Sale Reports
A Public Sale of real estate
and persona] property was
held May 5 by Ambrose Reed
and Vincent Reed, 1 mile
east of Parkesburg, Chester
Co., Pa.
The 3% story farmette
with a stream, 1% story
frame house and 2 story
horse bam was sold for
$55,900.
Other items sold were:
General ' Electric
Refrigerator $2OO, Sec. Desk
$220, 6 pc. Table & Chairs
$l3O, Hutch $95, Bench $2O,
Camel Back Trunk $3O, End
Tables $6O & $52.50, Sweeper
$2l and Cabbage Cutter $4.
Auctioneer was Steve
Petersheim.
A Public Albion of farm
equipment was held May 1
by Christian B. and Millicent
J. Myers, between
Quakertown and Pennsburg,
Bucks Co., Pa.
«■, Some prices received
were: M.F. 180 Tractor
$4250, M.F. 150 Tractor
$5OOO, A.C. Dl7 Tractor
$l9OO, M.F. 3pt. 3-Bottom
Plow $6OO, Cobey 4-wheel
Grain Dump Trailer $lOOO,
Senercrter Sets
•Air Cooled Units: 2 - 20 KW
Leonard Martin Company has over 325 automatic units
in South Eastern Pa. Why not check with the Leader
before buying!
LEONARD MARTI CO.
330 FONDERWHITE RD.. LEBANON, PA 17042
200 gal. Weed Sprayer $B5O,
N.H. Rake $650, A.C. 4-row
Plate Planter $1075, M.F Gr.
Drill $7OO, Onan 2Skw pto
Generator $2700, N.H. 3pt.
Mower $7OO, A.C. Gleaner K
Combine w/grain & 2 row
com head $9700.
Sale conducted by, Ralph
W. Zettlemoyer Auction Co.
A Complete Dispersal of
Holstein heifers and
machinery was held May 1
by Mrs. Shirley A.
Snowburg, 6 miles from
Elmira, N.Y.
The top Holstein grade
heifer brought $1025 and
several others sold for $lOOO.
Open heifers sold for $875,
$7BO and $6BO while calves
brought $440, $470, $4BO &
$430.
Other items sold included:
J.D. Cultipacker $1625,
Badger Forage Wagon $2950,
J.D. 700 Hammermill $2350,
J.D. 4010 D Tractors $7700 &
$4650 and I.H.C. 82 Combine
$3700.
Sale Mgr. Gordon Wood
and Arlow Kiehl, Auc
tioneers. • -
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A Public Sale of a 13 acre
farm was held May 5 by Ray
E. Miller, 3 miles west of
Manheim, Lancaster Co.,
Pa.
The property was sold for
$92,000 to Jay Hershey,
Manheim R 6.
Rufus Geib was the auc
tioneer.
A Public Sale of real estate
and antiques was held May 5
by Nettie M. Harding, York
R 6. The property is located 4
miles west of York.
The small farm of 15 acres
was sold for $90,000 and
included a 2 story brick
house, 2 car garage and bank
bam.
Other prices included:
Painted Blanket Chest $1325,
10 blue flow dishes $2OOO,
Solid Cherry Canopy Bed
$lO5O, Marble Top Stand
$lBO, Maple Top Dresser
$2OO, Parlor Stove $lBO, Oak
Dresser $l2O, Blanket Chest
$l4O, Tredle Singer Sewing
Machine $l4O and Broad Aze
$B5.
Auctioneer was Preston
Chronister.
A Public Auction of trucks
and contractors’ equipment
was held May 4 by Geesey
•Water Cooled Units; 7.5 -1000 KW
General Contractor, Inc.,
Parkesburg, Chester Co.,
Pa.
Some items sold as
follows. Schramm Air
Compressor $3lOO,
Owatonna Skid Loader $2lOO,
1 ton Roller $6OO, 1 ton Ford
Dump Truck $3700, 4-wheel
drive Chev. truck $l3OO and
Concrete Saws $l5O to $BOO.
