C2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6,1982
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This is the Micro-Program Unit of the Micro-Tronic
automatic feeding system.
Feeding system serves
10 to 60-cow herds
SHERIDAN, Wy. Farmtronlx
has introduced Micro-Tronic to its
expanding line of electronic,
automatic feeding systems and
components.
Specifically designed for
automatic feeding of dairy herds of
10 to 60 cows, Micro-Tronic gives
the moderate-sized dairy operation
nutrition control for improved milk
production and ease of rebreeding.
Highly adaptable, the system
can be put to work with existing
feeders, hoppers and feed delivery
systems, including Northco and
Hoyn of Plenty magnetic type
feeding systems.
It is a complete system con
sisting of a portable Micro
program Unit, a Cow In
dentifier/Control Unit at the
feeder, and the Cow Identification
Tag worn by each cow on the feed
program.
The system provides a way to
upgrade the operation of existing
Northco and Horn of Plenty
magnetic feed stations, as well as
the DeLaval Challenger, to allow
feed control for each cow in the
herd.
Any dairyman who has one of
these systems can leave all the
existing hoppers, feed delivery
stations, and feeders in place and
simply add cow identifier tags and
program unit.
The heart of the system is the
Micro-Program Unit. Lightweight
and highly portable, it is used by
the dairyman to instruct and
collect cow data at the feed station.
The Micro-Program Unit is
carried to the feed station where it
is plugged into the Cow Iden
tifier/Control Unit mounted on the
feeder. At this time the dairyman
CYC hires sales manager
CARLISLE Cumberland
Valley Cooperative has hired
James A. Bear of Newville as sales
manager for the Cooperative. Jim
will be responsible for sales of
fertilizer, chemicals, feed and
farm supplies.
Bom and raised on a dairy farm
in Cumberland County, he at
tended Boiling Springs High School
and was involved in many ac
tivities including State and
National FFA, bands, PAFC and
AIC Summer Institutes.
Jim graduated from the
Elevator and Farm Supply
Management Course at Michigan
State University in 1972. During
college, he was vice president and
president of Associated Students of
Ag Technology and was selected
outstanding students of Ag Tech in
1972.
enters each individual cow number
using the key pad. He may review
the status of consumption for each
cow on the visual display, issue
new instructions and request a
' printed record of consumption for
die day, week or month-to-date
from the optional printer.
Mounted at the front of the
feeder, the Cow Identifier/Control
Unit identifies each cow as she
puts her head into the lt
stores the feeding instructions for
each cow and activates the feeder
to deliver feed according to the
allocation program established.
Micro-Tronic requires no wiring
between the Micro-Program Unit
and the feed stations, allowing use
with stand-alone or field feeders.
The feeders require regular 60
cycle, 115 volt AC power.
Each Cow Identification Tag is
factory pre-coded, requiring no
setup or programming by the
dairyman. Both visual and con
trolled feeding identification are
provided with the tag worn on the
cow’s neck using a standard neck
chain. Once on the animal the neck
tag never needs to be removed or
replaced and requires no batteries
or power devices.
The cow placing her head in the
feeder brings the Cow Iden
tification Tag within range of the
Cow Identifier/Control Unit
mounted on the feeder, .activating
the feeder within planned
allocation and feed cycle. The
correct ration is dispensed at a
controlled rate which is slower
than the cow’s normal rate of
consumption. Should the cow move
or be pushed away from the feeder,
feed delivery stops. There is no
wasted feed with this system.
In 1970, Jim was hired by CVC as
a fieldman covering Cumberland
County. In 1973, B & W Co-op of
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James A. Bear
DeKalb
HEHSHEY - Two York
Countians who farm within five
miles of each other and a i Lan
caster County dairyman were
among the top corn growers
honored on Friday, Jan. 29, at a
recognition meeting of the DeKalb
Yieldmasters Club at the Hershey
Convention Center.
Archie Vaught, of Stewartstown,
had the top yield among the 63
growers from Pennsylvania and
New Jersey honored at the
meeting. His one-acre yield with
DeKalb XL-71 was 206.76 bushels.
Michael D. Wright, of New
Freedom, finished first from
Pennsylvania in the 25-acre
National Corn Growers
Association competition with a
yield of 196.16 bushels from
DeKalb XL-61. He was also fourth
in the Yieldmaster competition*
with a one-acre yield of 196.46
bushels per acre.
