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Brillion’s Seeder Produces Uniform Stands
. farmer takes a closer lo< at the. Sure-Stand grass seeder during Ag Prog
ress Days. The seeder features Improved deflectors and seed boxes, smoother clutch
operation, optional hydraulic transportations, and retractable wheel-track levelers.
Precision seeding devices meter out the seed, and the rear rollers gently firm the soil
around the tiny seeds. The Implement works with legume and grass seeds.
Hog Slat
NEWTON GROVE, NC Hot
Slat recently announced the availa
bility of a new 12-inch Blender
Fan, especially designed for rooms
with high heat requirements and
low ventilation. When used with a
ventilation system, the Blender
Fan provides hogs with a comfort
able environment, plus offers the
added benefits of energy savings
and a more efficient system.
The new Blender Fan pulls
warm air from the ceiling down
over a unique aerodynamic cone
(hat directs airflow out laterally.
This enables warm air from
throughout the entire room to be
mixed with cooler air, then redis
tributed down to the animals’ level
at a warmer temperature. The even
airflow creates an equalized temp
erature from ceiling to floor, plus
eliminates dead spots in the venti
lation system and air stratification.
According to Gary Duncan,
company spokesman, the new
blender fan “is ideal for nurseries
and farrowing rooms, and provides
Westfalia Introduces Automated Feed Car
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL
An automated feed car designed to
help stanchion bam operators save
labor, lime and money is now
available from Westfalia Syste
rnal, Inc., the nation’s leading
manufacturer of high-tech dairy
equipment.
The Mobitron, which combines
conventional features like self
contained 24-volt battery power
with state-of-the-art features like
an on-board computer, travels by
monorail throughout the stanchion
bam as it automatically delivers a
precise, pre-set amount of feed to
each cow. After the unit finishes its
run, it automatically returns to
“home base” where it recharges
itself for the next feeding.
Computerized feeding allows
the Mobitron to utilize feed more
effectively than conventional
methods. Depending on the indivi
dual needs of the herd, the Mobit
ron can be pre-programmed to
deliver either a single or dual
ration and feed up to 150 cows nine
limes a day. A phase feed program
such as this means better overall
feed use, resulting in less waste
and more savings.
Because the Mobitron’stravel is
not impeded by cumbersome elec
trical cords and power linds, the
Introduces Blender Fan
Featuring heavy-duty fiberglass housing and a 100-watt
variable-speed motor, this fan Is designed for rooms with
high heat requirements and low ventilation.
a long-awaited alternative to the
do-it-yourself fan and board
systems.”
Featuring heavy-duty fiberglass
For Stanchion Barns
unit works in virtually all stanch
ion bams. Straight line-, L- or U
shaped layouts can be easily nego
tiated, as well as 5-degree slopes,
20-inch regular turns and 40-inch
TM$ automated feed eafrfeatures a self-contained 24-volt battery and travels by
monorail.
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housing and a'loo-watt variable
speed motor, each model is
shipped fully assembled and pre
wired for easy installation.
U-tums
As always with Westfalia, qual
ity features like stainless steel hop
per construction and non-corrosive
feed dispensers have been built
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BUSINESS NE
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter) Dr. Michael Miller has
joined White Oak Mills as vice
president of sales and marketing,
effective September 1. He was pre
viously assistant professor of ani
mal science at Penn State as well as
extension swine specialist for
Pennsylvania, positions he had
held since 1986.
In his new position, Miller will
work with sales staff to provide
technical support to White Oak
customers. White Oak Mills is a
major supplier of swine feeds and
i Genesis breeding stock to indepen
dent swine producers throughout
the state of Pennsylvania, Dela
ware and parts of New York.
Miller grew up on a hog farm in
lowa. He did his undergraduate
and graduate work at lowa State
where he earned his Ph.D. in ani
mal breeding. He was also on the
lowa State extension staff where
he taught computer courses and
developed computer programs for
animal science applications.
His wife, Sharon, also grew up
on an lowa farm and holds a mas
ters degree in adult education and ,
SYRACUSE, NY Agway,
Inc. has announced plans to
acquire Milford Fertilizer Co.,
headquartered in Milford, Del.
The 50-year-old Milford Fertil
izer Co. is owned and operated by
Robert A. Fischer and his family.
Approximately 110 full-time and
60 seasonal employees manufac
ture, market, and distribute Mil
ford Sure Crop brand dry and liq-
right into the Mobitron, ensuring
reliable service year after year. In
fact, depending upon farm man
agement, the initial investment can
usually be recovered within a short
time period.
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Miller Joins White Oak Mills
Agway To Acquire
Milford Fertilizer
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iael Miller
gerontology.
The Millers plan to move from
State College to the Elizabethtown
area.
uid fertilizers, agricultural chemi
cals, and crop seeds at 39 locations
in Delmarva, southeastern Penn
sylvania, and southern New
Jersey. Under Agway ownership,
Milford Fertilizer will remain an
independent business entity and
will continue to operate as it docs
today with Robert A. Fischer Jr. as
its president.
Philip W. Ashcraft, Agway vice
president, crop services, states that
Milford Fertilizer adds an impor
tant dimension to Agway’s mark
eting plans for the Delmarva
region.
“The Milford brand name. Sure
Crop, is recognized as a leader in
value added crop input products in
this important farming region and
the Sure Crop brand and service
will remain in effect,” Ashcraft
slated.
“Under the continued leadership
of Bobby Fischer Jr. and the Mil
ford Fertilizer sales staff and other
employees, this blending of
Agway and Milford resources
bring synergies which arc benefi
cial for farmers in the region,” he
said.
Bobby Fischer Jr. expressed
pleasure with the planned acquisi
tion of Milford Fertilizer by
Agway.
“Our family is pleased that aftdr
43 years of building an outstanding
relationship with our farmer cus
tomers, Milford and the Sure Crop
brand will continue to grow and
provide services for growers
strengthened by this combining of
resources as well as provide an
outstanding opportunity for our
employees,” he said.
“We look forward to being able
to better supply and satisfy the
ever-changing needs of our cus
tomers as agriculture evolves into
the 21st century,” Fischer said.