D6-Lancaster Farming Saturday, October 11,1986
BUSINESS NE
Steiger Wildcat is second member of company’s under-200
hp tractor series.
Steiger
Offer Steerable Front Axle
FARGO, ND - Steiger Tractor
Inc. has introduced its second four
wheel-drive tractor in the under
-200-PTO horsepower class.
Production begins this month on
the new 190 PTO HP Wildcat 1000.
With the Wildcat, Steiger has
added its sixth model to the 1000
Series. Those six tractors share
three frames and utilize many
common components for increased
manufacturing efficiencies and
parts commonality. The Wildcat
shares the frame and drive train
with the 168 PTO HP Puma 1000.
The Wildcat and Puma offer an
option that is unique in the four
wheel-drive industry; a steerable
front axle.
“On the Wildcat and Puma,
we’ve taken four-inch diameter
bar axles and inboard planetary
gears and designed this axle
system so an operator can turn
these tractors sue degrees to the
Sprayer From John Deere
MOLINE, 111. - John Deere will
soon offer a 350-gallon sprayer
designed specifically for 50-series
row-crop tractors equipped with
mechanical front-wheel drive.
The 230 sprayer can be used with
a boom or a row-crop cultivator for
post-emerge fertilizer and her
bicide applications in young crops,
and with a disk, a mulch finisher,
or a planter for pre-emerge her
bicide application.
An optional transfer control
bundle allows the 230 to be used as
The new 230 sprayer was designed specifically for 50-
series row crop tractors with mechanical front-wheel-drive.
1000-Series Tractors
right or left,” said Dallas Lien,
Steiger vice president of
engineering.
Lien explained there are
numerous advantages to such a
configuration. First, because the
axle is steerable, both the four
wheel-drive Puma and Wildcat can
work in row crops with the agility
of a two wheeler, but with the
traction advantages of a real four
wheel-drive. Second, the com
bination of a steerable front axle
and Steiger’s time-tested ar
ticulation provides the Wildcat and
Puma with a 12.8 foot turning
radius-the shortest turning radius
of any two-wheel-drive-front-assist
or four-wheel-drive tractor in their
class. Third, infinite tread settings
from 60 to 130 inches are standard
on the Wildcat and Puma because
their bar axles are incorporated
with inboard planetary gears.
a nurse tank for rear-mourned or
pull-type sprayers, such as the 250
SpraCart. The addition of 350
gallons for total tank capacity of
850 gallons means the operator
can reduce refilling trips and stay
in the field longer. And the 230 uses
the same solution controls as the
250, making the nurse tank ap
plication an economical choice.
The tractor-mounted 230 sprayer
is for MFWD-equipped 4050, 4250,
4450, 4650 and 4850 John Deere
tractors. It will be available in
January.
Ford Unveils Subsidiary Name
WOODLANDS, Texas Ford
Tractor Operations will become
Ford New Holland, Inc., a Ford
Motor Company subsidiary, on
Jan. 1. The new name reflects the
acquisition this year by Ford of the
New Holland agricultural
equipment business from Sperry
Corporation.
“The joining of Ford Tractor and
New Holland produces an
organization of tremendous
strength and resources,” said Ed
Hasel general sales manager for
North American Sales Operations.
“It’s a resilient organization that’s
in this business for the long haul.”
The New Holland purchase was
very important, Hasel said,
because Ford Tractor has become
Johnson Joins York Farm Credit
YORK - Cary L. Johnson has
been named to the position of farm
records and tax specialist for the
York Farm Credit Service, ac
cording to Duane G. Rosier, vice
president.
The Farm Records and Tax
Service is provided to farmers, and
agribusinesses in South Central
Pennsylvania. Since 1985, the farm
records and tax service needs of
farmers previously served by the
Agway Profile Records and Tax
Service have been met by the York
Farm Credit Service.
Johnson, a native of Michigan
was previously employed by
Northern Michigan Farm Credit
Service, where she served as farm
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The Farm Credit System
Loy Retires From York Farm Credit
YORK - Walter Z. Loy, branch
manager of the York Farm Credit
Service, Carlisle Office, has
retired after a career of 26 years.
