—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1979
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WHAT'S NEW
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CHEMICAL HANDLING
MACHINE
A new herbicide handling
machine that simplifies
miring, virtually eliminates
chemical exposure and
makes economical 55-gallon
drums more practical to use
has been developed by the
Farmchem Corp., Floyd,
lowa.
“It opens the market for
55-gallon herbicide drums,”
explains Ed Olsen, Farm
chem manager.
The machine, which now
carries the copyright name
“Batch-Mate,” was
designed by Ray Murray,
Farmchem president. The
copyright will protect its
design until Farmchem
receives a patent.
A 110-volt pump is used to
transfer the desired amount
Come see Monoframe plows with Bump
and Run hydraulic reset bottoms which
lift over buried objects and reset auto
matically Look into the Allis-Chalmers 7-
bottom semi-mounted plow It gives you
18-inch furrows in a 12-foot wide cut Plug
ging is all but eliminated thanks to a full
Rising Power
in Fannins
ALUS-CHALMERS
AGRONOMICS, INC.
RD2, Factoryville, PA
717-945-3933
L K. BRUBAKER, INC.
Lancaster, PA
717-397-5179
C. J. WONSIDLER BROS.
Rt. 309 1 100
R 2 New Tripoli, PA 18066
215-767-7611
BHM FARM EQUIPMENT, INC.
Annville, RDI, PA
717-867-2211
ROY H. BUCK, INC.
Ephrata, RD2
717-859-2441
CJ. WQNSIDLER BROS.
RDI, Quakertown, PA 18951
215-536-1935
215-536-7523
WERTZ GARAGE
Uneboro, MD
301-374-2672
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of herbicide from the 55-
gallon drum into a funnel
shaped, 15-gallon
polyethylene tank, which is
calibrated with half-gallon
measurements. A less ex
pensive gravity system is
also available, which works
with the 55-gallon drum
suspended on a platform or
on the back of a pickup
truck.
The Batch-Mates operate
on a venturi principle,
similar to an engine car
buretor. A centrifugal pump
carries water from a
separate nurse tank through
the Batch-Mate and into the
herbicide spray tank. When
the valve of the venturi
system beneath the funnel
shaped tank is open,
however, the rushing water
creates a vacuum, sucking
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PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT, INC.
the liquid or wettable
powder herbicide from the
funnel tank and carrying it
to the spray tank. The
rushing water actually helps
to mix the chemical.
A hose is attached to the
Batch-Mate funnel tank so
the tank can be rinsed after
each chemical. The entire
system should be flushed
with water after use.
Olsen says’many growers
and custom applicators who
have purchased a gravity
system Batch-Mate often use
it with 5-gallon cans, noting
that it is easier to pour a 5-
gallon can of herbicide into
the ground-level Batch-Mate
than to climb up on a tractor.
The motor-driven Batch-
Mate can be used out in field
by attaching a converter to a
water truck’s 12-volt bat
tery.
All Batch-Mates are
assembled by hand at the
Farmchem office in Floyd,
and Olsen says supply may
be tight until an assembly
line is set up in 1980.
GESTATION STALLS
A new line of slant-front
gestation stalls with a choice
of four types of feeders has
been introduced by the
Delphi Products Co.,
division of Underhill In
dustries, Inc., P.O. Box 256,
Delphi, Ind. 46923.
GRUMEUI FARM SERVICE
Qoarryville, PA
717-786-7318 ■
225 York Road
Carlisle, PA
717-249-5338
SHARTLESVILLE FARM EQUIPMENT
Shartlesville, PA
215-488-1025
H Daniel Wenger, Prop.
AG.-INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
R 2, Rising Sun, MD
301-658-5568
AIHVRLE FARM SERVICE ' "^
Hwy. 74, Airville, PA
717-862-3358
A. I. MSS 6 SON, INC.
RD2, Oley, PA
215-987-6257
These new stalls feature
sturdy construction with all
panels made of %-inch
painted solid steel tubing
with electro-welded joints.
All tubing is vertical, to
prevent animals from
climbing and getting bruises
on legs and feet. Tie bars are
1-inch galvanized tubing,
with yoke-type holders,
which can be removed easily
with simple tools.
Two- of the feeders are
mounted on front door gates.
The feeder sections, botli
inside and outside, are
coated with a tough f used-on
glass coating (hat defies
abrasion, rust and corrosion.
It is so smooth and free from
cracks that it resists the
accumulation of bacteria,
says the manufacturer. A
feed saver inside the bowl
minimizes the waste of feed.
Hoppers are made of
heavily-galvanized steel.
These feeders can be filled
Feed & weed
in one trip.
For fertilizing and weed control, there's a one-trip
solution Feed and weed-applying liquid fertilizer and
weed control chemicals together in one quick trip It
saves you time, labor, equipment costs, reduces soil
compaction,-and helps you get more profit out of every
acre
Most herbicides can be included in our prescription
mixed SLF® liquid fertilizer or in Golden DRAM® nitrogen
solution So you can feed and weed preplant, pre-emerge
or postemerge on practically any crop
We’ll help you rig up your equipment to make your
own application, or well do it for you Then, whenever
you want to save busy work during the busy season, you
can take advantage of ARCADIAN®liquid and feed and
weed in one trip
MARTIN'S LIQUID SERVICE
by hand or by an overhead
automatic feed system.
The third type of feeder
available is free-standing
and is built like one mounted
on a gate. The fourth is
trough type. It is sectional,
and available sections can
be bolted together to form
continuous troughs of almost
any length. There are end
units 5 feet long, and in- '
termediate sections, 4,3, 2
and 1 feet long. Thus, a
continuous trough can be
assembled to run through
the length of a row of
gestation stalls. These
troughs are coated, both
inside and outside, with a
tough fused-on glass finish.
HI LIFT
DewEze Manufacturing,
Inc., announces production
of their Model 165 H Hi-Laft
Hugger.
This tractor attachment
c/oJOHN Z. MARTIN
RLI, Box 716, New Holland, Pa. 17557
PHONE: 717-354-5848
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allows the operator to stack
big round bales 3-high in
bams or sheds, 2-high on
trucks and gives the height
needed to load the bales into
tub grinders or bale feeders.
The unit mounted on a
tractor’s 3-point utilizes dual
hydraulics to squeeze and
release bales at heights up to
nine feet. The hugger arms
are interchangeable with
other DewEze bale handling
equipment, including the
Bale Hugger Model 165 and
Bale Pikup Model 265.
The Company also
manufactures a Gin Pole
attachment for heavy lifting
jobs, an implement hauler
attachment, and platform
attachment for loading and
unloading barrels or feed
sacks.
More information on the
Model 165 H Hi-Lift Hugger
is availale from DewEze
Mfg., Inc., Route 2 Bor 4A,
Harper, Kansas, 67058, or
(316) 896-7381.
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