Fruit growers view the newest in equipment
PSBIJRG - There’s
ke a showing of new
ichinery to get
( ut to a meeting and
uchinery is to be
r ited in use, so
better. The truth in
merit was revealed
June 15 when ap
lely 200 fruit
from southcentral
inia gathered at
others Fruit Farm,
for a demon
of orchard equip-
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eating com silage all winter.
Southeastern Penna,
George F. Delong
Regional Manager
225 West Woods Drive
Lititz, PA 17543
Call Collect 717-626-0261
fetern Lancaster Co.
Kelvin Herr
r O2 New Holland, PA 17557
p h 717 354-5977
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Berks Co
R oger Heller
R DI Robeson ta PA
p hone 215-693-6160
ment.
“How do you arrange such
perfect spraying weather for
this demonstration when as
growers we’re confronted so
often with less than ideal
conditions?” This question
by William Wilson, RD 1,
Biglerville, summarized the
near perfect conditons which
existed permitting the
equipment dealers to display
the variety of spray patterns
and the differences in ap
plication rates which
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Southern Lancaster Co.
Henry OeLong, Jr.
RD2 Box 69
Peach Bottom, PA 17563
Phone 717-548-3471
Lehii
Thomas Heist
Mam Street
Alburtis, PA 18101
Phone 215-965-5124
modern sprayers are
capable of delivering. -
Flexibility is a word which
well describes the sprayers
now available to growers.
Some manufacturers offer
as many as ten different
models. Skid-mounted
models, powered by diesel
engines, may be moved
through the tree rows on
three-quarter ton pick-up
trucks. One self-propelled
unit featured eight speeds
forward or in reverse and
New hay, new pasture . . .
Northwestern Lancaster Co,
Earl B. Ginder
RD2, PA 17545
Phone 717-665-3126
& Northampton Co.
carried a $36,000 price tag.
Tank sizes vary permitting
use with tractors of varying
size. Dial-type nozzles and
adjustable fans add to the
flexibility of sprayers for use
with different crops.
Low profile tractors
suitable for use in low
branched, close-row plan
tings attracted lots of in
terest. One such omni-trac or
tricycle type unit demon
strated orchard mowing
beneath the over-hanging
yRAM
PR
Sure does, but I hope the boss doesn’t
get so busy that he forgets to send a
sample in to the lab to keep our ration
balanced!!!
Southwestern Lancaster Co.
Ben Greenawalt
RD2 Conestoga, PA 17516
Phone 717-872-5686
:heastern Penna
Aldus R. King
RDI, Box 67A
Atglen, PA 19310
Phone 215-593-5952
Chester Co.
William Windle
RDI, Atglen. PA 19310
Phone 215-593-6143
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 25.1977—11
trees, but will accomodate a
forklift, a pruning tower and
other three-point-hitch and
power-take-off uses. Another
unit suitable for use in close
row plantings featured an
air-cooled engine, good fuel
economy and a short turning
radius made possible by the
articulation principle which
in effect is a hinge or pivot
between the front and rear
wheels.
A self-propelled bulk bin
carrier for picking up filled
Lebanon Co.
Marvin Meyer
RD2, Box 157
Annville, PA 17003
Phone 717-867-1445
South Central Penna,
James L Yoder
Regional Manager j^jr
250 Edwards Ave pjr
Chambersburg, PA 17201 mf-
Call Collect 717-264-9321
bins in the orchard and
delivering these to
packinghouses or fruit
storage created interest.
This unit, developed in
California, has been coming
into use in New York or
chards. A “drop harvester”
for use in collecting dropped
apples, a low-profile
mechanical shaker, a
mechanical harvester and a
variety of orchard mowers
were included among the 32
machines demonstrated by
fourteen different
distributors.
“This was the largest
demonstration of orchard
equipment in the East” said
Philip Pitzer, host for the
event which was co
sponsored by the Adams
County Fruitgrowers
Association and the Penn
State Extension Service. The
auxiliary of the Bendersville
Fire Company provided a
food stand for the event.
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TRY A
CLASSIFIED
FRUITS & BERRIES
for home preserving
CALIF. APRICOTS
in 24 lb. boxes
8.95 9.95 1050
(three sizes of fruit)
LARGE SWEET
BINS CHERRIES
18 lb. container
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Adams County fresh
RED PIE CHERRIES
NEW JERSEY
BLUEBERRIES
in 20 lb. containers
CANNING SUGAR
and canning supplies
Phone ahead to learn
of availability of fruit.
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Open daily till 5:30 p.m.
Thun, till 8; Fri. till 9
Closed Sunday
COUNTRY AUCTION
Sat. afternoon, July Z
W. L. ZIMMERMAN
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Ph: 717-768-3291