—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 29,1978 28 Binkley wins plowing trophy (Continued from Page 1) Harvey Sauder, New Holland Rl, competed in the level land division with plows with four or more mordboards. His two previous wins in other years had also been in the same class. Binkley calls himself a general type famrer and farms 150 acres of com and alfalfa near Columbia He contributed his success in the contest to taking his time. He competes for the enjoyment of the contest, but wished there would have been more competition Sauder, who walked away with the second prize mthe contest, is a dairy farmer who has been entering the plowing contest for nine or ten years, he reckoned. He used a tractor in the contest he had bought only a month ago and a plow which he had picked up that morning and QUEEN ROAD REFRIGERATION AVCO-VM diesel engines are world-proven money-savers They deliver maximum power efficiency immediately, under any sudden load or climate variation Their higher power to weight ratios mean NO REDUCTION IN HORSEPOWER to qualify for pollution standards They’re stingy on fuel, too Many users report fuel consumption CUT IN HALF and more compared with gasoline engines In some installations our diesels are delivering more than 1050 SU SERIES OUEEN ROAD REFRIGERATION BOX 67, INTERCOURSE, PA. 17534 PHONE: 717-768-9006 AFTER 5 PM - JOHN D. WEAVER 768-8355 Gid Dienner 768-8521 Sam Stoltzfus 768-3594 Or Answering Service 354-4374 noted that he felt he could have made more of a contest if he would have been more accustomed to using his equipment. As it was he scored 486 points to Binkley’s 518. Perfect score in the cntest would have been 600. Judges for the plowing contest were three agriculture teachers from Lancaster County, including Charles Ackley, Ephrata, Elvm Hess, Elizabethtown, and August Birchler, Penn Manor They used unifor mity of depth and width of the furrows and straightness of the rows as the basis of their decision Binkley is planning on entering the state com petition to be held at Penn State in August In the land judging con test, two FFA’ers tied for the first place honors. Larry Martin, East Earl Rl, and n 2800 RPM 22 SAE HP 20 DIN HP THE "RIGHT FROM THE START " DIESEL ENGINE LINE FOR FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE. David Holzhauer, Holtwood Rl, both received identical scores in winning the top honors Larry, the son of Mr. and Mrs Raymond Martin is a member of the Grassland FFA. He had previously competed in the county land judging and his chapter’s contest but this was the first that he had won The son of Mr and Mrs Robert S Holzhauer, David had won the county land judging contest and par ticipated in the state contest before earning his top position at this contest. Third place went to Tina Bucher, Solanco; fourth was given to Sandra Weaver, New Holland, fifth went to Steve Herr, Solanco, and Troy Groff, Solanco, placed sixth. As part of the festivities of the Conservation field day, a (Turn to Page 29) AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTOR FOR 2800 RPM 44 SAE HP 40 DIN HP “THE DIESEL WITH A DIFFERENCE” Cuts your power costs because it’s way ahead of its time on all points. 2800 RPM 66 SAE HP 60 DIN HP V* » 1 % ; ‘i it i Tying for first place in the land judging were Larry Martin, East Earl Rl, seer in the center, and David Holzhauer, Holtwood Rl, standing on the right. Presenting the trophies is Tom Johnston, administrator of the conservatior district. TWICE the hours of operation per gallon of fuel Faultless performance is the norm, rather than the exception A choice of 27 premium quality air-cooled Avco-VM's (5 to 670-hp) means there’s one that’s right for your application Modular, unitized construction means fewer specialized parts, lower weight per hp, lower maintenance costs, 70% parts in terchangeability and they’ll fit the tightest space 2800 RPM 88 SAE HP 80 DIN HP 2800 RPM 132 SAEHP 120 DIN HP 24 hoop
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