06-Lancaster Farming Saturday, September 26, 1987
BUSINESS NE
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Amerequip Has New
Front End Loader
New 10 ft, front end loader from
Amerequip Corporation. The new
102QX is another Q series in a
family of eight models. The
102QX is designed for tractors 60
to 100 H.P. with lift capacity of
2,500#.
As common in all Q series load
ers it has been computer designed
and can be mounted or removed in
less than five minutes with the use
of the tractor hydraulic system and
no parking stand.
Pioneer Eastern Sales
Office Holds Research Tour
MOUNT JOY To show that
Pioneer products are tested to grow
in the east, a group of farm editors,
county agents, agribusiness per
sons and other farm leaders were
invited to tour the eastern sales
office here and the new alfalfa
research farm south of Quarryville
along with the com research sta
tion at New Holland. John Weid
man, area sales manager, wel
comed the group and gave back
ground on the Pioneer company
that now sells many different agri
cultural products-com, alfalfa,
soybeans and sunflower seeds and
sunflowers to name some of the
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discusses a shipment of alfalfa plants that have Just arrived at the research
station for experimental purposes.
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The 102QX is available with
options of remote hydraulic single
handle control valve and a choice
of buckets from 60” to 84”.
The new charcoal color with
color coordinated decal stripes
complements any tractor made.
For more information contact
Amerequip Corporation, Suite
1160,8300 Norman Center Drive,
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55437.
Phone number is 612/921-3900.
seeds.
Weidman said, “We sell more
than seeds even though thats what
we are known for.” A silage inno
culate and computer Software were
two of the other items mentioned.
Tim Markovits, district sales man
ager; Bob Kalton, field sales man
ager and Tom Creswell, sales and
planning coordinator discussed
their work with farmers and
brought the attendees up to date on
the Pioneer company’s new
restructuring of sales territories in
1986. “We Cover the World, But
We Are Local” was the theme of
these presentations.
RACINE, Wise. September,
1987... For improved working
depth accuracy and simplified
leveling, Case IH has introduced
the Model 4800 Vibra Shank®
field cultivator and Model 4900
Vibra Tiller®.
Both tillage tools are designed
to effectively dissipate weeds and
pulverize the soil for fast warm-up
and quick crop germination,
resulting in higher yields. Features
on both models include a crank
adjustable hitch for drawbar
height, automatic self-leveling
hitch and positive mechanical
depth control.
Mutual Benefits
The crank-adjustable hitch
available on the Models 4800 and
4900 allows the operator to quick
ly level the implement with a
single mechanical handcrank,
thereby eliminating (he jacking
and jockeying of other field culti
vator hitch systems.
Once set, the Case IH self
leveling hitch keeps all five ranks
level, fore and aft, at any depth set
ting. This provides exceptional
working depth accuracy.
The new positive mechanical
depth control maintains precise,
uniform depth and ensures accu
rate chemical application. At
working depth, master and slave
cylinders that raise and lower the
implement are totally retracted.
Thus, the implement rides on a
positive mechanical stop instead of
hydraulic oil in the cylinders. This
helps maintain a constant working
depth at tillage speeds and
increases cylinder life.
Both models feature a five-bar
main frame. The frame combines
high strength with 27-inch
(680-millimeter) clearance
between Vibra Shanks and 40-inch
(1016-millimeter) clearance
between Vibra chisels on the Mod
el 4900 for excellent performance
in trashy field conditions.
In addition, waling beam bogie
axles on the main frame and wings
have offset tandem wheels that
oscillate to keep the tillage imple
ments level and accurate over
uneven ground.
Bill Fleet, area agronomy sales
manager, described the agronomy
services offered by the company
and commented on what he called
the million bet--biotechnology. “A
lot of private money has been
invested and planned in bacterial
biotechnology,” Fleet said. “But
this genetic engineering is not
new. The plant breeder has been
doing « for years. But now he has
the tools to help him select on a
Case IH Introduces
Field Cultivators
New
Case IH has Introduced the Model 4800 Vibra
Shank® field cultivator and Model 4900 Vibra Tiller®
for improved working depth accuracy and simplified
leveling. Features on both models include a crank
adjustable hitch for drawbar height, automatic self
leveling hitch and positive mechanical depth control.
The Model 4800 Vibra Shank
field cultivator features Case IH
Vibra Shanks with independent,
automatically adjusting spring ten
sion for vigorous vibrating action
that shatters clods and thoroughly
stirs the soil.
Ideal for weeding, applying
chemicals, summer fallow work
and seedbed preparation in previ
ously worked soil, the cultivator is
available in nine widths from 22
feet, 1.1 inches to 31 feet, 10
inches (7 to 9.7 meters).
Available in seven working
widths from 31 to 52 feet (9.4 to
15.8 meters), the Model 4900 Vib
ra Tiller is designed for large
capacities and dual uses. When
equipped with Case IH Vibra
Shanks, it can operate as a heavy
duty field cultivator for preparing
up to 7-inch- (178-millimeter-)
deep seedbeds. With Vibra chisel
more systematic basis.”
“While some people have pre
dicted that we will have a com
stalk that grows potatoe tubers
with a little lettuce on top, it is not
going to happen. If we can just
keep the production curve going
up a little each year, as we have had
in the past, we’ll be quite satis
fied,” Reel said.
The new alfalfa research station
located' south of Quarryville on
Route 472 is just getting the finish-
Bowers Joins
Bank 'Agri-Finance Dept.
LANCASTER, Pa. R. Ted
Bowers of Wemersville has joined
Hamilton Bank as a commercial
loan officer in the bank’s agri
finance department.
For the past two years. Bowers
has been employed as a loan offic
er for Farm Credit Service.
A native of Mansfield, Pa.,
Bowers holds a bachelor of science
degree in agricultural business
management from Pennsylvania
State University.
He is a member of the National
Agri-Marketing Association. A
member of the Penn State Dairy
Science Club, Bowers also held
the office of chronicler for Alpha
Zeta, a honorary national profes
sional agriculture fraternity.
Model 4800
Model 4900
shanks, the unit is effective for
light primary and secondary tillage
at depths to 8 inches (203
millimeters).
The Model 4900 also has an
exclusive positive transport lock
that automatically latches two
locking pins to hold the wings sec
urely in an upright position for safe
transport. A remote-controlled
hydraulic cylinder releases the
pins to permit lowering, for
improved ease of operation.
Headquartered in Racine, Wis
consin, Case IH is a worldwide
manufacturer and marketer of
Case Ih agricultural and Case con
struction equipment. Case IH is an
affiliate of Tenneco Inc.
Headquartered in Houston, Ten
neco Inc. is a diversified company
with major business interests in
oil, natural gas pipelines, agricul
tural and construction equipment,
shipbuilding, automotive parts,
chemicals, packaging, agriculture,
land management and minerals.
ing touches on a new building and
greenhouse. Station manager Dave
Jesen shows the test plots in the
fields and described the methods
used to select new varieties of
alfalfa that are adapted to eastern
climates and soil. Later the group
visited the New Holland station
known for its com research prog
ram. And station manager Terry
Williams described Pioneer’s
efforts in this research.
Hamilton