C3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17,1980 *
Farm Business
News
Feed dealers
and grain buyers
to meet in Ephrata
EPHEATA More than
100 Pennsylvania feed
dealers and grain buyers are
expected to be on hand for an
annual pje-harvest outlook
meeting sponsored by
PennAg Industries
Association. It will be held
June 30, beginning at 6 pun.
at Lancaster’s Treadway
Inn.
This year’s speaker will be
J. L. Baumgardner, vice
Farm tour held
BALTTMORE, Md. - In
their continuing effort to
keep up to date on farming
operations, the Board of
Directors of the Farm Credit
Banks of Baltimore recently
completed their 16th annual
spring tour.
The Baltimore District of
the national Farm Credit
System makes loans for
agricultural purposes in
Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia, and Puerto
Rico. This year’s tour took
the Board to farms and
agricultural cooperatives in
the southeastern quadrant of
Pennsylvania.
Family-owned farms
visited included such diverse
Pact renewed
CHICAGO International
Harvester Company and
Steiger Tractor, Inc., Fargo,
have announced renewal of
their manufacturing
agreement.
Under the agreement,
which extends present
production activities and
becomes effective
November 1, Steiger will
continue to produce In
ternational Harvester’s high
horsepower tractors for two
more years.
Steiger Tractor, in which
International Harvester
holds 36 percent equity
ownership interest, has
produced several four-wheel
drive tractor models for
International Harvester
since 1973. Under the con
tractual agreement, Steiger
will continue to produce
International Harvester
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president and director for
grain operations at Ralston
Puma’s headquarters in St.
Louis, Mo.
Speakers and their
listeners will discuss market
directions in light of the most
current information on
domestic and foreign crop
conditions, transporation,
storage, government
programs and statistics.
operations as orchards and
dairy, hog, turkey and
mushroom farms. The
Board also visited milk,
fruit, and mushroom
processing cooperatives.
Stops along the way
enabled the District Board to
meet with the General
Managers and Directors of
several of Pennsylvania’s
Farm Credit Associations,
and with agricultural
educators at Penn State.
These meetings provided
the tour participants with
further insight into the
state’s agricultural en
vironment and credit needs.
The Board currently plans
to tour parts of Virginia in
the spring of 1981.
four-wheel drive tractors of
230, 300, and 350 engine
horsepower to International
Harvester’s specifications.
New planting tools described
DBS MOINES, la. - Full
color brochures are now
available from dealers
describing Massey-Fergus
on’s new MF 440 row crop
cultivator, the 640 row crop
planter and the 320 mounted
disc harrow.
The 440 cultivator sizes
range from two to 12-row
with vibrating Danish tme
shanks. ‘The two through
eight-row models come in 30
and 40-uich row spacuigs and
the 12-row model is equipped
in 30-mch row spacuigs.
The 640 planter comes in
both four and six-row
models, with 30 to 40-mch
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Garden State Dairy Goat Assn, presents award
FRENCHTOWN, N.J. -
The Garden State Dairy
Association held their
second annual awards
banquet at Charlie’s
Brother’s Restaurant,,,
Hopewell, N.J.
Award winners during the
evening’s program were;
Alpine exhibitor, Davidson;
breeder, Gay-More and
Springsun (a tie vote); sire,
Tuolumne Meadow’s Giben;
La Mancha exhibitor,
Griner; breeder, Little
Orchard; sire, Catalpa Hills
Commodore; Nubian
exhibitor, Cline; breeder.
Fox Hill; sire, Longman’s
Bamaby Sunset; Recorded
Grade exhibitor, McClosky;
breeder, Lookover; Saanen
exhibitor, Putcher; breeder,
Gay-Mor; sire, Patena’s
Margeo’s Silver; Toggen
burg exhibitor. Maxwell;
breeder, Stonybrook; .sire,
Sunshine Apropos Andrew;
Supreme exhibitor, Mas
well; breeder, Gay-Mor;
Cedar Crest FFA
elects new officers
LEBANON - The Cedar
Crest FFA held its officer
election for 1980-1981
recently. Newly elected
officers are: Steven Wenger,
president; Dave Kreider,
vice-president; Heidi
Peiffer, secretary; Robert
Bomberger, treasurer;
Mark Patches, reporter;
Dave Ludwig, sentinel;
Jerry Boyer, parliamen
tarian; Dale Zuck,
chaplain. And, Dale Ober,
assistant vice-president;
Bob Fulk, assistant
treasurer; Louis Houser,
assistant secretary; Kirk
Juliani, assistant reporter;
and Richard Houser,
assistant sentinel.
Refreshments were served
row spacmgs. A key feature
is single seed selection by
low volume air pressure,
ensuring less seed damage
and uniform planting.
The 320 harrow is
available in seven ngid
frame models and three fold
over models. Rigid-frame
disc widths vary from six to
10% feet, and fold-over
models from six to 7% feet.
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supreme sire, Toulumne
Meadows Giben; highest
rolling herd average, Truper
Farm.
Production winners were;
Alpine, GCH Ces’Tout
Charity-3.10-305-4291-144; La
Mancha, Little Orchard S.
Sylvia-2.10-305-1829-77; Nub
ian, GCH Gay-Mor’s B.
Benign Warmth-7.8-305-1802-
97; Saanen, GCH Rome Hill
Acres Kandy-2.11-305-2898-
98; Toggenburg, Lurich JoJo
Foggles-5.1-298-2997-89; Re
corded grade, Gay-Mor’s
Amy’s Vicky-4.5-305-2702-72.
Butterfat winners were;
Alpine, GCH Ces’Tout
Chanty; La Mancha, Little
Orchard S. Sylvia; Nubian,
GCH Gay-Mor’s-B. Benign
Warmth; Saanen, GCH
Rome Hill Acres Kandy;
Toggenburg, Stonybrook
Becky; andLßecorded grade,
Ces’Tout Rhoda.
The group will be spon
soring a Memorial Day
following the elections. The
new officers will be installed
at the club’s next meeting.
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