250 John Deere Dealers See Five New Tractors, Other Eq LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) “As agriculture goes, so goes the John Deere Company,” said Gary Frazer, general manager of the John Deere Company in Col umbus, Ohio. “Our business is cyclical, tied to cash farm income and receipts. If the American far mer does well, John Deere does well.” Frazer was in Lancaster this week to address one of five region al dealer meetings. Two-hundred fifty dealers from New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Mary land, Delaware and New Jersey attended the meeting at the Host Farm Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. “We have a good dealer group,” Frazer said. “There is a lot of loyal ty, a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of trad ition with the John Deere dealer organization. I suppose that’s logi cal for a company that’s 154 years old.” William Driver, district mana ger, agreed. ‘The dealers have build new facilities and remodeled old ones,” Driver said. “They have hired new salesmen and service men. Our dealers generally have a very positive attitude.” The dealer meeting was called to introduce five new tractors, a new manure spreader, and a new combine. “We have made some updates to our 150t0200H.P. tractors,” Fraz er said. “We are responding to what customers have told us they want The company had a series of customer focus meetings over the last three years. We have listened to what our customers want POURED SOLID For Hog Operation - 324.000 Gal. All sizes available round or rectangular changed and what they don’t want changed. “We are trying to get our whole organization focusedon the objec tive to exceed our customers needs. We have fewer farmers with large farms. Their needs are changing and we are trying to get the company and the dealers focused on providing the right goods and services that meet these needs. “I would be naive not to recog nize that, particularly in the East, we have had some difficult times. Dry weather and low milk prices have been a concern of a lot of far mers. This fact will probably not go away right away. But I think underlying these short term reali ties there is reason for optimism in our business. The financial health of a lot of our farm customers is better than ever. They paid off a lot of debt. Their balance sheets are better. And a lot of equipment has not been replaced in some time. “We feel the longer term pros pects for agriculture are good, we all have a fundamental need for food and fiber,” Frazer said. LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Reduce erosion this winter and break up hard pan by slit-tilling this fall. The Lancaster County Conservation District will offer their slit-tiller to any farmer in Lancaster County free of charge for use on up to 5 acres. Farmers who like the job that the slit-tiller does can use it for more than 5 acres by paying maintenance charge of $2.50 per acre. 17 Years Experience In Pouring Concrete Manure Pits! Take the questions out of your new construction. Call Balmer Bros, for quality engineered walls. Lancaster Conservation District Offers Free Tilling Construction Of In-Ground Liquid Manure Tank- 425,000 Gallons. Invest in Quality - It will last a lifetime. CONCRETE WORK, INC. -'‘■ng v jhn Deere dealers at the Host Farm in Lancaster are left to right, William Driver, district manager; Gary Frazer, John Deere’s general manager; and Jerry Thomas, territory manager. Slit-till is a tillage practice that utilizes straight narrow chisel teeth on 30 inch spacings. It leaves about 2 times the residue cover as the chisel plow and the same amount of surface roughness. Slit till, however, leaves the soil loose enough to absorb the rains, yet solid enough so erosion can not take place. Slit-till systems reduces runoff 40% when com pared to chisel plow and mold CONCRETE SYSTEMS board plow systems on 1989 test plots in West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. To maximize the benefits of the slit-till system, all work should be on the contour. The combination of slits and undisturbed soil can then act as small terraces, keeping more soil, water, and nutrients on the Held where they can be used by the crop. I * Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 31, 1991-A33 For any doubters, try side by side comparisons with your pre sent system and the slit-till sys tem. Experience indicates that your yields will not change, but your costs and erosion will be less. For more information about the slit-till system, or to use the slit tiller on a free trial basis, Contact Eric Ashley at the Lancaster County Conservation District office at 717-299-5361. CONCRETE PUMPING SERVICE AVAILABLE 1 ■ ■ T i r^ Mixer And Boom Trucks • >4* ' - *»''■'> “ 92’ Boom Placing Concrete Placing Concrete On Site 243 Miller Road Akron, PA 17501 ipment (717) 733-0353 6:30 AM - 3:30 PM (717) 859-2074 After 6:00 PM
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