Gillespie heads PLA HARRISBURG - William Gillespie of Mertztown, Pa. was recently elected president of the Penn sylvania Livestock Association, succeeding retiring president Don Park of Ephrata. The Berks Countian is a well-known breeder of Hereford cattle. Also elected were Ike Yates, first vice-president; White announces five timely ways to save thousands of dollars on your next machinery purchase. JZ. Pre-Season Allowance Make your best deal with your local White® dealer on a new White tractor, tractor tillage tool combination, planter or combine . and we’ll send directly to you a check fors2ooto $1,850. White Bucks'- When you buy a new 4- wheel-drive 4-150 or 4-180 Field Boss’"... White will allow you up to $3,000 toward the purchase price of a job-matched tillage tool or planter to go with it. Waiver of Finance Charges Buy now and White will waive fi nance charges until March 31, 1977, on all new White tractors, tillage equipment purchased with tractors and planters. Financing chargeffon combines will be the first season of use Investment Credit On equipment purchased and de livered to you prior to January 1, 1977, the IRS-sponsored invest ment tax credit program allows m White Farm Equipment Company WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION Product must be delivered prior to December 30, 1976 to qualify for Pre-Season Allowance and White Bucks programs Product delivery prior to December 31,1976 subject to available inventory. ')(-?,ov/ vb'tuH nufmH ■ o, t)U i .cimcT n i Computers monitor Penna. livestock HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania livestock iarmars can now obtain 'aster service from a new ’omputerized information lystem, operated by the date Agriculture Depart ment’s Bureau of Animal Industry. Believed to be a unique state government service, the new system is expected to reduce losses suffered by Herb Shick, second vice president; Wellington Smith, third vice president; and Jim Glass, fourth vice president. The new officers were introduced at the Association’s annual meeting, held here earlier this month during the Keystone International Livestock Exposition. you to deduct up to 10% of the purchase price from your net in come tax. Ist Year Bonus Depreciation An additional 20% of the pur chase price of equipment pur chased arid delivered before January 1,1977 can be deducted from your 1976 taxable income underthe IRS-sponsored Istyear bonus depreciation plan. Save up to $7,000 Here’s a golden opportunity to save thousands of dollars. If you were to take advantage of White’s exclusive Pre-Season Al lowance. White Bucks (both ex pire December 30, IS76J as well as our Waiver of Finance Charges and the IRS-sponsored Investment Tax Credit and Ist Year Bonus Depreciation’ plans ... you could save up to $7,000 on your next major machinery pur chase. See us for the full details. We can work out a special deal for you now.. before December 30, 1976 farmers from animal diseases as well as save taxpayers up to $70,000 annually in record-keeping costs. According to Raymond J. Kerstetter, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, the Commonwealth will be able to keep closer track of livestock herds to pinpoint possible problems and forestall potential epidemics. Information on the Commonwealth’s 50,000 herds totalling nearly 2,000,000 cattle are stored in a computer system in the state computer center at Middletown near Harrisburg. This center operates under the direction of Secretary of Ad ministration James N. Wade. The data specifically m- Operator keys-in data from a tuberculosis and brucellosis test report on a cattle herd into a Uniscope 100 visual display at the Summerdale (near Harrisburg) regional office of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. In formation entered through the terminal is fed into the memory of a Univac 1110 computer system at the state’s Ontral Management In- cludes record of infectious diseases, plus data on 900 accredited veterinarians. The computer is linked to visual display terminals located in eight regional offices of the Agriculture Department and the organization’s Harrisburg headquarters. The regional offices are in Meadville, Williamsport, Tunkhannock, Gibsonia, Altoona, Sum- merdale, Lansdale and Lancaster. Personnel in the district Look neighbor..." THAT'S B NEED A REPLACEMENT UNLOADER. THINK JAMESWAY CALL FOR ON SILOS VOLUMATIC JUST ARRIVED — NEW SHIPMENT OF JAMESWAY GALVANIZED WINDOWS A’s voW vebiyif?? ieJa - Lancaster Far~‘ ~ ‘!ovr27 ' formation Center at Middletown. Data on herds stored in the computer can be accessed within seconds through terminals installed at the Department’s eight regional offices. New computerized service is ex pected to reduce losses suffered by farmers from animal diseases and save taxpayers up to $70,000 an nually in record-keeping costs. offices can type questions through the terminal, resembling a combination typewriter and television screen, to inquire about a herd, specific animals, the herd owner or the veterinarian associated with the herd. Within seconds the requested data is displayed on the screen of the terminal. If desired, a hard copy version of any messages appearing on the screen can be obtained from an associated printer unit. G VOLUME ! Jamesway® Volumatic® II silage distributor-unloader gives you fast feeding and'less climbing. EARLY DISCOUNTS & JAMESWAY il UNLOADERS HENRY S. LAPP Box 175 R.D.I (Cains) Phone (717) 442-8134 The data permits regional department personnel to assist herd owners in acquiring health certificates needed for the sale or showing of their animals. It also allows for the dissemination to herd owners of up-to-the-minute findings of all brucellosis and tuberculosis animal testing. The computerized system replaces manual file-keeping resulting m an annual saving of $70,000. Gap, PA 1752? neJ~ ?3 c 1
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