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R.D. 4 - Box 845
Lebanon, PA 17042
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' _ Evergreen and Cornwall Rds., Lebanon.
Two Sessions Beginning At
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1. Presentation on grain bins and
storage equipment
2. Presentation of SUKUP grain handling
equipment
THE GRAIN DRYING EXPERTS WILL BE IN
TOWN. COME AND LEARN NEW MODERN
TECHNIQUES TO GET MORE EFFICIENT USE
OUT OF YOUR PRESENT GRAIN SYSTEM AND
PROPER PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE TO
AVOID COSTLY BREAKDOWNS.
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RINGOES, N.J. - For a
number of Lancaster Far
ming readers, there’s little
new when they see R.
Gregory Manners enter
Pennsylvania and New
Jersey tractor pulls with his
special Case 830. He usually
does well.
But most fans would be
surprised to see the
significant fanning changes
he and his father, Robert M.
Manners, have made at
home where that twin-engine
900-horsepower “thun
dermaker” recharges
between competitions.
They live at Terraceland,
a showplace farm near
Ringoes in Hunterdon
County, N.J., where they
milked 100 head of Holsteins
until they were sold last
March. Now they feed 70
head about half
replacement heifers, half to
be sold as beef. The dairy is
closed and they’re now
enthusiastic crop growers.
“When we decided to quit
dairying, we crossbred
Holsteins with Herefords to
get black, white-faced beef
animals that have desirable
size and temperament,”
Gregory explains.
Although they were giving
increased attention to their
com production, for feed, it
was urban problems that
triggered the switch.
Chronically short of labor,
they had finally lined up two
helpers who planned to live
with their families in
VERNON MYERS, INC.
Regular
trys his
tractor pull winner
hand
separate parts of a large
house Robert owns in nearby
Wertsville. But the township
adjustment board turned
down multi-family
dwellings.
Then across the lane from
Terraceland, a farm was
subdivided into 10-acre plots
for $200,000 homes of com
muters.
A few years earlier, af
fluent city dwellers who
unsuccessfully tried to
Trophy big enough to honor New Jersey's best tractor puller in his class for
1979 is hefted by R. Gregory Manners. In competition, he doesn’t seem to notice
the roar of his own 900-horsepower “thundermaker." But he claims working
near other tractors at indoor meets can be uncomfortable without ear protec
tion.
3. Presentation on grain drying, dryers,
and aeration
Presentation on bucket elevators
4.
Safety briefing
5.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15,19M—D7
at waxy com
establish money-making
hobby farms in the area, told
the Manners: “We just love
your countryside but can’t
something be done about the
machinery noise at night,
and the bam smells?”
So last spring the Manners
increased com plantings to
400 acres, including 100 of
waxy. They planted 100
acres of soybeans and also
baled 200 acres of timothy
and alfalfa hay. It was the
STATE
first time they’d tried waxy
corn and it caused them to
take “The Wall Street
Journal.”
“Our waxy com is grown
under contract with A.E.
Staley Co., Morrisville, Pa.,
for cooking oils designed for
TV dinners that must be
cooked, frozen, and
reheated,” Gregory says.
“They pay a 35-cent
premium over Chicago
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