D6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 12,1984
BUSINESS NE
New Holland begins
2-year warranty
NEW HOLLAND - Sperry New
Holland has announced that,
beginning May 1, it is warranting
its farm implement products from
defects in workmanship and
materials for 24 months a year
longer than warranties of all other
major farm implement makers:
Implement Implement
Maker Warranty*
Allis-Chalmers 12 months**
Ford 12 months
Gehl 12 months
Hesston 12 months
International
Harvester
John Deere
Massey-
Ferguson
Sperry New
24 months****
Holland
NOTES: * Extended on tractors,
usually to 24 months or 1,500 to
3,000 hours (either on the engine
ind driveline only or on all tractor
components, excluding tires, tubes
and batteries). A-C warrants for 36
months.
** Extended to 24 months on
combines.
*** Extended to 24 months on
engines in self-propelled units.
***• Excludes skid-steer
Seaboard acquires
Wenger egg unit
LAKEWOOD, N.J. - An
agreement whereby Seaboard
Foods will acquire the egg
marketing division of Wenger
Feeds, has been announced jointly
by the two companies, according to
Boyce Overstreet, President of
Seaboard Foods, Inc., Lakewood,
N.J.
The egg marketing division of
Wenger Feeds consists primarily
of Weaver Quality Eggs, Inc.
located in Lancaster County.
Seaboard Foods is the largest
marketeer of eggs in the nation.
With its divisions and subsidiary
companies, Seaboard accounts for
approximately five per cent of the
nation’s egg supply, according to
Overstreet.
Mueller honors dealer
Daniel C Manna, center, president of the Paul Mueller
Company, presents Golden Cooler Award to representatives
of Rufus Brubaker Refrigeration, of Manheim.
Recipients of award include Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Brubaker, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Leininger and Kenneth Kopp.
Award was presented at a recent recognition dinner in
Springfield, Mo., headquarters for Mueller.
loaders.
In a letter to its dealers, Sperry
New Holland President H.G.
McCarty announced the new
warranty policy applying to
agricultural company products:
“24 months and an unlimited
number of operating hours on all
new Sperry New Holland farm
implements except tires, tubes,
batteries and engines, all
traditionally warranted by their
original manufacturers. ’ ’
The new 2-year warranty does
not change or limit Sperry New
Holland’s long established
“Bonded Protection” policy for
box-type manure spreader sides,
which continues to be good for the
working life of the spreader,
regardless how many owners it’s
had.
... 12 months
12 months***
12 months
Likewise, the company’s round
baler chain replacement policy,
instituted in 1983, is not affected.
And the 2-year general warranty
protects all Sperry New. Holland
products except skid-steer loaders,
a product widely used by building
contractors and other non-ag
businesses. (Loaders will continue
to carry a 1-year of 500-hour
warranty.)
Sperry New Holland warranted
its ag equiment prior to May 1 for
an unspecified length of time. G.G.
Frost, Sperry New Holland
Director of Consumer Services
adds that many Sperry New
Holland equipment owners have
been under the impression that the
warranty was for one year.
“Now we feel we can more
clearly define our warranty
against factory defects; Recent
advances in quality control allow
us to pass the additional benefits
on to our customers. And
customers who bought prior to
May 1 are fully protected under
our old warranty.”
According to Sperry New
Holland Vice President for
Marketing J.W. Snead, “The new
warranty policy is designed to
afford the recently hard pressed
farmers and ranchers of the U.S.
and Canada with an extra measure
of protection in one of the world’s
riskiest businesses.
• ••
Steve Gross, Thomasville Market president; and secretary-treasurer Charlie Sunday
look over feeder cattle waiting their turn to go into sales arena.
Thomasville Market adds new services
BY JOYCE BUPP
Staff Correspondent
THOMASVILLE - Hogs selling
for 13 cents per pound were
commonplace then.
The year was 1947 and the world
was still pulling itself back
together in the post-war years.
Then, like now, farmers wished
they could generate better prices
for the commodities they
produced.
Seeing a need for an auction in
western York County, a trio of
entrepreneurs purchased land
along Route 30, the major east
west highway through the county.
After constructing a sprawling
maze of wooden fences, pens, gates
and a sales area, Peter and Earl
Koons, of Harrisburg, and William
Peters of Millersburg opened the
doors for what continues today as
the Thomasville Livestock Market,
Inc.
Over those past 37 years,
changes have come to the auction,
both in the look of the livestock that
bring the facility alive with sounds
every Wednesday and in the
business-end of the marketing
corporation.
