HARRISBURG - Having
problems with potholes?
The State Transportation
Department would like to
hear from you.
Beginning Tuesday, April
1, and continuing for one
month, motorists in nine
South Central Pennsylvania
Counties can call Harrisburg
toll-free to report
troublesome potholes on
state roads.
A special “Pothole
Hotline” at 1-800-932-0634
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15 N Lime St, Lancaster, Pa
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Kltngerstown, Pa
You know the problems
caused by hard packed and
frozen silage Patz gives you
two solutions to the problem
the Model RD-790 ring-
drive silo unloader and the
Model 988 surface-drive silo
unloader
How to complain about pothole problems
will operate seven days a
week from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Calls can be made from
anywhere in Adams,
Franklin, York, Lancaster,
Lebanon. Dsuphm, Cum
berland, Perry and Juniata
Counties, officials say.
Department -of Tran
sportation maintenance
personnel in Harrisburg will
man the special number.
Alfred F. Lyng, District
Engmeer, explained that
operation of the hotline will
Both unloaders feature a double-hook
gathering chain with hardened steel cut
ters and claws that rip through frozen
and packed silage. When you push the
button, you know you can count on a
smooth feeding operation.
Evaluate our powered silo wall cutters
Spring tension holds 4 seif-sharpening
steel cutter blades in place to follow the
curve of the silo wall This keeps silage
from building up along the walls, so you
can be sure that you’re getting all the
feed where it belongs .. in the feeder
and not stuck to the walls.
The claws and cutters of the gathering
chain deliver a steady flow of silage day
after day.
Want to know more about the Patz
system? See your Patz dealer. He’ll
show you Patz quality and reliability
two Important words to a farmer
like you.
coincide with the Depart
ment’s Spring pothole of
fensive. “Now that the
annual spring thaw has
arrived, all our road
maintenance personnel
stand ready to devote full
attention to the pothole
problem. 35 specialized
“pothole crews” and 400
pieces of equipment will be
mobilized districtwide for a
concerted one month road
repair effort, Lyng said.
Other crews and equip
ment will be added if needed.
Lyng noted that with 6425
miles of state road m nine
south central Pennsylvania
Farmers
to apply for ASCS
loans
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Farmers who intend to apply
for ASCS on-the-farm
storage facility loans should
do so as soon as possible.
U.S. Congressman Tom
Harkin, a member of the
U.S. House Agriculture
Committee, said the Carter
Administration intends to
boost interest rates for the
storage facility loans from
the current 10.5 per cent to
nearly 14 per cent in the near
future.
Harkin said the rate that
will apply to an individual
loan will be the rate m effect
when the application is filed.
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counties, the hotline will be
helpful in alerting his field
personnel of localized
trouble spots requiring at
tention.
All calls will be logged and
reported directly to road
crews responsible for state
road maintenance in each
county.
Lyng said that top priority
in scheduling repairs will be
given to the primary routes,
those 20% of the roads that
carry 80% of the traffic.
Potholes reported along
these routes should receive
attention m two days or less,
Lyng said.
advised
now
“By submitting an ap
plication now, before the
interest rate hike, a farmer
can secure the lower interest
rate now in effect,” Harkm
said.
Applications should be
filed at the local county
ASCS office.
Harkin is the author of
legislation which sought to
lower ASCS storage facility
loan rates to no more than
eight per cent. That
legislation was approved by
both the full U.S House and
U.S. Senate, earlier this
month but was scuttled by a
veto threat from President
Carter.
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On secondary and low
volume roads, response time
will range from three days to
one week.
Hotline callers can help
speed repairs by furnishing
the state an accurate
location and description of
the pothole.
Traffic route numbers,
local road names (including
the Legislative Route
Number if known), should be
given along with an ap
proximate distance from a
Farm Business
News
Named firm’s top
U.S. salesman
EAST GREENVILLE -
Glenn F. Yoder, of East
Greenville, has been
honored as most outstanding
salesman in the nation by the
Agricultural Group of Allied
Chemical Corporation.
Yoder was presented with
the company’s top honor, the
President’s Award, and was
cited for achievement in two
other award categories
during Allied’s annual
dealer meeting held recently
in San Diego.
According to Dick Ashley,
president, Chemicals
Company, the award was
given “in recognition of
Yoder’s singular record of
superior performance m the
Rotating steel blades keep the
silo wall free of silage buildup
(shown without guards)
nearby intersection, bridge
or other recognizable land
mark.
Such information will
assist crews in locating
repair sites and scheduling
work.
As a second option, the
Department reminds
motorists that pothole and
maintenance complaints will
continue to be taken at local
county maintenance offices
during normal working
hours.
sale of Allied fertilizer
products.”
Yoder also received the
Atlantic Area Sales Award
based on the amount of
products sold, new business
development and main
taining customer relations.
He was also cited in the
Individual Product Awards
category for sales of Fohan
foliar fertilizer in the
Eastern Zone.
Yoder has been with the
major supplier of fertilizer
products smce 1965. He
resides at 502 Washington
Street with his wife, Ruth,
and children, Pam, 21,
Kathy, 17, and Paul, 18.