D6-Lancaster Farming Saturday, June 27,1987
Herr Honored By GSI
Grain Systems, Inc., of
Assumption, 111., recently honored
E.M. Herr Equip. Inc., of Willow
Street for outstanding sales
achievement in 1986. GSI sales
manager Dave Andncks (left)
Bank Offers Free Milk
SCHAEFFERSTOWN -
Throughout June and into October,
Lebanon Valley National Bank will
be giving out milk at five of its
branch offices.
“The idea is to get milk to non
farmers,” explained Mike
Firestine, vice president of
Lebanon Valley National Bank. On
an average week at the Schaef
ferstown office they use 20 gallons
of milk. He noted the bank started
the milk give-away five years ago.
Each week the milk is sponsored
by a different business. As a
branch office exhausts its list of
milk sponsors, the milk dispensing
machine is moved to a new office.
Normally the sponsors last into
October, Firestine explained. He
added that while he would like to
put more machines into their of
fices at one time, there are not
Lebanon County Dairy Princess Rebecca Sonnen (right)
gives a glass of milk to Morgan (left) and Margeaux Firestine
at the Schaefferstown branch of the Lebanon Valley National
Bank.
presented the award to Dennis M.
Herr at GSl’s annual dealer
convention held in Orlando, Fla.,
this year. E.M. Herr handles a
complete line of grain handling
and storage equipment.
enough milk dispensers available
for this purpose.
In addition to the milk, each of
the bank’s 12 offices is giving away
a basket of dairy products at the
end of June. The basket is filled
with approximately $25 worth of
dairy products from local com
panies. This is the third year for
the dairy products basket
promotion.
The bank was cited for its
promotional efforts last year by
the Berks County Dairy Promotion
Group, Firestine said.
“Since 80 percent of our
agricultural loans are to dairy
farmers, we are just trying to
return something to them by doing
the promotions,” Firestine said.
Local dairy princesses assist the
promotional efforts during busy
bank times and as their schedules
permit.
Ciba-Geigy Names Ag Division President
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Emilio
J. (Leo) Bontempo has been ap
pointed president of the
Agricultural Division of Ciba-
Geigy Corporation here. He for
merly was vice president of
marketing for the division.
Bontempo’s appointment was
announced by Charles 0. O’Brien,
executive vice president and chief
operating officer of Ciba-Geigy
Corporation, Ardsley, N.Y.
O’Brien also said Bontempo has
been named a vice president of the
corporation and a member of its
corporate management com
mittee.
The former president of the
Agricultural Division, Carl J.
Kensil, died last month after a
brief illness.
An employee of the corporation
for 23 years, Bontempo had been
vice president of marketing for the
Agricultural Division since
January 1978.
Bontempo’s first position with
Ciba-Geigy was as a systems
analyst in the corporate finance
department. After serving four
years as systems manager, he
transferred to the Agricultural
Division in 1969 as director of in
formation services and planning.
He became assistant director of
agricultural chemical sales in 1971
and was named director of sales
for home and garden products the
following year. In 1974 Bontempo
was promoted to vice president of
planning and administration, and
he served m that post until being
appointed vice president of
marketing.
Bontempo is a graduate of
Columbia College, where he was
awarded a bachelor of arts degree
in economics and statistics in 1958.
He received a master of science
degree in marketing from
Columbia University’s Graduate
School of Business the following
year.
Bontempo is vice chairman of
the U.S. Feed Grains Council and
will become its chairman in
Hesston Holds Hay Day 9 In Maryland
BY SHARON B. SCHUSTER
Maryland Correspondent
FREDERICK, Md. - Hesston
Hay Day drew a steady crowd last
week to inspect the newest in
modern hay making equipment.
Farmers from Maryland and
surrounding states arrived at the
Frederick County, Maryland field
to watch, drive, climb on, under
and look over 25 pieces of equip
ment displayed by the Donald Ogg
Equipment Company.
“This much Hesston equipment
in the field at one time is unique,”
commented Ogg. Ten years ago,
Hesston merged with Fiat, the
eighth largest manufacturing
company in the world, according to
Ogg. Hesston began manufac
turing a mower conditioner 40
years ago, and within the past 10
years has offered a full line of
equipment.
The centerline baler attracted
much attention from participants,
as they watched the tractor
straddle the windrows with the
baler and wagon trailing m a direct
line. Ogg explained that the cen
terline baler, because of its design,
is especially suited for hillsides.
Round balers of various sizes
formed neatly rolled bales and
kicked them out over the field. A
dual purpose tedder-rake spread
the hay for drying and then with a
quick adjustment in position,
raked the hay into windrows. The
piece teds a 9-foot 10-inch swath
and rakes 11 feet 10 inches The
attractive thing about the tedder
rake is the pnce, added Ogg It
lists for $2,500.
The self-propelled windrower
looked like something out of a
farmer’s dream. Rolling along at a
fast clip, the 8200 hydrostatic
machine knocked down alfalfa into
even windrows, and at the end of
each row, turned on a dime to
August. The organization of
producers and agribusiness
companies develops export
markets for U.S. corn, sorghum,
and barley.
