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New Holland offers baler
NEW HOLLAND A new cross section is 14X18 inches.
Haylmer baler, the Model 311 from The new “311” uses the same
Sperry New Holland, offers im- feeding system as the large Model
proved capacity and reliability for 315 baler. Improved bale case
moderate-size haying operatmgs. design and the plunger, knife and
It’s available in twine or wire tie hay-dog relationship add to its
and PTO or engine-drive versions, work, capacity and provide better
There’s a choice of standard or bale shape. This simplifies
Super-Sweep pickups and mechanical handling where
mechanical dnve or hydraulic bale automatic bale wagons are used to
throwers are available m addition reduce haying labor to the
to wagon loading bale chutes. Bale minimum.
Horn family becoming sole
Pennfield owners
LANCASTER Pennfield century-old companies, Miller &
Corporation, 711 Rohrerstown Rd., Bushong, Inc., of Rohrerstown,
has announced that a formal intent and D.E. Horn & Co., Inc., of York,
has been signed that would allow in the 10 years since its founding,'
the corporation to purchase the the diversified agricultural
Pennfield stock currently owned products company has growp from
by the Gray bill family., ■' " annual sales of $35 million to over "
According to a joint an-. $l5O million. The firm manufac
nouncementby Robertß. Gray bill,’ tores and markets , poultry and ,
president, and Ernest O. Horn, Sr;,’ livestock feed in Pennsylvania, *
chairman of the board, this would Maryland, Delaware, and New
result in all future outstanding Jersey, and produces eggs,
shares being owned by the Horn broilers, seed, and allied products
family. for sale throughout the northeast
GraybiU and Horn said that all
shareholders in the privately held
company had voted to approve the
sale, which is expected to be
finalized in January, 1982. They
said that all the company’s
divisions would continue to operate
without change.
New officers are expected to be
announced lyhen the purchase is
finalized. The amount of the
transaction was not revealed.
Pennfield was founded in 1971
through the consolidation of two
IH, NASA plan
CHICAGO International
Harvester today announced it has
entered into an agreement with the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration to develop a
computerized geographic in
formation systemto forecast
agribusiness needs.
The new system is intended to
supplement IH’s agricultural
industry market research
program and will demonstrate
commercial application of NASA
remote sensing techniques.
The company said that the
quality of information on in
ternational agriculture varies
from country to country since data
on less developed nations is not
well established. The utilization of
NASA Earth Resources Lab
mapping technology by IH will
greatly contribute to development
of a comprehensive data base that
provides a more focused view of
worldwide agriculture, according
to the company.
The system, to be jointly
developed by IH and NASA Earth
Resources Lab personnel, will
combine land-based and satellite
data on soil, water, terrain, crop,
climate and economic conditions.
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and nud-atlantic states.
Company locations include
corporate headquarters in
Kohrerstown; feed milling
operations in Kohrerstown,
Lancaster, York,' Palmyra, and
Red Lion; Pennfield Farms egg
division in Ephrata; Pennfield
Farms poultry division in
Fredericksburg; Beachley-Hardy
Seed Company, Shiremanstown;
and Palmer Green Company,
Shippensburg. The company
employs in excess ot 700 people.
joint ag study
The information will then be
analyzed using mapping
techniques, to produce an in
tegrated picture of agricultural
trade areas.
Lancaster applies for
gypsy moth funds
LANCASTER The Lancaster
County Planning Commission has
requested state assistance in
spraying 10,112 acres of land to
help in controlling the destructive
spread of gypsy moths.
This spraying would take place
in 1982 and would involve 188
blocks of land throughout the
county. The state assistance would
be provided through the Depart
ment of Environmental Resources
who helped spray 795 acres in
Lancaster County last year.
DER had until Tuesday to
examine each of the proposed
areas to determine the "economic
and biological soundness ot the
proposal,” according to the
Planning Commission. Their
Pennfield ho
LANCASTER - Pennfield
Corporation, 711 Rohrerstown Rd.,
honored 19 employees, who in
dividually had logged 25 years or
more of service with the company,
at an awards luncheon recently at
the Treadway Resort Inn, Lan
caster.
The employees represent the
company’s feed division, located in
Lancaster and York; egg division,
Ephrata; poultry processing
operation, Fredericksburg; and
allied division, with operations in
Shiremanstown and Shippensburg.
