06-Lancaster Farming Saturday, May 3,1986
BUSINESS NEWS*.
The new Hog Slat sow feeder offers a one-pin removal
system which allows for quick cleaning or easy replacement.
Hog Slat offers
versatile sow feeder
NEWTON GROVE, NC - Hog
Slat, Inc., a leading hog equipment
manufacturer, offers a versatile
sow feeder in heavy 16 GA. No. 304
stainless steel with a new one-pin
removal system to allow for quick
cleaning or replacement. This
innovation does away with slow,
awkward “nut and bolt’’
replacement techniques.
Only the finest quality steel and
construction techniques are used
in Hog Slat’s patented stainless
steel feeders. The new feeders still
have deep troughs and the ex
clusive feed saver lip to save you
money by providing less feed
available for waste and by keeping
ABS honors representatives
American Breeders Service, DeForest, Wisconsin, recently
honored nine of their representatives for outstanding
achievement in 1985. They were selected as the top per
formers from among 850 sales representatives located all
across the United States and Western Canada.
The winning Representatives are (seated left to right)
Tracey Jacobson, Parkston, SD, (Terry and Tracey Jacobson
are a husband and wife team who share equally in the
development of their sales area) John O’Steen, Mayo, FL,
Clarence Van Dyke, Manhattan, MT, James Charles,
Columbia, PA, (standing left to right) Terry Jacobson,
Parkston, SD, Glen Brammeier, Oakdale, IL, Philip Friesen,
Crystal City, Manitoba, James Voelker, Kewaunee, Wl, and
Michael Osmundson, Oakdale, CA.
sows at the trough instead of
backing off and spilling feed.
Hog Slat’s patented feeders are
designed by hog producers for hog
producers and provide optimum
savings in time, feed, and
maximum durability under
demanding usage. The new one-pin
removal feature is a continuation
of Hog Slat’s on-going efforts to
constantly improve hog producer
equipment.
For more information on these
stainless steel feeders, also
available in galvanized steel, call
or write: Hog Slat, Inc., Box 308,
Newton Grove, NC 28336 (NC 1-800-
682-1103 or US 1-800-3344465).
Tye offers new CRP grass dri
LOCKNEY, Texas The Tye
Company is introducing their new
Series Five 20 foot Grass Drill just
in time for the Conservation
Reserve Program.
The new Tye Grass Drill in
corporates all the improvements of
Tye’s new Series Five Drills with
the ability to accurately plant the
small, dense grass seeds as well as
the light, fluffy, hard-to-plant
grass seeds.
Tye CRP Grass Drills are
equipped with three standard seed
boxes: a Small Grain Box for large
granular seed and cover crops, a
Legume Box for small, dense seed
and innoculants, and a Bluestem
Box for light, fluffy seed and native
grass mixes.
The Tye Grass Drill precisely
meters three different seeds
uniformly, each at different
seeding rates, all at the same time.
Only the Typ CRP delivers each
seed variety by a separate seed
delivery tube into the row unit.
A special design Tye Row Unit
utilizes a narrow angle double disc
opener with controlled seed
placement, 2x13 depth control
press wheels, depth bands, and
heavy-duty down pressure springs
to accurately place seed mixes at
predetermined seedbed depths.
Eight-inch, 10-in row spacings are
available.
The depth bands on both sides of
Atlantic to sample six Pennsylvania bulls
LANCASTER Six Penn
sylvania-bred Holstein bulls are
currently in the random sampling
program for young sires conducted
by Atlantic Breeders Cooperative,
according to General Manager
Hany Roth. Each bull results from
specially-planned matings be
tween well-proven sires and out
standing cows owned by Holstein
breeders.
BH2OII Len-Lyn Bova Marks-ET
was bred by Galen Crouse of
Stevens. He is sired by Rockalli
Son Of Bova and his dam is an
“Excellent” Conductor daughter,
Diamond-S Wapa Classy. She has
completed two records to date over
27,000 M and I.OOOF, and has a
USDA cow index of +9I3M and
+4BF. Classy’s dam is a “Very
Good” daughter of the popular
Atlantic sire, Pennstate Ivanhoe
Star.
