82—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 5.1975
Currently under construction at a a * Ashton, Illinois. The Ashton plant Is
cost of $4.9 million, above is an ar- one of three major construction
tist's conception of the new Funk projects being undertaken by the
Seed International processing facility *' rm this summer.
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Funk Seeds
Plans Expansion
Funk Seeds International
is spending 810% million this
year in production plant
expansions, according to D.
D. Walker, president of the
seed firm.
Major investments are
being made at existing
processing plants in Rock
ville, Indiana, and at Traer,
lowa. A completely new
structure is under con
struction at Ashton, Illinois.
The Ashton plant is being
built at a cost of $4.9 million.
It is located on a 40 acre site
in the heart of a major Funk
seed production area in
northern Illinois.
When completed, the
Ashton plant will contain
sizing and drying equip
ment, and controlled at
mosphere bulk and bag
storage. It will have a
capacity of 200,000 seed units
and is designed to be in
creased in size as sales in the
area increase.
The Ashton plant will
require 10 to 15 permanent
employees from the Ashton
area, as well as several
additional temporary em
ployees during peak
seasonal operations of the
plant.
Size of the Rockville plant
is being increased by 50
percent at a cost of $2.4
million. When finished, the
plant will house 280,000 units
of seed.
Drying, shelling, sizing,
cleaning and storage
facilities are being ex
panded. Upon completion,
five new employees will be
added.
The Traer facility is also
being enlarged 50 percent.
Costs of additional equip
ment for drying, shelling and
cleaning will be $1.4 million.
Last year a controlled
atmosphere warehouse was
completed at Traer. When
finished, the Traer plant will
have a 250,000 unit capacity.
Five people will be added to
the production staff.
Construction was begun in
May at the three plants.
Walker expects work to be
sufficiently completed by
mid-August so that seed can
be processed this season.
In addition to the three
If you have a problem of teat and udder erosion in your herd
chances are you are milking with unstable vacuum And, as more
and more animal health authorities have been agreeing that many
teat and udder injuries —which have contributed to the spread of
mastitis —have been caused by unstable milking vacuum . . . you
should have your milking machine’s performance checked
Farming is Play -
When You Are Equipped With
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Used Tanks & Milking Equipment and E, ectncai.
800 Gal Zero
400 Gal Sunset '$50000) with compressor
300 Gal Mojonmer (Good condition)
Bou-Matic Milkers
Surge mini-cups
DeLaval & Surge Bucket Milkers
New and Used Compressors all sizes
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OUR CUSTOMERS ARE THE
PROOF OF OUR SUCCESS
USDA Amends
Meat Regulations
The U.S Deoartment of *wlne-produclng countries. APHIS’S Veterinary Ser-
Agrlculture (USDA) an- Aianaid tothe.umiUance vices end to »Ute animal
JL/wi that it i« emendinf effort, *•» amended meat health officials.
lnspection will amendment wUj be
regulations by deleting require meat inspectors to pubUshed in the Federa
references to "hog cholera report evidence o hog Register June 27 and wIU
vaccine-injected swine" and cholera-infected swinejp become effective July 28.
"hyperimmunized swine."
The action will bring meat
inspection regulations into
accord with other USDA
regulations concerning hog
cholera.
According to officials of
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) a cooperative
state-federal campaign to
wipe out hog cholera began
in late 1962. Before then, the
disease was known as the
nation’s number one hog
killer.
By mid-1969 the campaign
to eradicate hog cholera
already had made sub
stantial progress. For that
reason, and because hog
cholera vaccine could mask
infection or even cause
outbreaks, use of the vaccine
was stopped at that time by
halting interstate shipments
except for export. By late
1971, the decision came to
halt production of all hog
cholera vaccine and serum
in this country.
Surveillance for hog
cholera is continuing, said
APHIS officials, to make
sure that all traces of hog
cholera virus have been
eliminated from the nation’s
swine population. The
disease is still found in many
major expansion programs,
$1.5 million is being spent at
other compa'ny facilities,
says president Walker.
Funk Seeds International
is a Company of CIBA
GEIGY Corporation.
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MILKING SYSTEM
-WITH COW MONITOR
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LISTEN. If you're thinking of installing
milking equipment or a bulk milk tank,
find out if the seller is equipped to do
the total service job.
SERVICE IS THE STRENGTH
OF OUR BUSINESS
We are on call 24 hours a day
- 7 days a week
JAY M. HORST
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
R.D.I Lebanon. PA Phone (717) 274-1242
Sales Rep. in Lane. Co.
BillGuhl Phone (717) 529-2569
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