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Century Engineering controlled droplet sprayers feature 50
or 125-gailon capacities.
Controlled droplet sprayer cited
CEDAR RAPIDS, la. Century
Engineering is introducing a new
line of 3-point sprayers for Con
ceited Droplet Application (CDA).
pTiese units are available in 50 and
125 gallon capacities, and offer a
choice of 120" boom using up to 4
direct drive CDA nozzles, or 320”
boom for up to 9 CDA nozzles.
Units with 320” boom offer optional
gauge wheels to maintain desired
boom height.
Choice of 8-roller, PTO cen
trifugal, or hydraulic centrifugal
pumps is offered, with manual
Move silage...
From silo to bunk reliably
A Patz feeding system is headed
by the unique Patz cutter-and-claw
gathering chain silo unloaders.
Select the surface-drive 988 or the
ring-drive RD-820. The Patz gather
ing chain with chain-saw action
cuts out frozen and hard-packed
silage for full-flow feeding.
Spring tension keeps the Patz
power cutter tight to silo walls,
even if walls are irregular.
Choose from three over-under
chain conveyors with varied
capacities and one-way or two-way
delivery. Or, chose a versatile side
DISTRICT MANAGER
■ ■ Hi GEORGE HEATH
472WoodcrsstDr.,Mechanicsburg,PA 17055
WM MMI ■■ 717-737-0002
ALEXANDRIA ELLIOTTSBUR(
MAXISENBERG CARL R. BAER
814-669-4027 717-582-2648
BALLY
LONGACRE
ELECTRIC
215-845-2261
BEDFORD
BENCE FARM
EQUIPMENT
814-623-8601
BERRYSBURG
LESTER HOCH
REPAIR CENTER
717-362-8252
CAMP HILL MOYER WERTZ GARAGE. INC.
LLOYD SULTZBAUGH FARM SERVICE 301-374-2672
717-737-4554 215-766-8675
controls on 8-roiler pump units,
and option of manual or electronic
controls with centrifugal pumps.
Jet agitation is optional. Additional
features include bfeak-away boom
with 2” square tube boom con
struction, wiring harness, and
parking stand. Sprayers are
available without CDA nozzles, or
complete with Micro Max nozzles.
. Century Engineering
manufactures a complete line of
spraying equipment and-is located
at P.O. Box 3018, Cedar Rapids, LA
52406.
Contact Your Nearest Patz Dealer
FORKSVILLE
DURWOOD J. WHITELEY
717-924-3460
HAMBURG
SHARTLESVILLE HAGERSTOWN, MD
FARM SERVICE
215-488-102 S
MILTON
LANDIS FARMSTEAD
AUTOMATION
717-437-2375
PIPERSVILLI
by-side single chain Patz Material
Mover.
The Patz Belt Feeder feeds quick
ly. The simplicity of design makes
maintenance simple and keeps the
price low. For other feeding situa
tions, consider a Patz tapered-pan
feeder or an in-bunk chain feeder.
All Patz feeding equipment offers
a variety of optional accessories to
meet your needs.
See your Patz dealer for details.
He is experienced in installation,
service and he has a parts supply
on hand to keep you feeding.
OUARRYVILLE
IO TERRE HILL
UNICORN FARM ELDER SALES TERRE HILL
SERVICE «SERVICE SILO CO. INC.
JAMES E. LANDIS 412-376-7111 215-445-6736
717-786-4158
MARYLAND DEALERS
TRI-STATE ROOP FERTILIZER
FARM AUTOMATION & CHEMICAL
301-790-3698 301-775-7678
lEDYVILLE. MD
KEN
FINDER SERVICE CO. SCHROCK & YODER PATZ
301-348-5263 301-334-8517
334-9663
LINEBORO. MD
Equipment sales drop expected
CHICAGO - Difficult product
export markets and the planting
reductions resulting from the U.S.
government’s Payment in Kind
(PIK) program are expected to
result in a percent reduction in
dollar volume of retail farm
equipment sales in 1983, according
to median estimates in a recent
survey of members of the Farm
and Industrial Equipment Institute
(FIE 1). Most items of equipment
are forecast to decline in sales
from 1982 to 1983, but rebound
above 1982 levels in 1984.
Peter Perkins, vice president
and group manager, Food
Machinery Group, FMC Cor
poration, reported these forecasts
in the State of the Industry Update
presentation at the May FIEI
Marketing and Management
Conference. The estimates were
obtained from an April survey of
FIEI members. FIEI members
expect that farm tractors over - 40
horsepower will drop 5% in sales in
1983 before a 16% improvement in
1984. However, spare parts sales
by farm equipment suppliers are
expected to grow 5% each year.
“As is to be expected, the
government’s PIK program is
exerting the greatest short term
influence on farm equipment sales.
Despite the negative short term
STONEI
NEW WINDSOR. MD
OAKLAND. MD
STREET. MD
P&SEQUIPMENT. INC.
301-452-8521
effects, the reduction in planted
acreage should improve com
modity prices, enhance farm in
come and diminish carryover
stocks. These factors, together
with some pent up demand, should
prove beneficial to farm
machinery suppliers in 1984 and
beyond.
“The farm industry still faces a
potential overcapacity situation
should a complete return to
previously planted acreage occur.
The overcapacity is likely to
persist until a global economic
recovery takes place that will
allow U.S. gram exports to expand
Nix Besser ewe tops sale
YORK A purebred Dorset
ewe, consigned by Robert Herr, of
Lancaster, topped the York Sheep
and Wool Producers field-day sale,
held May 14 at the York
Fairgrounds. Cathy Hawthorne
paid $147.50 for the Lancaster
County-bred entry.
Host club member Troy Ness of
Dallastown got top price in the ram
division of the sale, with Cathy
Strine bidding last at $135 for his
purebred Suffolk consignment.
Seven rams in the sale averaged
over $66.
SURGE,
INFARIYIATION
FEED MANAGER
COMPUTERIZED FEEDING
& MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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"Where The Handshake Is Mightier Than The Pen"
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28,1983—D5
once again. A substantial gram
agreement with the U.S.S.R. would
be helpful, and we must avoid the
natural tendency to restrict trade
in trying to solve our problems.
Don’t forget, exports have
provided the market for one of
every three acres of U.S.
agricultural production,” noted
Perkins.
The State of the Industry
forecasts reflect the median
responses of manufacturers of
field machinery and farmstead
equipment, tabulated by the FIEI.
Seventy-nine companies par
ticipated in the survey.
A market-lamb consignment by
Robert Leib of Mechanicsburg
headed up the price list in that
category, with Dallastown 4-H’er
John Myers paying $107.50 for the
crossbred. Average for the 38
market lambs in the sale was
$52.50.
Wrapping up the sale was a
feeder pig consignment auction.
Dave Holloway of New Freedom
topped the 24 entries with his
Duroc market pig, purchased by
Greg Bankert of Hanover for
$71.00. Average for the feeder pig
sale was $55.00.