P6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 3,1984
Thrifty Dutchman plans grand opening
By Glenn B. Knight
NEW HOLLAND “We plan to
operate a full-service farm and
Harden store with the best prices
possible,” said Mike Shotzberger,
manager of the Thrify Dutchman
Supply, IDfrS. Railroad Ave., New
Holland.
The new store is located in the
A.B.C. Groff Building and is an
extension of Groff’s committment
to serving their customers even
better. Robert Martin and Jay
Carpenter are the owners of both
enterprises.
Having established an out
standing reputation for selling
quality John Deere and New
Holland agricultural equipment,
the Groff owners recognized a need
for follow-on supplies, equipment
and animal medications. "Ac
BUSINESS NE
Charles Enloe (from left) and Howard Anderson recently
announced the sale of Peon-Jersey Products, Inc., of New
Holland, to Frank Possessky, shown here with his wife
Barbara.
Possessky acquires
Penn-Jersey Harvestore
NEW HOLLAND After more
than twenty years of serving
agriculture in southeastern
Pennsylvania and New Jersey,
Howard W. Anderson and Charles
R. Enloe announced Monday,
October 22, 1984, their retirement
and the sale of their business,
Penn-Jersey Products, Inc., New
Holland, to Frank Possessky.
Charles A. Bender, the New
Holland Farmers National Bank's
vice president in charge of lending,
has announced that the New
Holland Fanners will be providing
the necessary financing.
The company is the area
dealership for A.O. Smith Har
vestore Products, Inc., Arlington
Heights, Illinois Penn-Jersey’s
Earhart joins
KLINGERSTOWN - Elwood N.
Earhart, Of Mount Joy Rl, has
joined Quaker State Farms, Inc.,
the company announced Thursday.
Drawing on more than 30 years
of experience in feed sales and egg
marketing, Earhart will work in
sales for Quaker State.
Earhart has sold feed for dairy
cattle, steers, hogs, laying hens,
broilers, pullets, and turkeys.
tually, Thrifty Dutchman’ is
redundant,” notes Martin, who
recognizes that his customers
expect the highest quality product
for the money.
The store manager is quick to
point out that they are both in
terested and concerned about their
customer’s needs. “We’ve been
open since Sept. 1 and have
already begun to stock new items
because our customers have asked
for them ”
As you look around the three
floors of sales and service area you
get a feeling of community that is
missing from many supply stores
today. Customers gather in small
quiet groups to discuss the merits
of certain types of paint or boots or
hardware. The staff of nine sales
and service people keep on the
move finding specific medications,
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product line includes Harvestore
System livestock feed storage and
manure handling structures,
automated feeding equipment,
CompuTrac Computer Feeders
and Farm Master Tumble Mixers.
Mr. Possessky, a native of
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, had
been named Vice President of
Marketing of Penn Jersey earlier
this year A graduate of Penn State
University, he has been with the
company for fifteen years. He
resides with his wife, the former
Barbara Levers, and four children
inNarvon.
The new owner emphasized that
operation of the business will
continue as normal, in keeping
with the company's new motto,
We care about your business."
Quaker State
More recently, Earhart
worked in egg marketing.
Quaker State Farms, Inc., is an
integrated poultry operation in
Klingerstown, Schuylkill County,
consisting of laying hen produc
tion, pullet growing, egg
processing and breaking,
marketing, farming, and feed
manufacturing.
re-stocking shelves and offering a
piece of candy to the youngsters.
The Thrifty Dutchman is
returning to a time when a farmer
could bring his problems to a
salesman he knows and discuss
solutions Service is the key word
for this new venture which will
have its Grand Opening Nov. 5
through 10 with thousands of items
on sale.
Some of the types of things being
sold by Thrifty Dutchman are
dairy, poultry and horse supplies,
animal health products, farm
hardware, boots clothing, gloves,
paint, rope, chain and cable. Also
feed supplements, tractor ac
cessories, fencing, tires, feeders,
lawn and garden equipment and
pet supplies. In addition, there are
parts and service for lawn and
garden equipment.