Sale conducted by Whit
ford Sales Co., L. Robert
Frame, Auctioneer.
A Public Sale of real estate
was held May 5 for the estate
of Pearl Wilt, 2% miles
northwest of Richfield, Pa.
The 54 acre farm along
Shade Mt. in Snyder Co.
included some woodland and
a 9 room house. It ws sold for
$73,000 to Clarence Hoffman,
Richfield, Pa.
Ralph E. Leitzel was the
auctioneer.
A Public Sale of antiques
was held May 5 at Potties
Auction Barn midway
between Carlisle and
Shippensburg, Pa.
Prices received ware:
Walnut Organ-Weaver $360,
old Glass China Closet $425,
Player Piano $310,4 sponge
ware dishes $2O ea., Carnival
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1979
Pitcher Set $225, Marguerita
Statue $lOO, Cut Glass $3O to
$4O ea., Oak Wasbstand $B5
and Oak Bureau $95.
Carol Burmss was the
auctioneer.
A Public Sale of antiques
was held April 26 for the
Harvey E. Fetrow Estate, at
the Alert Fire Co., 4 miles
north of York, Pa. It was a
fine sale.
Items sold included:
Round Table $550, Dry Sinks
$335 & $245, Wheel Barrow
$5O, 2 Cookie Cutters $5O,
Sideboard & Mirror $3OO,
Boston Rocker $4OO, Blue
Pitcher & 6 glasses $2OO,
Flour Chest $2OO and 1 Horse
Collar and hames with
mirror $5O.
The auctioneer was
Preston Chronister.
A Public Farm Sale was
held April 30 by Jacob
Hostetler, Selinsgrove R 3,
Pa.
Prices received were:
N.H. 315 Baler (almost new)
$6lOO, M.F. 12 Baler $1275,
Clipper Seed Cleaner $155,
M. #B2 4-B16” Plow $lOOO,
N. 323 1 row Com Picker
Here’s cow power!
BARTOW, Fla. - Ten
thousand head of cattle are
helping to create a new
energy source simply by
doing what comes naturally.
The tons of manure they
produce each day is being
converted into methane... a
fuel similar to natural gas.
The cattle are owned by
Kaplan Industries, Inc.,
. Bartow, Florida, the state’s
largest feedlol and meat
packing plant.
About 25 tons of manure a
day is piped to a pair of
heated, air-tight fer
129
$2400, N.H. 717 Harvester & 1
row comhead $l9OO, N.H. 727
Windrow $450, N.H. 479
Haybine $2150, Timothy Hay
$3B per ton, Wheat Straw $4l
per ton, Oats $1.75 per bu.,
Copper Kettle $125, Swing
Butter Churn $lOO, Bee
Smoker $6, Lantern $lO, and
Horse Hide Blanket $lB.
Earl Eash and Wayne
Hess were the auctioneers.
A Public Sale of Holstein
Heifers was held May 3 by H.
Wayne and Catherine
Graybeal, 2 miles south of
Eusselville, in Chester Co.
The 41 grade Holstein
Heifers averaged $665 and
were sired by A.B.C. bulls.
Auctioneer was Steve
Petersheim.
A Milking Herd Dispersal
was held May 5 by Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Boots,
Waymart Rl, Wayne Co.
The high grade Holstein
cow sold for $1360 and
several others brought from
$lOOO to $l3OO. Some of the
Guernsey, Jersey &
Aryshires sold from $BOO to
$9OO.
Auctioneer & Sale Mgr.
was Merton L. Bunnell.
mentation tanks. Bacterial
action inside the tanks
transforms the waste into
methane gas. The company
burns the gas to generate
steam and hot water for its
operations.
-The conversion facility
was designed and built by
Hamilton Standard Division
of United Technologies
Corporation. Each day, it
delivers the energy
equivalent of 35 barrels of oil
... about as much as it takes
to heat an average home for
a whole year.