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NORFOLK, Va. - A big
baler that compacts hay or
straw into rectangular bales
containing up to 1350 pounds
has been announced by
> Vicon FanaMachinery, Inc.
The new Vicon hydraulic
baler produces high density,
rectangular bales
measuring 2 feet, 8 inches
four feet six feet holding
over 54 cubic feet.
The trailer type machine,
for which patents have been
granted and applied for, can
be operated with a 100 h.p.
tractor and delivers 40 to 58
bales per hour without
stopping.
A hydraulically controlled
ram compresses the bales
into a rectangularly shaped
chamber with a pressure of
35 tons maximum at 10 to 16
strokes per bale, depending
upon density of the material.
Bale weights vary-from
approximately, 550 pounds
for straw to 850 pounds for
hay to 1350 pounds for hay
with 50 per cent dry matter.
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Member F 0 I.C.
Uncaster Fanning, Saturday, November 11,1978-
Design and construction of
this new baler is tuned to
heavy, wet silage crops. It
has beenthoroughly tested
under European conditions.
Vicon is a producer of
farm machinery with 30
years international ex
perience in fodder
harvesting equipment. The
complete Vicon fine includes
fingerwheel rakes,
swathtumers, tedders, disc
mowers and mower
conditioners.
In making the an
nouncement, vice-president
and sales manager Dennis
Wright said that Vicon is
prowl to be one of the first to
develop a machine that
produces large square bales
that farmers can easily haul
and store. Farmers who
traditionally have preferred
a square bale have found
that large round bales are
difficult to haul and store.
“We’re excited about the
new Vicon big square
baler,” said President
Dennis Schwitters. “It takes
an outstanding unit to
compact so much hay or
straw into a single bale. The
density, getting up to 1350
pounds of hay in a single
bale, is remarkable.”
For information or
licensing details about this
new baler, write Vicon Farm
Machinery, 3741 % Cook
Boulevard; P.O. Box 6313,
Chesapeake, Virginia 23323.
[C AGENTS
DISCOVERED
Discovery of a new family
of anthelmintic agents that
appear to have un
precedented potency and
spectrum of biological ac
tivity was announced by
scientists 'from the Merck
Sharp & Dohme Research
Laboratories (MSDRL), a
division of Merck Co., Inc.
According to Merck
scientists, the results show
that the avermectins have
potent activity agajnftt a
wide range of parasitic
nematodes in domestic
animals. They are effective
against both manure and
immature roundworms, both
hypobiotic and normal
fourth-stage larvae, both
benzimidazole-sensitive ana
benzimidazole-resistant
nematode strains and both
intestinal and extra
intestinal forms.
The component identified
as avermectin Bla was used
in the animal tests. The
scientists reported that test
results prove the aver
mectins to be a valuable lead
to a new anthelmintic for
veterinary use. Further
testing and development
work must be completed
before any of the agents or
their analogs will be
available commercially.
Parasitized animals used
in the tests include sheep,
cattle, dogs, and chickens. In
separate tests, cattle
received treatment either
orally or by injection, with
excellent efficacy demon
strated by both the oral and
parenteral routes of ad
ministration stated Merck
scientists.
The scientists said that
their reported results,
together with other data,
indicate that the an
thelmintic activity of the
avennectins extends to at
least eight families of
nematodes: Filariidae,
Oxyuridae, Trichinellidae,
Trichuridae, Heterakidae,
Metastrongylidae, Trichos-
trongylidae,
Strongylidae.
For more information
contact Merck Sharp and
Research
Dohme
Laboratories, P.O. Box 2000,
Rahway, N. J. 07065 (201/574-
6427).
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