Besides the great quantity of
items there is also high quality
with names like Ortho, Dragon,
Rockland, Alpo, Union Fork and
Hoe and Reddy Heaters. In the
animal health lines there is Tuco
by Upjohn, Pfizer, Durvet, Anchor,
Kendall, Ceva and Tramisol.
Horse owners will recognize
Farnam and Borden and everyone
knows Tingley Boots and Rubbers.
For hardware supplies
customers can rely on the Sentry
Hardware dealership and for lawn
and garden supplies there are John
Deere, Echo and Lawn Boy. Arm
strong tires and Pride of the Farm
feeders help round out a quality
line of products for farmers in the
New Holland area.
The new store also opened up
seven new jobs.
“Come talk with us about your
needs,” concludes the store
manager, "we are here to give you
the best products and services
available at the very best prices.”
Deere announces Titan II
MOLINE, 111. John Deere is
introducing the Titan II line of
combines which the company
describes as a significant advance
in combine productivity. Retaining
the model numbers from the Titan
line which the Titan lls replace,
these models have a host of
features which improve capacity,
reliability, and operator comfort
and convenience.
‘The productivity increases are
the result of greater gram cleaning
capacity that is especially im
portant while harvesting small
grains with high chaff loads, high
moisture corn, and any crop
growing on moderately sloping or
hilly ground,” says Herman
Jasper, manager of factory
marketing, John Deere Harvester
Works. “Tital II combines also
include reliability improvements
and other features that add to an
overall increase in harvesting
productivity.”
Titan II combines incorporate a
number of improvements in
troduced since the Titan line was
originally offered in 1979. These
include an entirely new Harvest
Flo cleaning system which can
substantially enhance overall
combining capacity. Elements of
the Harvest Flo system include:
Eleven percent more cleaning
area, achieved by extending
chaffer and sieve length,
Increasing shoe speed by 20
percent,
has
Higher capacity cleaning fan
which provides increased air flow
and better distribution of air to the
cleaning shoe.
Harvest Flo also features in
novative chaffer inserts which
increase productivity by saving
grain when Tital II combines are
operated en slopes.
“On some 45 percent of the land
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Parts and service manager John Bucher discusses plans
for next week’s Grand Opening of the Thrifty Dutchman
Supply in the A.B.C. Groff Building, New Holland, with Mike
Shotzberger and Mabel Weaver, bookkeeper.
From games to medication, the new Thrifty Dutchman
Supply in the A.B.C. Groff Building in New Holland carries a
complete line of farm and garden needs. Manager Mike
Shotzberger, left, is shown with salesman Bill Houck.
John Deere Titan II Combines have improved harvest
productivity, reliability, and operator comfort and con
venience over the Titan models which they replace.
in the United States on which
combmable crops are grown,”
says Jasper, “operators encounter
these hilly or sloping conditions. In
the past, operators have had to
slow down the combine while
operating on such terrain to
prevent excessive gram losses.
The Harvest-Flo system utilizes
unique, removable panels which
capture the grain which would
otherwise be lost while the com
bine operates at the faster, most
productive speeds.”
Reliability improvements in the
Titan II line include;
Hardened and chromed rasp
bars for small grains and nee
models. The chrome plating ap
proximately doubles the expected
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work life of the rasp bars, allowing
the rasp bars to perform at high
capacity over substantially longer
working periods.
The air conditioning system has
been re-designed to reduce
downtime.
The electrical system has been
upgraded with higher capacity
alternators, improved batteries,
and revised wiring.
The operator’s environment has
been improved on Titan II com
bines with an adjust-nent in the
location of the seat to permit both
increased comfort and improved
visibility. 'Additionally, the
operator has a Harvest-Trak
monitoring system available as an
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