C6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 16.1993 C.B. Hoober & Son Receives Sales Award 'W( ~ N# ' ' f LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) The C.B. Hoober & Son Sales Team received the 1992 Sales Master Award from Case IH. Each salesman received a handsome sales master ring engraved with the Case IH logo and his initials. This ring symbolizes the prestigious accomplishments of a sales master. The rings were presented by Harold Bower, Case IH area sales manager. CQ Rotary Vane Suppliers KANSAS CITY. Mo. The new compact and quiet CQ Rotary Vane vacuum supplier system from Alfa Laval Agri provides dairy operators with the efficiency of a rotary vane supplier, while reducing pump noise in a smaller package. Alfa Laval Agri’s CQ Rotary Vane vacuum suppliers feature unique vibration isolation mounts and housings blanketed with sound-absorbing material to reduce operating noise by as much as 50 percent over previous mod els. Additionally, the CQ models are vertically oriented which reduces the suppliers footprint to about half the size of conventional Etherton Honored For Research UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Dr. Terry D. Etherton, professor of animal sci ence in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has received the 1993 Alex and Jessie C. Black Award for Excellence in Research. The award was pre sented September 28 at the begin ning of the college's distinguished lecture series. Tm elated to be this year’s recipient of the Black Award,” Etherton said. “It’s a distinct hon or to be recognized by my collegues.” Etherton is internationally known as an expert in biotechnol ogy and endocrinology and is a leader in understanding and apply ing fundamental principles from these fields to increase tile effi- ness News Reduce Noise pumps. All this is accomplished with out sacrificing the reliability and efficiency that is inherent in rotary vane vacuum suppliers. As part of the CQ package, each supplier comes complete with the new and improved Lubriclaim™ 111 oil reclaimer which significantly reduces oil emissions to under 10 ppm. Available in 5-10 horsepower configurations delivering between 56-100 CFM, the CQ Rotary Vane vacuum system is offered exclu sively through Alfa Laval Agri’s network of more than 300 inde pendent Alfa Laval Agri dealers. ciency of growth in swine and the leanness of pork. His studies were the first to establish that treating growing pigs with recombiant porcine somatotropin (pST) markedly improves muscle growth, decreases fat deposition, and improves productive efficiency. The Food and Drug Administra tion is likely to approve pST for use by pork producers within the next two years. “Dr. Etherton has made signif icant contributions to animal biotechnology,” said Dr. Stanley E. Curtis, professor and head of daily and animal science. “His work has furthered both our understanding of growth biology and application of this knowledge to agricultural animals.” Participants In the first annual Massey Ferguson Dealer Council Include back row, left to right, Rich Wellborn, AGCO Parts Division; Tim Sansom, Pittsburg Tractor, Pittsburg, Texas; Scott Vanderloop, Vanderloop Equipment, Brlllion, Wls.; Don Woo sley, AGCO Parts Division; J.R. Cox, Cox Implement Co., Inc., Hoxie, Ariz.; Tim Seubert, S&S Implement, Ltd., Lawton, lowa. Middle row, left to right, Gary Hamilton, No. 1 AGRO, Ltd., Kindersley, Sask., Canada; Bruce Plagman, AGCO Parts Division; Dick Wauer, AGCO Parts Division; Dan Hazelton, AGCO Parts Division; Jack Mur doch, AGCO, Norcross, Ga.; Gale Merz, Merz Farm Equipment, Falls City, Neb.; Bill Boreman, Lowe & Young, Wooster, Ohio; Hac Huston, AGCO Parts Division. Front row, left to right, Ted Reese, Agrl Service, Inc., Burley, Idaho; Bruce Wells, Wells Tractor Co., Dothan, Ala.; Dan Josephsen, AGCO Parts Division; Kim Georges, Java Farm Supply, Inc., North Java, N.Y.; Don Mac Adam, AGCO Parts Division; Ed Potter, Kings County Equipment, Hanford, Calif.; Glenn Hagerman, McKeown Motor Sales, Springbrook, Ontario, Canada; and Jeff Pink, AGCO Parts Division. Dealer Council Meets In Chicago BATAVIA, 111. The first annual meeting of the Massey Fer guson Dealer Parts Advisory Council was recently held in Lisle, 111., in suburban Chicago. Representing 10 states and two Canadian provinces, the 12 parti Alfa Laval Agri’s CQ Rot ary Vane vacuum suppliers feature unique vibration iso lation mounts and housings blanketed with sound absorbing material to reduce operating noise by as much as 50 percent over previous models. Additionally, the CQ models are vertically oriented which reduces the suppliers footprint to about half the size of conventional pumps. Keystone Farm Credit Announces Scholarships LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Keystone Farm Credit, ACA announces the availability of two $5OO scholarships toward the higher education of students plan ning to pursue careers in agriculture. An applicants parent(s) or'guar- must reside in one of Key stone’s IS southern Pennsylvania counties: Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Dauphin, Lan caster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Monroe, cipating dealers are nominated to two-year terms from among the top dealers in their regions by Masse Ferguson’s 1,100 dealers throughout North America. The purpose of the meeting is to provide dealers and the company with an opportunity to discuss areas of mutual concern and interest. “We want to hear the council’s concerns of the dealers in the reg ions they represent,” said Dan Attewell Joins Research Staff DECATUR. 111. Dr. Virgil Fergason, director of research, Custom Farm Seed, announces the addition of Dr. John Attewell to the CFS Research Team. According to Fergason, “John is the perfect fit for our expanded research program. He will be involved in ail phases of research with special emphasis in specialty breeding.” Attewell received his bache lor’s in biology from The Univer sity of Wisconsin/Eau Claire and a Ph.D. in plant breeding from The University of Tennessee. Profes sional memberships include American Phytopathological Soc iety, American Society of Agro nomy, Biometric Society, AAAS and ASTA. Montgomery, Northampton, Phi ladelphia, Pike, and Schuylkill. Applicants must be high school seniors planning to attend a four year college on a full-time basis with agriculture or agri-business as the major emphasis of study. Notification of the availability of the two $5OO scholarships has been sent to the administrators of the secondary schools in Key stone’s territory. Keystone Farm Credit, ACA also intends to reach Hazelton, AGCO Parts Division vice president “We’re striving for mutual benefit in each of our programs.” Among the topics discussed by Council members at the three-day meeting were parts ordering pro cedures, new advertising, and promotion programs, packaging, merchandising materials, com puterization, and changes in the aftermarket , . Dr. John Attewell as many of the private schools in the area as possible. Scholarships are not limited to the public school system. Anyone whose educational institution was not contacted should not consider himself or herself excluded from requesting an application form. Contact Key stone Farm Credit, ’ACA, Atten tion Carol M. Mcrcner, P.O. Box 7327, Uncaster, PA 17604 or call (717) 291-1999.
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