Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, December 31, 1977, Image 69

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    Runaway railroad cars and $ lB/ton feed
marked beginning of farmers’ cooperative
By JOANNE SPAHE
LANCASTER - The af
ternoon was running
smoothly at the warehouse
that day. Two boxcars full of
Know Where the Activities Will Be?
Read the Farm Women Calendar.
ENGINE SERVICE
SALES & SERVICE
• Wisconsin 6 to 65 H.P.
• Briggs & Stratton 2 to 16 H.P.
•Rockford & Twin Disc Clutches and Clutch-
Reductions
• Large engine and parts inventory
• F.M. and Wico magneto service
• Wisconsin flywheel alternator service
• Complete engine rebuilding
3141 Old Phila. Pike
Bird-in-Hand, Pa. 17505
NEW
YEAR
We at Hershey Equipment Company
would like to take time out of this busy
holiday season to thank all of you, our
customers, for your terrific patronage in
the past year.
We look forward to serving you even
better in the coming year. To all of you
we wish a healthy and prosperous new
year . From the employees and manage-
ment of Hershey Equipment Company Inc .
feed were swiftly being
unloaded onto the platform
and three more were parked
temporarily on the nearby
siding.
Midst the hustle and bustle
FISHER
g^^mtinas'
of work, a tall, slender man
emerged from the
warehouse and intently
headed up the hill to the
sided cars.
Crawling up the side of the
first one, he stationed
himself on the footbar and
looked out over the roof at
the activity before him.
Seeing that no one was in
his path, he released the
brake wheel and confidently
rode along as the three
weighty wheeled boxes
steadily rolled down the
incline to the warehouse
door.
WISCONSIN
CD
HEAVY DUTY
I ENGINES)
Judgmg his distance from
the building, he changed
position to wind up the brake
wheel, when, much to his
astonishment and fright, he
found that the brake was
faulty. Instead of slowing
down, the three 20-ton cars
were quickly picking up
momentum. As the building
came closer and closer, the
man frantically tried to work
the brake, but to no avail.
In a matter of minutes, the
TUT
HIBSHEY EQUIPMENT
(“I I COMPANY, INC.
/s / S
Unloading feed from freight cars was a fact of life in the early years of
farmers’ cooperatives.
heavy boxcars smacked five or six feet, and ramming whole time, the un
solidly into the two near the their iron unloading plates warehouse manager
warehouse, shoving them into the side of the building. (Turn to Page 72)
Lancaster Fai mmg, Saturday, December 31,1977
SYCAMORE IND. PARK
255 PLANE TREE DRIVE
LANCASTER. PA. 17603
(717) 393-5807
Route 30 West at the Centerville Exit
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