Tops in the Yieldmaster silage
competition was Irwin W. Engle, of
Marietta, with a yield of 29.57 tons
per acre. He grew DeKalb XL-61.
Among the speakers at the
recognition meeting were Elmer
Hepschlaeger, Eastern
Sales Manager for DeKalb; Doug
Roberts, alfalfa product manager;
Wayne Fowler, agronomic
education director; and Bruce
Maunder, vice president and
director of research.
Among the points made by
Maunder in a lengthy talk on
research was that 85 percent ot the
difference between average and
record yields in corn is due to
stress placed on the plant by
various weather conditions and
only 15 percent is due to the effects
of disease or insects.
The Yieldmaster Club plaques
were distributed by District Sales
Managers Chns Chamberlain and
Jack Utzelman.
Growers honored by Cham
berlain, along with their hybrids
grown and their yields:
Jack and Jerry Kanach,
Flermngton, * N.J., XL-71,, 198.60;
Scott Shoop, MUton, XL-71,194.10;
Gary L. Donaldson, Uacketstown,
N.J., XL-71, 189.04, (Donaldson
was also first in New Jersey in the
National Corn Growers com
petition with a yield ot 189.14;
Probasco Farms, Wnghtstown,
N.J., XL-57, 187.32; Lapp Bros.,
Cochranville, XL-61, 183.93;
Gerald L. Shoop, Milton, XL-57,
183.24; 1. Glen Engle, Cochran
ville,, XD6I, 181.09; John H.
Kanach, Flemington, N.J., XL-71,
180.59; Jeff Mitchell, Honey Brook,
XL-61, 179,29; Irvin G.‘ Engle,
Cochranville, XL-72b, 178.80;
Merle J. King, Cochranville, XL
-61,174.37. '
Tom Williams, Oxford, XL-55a,
171.44; Samuel L. Mast, Oley, XL
-57, i7t1.79; Frank and Hubert
Stoltzfus, Elverson, XL-71, 169.58;
Williams heads fertiliser group
CARLISLE Members of The
Pennsylvania Inland Fertilizer
Association have elected George
F. Williams, Codorus Fertilizer
Service, Inc., as president for 1982.
Also elected for 1982 terms were
vice president, Arthur E.
McAlister, York Stone & Supply
Company, York; secretary, Wayne
Baker, Cumberland Valley Co-op,
Shippensburg; and treasurer,
William E. Angstadt, Reading
Bone Fertilizer Company,
Reading.
Breckenridge, Ml hired Jim as
Safety Director, Quality Control
Manager, and Seedman. Jim went
to St. Johns Co-op in St. Johns, MI
in 1977 as grain manager and
seedman. He also worked in sales
of fertilizer, chemicals, and feed.
Jim and his wife,'Lynda Gutshall
Bear of Carlisle Springs, have 3
children. The Bears have been
involved in many activities which
include attending and workmg in
many of tfieir church activities.
ip gi _ jt the DeKalb Yieldmasters
Club meeting at Hershey are, front to rear, Irwin W. Engle,
Marietta, yield of 29.57 tons per acre of silage with XL-61; A
Archie Vaught, Stewartstown, 206.76 bushels, with XL-7I; w
and Michael D. Wright, New Freedom, who was tops from
Pennsylvania in the National Corn Growers Association
competition with XL-61.
Simonson Farms, Cranbury, N.J.,
XL-61, 169.14; T. Clyde Williams,
Oxford, XL6I, 165.31; Melvin H.
Horst, Atglen, XL-57, 162.73;
William Ferrell, Uwchland, XL-57,
162.69; C. Ivan Stoltzfus, Honey
Brook, XL-71, 162.58; Hiistin
Farms, Trenton, N.J., XL-25a,
160.93; William H. Kanach,
Flemington, N.J., .XL-57, 159.82;
Meadowoode Farms, Elverson,
XL-61, 158.78; Donald C. Ferrell,
Eagle, XL-72b, 157.51; Harlan
Burkholder, Cochranville, .XL-71,
156.59.
