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HARRISBURG - “How
much firewood can I haul in
my standard size
automobile 7 ”
“I have a compact station
wagon, how much firewood
can it carry?”
“What kind of a truck do I
need for a cord of
firewood?”
These are typical
questions people ask when
they call the Department of
Enviromental Resources
about the department’s
firewood sale at the Farm
Show Complex.
To help answer those
questions, DER’s Bureau of
Forestry prepared a typical
list of vehicles - pickup
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A truckload of firewood i5...we11...ab0ut...
trucks, station wagons,
standard size sedans, vans
and trailers - which shows
how much fuel wood the
owner can “pack into” the
vehicle.
A standard rough cord of
wood is a stack four feet high
by four feet wide by eight
feet long.
An average size pickup
truck will take one unit of
any size wood This would
include one-third, two fifths
or one-half standard rough
cord of 16,20 or 24 inch wood.
One-half of a unit, in
cluding one-sixth, one-fifth
and one-fourth of a standard
rough cord, of 16 or 20 / mch
length wood can be cram-
FARM FAN DRYERS
YOU WILL BE SURPRISED WITH THE
ECONOMICS OF A FARM FAN DRYER
med into a compact station
wagon while a standard size
wagon and mini-pickup
truck will take one-half of a
unit of any size wood in
cluding the 24 inch lengths.
An average sedan can
Interest
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland announced today
that farmers who placed
com in the gram reserve
program between October 22
and January 7 will be
eligible for waiver of the
first year’s interest charges.
October 22 was the date
that immediate entry of 1978
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handle about five bundles of
firewood. A stake body truck
will take a standard rough
cord.
An open van will ac
comodate one unit of 16 or 20
Inch size firewood, the same
charges waived on grain reserve
and 1979 crops was
authorized. January 7 was
the day new reserve rules
became effective.
To qualify for the interest
waiver, farmers affected by
the new announcement must
contact their county office of
the Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service to sign a
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■ Our steel is A 446
Quality or a min
imum yield of 40,000
pounds per square
inch.
■ Walk around steps
on top of roof.
■ Equipped with sa.ety
rings.
■No welding any
where on roof, .pre
vents rust.
■ Slotted holes to raise
& lower roof for air
movement for drying
premium
mcaster Farming, Saturday, February 2,1980—A25
as the compact station
wagon, while a small trailer
can handle one-half of a unit
of any size wood. A small
trailer will accommodate
one unit of any size firewood.
Firewood is still available
new reserve agreement.
Interest that will be waived
is that which accrued
beginning January 7.
Interest that accrued
before January 7 will still be
owed by the farmer.
Bergland said his decision
was made as a matter of
That’s what you get with the Allis-Chalmers
complete lineup of disc harrows in 9 to 31-foot
working widths.
The 2300 Series fold-up models come in 15,
17, 19 and 21-foot sizes for a clean cutting
sweep of big farming acreages. Positive self -
locking wedges hold gangs in a working
position
Drop m today and talk over your disc harrow
needs and see why Alhs-Chalmers is causing
a real stir in the farm equipment field. There
has to be a reason you’re seeing more orange
these days
The
Rising Power
A informing
ALLIS-CHALMERS
I.H. BRUBAKER, INC
Lancaster, PA
717-397-5179
C. i. WONSIDLER BROS.
Rt 309 & 100
R 2 New Tripoli, PA
18066
215-767-7611
BHM FARM
EQUIPMENT, INC.
Annville, RDI, PA
717-867-2211
ROYH. BUCK, INC.
Ephrata, RD2
717-859-2441
CJ. WONSIDLER BROS.
RDI, Quakertown, PA
18951
215-536-1935
215-536-7523
WERTZ GARAGE
Lineboro, MD
301-374-2672
at the Farm Show Complex
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
Tuesdays through Satur
days. The wood is spht, is
primarily oak and well
seasoned for use in a
fireplace or wood stove.
equity for those farmers who
earlier had placed gram in
the reserve.
On January 7, as one of the
moves in response to
suspension of grain sales to
the USSR, first-year interest
on gram in the reserve
program had been waived.
GRUMELLI FARM SERVICE
Quarryville, PA
717-786-7318
PETERMAN FARM
EQUIPMENT, INC.
225 York Road
Carlisle. PA
717-249-5338
SHARTLESVILLE FARM
SERVICE
Shartlesville, PA
215-488-1025
H Daniel Wenger, Prop
AG. INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
R 2, Rising Sun, MD
301-658-5568
AIRVILLE FARM SERVICE
Hwy 74, Airville, PA
717-862-3358
A. J. NOSS & SON, INC.
RD2, Oley, PA
215-987-6257