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Phillips Promoted
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co,)
Gerpld Phillips has been prom
oted to senior loan officer. The
promotion was announced by
Lancaster Branch Manager Bruce
Miller.
Phillips was raised in southern
Lancaster County on his parents’
dairy and tobacco farm and was
graduated from Solanco High
School in Quarry ville. He earned a
degree in dairy science from Dela
ware Valley College in 1972 and
studied agricultural education -on
the graduate level at Penn State.
His diversified career includes
teaching Vo-Ag at both Pequea
Valley High School and
Lampeter-Strasburg High School,
Soybean Special Combines
RACINE, Wis. The Case In
ternational 5400 Soybean Special
from J I Case provides many of
the advantages of a planter for a
price that’s competitive with grain
drills.
According to Kurt Schenck,
Case product manager-imple
ments, the 5400 prepares the
ground for seed much like Case
International planters do, but uses
a gram-drill feed cup metering
system.
“Wc developed this unit partly
in response to customer demands
for accommodating narrower
rows for intcrplanling,” said
Schcnck. The Soybean Special ac
commodates 15-inch row spacing.
Two 15-foot configurations
with staggered row units are avail
able - one 10-row and one 11-row,
with 15-inch row spacing. Two
20-foot configurations with stag
gered row units arc also available -
one 14- and one 15-row, with
15-inch row spacing. The 11- and
15-row units solid seed 15-inch
rows and have no skip-rows. The
10- and 14-row units also seed
15-inch rows but have two
26-inch skip-rows to accommo
date later cultivation or chemical
application.
“Another consideration in the
development of the 5400 was the
need for equipment that can han
dle high-residue conditions,”
Schcnck said. “The unique stag
gered arrangement of the row
Custom Farm Seed
Introduces Corn Hybrids
MOMENCE. 111. Custom
Farm Seed has introduced eight
new waxy com hybrids, four new
dent com hybrids, and five new
soybean varieties for the 1994
growing season.
To achieve maximum yields.
Custom Farm Seed encourages
producers to properly select seed
by matching the growing condi
tions of individual fields to the
performance characteristics of its
full line of 31 waxy com hybrids,
Grain Drill Advanta
The Case International 5400 Soybean Special offers the
economy of a grain drill while providing excellent soil pre
paration, using the field-proven row unit technology avail
able In Case International Early Riser® planters.
units provides more clearance for
surface residue to pass through the
unit, which reduces plugging in
heavy crop mat. For the farmer,
this means no extra coulters to in
stall for planting in reduced- or
no-lill conditions.”
Schenck pointed out that the
Soybean Special features stagger
ed double-disk openers, front pull
equalizing depth gauge wheels,
and a special furrow firming point
that provides a well-defined V fur
row bottom. This combination
provides more uniform depth con
trol and better seed placement, cs-
31 dent com hybrids, 16 soybean
varieties, and break-thru® alfalfa.
In addition, producers can use
its free variety nutrient consulting
(VNC) program to make seed
choices. The VNC program assists
in properly selecting seed for
growing conditions and offers
recommendations for plant popu
lation; expected responses to side
dressing; optimum OM%, pho
sphorous and potassium levels;
use of herbicides; and preferred
tillage practices.
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At Keystone Farm Credit
Gerald Phillips
herdsman at Fulton Way Farms,
and crops/feed sales with Agway.
Inc. Phillips joined Farm Credit in
July 1978. His territory is north
eastern Lancaster County.
Phillips received the FFA Hon
oraiy Keystone Degree earlier this
year. A member of the Vo-Ag
Advisory Committee for the
Lampeter-Strasburg High School,
Phillips is vice president of the
Southeast Regional Board of the
Pennsylvania Council of Coopera
tives, which is responsible for
cooperative educational programs
in southeastern Pennsylvania. H$
also serves as secretary-treasurer
of the Lancaster County Co-op
Council.
Planter,
pccially in rough ground. “The
end result with the Early Riser
system is that you get excellent
secd-to-soil contact for optimum
germination,” he said.
