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Livestock market report available
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The
Maryland Department of
Agriculture has now
assumed major respon
sibility for publishing the
weekly “Maryland
Livestock News” market
report.
USDA has been furnishing
Training completed
NEW HOLLAND
Richard Witmer, service
manager at Messick Farm
Equipment Inc. in
Elizabethtown has returned
from a service shop
management training
course held by Sperry New
Holland in Binghamton, New
York. While in training,
Witmer attended sessions
designed to sharpen farm
equipment dealer personnel
expertise in managing
dealership service shop
operations, a key factor in
keeping farm and ranch
equipment on-the-go during
the critically important
harvesting season.
One of the world’s largest
farm equipment producers,
Sperry New Holland serves
markets in the U.S. and
Canada, Latin America,
Europe, Australia and New
Zealand, and parts of Africa
and Asia. The company
ranks among the world’s top
five free-market combine
producers, and has been a
pioneer in the development
of hay and forage harvesting
equipment since the 1940’5.
Training its independently
franchised dealers to be able
to provide high-quality and
Dr. William H. Mitchell
U. of Del
agronomist
honored
DOVER, Del. - University
of Delaware agronomist Dr.
William H. Mitchell has been
named a Man-of-the-Year In
Service To Agriculture by
the editors of Progressive
Farmer Magazine. The
award, which recognizes
Mitchell’s many con
tributions, both as a
researcher and Extension
specialist, was presented to
him during a special
ceremony at the annual
meeting of the Delaware
Crop Improvement
Association on March 7, in
Felton, Del.
The only other time a
Delawarean has been cnosen
for this honor was back in
the early 1970’s when Frank
Gordy, then director of the
University’s Georgetown
Substation, was recognized
for his many achievements.
The award is given to a
person who has contributed
significantly to the state’s
the report which, up until
now, has confined itself to
detailed reporting of
livestock sales at the West
Friendship, Howard County
auction.
However, now that MDA
has become involved in the
timely service to keep har
vesting equipment in op
timum operating condition is
one bf Sperry New Holland’s
top priorities, according to
N. Gene Briscoe, the com
pany’s North American
Division Dealer Service
. Shop Training Manager.
Also pay no finance
charges until your season
of use on new MF
combines and accessories.
Right now you can save two ways on
new Massey-FerguSon combines and
accessories.
CASH BACK.
You save on new MF harvesting
equipment now, because
Massey-Ferguson will give you cash
back based upon the cash you paid on
the purchase, and on the reasonable
COME SEE US WHILE SELECTION IS GOOD!
MF
Massey Ferguson
N. H. FLICKER KELLER BROS.
& SONS INC. Ridge Road
.. . Perkasie, PA
ou a^, n L co Ph: (215) 257-5698
Ph (215)683-7252 or 257-5864
S. G. LEWIS
AND SON
West Grove, PA
Ph (215)869-9440
869-2214
cooperative news reporting
effort, the report is being
expanded to cover the
regular feeder pigs sales
conducted by the Maryland
Pork Producers Association.
Tom Armstrong,
nationally-known market
news reporter and meat
grading expert, will continue
to compile the report at his
West Friendship office.
The report, mailed
weekly, is available free to
farmers who wish to receive
it. To get one’s name on the
mailing list, he should
write: “Livestock Report”
c/o Marketing Division,
Maryland Department of
Agriculture, Parole Plaza
Office Building, Annapolis,
Md. 21401.
GET CASH BACK
WHEN YOU BUY NOW!
LEBANON VALLEY
IMPLEMENT CO.
700 E. Linden St
Richland, PA
Ph (717)866-7518
LANSDALE - The newly
formed Montgomery County
4-H Goat Club invites any
boy or girl ages 0-19 years to
join and learn more about
the world of the dairy goat.
The next meeting will be
held on March 14, 7:30 p.m.
at the 4-H Center on Snyder
Road near Lansdale in
Montgomery County.
The get together will
feature a demonstration on
proper trimming of hooves.
If more details or directions
are needed, contact the 4-H
office at 215-277-0574. The 4-H
Center is located on Snyder
Road, off Rt. 363 between
Sumneytown Pike and
Allentown Road.
During DEALIIM’ DAYS...
PERSONALIZED MF FINANCING,
PARTS AND SERVICE
PAUL J. EICHERT
& SON
RDI,
Orwigsburg, PA
Ph: (717)943-2304
PETERMAN
FARM EQUIPMENT
225 York Road
Carlisle, PA
Ph: (717) 249-5338
. Goatclub
starting
trade-in allowance. MF will send you a
check when purchase is completed.
PAY NO FINANCE
CHARGES.
That’s right. If you finance through
Massey-Ferguson Credit Corporation, all
finance charges are waived until August
1,1978 for grain harvesting combines
(and until September 1,1978 for corn
and bean harvesting combines).
Offer ends April 28,1978 and is limited
to available inventory.
MARLIN W.
SCHREFFLER
Pitman, PA
Ph: (717) 648-1120
COS FARM
EQUIPMENT, INC.
Intersection 214-616
Seven Valleys, PA
Ph: (717)428-1967
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HOG PRODUCERS!
Get Top Price for
Your Hogs at
New Holland
Sold in sorted lots the auction way. See them
weighed and sold and pick up your check.
SALE EVERY MONDAY 8:00 A.M.
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
Phone 717-354-4341
Daily Market Report - Phone 717-354-7288
Abe Diffenbach, Manager
MF
Massey Ferguson
RHODES EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
M. M. WEAVER
&SONS
N. Groffdaie Rd.
Leola, PA 17540
Ph: (717)656-2321
ISENNOCK
SERVICE CENTER
Rte. 24 & Plank Rd.
Stewartstown, PA
Ph: (717)993-2523
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1085 Industrial Blvd.
Southampton, PA
Ph: (215) 677-6000
✓ A. L HERR
&BRO-
312 Park Ave.
Quarryville, PA
Ph: (717)786-3521
ARNETT’S
GARAGE
Rt. 9 Box 125
Hagerstown, MD
Ph: (301) 733-0515
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