In 1975, a cooperative-type
organization of 25 local producers
joined forces to purchase the
auction from the sons and sons-in
law of the original owners.
Following a devastating fire that
swept through the auction in
January, 1980, stockholders voted
to rebuild a modernized facility.
More changes came on March 1,
as new officers of the corporation
took over the reins of the business.
President is Steve Gross, Man
chester livestock and grain
producer, with livestock marketer
Roy Mummert of Brodbecks the
vice-president. York grain and
livestock producer Charlie Sunday
is secretary-treasurer, and
assistant Phyllis Gross handles the
bulk of the office and bookkeeping
responsibilities. Norton Miller, an
employee of the auction for 31
years, continues as caretaker.
Along with the new officers has
come an addition to the services
offered by the landmark auction.
Beginning at noon, every
Agway dairy
routes cited
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Agway
dairy route salespersons operating
in Lancaster County include
Wayne D. Deem, of Manheim; and
Gary L. Shenenberger.flf Salunga.
Deem operates out of
Quarryville Agway and Shenen
berger operates out of the Salunga
Agway.
Agway conducts training
schools, such as the one at Cor
tland, N.Y., in early March, to
instruct dairy route salespersons
in the latest product knowledge
and information.
Wednesday, and continuing up to
sale time, the auction is open for
handling private treaty hog sales.
Auctioneer John Frey opens the
evening of sales business promptly
at 6:30 p.m., handling small items,
with the major livestock lineup
starting through the arena at 7
p.m. Calf sales open the evening of
livestock marketiong, followed by
feeder pigs and steers, lambs and
goats, cows, fat heifers and steers,
bulls, sows and boars.
Another recent innovation was
the auction’s first feeder sale, held
April 13. Management is pleased
Ford adds
TROY, Mich. Ford Tractor
dealers are offering two new
models in their line of mid-range
Series 10 farm tractors for 1984,
plus technical improvements to the
rest of the line.
“Our new 2810 and 2110 models
available with a new front
wheel-drive option give
customers a choice of three
tractors in the 32-to-36 horsepower
class, complementing our 2910
model introduced last year, and 17
models in the 30-to-90-horsepower
range,” said R.J. Nicolazzi,
general operations manager of
Ford Tractor’s North American
Sales Operations.
“The 2810 unit replaces last
year’s 2310 model. In addition to
the many features carried over
from the 2310, the 2810 offers a
double-reduction rear axle, sealed
wet-disc brakes and an in
dependent PTO. It’s equipped with
a 158-cubic-inch-displacement
diesel, three-cylinder engine and
has 32 power-take-off (PTO)
horsepower.”
The double-reduction axle design
also used on larger Series 10
tractors provides extra
toughness and improved power
transfer. The internal wet-type
disc brakes allow smooth
engagement, using a differential
lock that can be engaged to both
Ford tractors available with two-wheel-drive or front-wheel
drive.
with the success of that spring
sale, and plans another for next
year.
A fall feeder sale is also in
planning stage, to be held in
cooperation with the South Central
Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s
Association. Several 4-H roundup
activities will be scheduled
through the summer and fall
months.
For additional information about
the auction or the private treaty
hog sales, the Thomasville
Livestock Market, Inc., can be
contacted at 717-792-2248.
2 tractors
rear wheels under low traction
conditions for uniform pulling
power.
“The lighter-weight 2110 tractor
is the ‘big brother’ to the highly
successful 1000 Series models
introduced last year,” Nicolazzi
said. “The 2110 is equipped with a
four-cylinder diesel engine
delivering 34.5 PTO horsepower.
Its standard transmission is a 12-
by-4 unit. A synchronized manual
shuttle version is available for
quick shuttling and shifting. Other
features include a double
reduction final drive, live 540-rpm
PTO, sealed brakes and a foot
operated differential lock.
“Customers will appreciate the
48-to-72-inch tread adjustment
range on the front and rear of the
2110 tractor. And the hydraulic
system features a heavy-duty, 8.6-
gallons-per-minute (gpm) pump.
This pump offers plenty of power
for its Category 1 three-point hitch,
or for quick lifting. The integral
power-steering system’s pump is
completely independent of the
hydraulic pump.”
Nicolazzi pointed out that Ford
also added a new front-wheel-drive
option for 2910, 3910 and 4610
tractor models. “Front-wheel
drive provides the extra traction
needed in soft, muddy conditions,”
he said.