstown to the first farm
20 Head Grade Holstein Dairy Cows
Well-conditioned cows with good flesh in various
stages of production. Some presently milking and some
due to freshen by sale time. Cattle will have health
charts and will be pregnancy examined. Plan to attend
and purchase some of these cattle.
1 bred heifer 4 open heifers
Corn-sorghum silage in a 10’ x 35’ silo, quantities of
hay and straw
300 gal. Esco bulk tank
4 Surge pail units; S.S. carrying pail; strainer; 80
gal. elec, hot water heater; John Wood 30 gal. gas hot
water heater; Int. 4 can milk cooler. Int. and Surge
vacuum pumps; and misc. dairy items.
FarmaU“H” Tractor
Int. 7 hay conditioner (like new); V 27 Int. mounted
mower; 2 bottom plow; 3 section spring harrow; plow
beam; Int. 8’ disc harrow; grasshead for JD har
vester; and pull type 2 bottom plow.
Quaker oil heatrola; brooder stoves; antique egg
boxes; berry boxes; peach baskets; large winch; milk
cans; plus lots of misc. items too numerous to be
mentioned.
Sale to be held because of the owner’s health.
Conditions by:
PAUL HOLLINGER
Harry H. Bachman, Auctioneer
Lunch by Trinity U.M. Church
Ortho Exec Sees
Fertilizer Supplies
Available But Tight
Some 65 growers heard
about the outlook for
agricultural chemicals last
week during P. L. Rohrer &
Bro., Inc. annual growers’
night. A number of experts
from Ortho division of
Chevron met with the local
farmers.
Max Maichele, Ortho
agronomist, talked about
making the best use of
available fertilizer. Rob
Hunt, the company’s district
representative for this area,
talked about the importance
ot advance planning.
Koy Tuttle, a fertilizer
expert from the company’s
home office in Toledo,
discussed the industry-wide
fertilizer situation. Tuttle’s
remarks are reproduced
below:
The situation we are faced
with now had it’s beginning
in the mid-sixties when
feeding the hungry of the
world became a crusade of
ther fertilizer industry.
Production capacity was
expanded rapidly. By 1969,
there was an excess of
production as the world
demand had not kept pace
with forecasts. The fertilizer
industry posted a loss of 160
million dollars that year.
Again in 1970, the industry
posted a loss of some 45
million dollars. In 1971, the
prices of domestic fertilizers
were frozen at levels
unattractive to any investor.
With no relief from controls
in sight, many companies
got out of the business. But
then in early 1973, world
demand gained momentum.
The government began
releasing additional crop
acreages that have now
reached 42 million. The
demand for fertilizer went
up dramatically, just at a
time when a sick industry
was starting to make a
recovery. Large inventories
were drawn down to "almost
zero. Natural gas, the
essential element for makmg
nitrogen, became scarce and
expensive. Since the Federal
Power Commission
regulates interstate gas at
the wellhead, prospective
new producers have had to
locate within the state where
it is produced as, only then,
does the free market price
prevail. Such new sources of
natural gas are over three
times as expensive as gas
under old controls. It is
predicted this cost may
increase from five to ten
times as much as it was a
few years ago.
Domestic fertilizer con
sumption is expected to go
from 43 million tons to 60
million tons in the next seven
years. Two new ammonia
plants will come on stream
in late 1975, and others are
planned. However, they are
limited by an inadequate
supply of natural gas as a
feedstock. Capacity will
reach 20 million tons by 1977,
up from 17.5 in 1974. This will
not be sufficient to meet
needs.
These new plants cost
from three to four times as
much as they did ten years
ago. For example, a 1500 ton
per day ammonia plant put
on stream by Chevron in 1967
and costing $32 million would
now cost over $llO million to
build. Thus, with the dif
ficulty in locating adequate,
economical gas and the large
sums of capital needed, it is
believed the production will
not meet need and nitrogen
will remain in tight supply
Public Dairy Sale, Tuesday, April 1, 1975, 1 p.m.
