C6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 20, 1993 Buys Po NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.) —Earl Martin, a 30-year em ployee of Power Pro Equipment Company, purchased Power Pro this past January. Martin reported that the pre vious owner, the Horst Group, de cided to concentrate on their con struction and development busi ness, and while they realized that Power Pro was an excellent retail business, it no longer fit their long-range goals. Martin said that “Power Pro has been a major part of my life, so when the opportunity came along to become the sole owner of Pow er Pro, I jumped at the chance. What has made this decision espe- Koch To ELIZABETHTOWN (Lan caster Co.) White Oak Mills re cendy promoted Gary Koch to manager of Penn Valley, a 700-head, farrow-to-partial-finish farm. This commercial pork produc tion operation, populated with Pro Genetic breeding stock, is owned by Stoltzfus Meats. How ever, White Oak manages the fa cility and produces the hogs for slaughter. In his new position, Koch will see that the operation runs smoothly and efficiently. He will also assist in breeding, farrowing, and health control. An active member of 4-H and Future Farmers of America, Koch grew up in Indiana and worked on his father’s hog/corn/soybean Gary Koch Sprayers Useful With All-Terrain Vehicle EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) Delhmers Manufacturing Com pany and Hamilton Equipment, Inc. accounce the addition of two new sprayers for use with your all terrain vehicle. The TRII3 Demco trailer sprayer has a T 10-gallon capacity. The TRIS 3 Demco trailer sprayer ness News Earl Martin cially rewarding is the support I’ve received from Power Pro em Manage Penn Valley farm since he was nine years old. Ready to move on to another job, Koch answered White Oak’s “help wanted” ad in a national hog magazine. Shortly after notifica tion of his employment, he relo cated to Pennsylvania with his Herbicide Offers Greater GREENSBORO, N.C. Com growers looking for broad-spec trum weed control have a new herbicide choice for the 1993 growing season. New Bicep Lite® herbicide contains one-third less atrazine than its popular counterpart. Bi cep®, and offers excellent control of 24 grasses and broadleaf weeds, including pigweed and lambs quarters. Bicep Lite also partially controls extra-tough broadleaf weeds such as velvetleaf and coc klebur. “No matter what a grower’s till age system no-till, minimum tillage, or conventional tillage rotation safety is an important concern,” said Frank Knight, Bi cep Lite product manager for Ciba-Geigy. “With less atrazine, carryover risk is reduced and growers can rotate to soybeans with increased confidence.” For maximum flexibility, the product can be applied as an early preplant (30 to 45 days before planting), preplant surface-ap plied, preplant-incorporated, or preemergence treatment. has a 150-gallon capacity. Sprayer options include roller pumps or centrifugal pumps, 21-foot boom or 28-foot boom, and a hand gun kit for spot spraying. For the name of your authorized Demco dealer, contact Hamilton Equipment, Inc., 567 South Read ing Road, Ephrata, PA 17522, (717) 733-7951. uipment ployees. We’re going to have the same management team that has made this business so successful in the past” Power Pro Equipment is head quartered in New Holland with a branch in Paoli and covers eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware with sales, rental and service and parts for Pettibone, JCB, Hydramac, Stone and other material handling equipment companies. They also handle the Excel line and Scagg for the commercial turf cutting equipment part of the business. Power Pro will continue to do business out of the two locations under the Power Pro name. wife and two children. In his original position, Koch served as assistant manager of White Oak’s Palmyra farm. How ever, he moved into a higher man agement position after just 11 months and resides in Mohrsville. “Bicep Lite is particularly well suited to no-till operations be cause it does hot need to be incor porated,” said Knight. “Like Bi cep, it moves off crop residue and into the weed germination zone faster than other prepack herbi cides. And no incorporation saves soil moisture and reduces labor and equipment costs in any tillage GIBSON CITY, 111. M&W Gear Company announces the addition of the model 4250 Grain Wagon to the Little Red Wagon Line. The 4250 features an all-steel 425 bushel capacity box on a proven 12-ton heavy duty running gear with a 108-Inch wheel base. A 20-inch x 30-Inch side opening rack and pinion controlled door with over-center locks and a fold down chute with a built in deflector allow quick unloading. Standard equipment includes a telescoping tongue, a tongue assist spring, S-bolt hubs with 11Lx16 wheels, 2-wheel hydraulic brakes, an access ladder and a rocking bolster. 16.5x16.1 10-ply rated tubeless tires are available. For more information, contact M&W Gear Company, 1020 South Sangamon Avenue, Gibson City, IL. 60936. Bou-Matic Introduces Liquefy MADISON, Wis. Liquid manure storage and handling can cause serious problems on any dairy. Bou-Matic “Liquefy” can eliminate crust, sludge, and odor problems and make manure hand ling much easier. Liquefy is an advanced scienti fic blend of natural bacteria, en zymes, and nutrients. Liquefy’s billions of beneficial bacteria dig est organic material and convert waste material into harmless car bon dioxide and water. Regular use will reduce agitation time, re gain lost pit capacity, and elimin ate strong odors while improving the fertilizer value of your man ure. For more information on Bou- Matic “Liquefy,” contact your nearest Bou-Matic dealer or Ed Joseph, product manager, Bou- Matic, the dairy equipment divi sion of DEC International, P.O. Box 8050, Madison, WI 53708, (608) 222-3484. Hamilton Bank Agrifinance Seminar LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) “Progress Through Change” will be the topic for the twelfth annual Hamilton Bank Agri- Education Seminar Thursday, February 25 at the Farm and Home Center. The keynote speakers at this year’s event include Jolene Brown, motivator, educator, sneaker, and lowa farm wife who Flexibility system.” Bicep Lite was available in a limited test market in lowa in 1992. In 1993, the product will be available in all of lowa, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wiscon sin and will be packaged in Farm- Pak® mini-bulk units. Bicep Lite is a restricted use pesticide. * UQtJEFI A MULTFPURPOSf FARM DIGEST AW 'OtKOHXiHJitot, m \MU.W" • wi ok vot no sunw • tuhi n "«'nw mm > i* ' (/ ui { Bou-Matic Liquefy, an ad vanced scientific blend of na tural bacteria, enzymes and nutrients, Is designed to dig est organic material and con vert waste material Into harmless carbon dioxide and water. Sets will talk on “The Celebration of Change,” and Dr. George Conne man from Cornell University who will speak on “Megaforces Affect ing Change in Agriculture in the Food Industry in the 21st Century.” Developed for the members of the agricultural community to pro vide insight on the changing nature and potential opportunities for agribusiness, the seminar begins at 8:30 a.m. and continues until 2:30 p.m. Other featured speakers will be H. Louis Moore, professor of agri cultural economics at Penn State, and David M. Kohl, professor of agricultural finance at Virginia Tech University. Additional information about the seminar is available by con tacting Darvin Boyd at Hamilton Bank. (717) 291-3313.
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