Last year Bontempo was named
Agri-Marketer of the Year by the
National Agri-Marketing
Association (NAMA).
Vinelli Named President of ISF
WAVERLY, N.Y. - Monique F.
Vinelli has been named president
of International Stock Food Corp.
effective at the annual June
meeting of the company’s board of
directors. She has served as
executive vice president of the
company since 1983 and was a
member of the board of directors
for two years prior to that time.
J.G. Forest, founder of the cor
poration, will continue as its chief
executive officer and chairman of
the board.
In addition to her management
experience, Ms. Vinelli brings
international and financial ex
pertise to the presidency. Prior to
joining ISF, she was an in
ternational banker and financial
analyst at the Citizens & Southern
National Bank in Georgia.
International Stock Food Corp.
has been a leading manufacturer
of vitamin/mmeral animal health
products for the farm industry for
more than 35 years. The company
also pioneered a patented silage
fermentation control process,
“SILO GUARD II,” widely used in
the U.S , Canada, Great Britain,
Cantaloupe, Watermelon Variety Display
NEWARK, Del. - The
University of Delaware
Cooperative Extension System is
sponsoring a field meeting to
display more than 30 cantaloupe
varieties and 10 watermelon
varieties. Seedlings were tran
splanted on May 6 on black plastic
continue mowing the next swath.
Ogg explained that the efficient
piece is ideal for farmers who
plant small grains in the fall to
chop in the spring. “They can put
in a windrow without knocking the
grain out of the heads.” This too is
achieved by adjusting the headers.
Perhaps the most awesome
piece of Hesston equipment in the
field was the Big Baler. LA. Abb, a
retired farmer commented,
“That’s the biggest bale of hay I
ever did see.” He was referring to
the 4-by-4-by-8-foot bale that slid
out of the back of the appropriately
named Big Baler. Jody Wiles of the
Gettysburg, Pa., area was
demonstrating his own Big Baler.
This is the second season for his
baler and he said he is very
pleased with its performance.
Wiles milks 200 head and puts up
about 500 acres of hay.
FPPF Products Prolong Diesel Life
HARRISBURG - Each time a
diesel engine operates, regardless
of the time of year, condensation is
formed. When this water reaches
the diesel fuel injection system, the
effects can be ruinous, according
to a spokesman for Miller Diesel
Inc., 6030 Jonestown Road,
Harrisburg.
Water in fuel causes rust and
accelerates wear of all moving
parts in the pump and injectors.
The fuel injection system depends
on the diesel fuel for lubrication.
Water dilutes this lubricant by
washing away the thin oil film
coating the pump and injectors’
micro-machined surface. The
damage caused by the presence of
water and alcohol is easily
determined when the clearances of
mated surfaces are less than fifty
millionths of an inch.
Ciba-Geigy is one of the coun
try’s largest producers of
agricultural chemicals. The
company manufactures a variety
of herbicides, fungicides, in
secticides, and plant growth
regulators used for crop protec
tion, industrial weed control, and
professional pest control.
Monique Vinelli
Korea and Japan.
In addition, ISF provides a wide
range of consulting and nutritional
services including a nutritional
management program designed to
solve and/or prevent herd health
problems, and a computerized
feeding analysis to maximize herd
performance over feed costs
and drip irrigation.
The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, July 1,7 p.m. to 9 p.m
at Bob Whaley’s farm in Laurel.
From Route 13, go east on Route 24
approximately 1.9 miles and turn
right on Road 463. The trial is 3 /4 of
a mile down the road on the right.
Ogg said there are only about 15
to 20 of the big machines between
central Maryland and southern
Pennsylvania. “Most of them are
out West. The Big Baler uses
special twine designed to take the
pressure of the enormous bale. The
bales are moved with bucket or
three at a time on a trailer and
they can be stacked four high. A
full-sized bale weighs about 1,500
pounds. Wiles said he sometimes
makes a 6-foot bale so it can be fed
in a round bale feeder. Wiles said
he uses a 220 horsepower tractor to
pull his baler, but the minimum
suggested is 100 horsepower. The
Big Baler has a big price, too -
about $43,000.
The D.W. Ogg Equipment
Company is located at 5149 Cap
Stine Road, Frederick, MD 21701
(301)473-4250.
FPPF Fuel Power, sold by
Miller Diesel, totally disperses
water without the use of alcohol.
The absence of alcohol is just as
important as removing the water
Alcohol swells gaskets, distorts
plastic parts and also removes
lubrication. If there is a question of
whether or not a product contains
alcohol, just check the label for the
word “flammable.”
Fuel Power also prevents the
growth of algae and decarbonizes
the entire fuel injection system
Decarbonization gives you greater
power, more miles to the gallon
and less smoke.
The complete line of FPPF
products is available at Miller
Diesel Inc For further in
formation, customers are invited
to call 717-545-5931.