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Don’t worry. This malady
reaches epidemic proportions
every year, about mid-Apdl. While
no one is immune, some of us come
down harder than others when it
hits.
Symptoms?
Extreme lethargy (that’s a nice
word for laziness), loss of appetite
(except for ham, chicken, potato
stuffing, ice cream and apple pie),
an urge to get in the pick-up and
take in a few sales (never can tell
what bargains slip through), and
an uncontrollable urge to breathe
the fumes from the diesel tractor
with a plow hitched behind. These
are the male symptoms, of course.
Those of the female may vary
slightly, but with the same general
debilitating effect.
Thecure?
That’s what this essay is all
about. After all, you can’t get this
kind of advice from a doctor. Only
great age and vast experience can
gather the answers, and only a
self-treated and highly inflated
windbag is willing to pass along the
know-how. For free, too. You’re
welcome.
The most painful surge of the
fever usually hits at 5:30 a.m. The
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• Accuracy of feed delivered to each
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• Improved feed conversion data.
• Ability to react to environmental
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Fever
Spring
jingle (or maybe the gentle buzz)
of the clock sets off a reaction in
the brain that shatters into
fragments all the dreams that
linger from the deep peace just
before the darn thing rang. There’s
no cure for the alarm clock jitters,
except to tune your ears to the song
of the robin outside the window.
And, of course, the smell of bacon
frying in the kitchen. (Assuming
that Mom is not similarly af
flicted).
You don’t even have to admit
that you are a victim of Spring
Fever. If you do stoop that low,
make it sound as devil-may-care
as possible. You are not going to
get any sympathy anyway.
Chances are that nearly
everyone else in the household has
it too, and even if the contagion
hasn’t spread through the family
yet, a thoroughly-well member
usually irritates and aggravates
the sorely afflicted ones. Better
just keep it to yourself, and hope
that no one notices.
Some of the Fever symptoms
can be downright pleasant, if you
don’t let your conscience get in the
way. Take the urge to forget the
cares of the day, or to linger over
the toast and coflee, for instance.
What’s two or three minutes to
whoever is waiting for you to
commence the day?
The udders get a little fuller, and
the pigs a little hungrier, but the
delay is soon forgotten because the
master has lost a little bit of his
fever. Only don’t keep the banker
waiting too long. If his blood
pressure doesn’t rise his interest
rate will, and his eyes get dimmer
with dollar signs as he is kept
waiting.
What every ordinary spreader is trying to be.
Years ago, Hedlund/Martin introduced
a revolutionary new concept —the
Scavenger spreader. It was the first
spreader specifically manufactured to
let you take advantage of today’s
modern farming practices.
And while some other spreaders
now claim to give you the same
versatility and capabilities you get
from Scavenger, in the field —where it
counts —they just don’t perform like
Scavenger
At Hedlund/Martm, we’ve been
building Scavengers for years Prior to
introduction, Scavenger spent even
more time in research and develop
ment Through practical experience we
know what works and what doesn’t
And, frankly, a lot of the features
appearing on other new spreaders are
Innovators In modem manure management
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Catawlsaa, PA
717-394-3323
MAM BARN SALES
Wastliald. PA
SI4-334-9904
BENCE'S FARM
EQUIPMENT
Badford, PA
814-433-8601
CLUOSTON
IMPLEMENT
Chambarsbur*. PA
717-243-4103
DINSMORE'S SALES
A SERVICE
McDonald. PA
412-354-79*3
GUTSHALL'S INC.
Carliala, PA
717-249-2313
LoysvWa, PA
717-789-4343
simply some of the bugs we worked
out of the Scavenger years ago.
Scavenger is designed to be versa
tile. It spreads the kinds of manure
you handle today—liquid, semi-solid,
pen pack—even frozen. In patterns
perfect for you’re cropping needs —
from heavy springtime spreading to
fine, even top dressing.
There are many reasons why Sca
venger is such a hard worker. Like the
specially-designed, patented square
auger to thoroughly break up manure
as it moves through the tank. Or the
unique. Martin-designed Vanflo Dis
charge to give you complete applica
tion control Or any of the other
special features that separate Scavenger
even farther from the crowd. Like
heavy-duty, energy-efficient transmis-
HISTAND'S FARM
A HOME
Room, PA
717-744-2371
LONOENECKER. INC.
