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Harrington, Del., and the
following Saturday (May 13)
the gates will open again at
The Buck. Other tractor
pulling sites this year in
clude Cumberland v T alley,
Lebanon, Kutztown, and
Grantville where either
tractor pulling associations
or special events chairmen
are responsible for putting
the show on the track.
Pulls will be held regularly
at some of the locations,
such as The Buck, which
boasts the only tractor
pulling stadium r in the
country. Some other pulls
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Tractor pulling season
will be a once and done af
fair. On May 29-30, for
example, Muncy-Chief
Hybrids will sponsor the
$24,100 tractor pull at the
Penn National State Fair at
Grantville, just off ,of In
terstate 81, exit 28. Activities
get underway at 1 p.m. on
the 29th and 30th, with
evening programs both days
beginning at 7 p.m.
To further illustrate the
popularity and crowd
drawing power of tractor
pulling contests, we point out
the Kutztown Fire Company
truck crew will sponsor their
contest on May 26, beginning
at 7 p.m. at the Kutztown
Fairgrounds.
While contest organizers
are making their
preparations for the tractor
pulling season, the drivers
themselves are tuning their
engines, and making
modifications to place them
in better competitive
positions. Tractor pulling
involves more than hor
sepower and weight. It in
volves mechanical
ingenuity, balance, and
great driving skill. While
their machines - which
frequently develop more
than 1000 horsepower -
scream to life, the driver
gives full attention to the
track, the' wheels, his
steering, a cluster of gauges,
noises, scents, and
vibrations. If he expects to
win, he has to be in “direct
communication” with his
machine. Drivers develop a
real feel for their equipment
until it almost becomes as
though the driver and
machine are physically
linked to each other.
Amos Stauffer, one of the
pioneers among tractor
Beef cattle prices
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early March. At auction
after auction, the price is up.
The market pages inside
provide details.
According to marketing
specialists and market
observers, the new level of
beef prices is expected to
hold steady, a development
which they’ve been
predicting for months.
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pullers in Lancaster County,
exemplifies the “fine
tuning” of both man and
machine. While admitting
that many adjustments and
modifications are basically
“just guesses,” he and
others like him have the
ability to interpret results of
adjustments and
modifications until a win
ning combination is found.
By doing so, men like
Stauffer increase hor
sepower as much as ten-fold.
Stauffer and his sons have
won several national tractor
pulling contests, running air
cooled Deutz Diesels. One of
the younger Stauffers, Mark,
helped introduce tractor
pulling in Europe last Fall
when he demonstrated the
power of his tractor at an
international even in the
Netherlands.
For more information on
tractor pulling, and
scheduled events in your
location, consult your area
tractor pulling association,
or write to the Pennsylvania
Tractor Pullers Association,
P.O. Box 157, New Holland,
Pa. 17557.
Higher prices have been in
marketing forecasts for
more than six months, with
the chief reason being lower
cattle numbers.
Higher prices continue to
be recorded all across the
nation. This week’s Penn
sylvania summary, (see
market pages, inside) shows
the trend: Fewer cattle are
going to market while prices
are rising. Feeder cattle
numbers show the same
trend.
The new wave of rising
prices for cattlemen, which
comes after two years of
comparatively low prices, is
causing retail butchers to
advise their customers to
stock their freezers now.
According to the National
Livestock and Meat Board,
considerable interest in
cattle prices is being
generated as a result of the
new upswing. But it’s not
like the interest and even
protests that were generated
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Amos Stauffer prepares his “Fido” for the
upcoming tractor pulling season.
a few years ago during the
beef boycott.
hi the NLMBR newsletter,
dated May 1, the
organization says :
“The phones keep ringing.
The calls come from net
work and local radio
television news wire ser
vices, metropolitan
newspapers, news
magazines. The editors,
reporters, news directors
want more information on
rising meat prices --
especially rising beef prices.
Some are straight telephone
interviews. Others are calls
to arrange face-to-face in
terviews on various aspects
of the meat price story.
“Significantly, to date the
news people have been
seeking the kind of basic
facts about the livestock and
meat industry which help
them explain to consumers
why supplies are down and
prices are up. They are
seeking information about
the factors that affect meat
prices - not demanding to
know who is making unfair
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