incasi Historic Farm Equipment At Pasto Museum UNIVERSITY PARK A favorite stop at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days is the Pasto Museum of home and farm imple ments. Visitors can enjoy more than ISO historic and rare items donated by alumni, faculty and friends of the College of Agricul ture in the museum, which is open only during Ag Progress Days or by appointment. ‘This is an educational museum so visitors are free to turn the cranks and move the levers to see how these implements really work,” says Jerome K. Pasto, asso ciate dean emeritus of the college and curator of the museum. New this year are a split-hickory buggy and a set of three cast bronze cow bells donated by J. Edward Stouff, a dairy science alumnus and retired farmer from Downingtown. Also new are a home tin canner donated by former dean of the college James M. Beat tie and a shoulder-carried grass seeder donated by J. 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MODEIJ3 AVAILABLE w/CUTTING WIDTHS FROM 48" to 90" COME IN TODAY FOR A DEMONSTRATION ROME, PA LEBANON, PA RISING SUN, MD (stands Farm WAYNESBORO, PA vergreen Tractor Co I Ben Haines Centers B Equipment. Inc Inc |^0 1-658-5359 717 744 2371 717 762-3193 ' 717-272-4641 MILTON R ANDERSON, INC PO Box 6126 Harnsburv PA 1711? (717)652 6043 or t 800) 543 3000 F-xt 200? AREA REPRESENTATIVE iugusi dairy and livestock research and development for Agway, Inc. “The split-hickory buggy is quite interesting because of its construction,” says Pasto. “Because the frame was made with hickory that was split with the grain instead of sawed across it, the buggy is stronger and lighter than most Made in the 1920 s or 30s this model would have been more expensive than other types, costing perhaps $45 instead of $35. In those days that was a sig nificant difference. It is an over the-road buggy to be drawn by one horse and built for two passengers and maybe a child. It has a folding top and would have been used for going to church, visiting or going into town.” The set of bronze cow bells, complete with leather straps, is also unusual. Pasto says each is a different size and tuned to a musi cal cord so that as the cow moved, the tone would be quite pleasant. The bells were probably made in Switzerland and were useful to far mers in mountainous areas where farmers not able to see from field * 0 ♦ * » - <r to field could locate their cows by sound. “The tin canner comes from for mer Dean Beattie’s home,” says Pasto. “It’s about three or four times the size of a regular can opener, clips onto a table and puts lids on cans with a hand crank. The tinned produce would then be pro cessed in water to preserve the contents. Tin canners were widely used in the 1920 s and 30s but after that, tin became too expensive and home canners turned to reusable glass containers.” Darwin Braund’s gift of a grass seeder was made by the Goshen Sweeper and Sowing Machinery Company in Goshen, Indiana. It is Superior crop flow control. That’s what you can expect from a new Gleaner conventional combine. The cylinder is just 15V2 inches from the header auger, helping you avoid plugging and grain loss. This feature, along with center-line ABINU. El, INC. Rising Sun, Md. 301-398-6132 B. EQUIP., INC. Waynesboro, Pa. 717-762-3193 B ft R FARM EQ. INC. Beavertown, PA 717-658-7024 B.HM, FARM EQUIP., INC. Annville, Pa. 717-867-2211 U. BRUBAKER, NK. Lancaster, Pa. 717-397-5179 activated by stroking a leather thonged bow. The seeder has a seed bag attached and a circular tray with flanges on it that flings out the seed as the farmer walks across the field and strokes the bow. “People donate to the museum because they realize it would be far more satisfying to them to know that their valuable home and farm implements still in good condition will be restored, cared for and enjoyed by many,” says Pasto. “Some like Edward Stouff have had their farm in the family for over 100 years and want to pre serve some of the old things. He has given between 30 and 40 items Down-front cylinder for out-front performance. L3/M3/F3 Gleaner combines. DEUTZ ALLIS ROY H. BUCK, INC. Ephrata, Pa. 717-859-2441 BUTS FARM EQUIPMENT Marion Center, PA 412-286-9606 OOTTERER EQUIPMENT, INC. Mill Hall, PA 717-726-3471 FARMER EQUIP, ft SUPPLY INC. Airville, Pa. 717-862-3967 BRUMELLI FARM SERVICE Quarryville. Pa. 717-786-7318 desi and electro-hydraulic controls, makes Gleaner combines a favorite of so many big-acreage operators. Stop in soon and get the full story on these reli able, easy-to-maintain combines. See Us At Ag Progress Days See what sets us apart HOLTRY’S EQUIPMENT Roxbury, Pa. 717-532-7261 HUTTON FARM EQUIPMENT Mahaffey, Pa. 814-277-6647 'ICOLN SUPPLY CO. Somerset, PA 814-443-1691 MARSHALL MACHINERY, INC. Honesdale, Pa. 717-729-7117 MESSICKFARM EQUIPMENT, INC. IACK SHEARER EQUIP. Elizabethtown, Pa. Johnstown, Pa. 717-367-1319 814-266-9721 over the past several years includ ing a homemade farm sled made in 1890 by his grandfather for haul ing farm produce over the snow.” Because of the many donations, the Pasto Museum has become a real window to our farm heritage. It was initiated by Pasto and built by contributions from the College of Agriculture Alumni Society 10 years ago. The collection began with a donation of historical hand tools and items for the farm, given by the late Russell Dickerson, an associate dean emeritus of the Col lege. Agway put up the structure at cost and Republic Steel donated the outside metal panels and roof. (Turn (o Pag* El 7) in, BacMaster seat SHOWALTER’S IMPLEMENT SERVICE Maugansville, Md. 301-739-5687 SPRINGS EQUIPMENT, INC. NICHOLS FARM EQUIP. Bloomsburg, Pa. 717-784-7731 PETERMAN FARM EQUIP. Carlisle, Pa. 717-249-5338 SHARTIESVILLE FARMSERV. Hamburg, Pa. 215-488-1025 Springs, Pa. 814-662-2222 STAUFFER DIESEL INC. Ephrata. Pa. 717-738-2500 CJ. WONSIDLER BROS. Quakertown, Pa. 215-536-7523 New Tripoli. Pa. 215-767-7611 Oley, Pa. 215-987-6257
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