Robert B t Graybill, president,
presented engraved watches to the
honored guests.
Marking 25 years of service in
1961 were Donald E. Horn, Betty J.
Bair, and Edgar Snavely, cor
porate division, Lancaster; Erel
Sahm, Pennfield Farms egg
division, Ephrata; Betty Deckert,
Edwin Haldeman, and Ralph
Kreiser, Pennfield Farms poultry
division, Fredericksburg; and Roy
Stare, Beachley-Hardy Seed Co.,
Shiremantown.
Cited for 26 years of service were
Dan Rhoads, egg division,
Ephrata; Dan Lied, feed division,
Lancaster; Allen Sherk, Mary
Sherk, Ralph Lehman, and
Geraldine Schaeffer, . poultry
division, Fredericksburg.
Honored for 27 years of service
were Elwood Earhart, feed sales
division, Lancaster; Kenneth
Grimes, and Effie Verger, poultry
division; Fredericksburg; Marlin
Diffenderfer, feed division,
Lancaster, and Parker Beshore,
D.E. Horn & Co., York.
The luncheon also included all
employees with Pennfield Cor
poration and its parent companies
who has marked 25th an
niversaries prior to 1978.
Partnership
agreement
booklet
available
LANCASTER It has often
been said that two heads are better
• than one and in the business world,
that adage is especially true.
If you are either planning on
engaging in a business partnership
or are presently part of one, the'
Penn State University Cooperative
Extension Service has a free
circular that may help you run
your operation more efficiently.
The publication, “Drafting a
Partnership Agreement,” can help
both prospective and present
partners develop a written
agreement that meets both
business and estate planning
purposes.
review could result m reduced
acreage if blocks don’t meet state
guidelines, or if there are in
sufficient funds to cover the
spraying. DER’s decision will be
made known m mid-January.
“If sufficient funds are not
available, priority ratings
assigned to each area will help
determine which areas should be
removed from the spray program.
Priority ratings are based on egg
counts, use of the area, and
previous defoliations,” reports
LCPC.
For more information on the
gypsy moth spraying program,
contact Linda J. Reekie, assistant
county planner at the Planning
•Commission office, telephone
-717/291HJ333.
Veteran employees of Pennfield Corporation include back
row, left to right, Dan Lied, Dan Rhoads; front rdw, left to
right. Mary Sherk, Geraldine Schaeffer, Allen Sherk.
Employees of Pennfield Corporation recently, honored
include back; row, left to right, Ralph Kreiser, Edwin
Haldeman; front row, left to right, Edgar Snavely, Roy Stare,
Erel Sahm, Betty Bair, Donald Horn.
Among Pennfield employed honored for service were left to
right, Marlin Oiffendeiier, Ken Grimes, Effie Yerger, Eiwood
Earhart.
Entering into a partnership has
many satisfactions but can also
provide frustrations. A well
documented partnership
agreement can enhance the
satisfactions and minimize the
frustrations.
A business agreement should
contain the who, what, where,
when, and how of the business
operation. It can be the key to
beginning and maintaining a
smooth-running, pleasant, -''and
profitable working relationship.
The booklet contains the in
formation about themajor aspects
of the partnership agreement:
ownership, financial contribution,
labor and management, partner
limitations, and dissolution.
The publication also contains a
section of sample agreement
outlines, and an agreement
worksheet that potential partners
can use to examine and evaluate
all aspects of their business
relationship.
For a copy of the booklet contact
your local county Extension office.
Ask for Special Circular 265.
Dineen moves from
Allis to White
DALLAS, Tex. Robert J.
Dineen has been appointed
President and Chief Executive
Officer of White Farm Equipment
Company, replacing Stratton
Georgouhs who served as
president' since the acquisition of
White Farm by TIC Investment
Corp. of Dallas, Texas, last
December.
Georgouhs remains as Chair
man of the Board of TIC.
Dmeen’s appointment follows
the company’s November 3
transition from Chapter 11 status.
Dmeen comes to White Farm
from the Fiat-Alhs Company
where he has served as president
for the past five years. An elec
trical engineering graduate of the
University of Cincinnati, Dmeen
has career of 25 years m
marketing, manufacturing and
engineering, and general
management with Allis Chalmers.
He served as corporate vice
president, group executive, and
finally President of Adis Chalmers
Power Systems before moving to
Fiat-AUis m 1976.
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