He noted that the Soybean Spe
cial has angled metal feed cups for
metering. “These arc precision
molded of oxide-coated, oil-im
pregnated, sintered steel and
won’t warp or wear like the plastic
cups found on competing equip
ment,” he said.
To accommodate high-density
seeding, the 5400 also features a
larger seed hopper than planters.
“This is important, especially with
farmers getting 130,000 to
200,000 beans per acre, depending
on row spacing," said Schcnck.
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Corporation of Rochester, N.Y. will pay tribute to Pennsyl
vania’s dairy Industry.
The tractor trailer model Is built with more than 100 parts
and features the new design of the tanker back end that
makes it look like a real milk pickup truck. Ford proto-type
shown. Graphics will be added.
Truck Pays Dairy Tribute
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
For the fourth consecutive
year, collector models ate being
offered to help commemorate the
Pennsylvania State Farm Show.
For 1994, the collector truck mod
el made by die Winross Corpora
tion of Rochester, N.Y. will pay
tribute to Pennsylvania’s dairy
industry.
The tractor trailer model is built
with more than 100 parts and fea
tures the new design of the tanker
back end that makes it look like a
teal milk pickup truck.
Collectors can select either a
Ford or a Kenworth cab. Both ate
the “long nose” or conventional
type. Models will be gift-boxed
and a fact sheet on Pennsylvania’s
dairy industry will be included.
The logo on the side of the tank
er and other design suggestions
were provided by workers at the
Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
office in Harrisburg. Models ire
approved by the Pennsylvania
Farm Show Commission.
A special “Exhibitor Edition”
version of the truck will be offered
and it will feature a gold colored
. iternational 950 Series
planter folds to a transport width of 20 feet 6 inches. Like
the front-fold planter, it is fertilizer compatible and features
field-proven Case IH Cyclo Air seed system, convenient
central hopper, and Early Riser row-unit technology.
Planter Models Fold Easily
RACINE, Wis. J I Case of
fers ihc 950 Series trailing Cyclo
Air® Early Riser® front- and ver-
tical-fold planters.
According to Kurt Schenck,
Case product manager-imple
ments, tire 950 Series 16-row
front- and 12-row vertical-fold
planter models can be folded and
unfolded quickly and easily from
the tractor seal.
On the 16-row front-fold plant
er, folding is completed by raising
the toolbar to transport height and
folding the wings simultaneously
until they are parallel with the
telescoping tongue. Transport
width is IS feet 8 inches. On the
12-row vertical-fold planter, fold
tanker (rather than silver), plus has
“Exhibitor Edition” silk screened
on the cab. About 500 of these
models will be made and distribu
tion will be limited.
Exhibitors for the Farm Show
in departments that require pie
entry by Nov. 4 will be receiving a
special mailing in late November
offering them reservation pri
vileges for the Exhibitor Edition
truck model.
About 1,500 hr the regular edi
tion trucks will be made. Final
quantity depends mostly on how
many are reserved. Reserved
models must be picked up during
the Farm Show at Harrisburg.
Each day some SO to ISO unre
served trucks will be offered for
sale at the show. However, the
most assured way to get one is to
reserve in advance.
To get a reservation form for
the Winross dairy tanker comme
morating the state’s 78th Farm
Show as well as the state’s dairy
industry, send a self-addressed
envelope to Pa. Farm Show Truck.
P.O. Box 553, Gap. PA. 17527.
ing is accomplished by raising the
wings one at a time. Transport
width is 20 feel 6 inches.
On both planters, the seed mod
ules are free-standing units rather
than part of the toolbar. This in
creases durability by minimizing
stress factors that can affect the'ro
tation of the seed drum. According
to Schenck, the increased structur
al strength adds to the reliability of
the unit and provides more uni
form in-row spacing.
Both planters are also available
with a heavy-duty, single-disk,
parallel-linkage fertilizer opener,
capable of operating in no-till con
ditions. This can be used for liquid
or dry fertilizer applications.