Loy is a native of a rural com
munity in Cumberland County. He
graduated from the Newville High
School and attended Penn State
University. In 1960 he joined the
staff of Farm Credit as an
assistant manager. Two years
later he was promoted to branch
manager. In this capacity he
worked closely with farmers in
Cumberland and Perry Counties.
Active in many community
ATV’s Lighten Farm Workload
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -
-Without a doubt, motorized horse
power - in the form of the ver
satile, lightweight, fuel-efficient
all-terrain vehicle (ATV) - is
rapidly replacing equine horse
power on farms both large and
small across America. For the
ATV, it seems, is the perfect an
swer to the U.S. farmer’s need for
a low-cost, reliable versatile
“workhorse.”
Whatever the chore, fanners are
finding ways to put their ATVs to
use - praising them for their
versatility, durability, low cost,
and fuel economy. Honda offers a
number of all-terrain vehicles
especially suited to the needs of
farmers.
Among the new offerings for 1987
is the FourTrax Foreman 4x4. This
four-wheel-drive workhorse comes
equipped with a powerful four
stroke engine, front and rear
utility earners, deep lug tires, and
a handy detachable 60-watt
headlight. For extra comfort
during those long days in the field,
the FourTrax Foreman 4x4 also
comes with an extra-thick
the last major company
specializing in tractors only. Even
for the world’s number two tractor
maker, “In today’s depressed and
fiercely competitive market, it
was clear that the future was
limited for any single-line com
pany,” he said.
New Holland, like Ford Tractor,
operates in more than 100 coun
tries. In North America, it leads
the market in balers, forage
equipment, mower-conditioners,
grinder-mixers, manure
spreaders, bale wagons, hay rakes
and mowers.
Ford and New Holland together
have 18,000 employees worldwide
and combined annual sales of $2
billion.
records and tax specialist. She is
currently attending Millersville
College.
The basis that the Records and
Tax Service offers is the Agrifax
system, which is a time proven,
user oriented, computer based
system that is used by ap
proximately 18,000 farmers across
the nation. Rosier noted that the
Agrifax system being used by York
Farm Credit can be used with a
farmer’s own computer or in
formation can be provided to Farm
Credit’s computer for processing,
which provides useful monthly
reports for making today’s critical
farm management decisions.
Another record keeping option
available is the manual system,
Farm
Credit
News
affairs, Loy served as basketball
Official for the Pennsylvania In
terscholastic Athletic Assocation,
served as manager of the Teener
League Baseball Teams, and
served as president and advisor to
4-H groups. The Farm Credit
Banks of Baltimore recognized his
unselfish personal commitment to
promoting the welfare of the
community in 1983.
He has been involved in the
Pennsylvania Association of Farm
Cooperatives (PAFC) and has
served as Youth Counselor on the
state level at the PAFC Summer
Institute.
cushioned seat.
Other popular farm models are
the Big Red three-wheeler and, in
the four-wheeled category, the
FourTrax 250 and four-wheel-drive
FourTrax 4x4. Each has a
powerful four-stroke engine, five
speed transmission with a super
low first gear and a handy reverse,
electric starter, automatic dutch,
(left) and new FourTrax Foreman
Hasel said continuous im
provements in Ford New Holland 1 !
products and the way it conduct!
its business will “power our drive
for leadership in every field that
we’re in” agricultural and in
dustrial tractors, farm machinery,
and diesel engines for trucks at
well as traditional agricultural
applications.
Hasel spoke at a news con
ference held jointly with Ford
Truck Operations and Ford
Division at The Woodlands Inn and!
Conference Center in The
Woodlands, Texas, a suburb of
Houston. The 1987 line of Ford
pickup trucks was introduced at
the news conference.
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Cary Johnson
which features quarterly profit
and loss statements, that enables
Farm Credit to serve a wide
variety of farm accounting needs.
The Farm Records and Tax
Service is available to all farmers
eligible to use Farm Credit’s
lending programs, even if they are
not present borrowers.
and a towing capacity of up to 850
pounds.
The 1987 Honda ATV line in
cludes eight four-wheeled and four
three-wheeled ATVs. Among the
entries, in addition to those models
designed with the needs of farmers
and ranchers in mind, are vehicles
suited for a variety of industrial
and recreational uses.
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