Jay and Kirk Hillegass of Berlin
are the breeders of 8H2014
Hillmont Bova Patrick-ET. Also a
Bova son, Patrick’s dam is
Hillmont Glendell Pinky VG at
88 points. The cow has averaged
Upper Dauphin student
Quaker State Farms Agri-business Award
ELIZABETHVILLE - Upper
Dauphin student Dale Smeltz
received the Quaker State Farms
Agri-Business Award for 1986
during the school’s FFA chapter
banquet held recently.
Dale is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Smeltz, R 1 Lykens. His
agricultural projects have in
cluded growing pullets, layers and
roasters and swine finishing and
marketing. He is secretary for his
school’s FFA chapter.
Dale has participated in land
judging, swine, dairy cows and
poultry and holds the Keystone
Degree.
Each additional $1 billion of- U.S.
farm exports creates another $1.37
billion of economic activity in the
U.S., for a total of $2.37 billion. In
1984 there were 1.1 million full
time U.S. jobs related to U.S.
agricultural exports.
The Tye company recently introduced its new Series Five
20-foot grass drill just in time for the Conservation Reserve
Program
the double disc opener and the offei ? f ass „ for t ? on '
depth control press wheels provide ve f ° nal , an f d n^ m operabons
accurate seeding denth control and with features to match local
S in estabSS needs “ countrywide. The Tye
fragile native graues-ltiebatarce
of the CRP Grass Drill comes from “ sed “ r plantmg wneat 811(1
field-proven heavy-duty Tye Grain
Drills and No-Tills. For more information see your
Tye’s new CRP Grass Drills are
now available in four sizes up to 20 service Manager, the
feet wide to match enlarged CRP
acreage requirements. Only Tye 79241 ’ 806 652
4.2% fat test in her first three
production records and carries an
index of +739M and +42F. Her
dam is an “Excellent” daughter of
Harrisburg Gay Ideal, another
well-known Atlantic bull.
8H2017 Swan-Road Delegate
Gunfire enters Atlantic’s sampling
program from J. Harodl Dare’s
herd at Atglen. The sire of Gunfire
is Cass-River Select Delegate and
his dam is Swan-Road Pete Glory
—VG. Glory averages 4.0% fat test
and has a cow index of +625M and
+3OF. Both grandams in Gunfire’s
pedigree are also high testing
cows.
From Rothrock Golden Holsteins
at Kempton comes 8H2024
Rothrock Tradition Leadman. He
is a son of Sweet-Haven Tradition
and his dam is an “Excellent”
young Valiant daughter, Walkup
Valiant Lou Ella. At 2-2 y, she
produced 29.180 M and 1.234 F in 365
days, and is currently indexed at
+1.030M and +SIF. Her dam is
EX-94 and made several high
records.
82H2028 Lyn-Li Impressive, a
Agribusiness Award from Gary Harner, farming operations
manager for Quaker State Farms, Inc.
Its
son of Glendell Arlinda Chief, was
bred by Robert & Jean Taylor of
Friedens. Impressive’s dam is
Redroof Lyn-Li Image—VG, with
an index of +B3M and +27F. At 3-
4y, Image produced 25.850 M and
963 F in 365 days and 4-6 y is making
over 30,D00M and I,OOOF. Her VG
-88 dam has two records over
30,D00M and I,IOOF, as well.
The breeder of 8H2036 Knott-Run
Loren-ET is John Brubaker, Jr. at
Christiana. This young bull is sired
by Cor-Vel Enchantment. His dam
is Knott-Run Pete Lucy VG, a
eow that has 305-day records of
30.230 M and 1,023 F at 2-8 y and
28.410 M with 1.062 F at 4-oy. Her
index is +7B4M and +27F.
Manager Roth points out that
each young bull is randomly
mated with about 750 cows on
DHIA test in members’ herds.
Three to four years from now, their
milking daughters will be
evaluated for production and
conformation traits. Satisfactory
ratings will bring these bulls into
the stud’s active sire lineup for
extensive AI service.
receives