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New farm equipment dealership opened and . are * the
top of the list Eventually we
plan to add computer con
trolled inventories. ’ ’
M & R markets In
ternational Harvester and
'•new PARK - A newly
formed farm equipment
dealership recently opened
the doors to new sales and
service facilities, here.
M & R Equipment, for
EVERY
WEDNESDAY 1$ %
DAIRY
CT day
AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
New Holland, PA
If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have from
f 100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your price
Mostly fresh and close springing Holstems
Cows from local farmers and our regular
shippers including Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite,
Kelly Bowser, Bill Lang, Blame Hoffer, Dale
Hostetter, H.D. Matz, and Jerry Miller.
SALE STARTS 12:30 SHARP
Also Every Wednesday, Hay, Straw &
Ear Corn Sale 12:00 Noon
~ All Dairy Cows & Heifers must be
eligible for Pennsylvania Health Charts.
For arrangements for special sales or herd
dispersals at our barn or on your farm, contact
Abram Diffenbach, Mgr
717-354-4341
Norman Kolb
717-397-5538
The AgStar Total Confinement Systems-
Will expand your hog business
for LESS DOLLARS - Let us show you.
Models coroe-12 or 24 feet -
wide {24-foot model shown
here), in lengths ol 32 or
50 feel. All 24-toot wide
baitdings have an entry
door in eqctt end. See
chert onbeokot this sheet
(or more specifications. .
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Built-In ventilation system
keeps building dry and
Srovldes fresh air (or animat
ealth.-Unipu* air flow
system pulis'iatr in at roof
ridge line, circulates if over
the top of the animals,
through the pit, land out. Note
that design of root system
eliminates the need for any
massive bulkheads .that could
restrict air flow. .
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Bank Financing &
Leasing Available
E.M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC.
merly C.H. Manifold, Inc. of
New Park and Robinson
Brothers of Delta, has
completed construction of its
new place of business. The
new facilities are the
Gestation
Farrowing stalls and
nursery areas am equipped
with aluminum T-slats In
' the floor, front and roar,
individual slats are 1”
across the top 1” high,
with 3/8” spacing between
sfats.
Culmination of over two
years of design, planning
and construction The
building contains 12,000
square feet of floor space
with a full 6000 square feet
devoted to shop facilities
The remaining space is used
for parts storage, offices and
a show room.
Both Manifold and
Robinson Brothers have
been International Har
vester dealers for many
years. Because of their close
proximity and close working
relationships, the two
businesses decided m 1975
to combine forces and
construct new facilities with
an improved location and
easier agcess. Construction
began in the Spring of 1977
and was completed Nov. 1 of
last year.
Lee Manifold serves as
overall manager of the
merged dealerships. Parts
Farrowin
Nurser
SOHCASTIL.
economical, plug-up-and-go total farrowing
environment qualifies for tax investment credit
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Each farrowing stallhas an
adjusfabte.sow feeder and
{ ■> automatic water cap.
I I ‘ N'P P I® waterer Is optional
« 8 inplace ofwatercup. Stall
IF fr * ,dBS «• adjustable to size
11 * - of sow. Nursery feeders
R.D. 3 Sprecher Road Willow St. Pa. Lancaster Co. 717-464-3321
manager is Charles
Robinson Don Robinson is
shop and service manager,
while Dave Robinson is sales
and inventory manager
Five of M & R’s employees
have over 30 years of ex
perience in the farm
equipment business
Charles Robinson, who has
been in the business since
1928, said “I can remember
when a dealer’s parts in
ventory could be hauled out
the door in a wheelbarrow.
Now a large moving van
couldn’t hold it all. We have
over 15,000 individual parts
numbers and that number is
growing every day.”
Manager Lee Manifold
observes that “parts and
service are our most im
portant concerns. As far as
our goals are concerned,
improved inventory - in
cluding both parts and
machines, shop capabilities
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ar« provided for pigs.
Look at a few of the
features we build
into our structures.
Hog cholera
eradicated
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland has officially
declared the United States
free of hog cholera, the most
destructive and costly swine
disease ever to exist in this
country. He made the
proclamation on Jan. 31.
In signing a document
which lifts a 1972 declaration
of emergency and also
recognizes the nation’s “hog
cholera free’ status, the
Secretary called eradication
of this vims disease “one of
the most significant
achievements in animal
health history.”
Secretary Bergland noted,
however, that hog cholera
still exists in many countries
of the world. “Just as with
foot-and-mouth disease or
African swine fever or any
other foreign animal
disease, farmers,
veterinarians and
regulatory officials must be
alert for introductions of hog
cholera. The U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture is
Finishin
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New Idea equipment, along
with many smaller lines.
The firm is located ap
proximately five miles south
of Stewartstown, just off of
Routes 851 and 24.
prepared to contain and
eliminate such outbreaks. If
the disease is introduced, the
sooner it is detected, the
quicker it can be eradicated.
Hog cholera is caused by a
vims which affects swme
only. Neither humans nor
other animals are affected.
The disease is often fatal.
Death from acute hog
cholera usually occurs
within four to 10 days after
the first signs occur.
Secretary Bergland
pointed out that the
eradication of hog cholera
ranks as a highly significant
accomplishment for several
reasons.
“This is a tax-supported
program that has started
and finished - and it was
completed at less cost than
originally " estimated,”
Secretary Bergland said.
“The eradication of this
‘native’ American disease
took just about 15 years - a
relatively short time for
disease elimination” he said.
“But even more important,
the job was done for less
than the original estimate.
At the outset, eradication
was expected to cost bet
ween $l6O and $2OO million m~
state and federal funds. The
actual cost from 1962
through 1977 was about $l4O
million.”
Allon H. Lefever, Ronks
R 2, has been named to the
position of commodites and
economic research manager
at Victor F. Weaver, Inc.,
New Holland, it was an
nounced recently by Dale M.
Weaver, executive vice
president of Weaver.
Lefever joined Weaver in
1974 as a training supervisor
in the Personnel Division. He
has served as commodity
analyst, and more recently,
commodites research
manager of the Commodities
Research Division.
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IN LOCATING
HEREFORD BULLS
OR FEMALES
No Cost...No Obligation J
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715 Hereford Drive ]
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816/842-3757
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