WlHlanubuvi. PA
814-793-3731
MARSHALL
MACHINERY INC.
Honasdala, PA
717-729-7117
ZIMMERMAN
FARM SERVICE
MM. PA
717-933-4114
BARTRON SUPPLY,
INC.
Tunkhannock, PA
717-834-4011
TOBIAS
EQUIPMENT CO.
HaNfas. PA
717-342-3132
IVAN J. ZOOK
Ballevilla, PA
717-935-2948
Some will try to beat those
earliest symptoms by feigning
more serious maladies, like a
sudden crick in the back, or a head
that throbs to the beat of the
milking machine. In cases like
these, let mom and the kids do the
clean-up chores. You should head
for the pick-up, and tend to the
more urgent business in town.
Maybe you’re fresh out of cigars or
snuff, anyway.
In most people, spring fever does
not become chronic. It is seasonal,
and no more dangerous than a
cold. It is never fatal, and when
cured, the world and all about us is
a better place. You can forget the
Order 4 Milk Priced At $14.06
ferential increased one-tenth of a
cent.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Middle
Atlantic Order Market Ad-
ministrator Joseph D. Shine an
nounced a Class I milk price of
$14.06 per hundredweight for May
1987. This price is down 24 cents
from April but is 1 cent above last
May’s Class I price.
Shine announced a Class II milk
price of $ll.OO per hundredweight
for March 1987 and a butterfat
differential of 15.8 cents for the
month. The Class n price was
down 31 cents from the previous
month, while the butterfat dif-
CLARK'S FARM
SUPPLY
Williamsport. PA
717-494-0440
UMBEROER'S
OF FONTANA
Labanon, PA
717-847-5141
ERBAHENRY
EQUIP.. INC.
Now Barlinvilla, PA
219-347-2149
CLUOSTON FARM
EQUIPMENT
Naadmora. PA
717-573-2290
McOARVEY
EQUIPMENT, INC.
RajmoMtvllla. PA
814-493-9437
MELVIN J. SHEFFER,
INC.
Hanovar, PA
717-437-3808
oldtime cures like sulfur and
molasses, or dandelion greens.
They worked, back when the
winter diet consisted of fried
potatoes, fried mush, and fried
pork pudding. Something green
and slippery was needed about this
time of year.
So enjoy this year’s bout with
spring fever. Winter is behind us
now, and the whole warm season
lies ahead. Pet the dog, speak
softly to the family, and put an
extra dollar in the collection plate.
After all, when spring comes, can.
the beauty and bounty of summer
be far behind?
The May 1967 Class I price and
the March 1987 Class II price are
based on the March 1987 Mln
nesota-Wisconsin manufacturing
milk price of $11.03 per hun
dredweight at a 3.5 percent but
terfat content.
The USDA reported that the
wholesale price of Grade A butter
at Chicago for March was $1.3781
per pound and the nonfat dry milk
price was $.7909 per pound, f.o.b.
plants in the Chicago area.
sions to reduce wear and tear on your
tractor. Full-frame Unibody construc
tion for extra durability And a
distinctive tank design to eliminate
leaks and improve spread capabilities.
There’s even a choice of models to
meet your operation’s individual needs.
So you buy the machine that’s the
right size, the right capacity—and most
importantly, the right price—for you.
For all the facts stop by your local
Hedlund/Martin dealer for a demon
stration. See for yourself why Sca
venger continues to be a leader in the
spreader category it created.
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A SONS
Bocwell, PA
814-629-9009
OUNKLE A ORIEB
Center Hill, PA
• 14-3*4-9109
Mill H|H, PA
717-726-3113
LONE MARIE
SAS INC.
New Aleundrle, PA
412-
SANDY LAKE
IMPLEMENT CO.
Sandy Like, PA
413-
HINES EQUIPMENT
Creuon, PA
814-886-4183
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DELRIDGE
SUPPLY. INC.
Greenwood, DE
302-349-4327
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H.B. DUVALL
Frederick, MO
301-662-1125
FARMER* S SUPPLY
COMPANY
Westininiter. MO
301-646-6776
NEWMStY
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SERVICE
Suwei, NJ
201-679-9449
JONES DAIRY
SERVICE
Medford, NJ
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ED LIPSCOMB'S
EQUIPMENT
Eglon, WV
304-739-9239