Ralph Ferrell, X-
L-25a, 156.42; Ernest Kuster Jr.,
Hmgoes, N.J., XL-71, 155.58;
William 1. Smith, Woods to wn,,
N.J., XL-71, 154.90; S. Michael
Mowrer, Spring City, XL-61,
154.90; Irwin Seidel, Bremigsville,
XL-61, 149.87; Jefferson Yoder,
Elverson, XL-61, 149.82; David
Colson, Woodstown, N.J., XL-57;
149.00; Dan E. Mast, Oley, XL-71,
148.21; Lame Farms, Flemington,
N.J.,XL-71, 145.23; Dvoor Bros.,
Inc., Flemington, N.J., XL-71,
141.77; Brookrest Farms,
Marlboro, N.J., XL-25a, 137.09;
Marwell Dairy Farm, Cooper
sburg, XL-61,135.16; Etsch Farms,
Inc., Jamesburg, N.J., XL-64a,
134.76; Donald L. Miller, Miller
sburg, XL6I, 122.16; J and L
Farms, Cream Kidge, N.J., XL-61,
106.60.
Elwood Funk, Chemgro Fer
tilizer, East Petersburg, reported
on activities of the Fertilizer
Advisory Committee, a committee
appointed by the Pennsylvania
Secretary of Agriculture to act in
an advisory capacity to him
concerning the existing fertilizer
law. The committee includes
personnel front Penn State,
several farmers’ groups, the
Department of Agriculture and the
fertilizer industry.
After a series of investigative
sessions, the Committee, ac
cording to Funk, established a list
of considerations for needed
changes m the current Act. These
changes include (1) the
elimination of the registration of
brands and grades of fertilizer; the
producing company would be
responsible to the State for label
requirements; (2j deficiency
apartments should not be more
than the dollar value of the
deficiency; the present penalty
factor has resulted in over
formulation by the Industry,
Growers honored by Litzelman:
Archie Vaught, Stewartstown,
XL-71,206.76; George Strawbndge
Jr., Cochranvilie, XL-55a, 197.34;
Michael D. Wnght, New Freedom,
XL-61, 196.46; Robert S. Pierce,
Kirkwood, XL-25a, 181.28; Brian A.
' Utz, Hanover, XL-57, 175.90;. Hoy
Parks, Stewartstown, XL-25a,
173.02; Gerald G. Hotter, Annville,
XL-55a, 167.98; Kloyd Moore,
Lancaster, XL-61, 166.48; Harold
Brubaker and Son, Strasburg, XL
- 61, 159.80; Robert
Stewartstown, XL-71, 158,5*
■■ iNevm L., Garyick,, Westnpmster,
Md., XL-71, 154.61; Karl M. Hess,
Lancaster, XL6I, 150.61; Druck
Farms, York, XL-bl, 146.82.
J. Wilraer Conrad, Lititz, XL-71,
144.42; Frey Bros., Marietta,, XL
-55a, 137.38; Charles .A. Hess,
Ualiastown, XL-72, 136.94; Nevm
G. Rice, Blaih, XL-55a, 126.70;
Stone-Hart Farms, St. Thomas,
XL-71, 124.44; Ken Witmer, Lititz,
XL-61, 123.66; Tussey View Farm,
Inc., Centre Hall, XL-55a, 121.06;
John Wernmg, Mt. Woll, XL-61,
115.26; Lynn M. Neer, Centre Hall,
XLSS, 106.05; Eugene D. King,
New Enterprise, XL-55a, 99.09;
James Knaub, Red Lion, XL-55a,
99.01.
, Second in the silage competition
was Wilmer Conrad, Litilz, with r
yield ot 25.53 tons per acre with
XLr«l.
thereby, increasing the cost of
fertilizer to fanners; (3) the in
clusion of a requirement that the
product must maintain a 97% total
commercial value. This was to
allow for the innate sampling
difficulties experienced with
blended fertilizers, and (4) the
inclusion of a civil penalty for
flagrant violators of the Act up to a
maximum of |lO,OOO on the third or
subsequent violation.
Don Parke, PennAg, reported
that at least two of the major
fanner organizations have en
dorsed the recommendations of the
Advisory Committee.
The members of the P.I.F.A. j
commended the Secretary or®
Agriculture, Penrose Hallowell,
for his formation of the Fertilizer
Advisory Committee as an in
dication of his positive interest in
profitable agronomic agriculture
m Pennsylvania.
The summer meeting of The
Pennsylvania Inland Fertilizer
Association will be hosted by Amos
Eby Company, Paradise, July 13.