Located 2 mi. North of Klinesville and 4 mi. South of
Kempton. Consists of: Dairy herd, including 28 Grade
and 2 Purebred Holstein cows, 11 of which are first calf
or springer heifers, 3 second calf and others of various
ages. Milking equipment, including John Wood 400 gal.
milk tank with 2 h.p. compressor; Surge rotary
vacuum compressor; 3 Surge 40 lb. milking unite; 21
milk cans. Sale for Lawson and Lillie Henninger.
Conducted by Ralph W. Zettlemoyer Auction Co.
PUBLIC
MARCH 26.
10:00 A.M.
Located in Centre Co at Rt 550,1 mile East of Slormstown, or from
State College on Rt 322, turn left on 550 at Carson's gas station and
go West about 4 miles
Case 1070 Harvest King with 1000 hrs.; 6 bottom 16 in.
auto reset Case plow; J.D. 4020 with 800 hrs.; 5 bottom
J.D. trail plow (trip back bottom); Super M In
ternational; Ford 961 power steering; D.C. Case; J.D.
105 self-propelled combine with grain platform; 4 row
com head 30 in. rows, 4 row corn head 40 in. rows (will
also fit 95 machine); MC 600 continuous flow grain
dryer, Scour cleaner and augers; J.D. 54 spreader -
brand new; J.D. N spreader; New Holland tank
spreader; J.D. 15 ft. roller harrow - new; kicker baler
J.D. 24T; N.I. haybine 9ft. cut; N.I. chuck wagon; J.D.
15 chuck wagon; 2 kicker side wagons; J.D. 3 bottom
mount plow; Ford 3 bottom mount plow; J.D. 3 bottom
disc plow mount; cultipacker; J.D. 38 harvester, com
and pickup head like new; J.D. mount sprayer -100
gallon fiber glass tank; J.D. hay rake; Little Giant
elevator-28 ft.; Case fork lift on webs; 1963 Ford V tag
van truck; 1956 Ford dump truck with air brakes; Case
harrow; J.D. harrow; J.D. 4 row corn planter;
Steinlite grain moisture tester; J.D. 58 manure loader
with tongs & bucket - like new; 1973 Camper for pickup
fully equipped (sleeps 6) like new, only used 4 times;
New 180 bushel grain wagon, new chassis; J.D: hay
fluffer, many miscellaneous items too numerous to
mention.
This is all late machinery and is in good shape.
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Brown
Owners
Auctioneer - Harold Carper
LUNCH AVAILABLE TERMS: CASH OR GOOD
CHECK
OWNERS AND AUCTIONEER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS
through the decade.
The phosphate picture is
the brightest of the three
elements, N, P, K. With
added mine and processing
equipment, the supply
should run ahead through the
1980’s on this product. The
only factor which could
cause this to fail to
materialize is the shortage of
electricity in Florida. The
phosphate industry con
sumes 10 percent of all the
electrical energy produced
in Florida, while their ability
to supply the load is
marginal. The industry
experienced 319 incidents of
power outages this past
year. My prediction is that
we will have adequate
supplies of phosphates after
1975.
The United States depends
on Canada for 65 percent of
its potash and, though
Canadian production has
been expended some since
1973, most expansion plans
have been abandoned since
the country imposed a heavy
tax on outgoing potash and
has announced the Canadian
Government will be a 51
percent partner in any new
or expanded venture.
Faced with no political
support and no management
control over new operations,
most companies have
cancelled plans to expand in
the country. The vein of
potash found in Saskat
chewan lies at a 2,000 foot
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depth. The same deposit
runs under the Dakotas,
Wisconsin, and Michigan.
The problem with mining is
that, in Michigan, it lies at
9,000 feet under the surface.
If it is ever mined, such a
centure will be expensive
and a long time in the
development. Hydraulic
mining is the only way it can
be accomplished with out
present knowledge.
Therefore, the long range
for potash is for production
to be less than demand.
Prior to the release of price
controls in October, 1973 r the
United States was exporting
more fertilizer than it was
importing.
After release from con
trols the U.S. began to
compete for fertilizer on the
world market (which is
roughly twice as high -as
demostic prices) and by
April, 1973, we became a net
importer of fertilizer. The
fiscal year 1973-74 saw im
ports exceed exports by 3.5
million tons. We still must
export some fertilizer in
order to receive others we
need.
