40 yeorsof proof Since 1940, Gehl has been building field choppers and forage harvesters with one thought in mind ...performance. And, year after year, thousands of satisfied owners prove that we know how to use that special ized experience to build better machines. Today, Gehl concentrates those 40 years of chopping know-how into three fuel-efficient, high-capacity forage harvesters; Capacity King 12S0. The largest rapacity pull-type harvester on the market. Gehl’s exclusive 24" spinner delivery system keeps forage moving with no cross augers to plug. The giant, 9-knlfe, 25Vi” cylinder gives a quality cut. And the new cutterbar adjustment is the easiest anywhere. In-head hydraulic knife sharpener and electric controls are standard too. New mkl-mnge 1000 gives you the high capacity you’d expect from the big 21" cylinder and fast spinner delivery system. Like the 1250, standard features include the in-head hydraulic knife sharpener, adjustable * Take Delivery Now!! Final Due Dates Next Spring!! . 30% Down Now .Final Due'DAte April 1,1983 * or 40% Down Now Final Due Date June 1,1983 You can get that new Gehl equipment NOW with a special Wavier of Finance Program. And you can beat today’s high interest rates by paying 30 or 40% down in cash or trade, with final due dates Next Spring!! This special program applies toward PEOPLE’S SALES ft SERVICE Oakland Mills, PA 717-463-2735 N.G. HERSHEY & SON Manheim, PA 717-665-2271 JLI.HEiIRI.Bro. Quarryville, PA 717-786-3521 S. JOHNSON HURFF Pole Tavern Monroeville, NJ 609-358-2565 or 609-769-2565 ALLIS HOLLOW EQUIP. Hwy. 467, Route 1 Rome, PA. 717-247-2601 HURUN W. SCHREFFLER Main Rd., Pitman, PA 717-648-1120 GEHL FARM SNUFFS BROS. INC. Chambersburg, PA' 717-263-8424 ZOOK'S ENGINES R 4 Bra 344 Honey Brook, PA 19344 Answering Service 215-273-2943 CHAS. J. McCOMSEY ft SONS Hickory Hill, PA 215-932-2615 WERTZ GARAGE Lineboro, MD 301-374-2672 REED BROTHERS EQUIPMENT Petticoat Bridge Rd. Columbus, NJ 609-298-3441 GEO. W. KINSMAN, INC. 516 Main Street Honesdale, PA 717-253-3440 axles, one-way shear boh protection and attachment down-stop. Fuel saver 750 tackles Just about any chopping job. Uses less horsepower per ton chopped than harvesters. Uses Ism fuel. The Sknlfe cutterhead Is set Into the blower compartment for smooth, contin uous material flow. Add Gobi's patented in-head hydraulic knife sharpener for even more cutting efficiency. Prove to yourself that there's no substitute for Gehl’s 40 years of forage harvester experience. See your Gehl dealer soon. Gehl Company, West Bend, Wisconsin 53086 ~ Gehl 750 ToiaOhp IQUIPMENT Forage Harvesters Forage Blowers Round Balers Fingerwheel Rakes Bale Handlers specific new and unusued Gehl forage harvesters, blowers, boxes, flail choppers, round balers, mower conditioners, disc mowers and disc mower conditioners, wheel rakes and bale handlers. We’re ready to make a deal! Stop in for full details. Get a Gehl! LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO. INC. Richland, PA 717-866-7518 ARNETTS GARAGE Rt. 9 Box 125 Hagerstown, MD 301-733-0515 GLAIR 1. MYERS Lake Road R 1 Thomasville, PA 717-259-0453 UMBERGER’S NOLL Rt. 4 Lebanon, PA (Fontana) 717-867-5161 INCH EQUIPMENT CO. Dalmatia, PA 717-758-3021 PAUL W. HiSTAND CO, IRC. 697 N. Main St. Doylestown, PA 215-248-9041 Forage Boxes Flail Choppers Mower Conditioners Disc Mowers MILLER EPPMENTGIi. RDI Bechtelsville, PA 215-845-2911 BINKLEY ft HURST BROS. 133 Rothsville Station Road Lititz, PA 717-626-4705 PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. 225 York Rd. Carlisle. PA 717-249-5338 WEB SNYDER, INC. Route 2 Watsontown, PA 717-538-5555 LL ECKROTH FARM EQUIP, INC. RO2, Hwy. 443 New Ringgold, PA 717-943-2367 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 18,1982—A19 Pa, farmer continue tobacco, corn harvest HARRISBURG Statewide, six days were rated suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 12, according to the Penn sylvania Crop Reporting Service. In the northern and central regions six days were rated suitable while in the southern region reporters rated five days suitable for fieldwork. Field activities included baling straw; plowing; seeding alflafa; planting wheat and barley; making hay; clipping pastures; and harvesting tobacco, corn silage, apples, grapes, can taloupes, potatoes, sweet corn and tomatoes. Topsoil moisture in Penn sylvania was rated short by 61 percent of our reporters and adequate by 39 percent. By the end of the week 32 percent of the corn crop was in dough, 61 percent was dented, and less than five percent was mature compared with 11 percent in dough stage, S 4 percent dented, and 16 percent mature last year. Statewide, 47 percent of the potato crop was harvested, about the same as last year. In the northern region 33 percent was harvested, in the central region 41 percent was harvested, and in the southern region 70 percent of the potato crop was harvested. Harvesting of tobacco in the Commonwealth was 68 percent complete compared with 76 per cent harvested at this time last year. By the end of the week 23 percent of the barley crop was planted, about the same as last year. In the north 22 percent was planted, in Farmer Boy Comes Through Again... TRUCKLOAD SALE WOVEN WIRE FLOORING Cheek Oar Price Before Yea Bay 5 GAUGE GALVANIZED LOW CARBON TOP QUALITY STEEL Complete soles, service and Installation of: Gestation. Farrowing, Nursery Grower and Finishing Systems SWINE & POULTRY SYSTEMS SPECIALISTS FARMER BOY AG. INC* 410 E. LINCOLN AVE. MYERSTOWN. PA. 17067 PH: 717-866-7565 BEST IN DESIGN, PRICE AND EXPERIENCE the central region 23 percent was planted, and in the south 24 percent of the barley crop was planted. Wheat was 21 percent planted compared with 14 percent planted at this time last year. In the north 25 percent was planted, in the central region 17 percent was planted, and in the south 25 percent was planted. Fall plowing was 54 percent complete, the same as last year at this time. In the northern region 37 percent was complete, in the central region 65 percent was complete, and in the southern region 55 percent was complete. Third alfalfa was 69 percent harvested compared with 60. percent harvested last year. In the north 52 percent was harvested, in the central region 67 percent was harvested, and in the south 83 percent was harvested. Fourth crop alfalfa was 23 percent har vested, same as last year. In the north 15 percent was harvested, in the central region 26 percent was harvested, and in the south 27 percent was harvested. Statewide, 93 percent of second crop clover-timothy was harvested compared with 88 percent last year. In the north harvest of the second crop was virtually com plete, in the central region 92 percent was harvested, and in the south 90 percent was harvested. The quality of hay made during the week was-, rated good by 62 percent^our reporters and fair by 38 percent. The amount of feed obtained from pastures was rated below average by 52 percent of our reporters, average by 44 percent, and above average by four per cent.
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