F26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 7,1984
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Hydraulic wheel-mounted harrow cart has been developed
by Fuerst Brothers, Inc.
Flierst cites harrow cart
OREGON, 111. Fuerst
Brothers, Inc., has' developed a
new hydraulic wheel-mounted
Harrow Cart designed for easy
transportation of the Fuerst
Flexible Tine Harrow.
Designed, built and field tested
by farmer/users the Fuerst
Harrow Cart is available in 16 to 34
ft. widths with several new
features.
It’s constructed with high
carbon tubular steel with wings
which hinge at front and rear
eliminating troublesome wing
chains when cornering and
transporting. The new model also
features larger outrigger wheels
adjustable for desired spacing, a
Ag financial
stress
continues
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
Farm Credit System experienced
slow demand for loans and in
creased loan stress for the 12
months ended Sept. 30, 1983, ac
cording to the Farm Credit Ad
ministration, the independent
Federal Agency responsible for
regulating, supervising, and
examining the system’s borrower
owned banks and associations.
The combined net income of the
Farm Credit Banks for the first six
months of 1963 was $347.5 million,
down from $587.3 million for the
first half of 1982. The planned
decline in earnings for the first six
months of the year reflects efforts
of the Farm Credit Banks to
reduce net interest margins and
loan fees to help troubled
borrowers.
The amount of loans made by the
Federal Land Banks for the 12
months ended Sept. 30, 1983,
decreased 43.7 percent, compared
to the previous 12 months, from
$8.9 billion to $5.0 billion.
Production Credit Association
loans made were down 7.9 percent,
from $33.5 billion to $30.8 billion.
The amount of Federal Land
Bank loans outstanding on Sept. 30,
1983, stood at $51.1 billion, up 2.2
percent from the $50.6 billion
outstanding a year earlier. The
number of loans outstanding,
however, declined 0.4 percent from
667,036 to 664,676.
On Sept. 30, 1983, Production
Credit Associations had $20.4
billion in loans outstanding, down
9.1 percent from the $22.5 billion on
the books a year earlier. They had
353,326 members with loans out
standing on Sept. 30,1963,6.7 fewer
than the 378,783 a year earlier.
The long term nature of Federal
Land Bank mortgage loans results
in an increase in outstandings
despite declines in loans made, and
the short term nature of
Production Credit Association
loans is more quickly reflected in
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longer tongue for tighter turns and
a chain in slot for easier folding of
wings for transport.
The Fuerst “Hercules” Harrow,
with its “Spreading-Action” tine is
the only tine harrow on the market
that has been proven by years of
university tests, black light studies
and actual in-the-field service to
give “near perfect” one pass in
corporation of herbicides behind a
disc or cultivator and shed trash
even in the most severe conditions.
BERNVILLE Conservation -
from seed to feed is a half hour film
on the subject of agricultural
conservation. Production started
March of 1983. It will be completed
and available for distribution this
month.
According to producer-director
Rodney E. Garrett, the film will
attempt to focus on the technology
available to farmers which will
enable them to practice con
servation. The film addresses
itself not only to the conservation
of soil and water but to fuel saving,
labor saving and the efficiency of
producing, harvesting and storing
the crops.
Peter C. Myers, farmer and
Chief, Soil Conservation Service,
USDA will appear in the film
making comments on what will
motivate the farmer to change
over from conventional tillage to
conservation tillage methods.
Myers will also comment on a
host of conservation equipment,
tractors, fertilizer, computers,
post emergence herbicides and
much more.
“This film is not commercial in
format. I selected Myers for
commentary because his
philosophy coincides with what the
film is saying. That is namely that
farmers will change over to con
servation practices providing it is
cost effective. We do have a real
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Peter C. Myers, Chief of Soil Conservation Service is on
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finger at the farmer. We did not mm and video tape to all farm
have the technology years ago that organizations, schools and
we have now,” explained Garrett. universities, agri-businesses and
The film is being sponsored by banks at a norminal rental fee. The
C.B. Hoober & Son, Dickey-john, film can also be purchased.
Goodyear, Great Plains, Howard For further information write
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