Danuser’s New Box Scraper Danuser’s Hydraulic Scraper Plus 4 serves as a box scraper, scoop, scarifier and blade. The unit comes in 54 and 72-inch widths and features zinc plated hardware, chrome plated cylinder rod and industrial steel cutting edge. For information contact Hamilton Equipment, 567 S. Reading Rd., Ephrata, Pa. 17522. Phone; 717-733-7951. Kubota Lowers Finance Rates COMPTON, Calif. - Kubota Credit Corporation has extended its 7.5 or 8.5 APR for qualified customers who purchase selected tractor models. The low-rate, maximum five-year loan will be available through August 31, 1986, according to Kubota Tractor 'Corporation president, Mr. S. Egusa. The M-Series tractors available at the 7.5-percent financing rate range from the 43 PTO horsepower Paraquat To Be Marketed Only As Gramozone SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Chevron Chemical Company and ICI Americas, Inc. today an nounced they have reached ten tative agreement to terminate the distribution rights of Chevron Chemical Company’s Ortho Agricultural Chemicals Division for the domestic sale of paraquat. The agreement is expected to become effective by October 1, 1986. Paraquat is a nonselective contact herbicide that kills vegetation when it comes into contact with green plant tissue. It Automatic’s Mill Handles 2,400 Bushels Per Hour PENDER, Nebr Automatic ATG 2400 Roller Mill trill process up to 2,400 bushels of shelled corn per hour, according to Ryder Supply. Equipped with 40- mch, 1000 rpm blower, the mill will also deliver processed feed to the x>p of the highest silo. The 2400 will also handle corn cob mix, small grains, milo or silage. Automatic’s one-fast-roll irinciple gives greater capacity M 4030 to Kubota’s most powerful tractor, the 85 PTO horsepower MB9SO. Kubota tractors available at the 8.5-percent rate include all G- Series lawn and garden tractors; B-Series compact tractors primarily built for nursefy, estate care and landscaping; LrSeries tractors used primarily for far ming, orchards, vineyards and ground maintenance; and con struction machinery. is used in agriculture to control weeds in com, soybeans and other field crops, and is used as well to clear noncrop areas of unwanted vegetation. It is also used as a desiccant and defoliant to aid in harvesting crops such as cotton. Chevron Chemical Company’s Ortho Agricultural Chemicals Division, as licensee from ICI Americas, has marketed paraquat in the United States since 1966. ICI Americas will continue to distribute paraquat in the United States under the trade name Gramozone. with less horsepowei aim pi ovuies self-cleaning action. Equipped for PTO trailer operation, the mill features heavy duty shafts and bearings with fast roll belt drive. Options include hydraulic intake auger, magnet grate and silage kit. The mill is also available in a larger unit to handle up to 3600 bushels per hour For further details contact Ryder Supply, Box 219, Cham bersburg, Pa. 17201,717-263-9111 The GIGANTIC SELECTION IN Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS Baltimore Farm Credit Banks To Merge Associations BALTIMORE, Md. - The Board of Directors of the Farm Credit Banks of Baltimore recently an nounced its decision to begin a restructuring process that is in tended to merge 26 local Federal Land Bank Associations (FLBAs) and Production Credit Associations (PCAs) into one district-wide FLBA and one PCA. The district-wide FLBA and PCA would continue to provide long and short term credit and financial services across the Baltimore Farm Credit District which is comprised of the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, j West Virginia, Delaware and the -1 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. I Board Chairman Harold B. Short / said the unanimous decision was P made in recognition of Farm \ Credit’s commitment to provide i better and more cost effective I financial services to farmers, even j in the face of continued stress in it the agricultural econotnv Farm Credit Banks Reduce Mortgage Rates BALTIMORE, Md. - Interest rate reductions on all Federal Land Bank 30-day variable rate mortgages and new longer term fixed rate mortgage programs have been announced by the Farm Credit Banks of Baltimore, the mid-Atlantic area’s largest agricultural lender. Effective August 1, the interest rate on all existing and new 30-day variable rate mortgages will be reduced to 11.25 percent. The rate reduction will be reflected in the September billing statement of current borrowers. Prior to the rate reduction, 30- day variable rate mortgages for farm and rural housing loans were 11.75 percent and 12.25 percent respectively. In addition, a new mortgage program offering lower fixe'* Agamy Holds Farm Enterprise School SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Lester Anderson of Salunga Agway recently attended an Agway sponsored Farm Enterprise School in Syracuse, New York. Kreider spent half a day at the Agway Farm Research Center near Tully, New York, reviewing the latest data aimed at helping farmers obtain better economic returns. The 500-acre Agway Farm Research Center specializes in New Diesel Tractors Available From White SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A new line of compact diesel tractors in the under-40 horsepower class was recently unveiled by White Farm Equipment Company at White Farm’s Charles City, lowa, manufacturing facility. The compact line consists of five models, including: Field Boss 16; Field Boss 21; Field Boss 31; Field Boss 37; and Field Boss 43. The pto horsepower of each model is estimated at 14, 19, 25, 30 and 39, respectively. Each model is styled tmm- mk y J* ( «* * i *J ■aft- White's new line of compact diesel tractors includes models from 14 to 39 hor- “Agricultural conditions in the district including drought and low commodity prices will continue to place heavy strains on our far mers, and their problems will probably mount in the near future. As the major agricultural lender in the mid-Atlantic area we feel a special obligation to prepare ourselves, organizationally, to help a timetable for implementation agriculture meet the current crisis of the restructuring process has and to give farmers the best not been firmly established, but possible service at a time when it is will be part of the initial merger needed most,’’Short said. ’ plan development, according to Short explained that the District Short. A The Farm Credit System interest rates for periods of five, 10 or IS years for qualified borrowers was approved for implementation by the Baltimore Banks’ regulatory agency, the Farm Credit Administration (FCA). “We’re always glad when we can reduce our interest rates, but when we’re able to drop them during stressful economic times in the agribusiness community, it’s even more beneficial to our borrowers,” said Gene L. Swackhamer, president of the Farm Credit Banks of Baltimore. Swackhamer acknowledged that devastating drought conditions throughout much of the area served by the Baltimore Banks (Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico), was placing applied research dairy nutrition while Agway scientists and and housing, waste management, specialists provided the latest and testing of crop varieties to research in dairy nutrition, animal improve farm income. Specific housing and handling, waste crop test plots were planted in management, and on-farm use of anticipation of the farm enterprise portable computers, school to allow comparisons and The annual conference is part of selection of outstanding varieties, ongoing efforts by Agway to keep In other sessions, Gordon its field staff informed on the latest Conklin, editor of the American information to assist them in Agriculturist, presented an serving Agway farmer-members overview of Northeast agriculture throughout the Northeast. in the tradition of the Field Boss tractor family. There are two- and four-wheel-drive models available in each horsepower. The new Field Boss tractors are designed with features which meet the needs of a wide range of applications in farming, light construction, turf care, nurseries and fruit and vegetable operations. Standard features such as fuel efficient diesel engines, enclosed engine compartments, easy access * • * *