D6—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, June 5,1982 Farm Business '• I ■ ' < V. W&J Dairy Sales gets award Top Achievement Award is presented Ray Kuhns, left foreground, Regional Sales Manager for Zero Manufacturing Co., to William Guhl, owner of W. & J. Dairy Sales, of R 2 Oxford. The award is in recognition of a 1981 sales increase of more than 25 percent over the previous year. Participating in the awards presentation, in background from the left, are Larry Myers, Bob Guhl and Jeff Bell, of W. & J. Dairy Sales. Delphi introduces new hog feeder line DELPHI, Ind. A new line ot Farmcratt In-Line Feeders designed to give years ot longer service has just been introduced by the Delphi Products Co. division ot Underhill industries, Inc, Road 421 north, Delphi, ind These Farmcratt feeders have wear and corrosion-resistant teed compartments that are coated inside and outside with a tused-on tough glass coating (similar to the glass coating in an A O Smith Harveslorej over a 14-gauge steel base. This porcelauuzed surface is as smooth as a dish, inhibiting the toi mation ot bacteria and promoting animal health This glass is a hard shield against deterioration and weai. The hoppers are built heaviei than normal, ot lb-gauge heavily galvanized steel egUMBMM. ___ ■ ——r SiE? > --mmmm M . |j||'- ~r -ir mm uMaMSßrinn^ Farmcraft feeders feature a fused-on glass coating to reduce wear and corrosion. , VT ' ' ' ✓ 'i / , The feeders are shipped with the porcelainized bases completely assembled, and the hoppers are knocked down, easily assembled with common tools There are nine sizes ot snigle side Farmcratt feeders, with three to 12 teed compartments total, with teed capacities ot from 1.1 to 50 bushels. The double-side feeders can be installed in a fence line oul-ot duois or in a pen partition inside a continenunt building, in ordei to serve two pens Also, they can be set in the center ot large pens The teed hoppeis contain an infinite-adjustment teed conti ol Internal teed agitation pi events teed from bridging Tops to make feeders waterproof are optional So aienough lids Hr * HI John and Barry Kreider, dairying agribusiness father and son, are shown against the backdrop of the Show-Ease Stall Co. sign on the family business located along Dairyman’s better BY DICK ANGLESTEIN LANCASTER - Quite often, it’s the little things in life that have a way of shaping the bigger ones. it was with John E. Lancaster County Such Kreider, dairyman Member of a pioneering dairy family that is now in its seventh generation on Trout Spring Farm, Willow Road, east of Lancaster, John always had a desire to im prove the care of his cows. “Quality not quantity” is the basic tenet of his dairying philosophy. Twenty years ago when. this desire for unproved care was at its zenith, he happened to receive a load of oats all the way from New York State. The chance coincidence of the two - the desire and a load of oats - - led the Kreider family into a business, Show-Ease Stall Co., which is now known wherever dairymen still emphasize the need to tie a cow in order to give that individual daily attention. “It was bade in 1962,” Kreider recalled. “We were getting ready to double the size of the herd, going from 22 to 45 head. “I’ve always been a tie-stall dairyman. The only thing available then was either the yoke or comfort stall. “One was good for the farmer and the other good for the cow. I wanted something that was good for both. “At just about that tune I got a load of oats from Irvin Weaver, of Blue Gill Farm, near Bath, N. Y. “Irvin and I had gone to Lan caster Mennonite High School together, but this was the only time I had ever bought a load of oats from him. “He brought the oats down and I explained my problem concerning the expansion. “He told me not to do anything until I came up to his area to see what some of the farmers were using. * “We went up and contacted the county agent. He took us to a few farms, but it just wasn’t what we were after. “Then, we went 70 more miles and as soon as I saw that farm I knew it was what we wanted.” Kreider came back to Lancaster and used the stall idea in his new barn addition. “The first time we saw that type of stall, we could see that it really showed off the cow,” he said. “In fact, some of the New York farmers called it a show stall. * ** V / * * launches a business Finishing touches are put on a work chute by Mahlon Shenk for a customer of Show-Ease who does custom clipping and grooming. “And. it provided an easy way of taking care of the cow.” And there was born the Show- Ease Stall, whose idea and ac ceptance has spread extensively from Lancaster County begin nings. Wherever cows are tied, a good many of the stall piping fixtures contain the Show-Ease stamp. And if they don’t, it’s a pretty good bet they’re close copies. Many agribusiness firms, large and small, consider it quite a publicity coup to get their product on the cover of a national farm magazine Well, Show-Ease has had two full-color covers in Hoard’s Dairyman during the past couple of years. The photos were taken by the magazine primarily to show the cows, but in each it’s quick to determine in whose stalls they are so easdy shown off. -ea>. r- - J f Willow Road, east of Lancaster. Started 20 years ago on the barn floor, Show-Ease is now well recognized in dairying circles. Since one of the bam photos is in West Rutland, Vt. and the other in Pierceton, Ind., the spread of the better way found by a Lancaster County dairyman is simple to trace. “The neighbors actually got us started in the business," Kreider said. “They came, looked over our installation and liked it. “From there on, they sold themselves. Now, every major manufacturer has copied it in one way or another.” The business started on the bam floor. That’s where the first stalls were made. Then, it was an oversize farnw shop. “ And, four years ago, the com pany moved into a new 60 by 120- foot building at 573 Willow Road, just adjacent to the farm. 4H > y* ,J* v 1 - - < * £ * I>. ?<v 5 I - - „ / S' - K ' l \' A S:' ■ jWiVr' ' idea (Turn to Page D 7)
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