Dl2-Lancaster Farming Saturday, January 25,1986 Binkley & Hurst technician goes to Case IH school BURR RIDGE, IL Raymond Rutt, service specialist at Binkley & Hurst Bros. Inc. has just com pleted a *4% training course at the Case 1H training center in Burr Ridge. The course emphasized the repair and servicing of Case IH planting and tillage equipment. This training program included hands-on study of planter basic hydrualic and electrical systems, as well as monitors, row units, and the basic planter chassis. Ad ditional subjects included grain Zook & Ranck hold forage seminar GAP, PA Zook & Ranck, Inc., Papillion Agricultural Products, Inc. and Trans Agra International are sponsoring a Forage Production seminar on January 28, 1986 at 1 PM at the Leola Family Restaurant, Leola, and January 30, 1986 at Bart Fire co., Georgetown. Trans Agra International, manufacturers of Culbac hay and silage preservatives, will make a contribution to the American Dairy Association; “Milk’s Got More” promotion for each person attending. Funds from this con tribution will be used to erect a 6xlo foot permanent “Milk’s Got More” sign in Zook & Ranck, Inc. trading area. In addition, each dairyman in CAtL US FOR FREE ESTIMATES on TOP QUALITY BARN SPRAY & BRUSH PAINITING - Try Our New Concept In Penetration And Adhesion. In 1985 To earn a dollar - give a dollars worth of service and work Pay only $750 for the best kind of barn painting on an average barn - if you pay more you paid too much Being self-employed, enables me to take the time to properly apply mjfbarn paint & sealer at prices below suggested retail cost Proper application requires adjusting the viscosity of the paint to attain the best penetration and .adhesion thereby assuring you an excellent paint job I will share helpful guidelines on roof maintenance of steel roofs by brushing on at prime time. The farmers in Lancaster Co. are lucky because of the amountf of competition in barn painting. y Check with us for the best.deal! PHARES S. HURST Years of experience plus self RDI, Box 503, Narvon, PA 17555 employment gives you quality 215-445-6186 work for less expense*. drill and tillage equipment service. To sharpen their servicing and repair skills, students disassembled and reassembled components. They also practiced performing critical adjustments and learned precise testing and troubleshooting procedures. Case IH offers a wide variety of training courses for dealer service specialists. Personnel from dealerships throughout North America take advantage of this training. attendance will be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing of a registered Holstein calf named Autumn-Ridge Astronaut Debbie bom September 3,1985. “Debbie” will be awarded at the conclusion of the Forage Production seminars in March 1986. The Forage Productions Seminar will be highlighted by audio visual presentations on hay and silage production management by Dr. Keith Bolsen of Kansas State University and Mr. John Arledge of New Mexico State University. Mr. Thomas P. Mullineaux of Papillon Agricultural Products, Inc., Easton, Maryland will discuss “Calbac: The Low Cost, Safe Alternative”. BRUNING HARRISBURG, PA Governor Dick Thornburgh electronically cut the ribbon on the Pennsylvania Extension Network’s PENpages, a data base of current information, in conjunction with the opening of the 70th Farm Show. Thornburgh was the first person to use PENpages, which gives Pennsylvanians a direct con nection through their home computers to information from the Pennsylvania State University’s College of Agriculture and other state and federal agencies. For the past year and a half, faculty and staff in the College of Agriculture have been building the computer network, linking each Penn State campus and the offices of its Cooperative Extension Service. The network increases the reach of Extension to any Penn sylvania resident having access to a microcomputer, modem (telephone hook-up) and ap propriate software. lije system contains a variety of agricultural and extension in formation ranging from daily, weekly and monthly agricultural news and alerts to more per-! manent types of reference material. For example, home gardeners can to access in formation needed to identify and control many types of vegetable diseases including up-to-minute imperial Strength, Durability & Beauty! • High tensile galvanized steel panels • Five major ribs (%” height) • 36” coverage • Anti-siphon feature • Warranted Ceramic Siliconized Paint System • 12 Colors In Galvalume, Plain or Painted Imperial Rib is custom-cut to the inch to fill your needs in lengths up to 45 feet, reducing or eliminating end laps. You get a tighter, stronger, more attractive building. if u -* li Complete Pole And Other Buildings Thornburgh inaugurates new computer network details on the new diseases and the latestresearch. Homeowners can access in formation on clothing, textiles and home interiors. Young people will find information on 4-H career and leadership opportunities. Farmers will find specific information on many production agriculture concerns. The Pennsylvania state legislature appropriated $1.9 million in 1984 to begin the Ex tension Computerization Project, and provides funds for its con tinuing operation. Extension computer specialists have trained more than 750 faculty and staff members, in addition to pur chasing equipment and developing PENpages. To date they have completed 41 computer programs including family dollar decisions, farm business analysis, stress management and machinery analysis. 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Additional home horticultural information, poultry diagnostic lab reports, national and local agricultural market information and farm management programs are but a few of the topics under development. “Experts predict that by 1990, 40 to 50 percent of families in the United States will be using com puters at home for information exchange,” says Graham Bell, Penn State Extension computer support coordinator. “The Penn sylvania Extension Network brings that' future much closer for the people of Pennsylvania.” INSULATION Distributor For FIBER GLASS INSULATION • Energy Savings • Premium Quality • Noncombustible • Noncorrosive • Odor Free • Won’t Rot or Decay • Won’t Attract Pests or Vermin SALES
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