C44.ancaster Farming, Saturday, Augual 30, 1997 Snider’s Elevator Features Summer Events Franklin County Dairy Princess Mary Varner hosted Ice Cream Days at Snider’s Elevator Inc. Pictured with Mary, left to light, Phyllis Snider, and William Snider. An annual event at Snider’s, Ice Cream Days take place during the summer. The Williamson Ruritan makes the Ice cream. Winner of Snider’s Elevator Inc. “Dog Days of Summer” promotion, Dana Taylor, right, receives her prize from Wil liam Snider, president. Taylor, of Mercersburg and her dog “Magnum,” won the drawing for a free year’s supply of “Nutro” brand dog food. More than 200 people entered the drawing this summer. Digger Makes Smooth, Deep Holes LITCHFIELD. 111. Work- 6-inch, 9-inch or 12-inch diame saver, Inc. introduces the Model ters, and features an unique lever 300 PHD as part of its complete which allows the operator to line of PTO-drive post-hole dig- adjust the auger’s starting angle, gers. The Model 300 is compatible Other features include a versa with most 14- to 24-horsepower die three posidon boom which tractors equipped with a categoy ) allows the unit to fit a variety of three-point hitch and 540 rpm tractor models, and a gearbox with PTO. ' a 3:1 gear rado protected by the The Model 300 is designed to shear-pin PTO drive. The gearbox make smooth, deep holes quickly *lso features tapered roller bear and efficiently. ,It handles ings and spring loaded seals, and standard-duty 30-incii augers with carries a 5-year limited warranty. DuPont To Acquire Protein Technologies International From Ralston Purina WILMINGTON, Del. Du pont and Ralston Purina Company announced they have signed a let ter of intent for DuPont to pur chase Protein Technologies Inter national (PTI) and its related affiliates from Ralston for $1.5 billion, comprised of DuPont stock less certain liabilities. The two companies ait in ex clusive negotiations and expect to sign a definitive agreement this fall, subject to due diligence and appropritate corporate and governmental approvals. PTI is a leading global supplier of soy proteins to the food and paper processing industries, with annual sales of $450 million. Headquartered in St Louis, PTI has sales in 75 countries with 1,200 employees and numerous technology centers worldwide. ‘This represents an important step in our strategy to create share holder value by growing in the global food, feed and industrial BIRD-IN-HAND (Lancaster Co.) Millcrcck Manufacturing introduces the Model 4800, a high-capacity topdresser/spreader for applying sand/peat and com post topdressing, as well as other organic materials on sports fields and large turf areas. The new machine has a four cubic-yard capacity and a 10,000-pound payload. The spreading pattern can be easily adjusted from 3 feet to 10 feet wide. Thickness of the topdressing layer can also be adjusted. Operat ing at peak capacity, the 4800 can apply four cubic yards of material in less than 10 minutes. The Millcrcck 4800 features a Powerßrush™ spreading mechan Tractor Built To Handle Wide Variety Of Applications ATLANTA, Ga. “There’s a demand today among maintena nce contractors, institutions, rental yards, homeowners with large acreages, and farmers for a com pact. maneuverable tractor with the power, performance and ver satility to handle a wide range of jobs,” said Richard Pctree, Mas sey Ferguson® product marketing manager. “The new 32 horsepow er MF 1235 four-wheel-drive daaignad to make smooth, tfaap hoiaa quickly and effi ciently. markets with higher value pro ducts derived through biotech nology,” said John A. KroL pre sident and CEO of DuPont “The combination of DuPont PTI, and the recently announced joint ven ture with Pioneer bring together the technology and know-how to deliver higher value food and materials to a growing and more demanding world population.” In early August DuPont and Pioneer Hi-Bred International an nounced the formation of a re search alliance and a separate joint venture. Optimum Quality Grains, to speed the development and de livery of new crops that benefit farmers, livestock producers, and consumers worldwide. In support of this alliance, Dupont agreed to purchase 20 percent equity in Pioneer. According to William F. Kirk, vice president and general man ager of DuPont Agricultural Pro ducts, "The acquisition of PTI is Millcreek Introduces High-Capacity Spreader New high-capacity four cublc-yard capacity top* dresser spreader from Mill* creek puts Increased spread* Ing productivity within the reach of limited school, mun icipal, and golf course budgets for improving sports iurf. ism, which propels material out ward. The 22-inch diameter compact tractor from Massey Fer guson meets these requirements.” The MR 1235 compact tractor retains all the proven operational and easy-maintenance features of the Massey Ferguson 1200 series compatyfactor line. A 3-range hydnstpt|e transmission delivers infinite' speed control without gears, clutching, or shifting to fin ish jobs faster. The MF 1235 works with qual ity mid-mount MF mowers up to part of our strategy in the feed and food ingredient industries. DuPont and Optimum Quality Grains will develop and bring the higher value soybeans tb market, thereby bene fiting growers. DuPont and FTI will convert that better soybean into a broad range of higher value protein applications benefiting food companies and consumers. And, that’s only the beginning. We see tremendous potential through the entire agricultural sys tem. from farmers and livestock producers, to applications in the bio-industrial, pharmaceutical and the emerging functions food, or what many are calling nutra ceutical industries,” said Kirk. PTI products are used in pro cessed meats, infant formula, soy milk, diet and sports drinks, and many other foods. DuPont has de veloped its biotechnology capa bilities during the past decade and is one of the world leaders in put ting value added traits into key crops such as com and soybeans. Powcrßrush breaks up any clumps in material, such as compost and composted sludge, for more even material distribution. ‘The 4800 is an answer to re quests we’ve had for a larger ver sion of our original topdresser/ spreader, which has about half the capacity,” said Joe Click, Mill creek president ‘The larger size helps solve two primary problems. First it makes spreading high bulk compost more efficient because the large capacity cuts reloading time in half. Second, for top dressing with sand/peat mixes, the machine costs under $B,OOO, about half the cost of other high-capa city topdressers, putting a basic turf maintenance tool within the reach of more school, municipal, and golf course budgets.” 72 inches wide to keep estates, paries, and home acreages looking neat and do it fast For large area mowing, a cruise control lever can be used to maintain a constant for ward travel speed without using the foot pedal. For really tough mowing jobs in heavy weeds or wooded areas, the MF 1235 can be equipped with a MF rear-mounted rotary cutter with “stump-jumper” hubs for fast effective results. Landscapers can grade, back fill, and level with an MF 1233 and a wide assortment of MF doz er blades, box scrapers and land scape rakes. For material handling applications, MF Quick-Attach loaders with lift capacities up to 785 pounds are performance matched to the MF 1235, The hy drostatic transmission offers maximum productivity in land scaping and loader applications •with foot pedal control for fast, smooth direction changes between forward and reverse without clutching. For specialty farmers and seri ous gardeners, there’s a wide -range of MF moldboard plows, rotary tillers, disc harrows, field cultivators, and rwo-crop culti vator* available for soil prepara tion and crop control.
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