F6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 11,1985 BUSINESS NEWS— /rr i p V 4 One of the new planter models available from New Idea New Idea offers wide range of planters COLDWATER, OH. - Double Frame, Single Frame, Mounted and Folding Planter models are available from New Idea Farm Equipment Division to meet the varied needs of any planting operation. The Double Frame Planters are available in 4, 6 and 8 row models. Conventional, minimum tillage, no-till planting, inter-plant capabilities for solid or skip rows, plus fertilizer, insecticide and herbicide applications can be handled due to the strength and versatile design of the Double Frame Planter. The 4, 6 and 8 row Single Frame Planters in the 900 Series Planter line feature both pull and mounted Zimmerman completes year on Gehl dealer council WEST BEND, WI - John Zimmerman Jr., Richland, PA, has recently returned from at tending the 1985 Gehl Company Dealer Council at West Bend, Wisconsin, where he represented his farm equipment dealership, Lebanon Valley Imp. Co. Inc. Zimmerman was one of 13 Gehl equipment dealers selected from the company’s 1000 Gehl dealers in the United States and Canada to serve on the 1985 Dealer Council. John Zimmerman Jr„ (left) of Leba/ion Valley Imp. Co. Inc., is congratulated by Bernard Nielsen, (right) Gehl Company President, for his services on the Company’s Dealer Council. models. Forward Fold Planter models are the latest addition to the line offering 8 and 12 row planting capabilities. These models fold and unfold effortlessly and feature low profile bi-fold markers on the 8 row model and triple folding markers on the 12 row unit. All models in the New Idea planter line feature row markers that are among the heaviest in the industry. New Idea features Kinze Row Units on all models in their planter line for precise seed singulation and accurate seed placement. Full specifications on all New Idea planter models can be acquired from your New Idea Dealer. The recent meeting involved communications between dealers, Gehl top management and department heads. Discussions covered concerns and resolutions for joint opportunities and future planning. Gehl Company manufactures and sells a complete line of forage harvesting, manure handling, haymaking, materials handling and feedmaking equipment with corporate headquarters in West Bend. \ - Portable pressure wash pump marketed NEW BRIGHTON, MN - Hypro, a major manufacturer of pumps for agricultural and industrial markets has just introduced a new pump to the portable pressure wash industry. The new Series 8600 twin plunger pump was designed and built in the United States by Hypro to serve the growing need in the portable pressure wash market for a reliable, low-maintenance pump which can be driven by a 1% HP, electric motor or a gas engine if desired. The 8600 offers its users a choice of pressure ranges and drive speeds and other design options which make it one of the most versatile pressure washing pumps on the market. Its compact size means it will fit almost any design configuration. The 8600 uses a more reliable, patented internal drive system. Its innovative, one-piece connecting rod and floating wrist pin reduces the number of crankcase parts by more than 30% which means less wear and tear on the pump and fewer moving parts to break down. The crankshift runs in a sealed oilbath which continuously lubricates and protects internal parts. This, too, means more reliable pump performance and is why Hypro extends a full, 2-year warranty on this product. The Series 8600 is reate at 2.2 GPM maximum PSI. Model 8630 is rated at 3.0 GPM maximum and 700 maximum PSI. Two rotation speeds are available; 1750 and 3450 John Deere MOLINE, IL - A new at tachment for non-folding John Deere Max-Emerge planters makes the advantages of ridge tillage available for a minimal machinery investment. Rather than purchase a new ridge-till planter, the attachment permits growers to convert existing planters for ridge-tillage planting. Mounted between the tractor and the Max-Emerge planter, the attachment tracks the previous • * . ,< r-.v., .- ‘ >r* M' '**'*• ,3. {£ +' • 8 John Deere's new 720 Ridge-Till attachment permits ridge-till planting w Max- Emerge planters. Inset photo shows closeup of horizontal rotating disk and deflectors which clear crop residue and excess soil, producing 14-inch-wide seedbed ahead of each planter row unit. KALAMAZOO, MI. - “The major changes in hog management practices in the last 10 years have included a gradual, but constant, shift to confinement operations, as well as a switch from interval farrowing to year around continuous farrowing,” according to Dr. Bernie Curran, D.V.M., of Eldridge, lowa. Dr. Curran’s ideas, as well as the results from several individual trials around the country, are included in a management report The new portable pressure washing pump from Hypro. RPM. Drive options include hollow shaft or solid shaft; belt or direct drive; Nema C face adapter for 56 frame, 1% HP, 115 V, 60 hertz electric motor drive, Gas engine gear reduction drive (2:1 and 1.7:1 rations available). A choice of three cylinder head materials: aluminum, bronze and stainless steel are available to provide for compatability with and protection from the cleaning solutions being pumped. Portable pressure washers are used* by farmers for cleaning adds Ridge-Till attachment crop’s ridge, slices off the top of and deflectors push residue and the ridge, and leaves a 14-inch wide excess soil into the furrows bet seedbed for the Max-Emerge units ween the ridges, to plant into. New 720 Ridge-Till attachments The new 720 Ridge-Till At- are available in various sizes to tachment achieves this with work with Max-Emerge planters stabilizing gauge wheels and which plant four 36-, 38- or 40-inch center coulters which slice through rows, six 30-inch rows or eight 30- residue on top of the ridges and inch rows, stablize the attachment and John Deere is also introducing planter on the ridges. an 885 Cultivator to cultivate crops Horizontal rotating disks clear planted with the 720 Ridge-Till residue from the tops of the ridges attachment. t, • V *vV * * -d 1 - **- '*.« ' New report on MPS treatment on mycroplasmal pneumonia (MPS), now available from The Upjohn Company. The report, which includes in formation on Lincomix com parison trials held by producers, in Tennessee, lowa, Michigan and Pennsylvania, provides results where Lincomix proved to be twice as cost-effective as other an tibiotics (only two cents per pound of feed in the finishing phase), and days to market were decreased apnroximatplv two to three weeks equipment, buildings and livestock. Industrial uses include plant maintenance applications and the cleaning of food preparation areas in industry and consumer facilities. The 8600 pump v IS an excellent choice for the fast food operators for efficient and loftfcost clean up. It is also an excellent product for service station operators for clean up requirements. The Series 8600 is manufactured by Hypro in the United States which provides for rapid delivery and fast turnaround service, duty free. compared to competitor-fed hogs. Also ind'ided in the report is an account on the proper use of lin comycin ui the swine herd by Dr. Harold Kjar of Auburn University. Dr. Kjar notes that lincomycin is one of the best forms of preventive medicine available to swine producers who are battling MPS. A copy of this report is available by writing; Mycoplasmal Pneumonia Report #2, The Upjohn Company, P.O. Box 5087, Kalamazoo, MI 49001-5087.
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