Firming, Saturday, 0ec.27.1975 SO— Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Dec. 27. 1975 Case official wins engineering award CHICAGO, n. - John E, langdon, JI Case Company, today received the Farm and Industrial Equipment In stitute (FIEI) engineering merit award for 1975 at the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) winter meeting. This award is presented annually to recognize and honor outstanding individual leadership in farm equip ment engineering. Mr. Langdon was cited by the awards Judges for his leadership as chairman of the FIEF Agricultural Equipment Braking Com mittee which developed ASAE standard 5365 T, “Brake Test Procedures and Brake Performance Criteria for Agricultural Equip ment.” Adopted by ASAE in December 1973, this is the first standard to set forth criteria for testing and evaluating the adequacy of brakes on agricultural equipment that may be operated on a highway. Twenty-Five Yean of Service The award winner has devoted his business career to improving farm equip ment. Mr. Langdon was raised on a farm near Hornersville, Missouri. Following graduation in 1950 from the University of Missouri with a B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering, he joined the J I Case Company, where he has progressed from engineering trainee to his present position as chief engineer, vehicle and reliability test. Mr., Langdon is responsible for J I Case’s stress 12 TO 48 FOOT DIAMETER BINS r r * Z/T\ EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE IN JANUARY NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER FOR NEXT YEAR’S CROP HP=|| we sell, service and install OE.M.HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. 717-464-3321 laboratory, test center, proving grounds and the reliability and evaluating laboratory. Langdon la active in many industry and technical society affairs. In addition to serving as chairman of the FIEI Agricultural Equip ment Braking Committee, he is a member of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis (SESA). He is a member of various com mittees of all three groups. John E. Langdon and his wife Marilyn reside in Racine, Wisconsin, with their daughters Theresa Jane, age 15, and Mary Jean, age 8. The Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute, founded in 1893, is among the oldest manufacturers’ trade organizations in operation. FIEI is a focal point for a variety of industrywide activities. fWhat's New . . .j PUL GLASS A glass, made of almost unbreakable Lexan, is on the market for adults and children who are afraid of swallowing pills. Just place the pill on the ledge, fill with water or enticing beverage and let PILLTAKERS E-Z SWALLOW raceway lift the pill on a wave of liquid and wash it unnoticed down the throat. Sold and guaranteed by SELInc., Box 206, Essex, CT 06426. \ 'TOT ' '1 ' -ii { R.D.I, Willow Street research WASHINGTON, D.C. - Egg producers, voting in a referendum, have approved a nationwide egg research and promotion order, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) an nounced today. The program was ap proved by 73 percent of the 2,160 producers voting (more than the two-thirds required) and by 86 percent of the production represented in the balloting, based on production for June- August 1975. The mail referendum was conducted Nov. 3-28 by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Organizations certified to make nominations (press release USDA 3539-75) for the 18-member Egg Board have until Jan. 16 to submit names of egg producers of their representatives. Nominations should be sent to H. C. Kennett, Director, Poultry Division, AMS, USDA, Washington, D.C. 20250. The order, authorized by the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act of 1974 and based on evidence presented at a public hearing held in May, is scheduled for publication in the Dec. 22 Federal Register. The program will be financed by an assessment of up to 5 cents for each 30 dozen eggs marketed and will be operated by the Egg Board. A i *//h \ *//* ' \ ; \ ' M * Egg planned OM 1700 BUSHELS v i. Some bloomin ’ suggestions You can enjoy the poln settia you received for Christmas beyond the holidays if you follow these tips from the New Jersey Cooperative Extension Service at Cook College, Rutgers University. Keep you polnsettia in a sunny warm window but make sure it’s not drafty. If there’s danger of chilling at night, take the plant out of the window before you go to bed. Try to maintain soil moisture at moderate and uniform levels. The soil should be neither soggy wet nor bone dry. When the top of the soil is dry, water it. After the plant stops blooming and the leaves begin to fall, gradually stop watering It. The leaves will soon turn yellow and drop. Store the dried-off plant in a cool, dart basement at SO to 60 degrees until April or May and then water it lightly. Give it just enough com BIG RED Save time and effort International Grinder-Mixers You get unique convenience and production advantages—from load ing to unloading, cleaning and main-, taming. Such as uniform grinding with few “fines”; thorough mixing; efficient dust collection, easy-oper ating center unloading auger with 12-foot reach, separate concentrate hopper Options include scale and corn shelter. • 2 sizes—9s and 105-bu. tank ca pacity. See us for details. Easy finance plans available. MESSICK FARR! EQUIP. ELIZABETHTOWN COPE & WEAVER CO. NEW PROVIDENCE SWOPE & BASHORE, INC. MYERSTOWN RDI (Frystown) 717-933 4138 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Oakwood Lane at Rt 873 Near Neffs (Schnecksville Pa ) 215 767 3806 or 437 4813 4C» . Mrt. 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For more information on the new GREENZINI variety, contact the Vegetable Seed Sales Department, Ferry-Morse Seed Company, P.O. Box 100, Mountain View, California 94042. C. B. HOOBER & SON INTERCOURSE R. S. NOLLINGER & SON MOUNTVILLE ERB & HENRY EQUIP. INC. 22 26 Henry Ave New Berlmvtlle, PA 1 Mile North of Boyertown Phone 215 367 2169 717 786 8231 Ephrata PA 717 285 4538
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