For example, we are
PUBLIC SALE
BROWN SWISS DAIRY HERD
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1975
AT 12:30 P.M.
Located approx. 3 Vt miles from the Brogue off Rt 74 towards Muddy
Creek Forks, along Frosty Hill Road. (Watch for signs at top of Muddy
Creek Hill], in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA.
Brown Swiss Dairy Herd
Approx. 18 head of top grade Brown Swiss Dairy
Cows in all stages of lactation. Some first & second cafi
hfrs. & some springing and others in full flow of milk.
These cattle are a nice size and have nice udders.
They are milking very good w-approx. 40 lbs. a day per
cow ave. & a creamery test of 4.2 to 4.3 average. Tested
& health charts furnished day of sale.
Terms: Cash of Approved Check.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Manifold
RDI, Airville, PA
Robert L Sechrist, Auctioneer
Phone 382-4379
John Hope Anderson, Clerk
Not Responsible for Accidents.
PUBLIC SALE
OF FARM EQUIPMENT,
DAIRY HEIFERS, ANTIQUES
MONDAY, MARCH 24,1975
10:30 A.M.
LOCATION. Approx. 12 mi South of Lancaster, PA, along Route 272;
then one mile West of the Buck on Route 372.
TRACTORS
A.C. Dl9 with Wide Front End; 2 - A.C. WD’s; A.C.
Square WC for Parts.
EQUIPMENT
A.C. 4-row No-till Corn Planter; A.C. 4-bottom Snap
Coupler Slat Plow; A.C. No. 56F Flail Chopper; N.H.
No. 641 Single-row Com Harvester; N.H. 475 Manure
Spreader; N.H. 24-ft. Bale Elevator; N.H. M 7 Chuck
Wagon; J.D. No. 5 7-ft. Mower; N.H. Blower with
Table; 40-ft. 8-m. Blower Pipe with Extension & Neck;
Servis Snow Blade; J.D. 7’ Disc; 8-ft. Cultipacker;
Flat-bed Wagon; Hay Bale Wagon; Loader to fit W.D.
A.C. 3-bottom Plow; A.C. 2-row Cultivator for W.D.; 6-
ft. Grain Drill; A.C. 2-row Corn Planter; 14-Ft. Wooden
Boat w-Trailer and 33 H.P. Engine.
Approximately 60 TONS CORN, 15-FT. CORN
SILAGE.
17 2-yr,-old Dairy Heifers
(Bred and Open)
Three Surge Milking Units; Sputnick and Pump;
Milk Strainer; Cow Clippers; Cow Kickers; Straps;
Feed Carts; 2 Silage Carts; Int. Super 98 Fencer;
Forks; Shovels; lots of Misc. Items.
ANTIQUES
Two Harness Makers; Two Horse Sleighs; Old
Sideboard; Old Hay Hooks; Approx. 20 Cross-cut
Saws; 2 Iron Beds; Milk Cans; Dry Sink; 2 grain
cradles; Straw cutter; 5 piece Mid-Victorian suite.
SALE BY:
JOYCE E. HESS
Aucts.: LEE E. MUMMAU 653-4906
and J. EVERETT KREIDER 786-1545
Lunch by New Danville Christian Day School
dependent on Canada for
potash and they in turn Are
dependent on us for
phosphates. To embargo
exports would surely result
in like action taken against
us. The short period in which
our country stopped soybean
shipments to Japan has
resulted in an expansion of
soybean production in Brazil
which will no compete with
us for years to come. Our
grain exports contributed 11
billion dollars to our blance
of payments last year and
the dollar volume is ex
pected to increase this year.
We need fertilizer to help us
grow the grain for
economical food for our
people and to use as a
positive trade balance to
offset petroleum and other
products we must purchase
outside our Country.
Farmers experienced a
record net income of $32
billion in 1973, $27 billion in
1974, and the forecast is for
$2 billion (the third largest in
history) for 1975. With the
long range outlook of strong
demand for grains and ex
pensive costs for natural
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