Mid-Atlantic Agrisystems Honored
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster Co.) Mid-Atlantic Agrisys
tems, based here, was recently honored with the Houle
President’s Award of Excellence for District 5 (East Coast)
for high sales volume. Presenting the award Is Gllles
Hebert, left to Scott Bristow of Mid-Atlantic Agrisystems.
Groomers For Horse
Rings, Ballfields
The Ring Groomer features all welded construction and
tapered bearings in rotator hub. Earth & Turf Company has
introduced a new line of groomers great for horse rings
and ballfleids.
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) Earth & Turf Company
has introduced a new line of
groomers great for horse rings and
ballfleids.
The groomers work up track
W-L HQ Alfalfa
Takes Top Honors
EVANSVILLE, Wis. W-L
Research has announced that W-L
alfalfa varieties have once again
taken top honors, including the
world’s grand champion award, at
the 1997 World’s Forage Super
bowl.
The Forage Superbowl is part
of the World Dairy Expo, held
OcL 1-5 in Madison, Wis.
This year’s victory represents
the second time in the last three
years that a W-L variety has won
the world’s grand champion
award.
Joshua Kamps of Darlington,
Wis. captured the 1997 Grand
Champion Award with an entry of
material and pull it away from the
outside edges, fill and level. Four
sizes are available in widths of 5,
6,7, and 8 feet for category 1
three-point hitch tractors.
WL 322 HQ that came in with
crude protein of 24.3 percent and a
relative feed value of 208.
With only 12 percent of the to-
tal entries in this year’s contest,
< W-L alfalfa varieties showed their
true colors by capturing wins in
three of the five major Forage
Superbowl categories, including
world’s grand champion (Joshua
Kamps), commercial hay cham
pion (Charles Miehe, Belmont,
Wis.), and commercial baleage
grand champion (Wade Wendhau
sen of Livingston, Wis.). To cap
off W-L’s strong showing at this
year’s Forage Superfoowl, Ken
Jeanquart of Casco, Wis. took
grand champion, first-time entrant
250 Attend Winter Training Day
SOUDERTON (Montgomery
Co.) For turf and lawn care
professionals, the winter months
are a time for preparation and
learning. For seven years, Moyer
& Son has been offering regional
lawn, tree, and turf care com
panies the opportunity to enhance
their employee’s knowledge, learn
safe practices, and accumulate
Pennsylvania applicator credits
during their semi-annual training.
Recently, more than 200 lawn.
tree, and turf care professionals
• from the five-county area gathered
at the Indian Valley Senior Adult
Activities Center on Second Street
in Souderton for Moyer & Son’s
Winter Training Day. Speakers
conducting seminars included
Ken Pick of Green Giant Lawn
Care; Buddy Clowncy, Richard
Shearman, and Robert Williamson
of Moyer Home Services; Phillip
Staudt of the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture; and Nan
cy Bosold of the Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture Extension
Service.
There were six seminars in all
with a catered lunch provided by
Moyer & Son at midday. High
lights of the day included the
Sprayer Calibration Clinic at 1
p.m. and the spill control demon
stration at 1:45 pan. The Sprayer
Calibration Clinic demonstrated
how to properly calibrate applka-
Martin Limestone Honors Drivers
BLUE BALL (Lancaster Co.)
Martin Limestone, Inc. hon
ored 84 truck drivers at the com
pany’s 23rd annual driver safety
award banquet recently.
The drivers were honored con
secutive years without a charge
able accident
Drivers from New Holland
Concrete in New Holland, Cocali
co Concrete in Denver, Burkhold
er Paving in Ephrata, and Martin
Limestone in Blue Ball, all divi
sions of Martin Limestone Inc.,
drove nearly three million miles
during the year delivering crushed
limestone, agricultural limestone,
Diamond-tex, asphalt, concrete
block products, and ready-mix
concrete throughout eastern Penn
sylvania and surrounding states.
Thirty-three drivers received
recognition for compiling five or
more consecutirve years without a
chargeable accident. Drivers re
cognized for 24 consecutive years
were Lloyd W. Fox from New
Holland Concrete, and H. Ed Lapp
Thomas £. Sibert Farm Equipment
Is Massey Ferguson Dealership
NEW OXFORD (Adams Co.)
- Thomas E. Sibert Farm
Equipment in New Oxford, serv
ing area farmers for 25 years, is
now an authorized Massey
Ferguson dealership, providing
sales and service support for MF
rotary and conventional com
bines and swathers.
“The addition of this Massey
Ferguson line of farm machinery
will help us continue to meet the
needs of our customers by offer
ing equipment with features and
accessories previously not avail
able through our dealership,”
said Tom Sibert, owner.
in the dairy haylage division.
This marks the fourth year in a
row that W-L HQ selected alfalfa
varieties have produced grand
champions at the Forage Super
bowl.
Moyer & Son, lawn and tree care technicians greet and
register clients for the day’s activities. From left, Rob Car
son, Doug Erb, Brett Thayer, and Jeff Glachettl welcome
training day attendees.
tion systems for increased en
vironmental responsibility and ap
plication effectiveness. Attendees
were invited to reserve a time to
bring their sprayer equipment to
the Moyer & Son facility at Re
liance Road in Souderton for
proper calibration. The spill con-
firm Martin Limestone.
Allan A. Sheaffer from Martin
Limestone earned an award for 22
years. Rick L. Buch from Martin
Limestone earned an award for 21
years. Henry W. Herat from New
Holland Concrete and James E.
Smoker from Martin Limestone
received recognition for 20 years.
Receiving a 16-year award was
Donald L. Landis from Burkhold
er Paving.
Drivers receiving IS-year
awards are Robert A. Rich! and
John J. Haas from New Holland
Concrete and Ray M. Brubaker
from Martin Limestone.
Earning 13-year awards were
Marvin Z. Martin and Floyd L.
Stoltzfus from New Holland Con
crete, Robert R. Snader, E. Clair
Bowman, and Martin L. Zimmer
man from Martin Limestone.
Two drivers earned 12-year
awards, Hershey Zimmerman
from New Holland Concrete and
Warren Scott Patten from Martin
Limestone.
Eleven-year awards were
“Adding this Massey
Ferguson line is in keeping with
our goal of serving as a one-stop
resource for agricultural equip
ment and maintaining overall
customer satisfaction,” he said.
Kristi Sibert, parts manager,
said the dealership will slock
replacement parts for present
owners of this Massey Ferguson
eqmpment and maintain a parts
inventory for new equipment
purchasers.
“For equipment-down emer
gencies, we can source a needed
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tril demonstration taught valuable
techniques for effectively clean
ing up an accidental spill erf lawn,
tree, or turf treatment products.
State applicator credits were as
signed at day’s end for those who
successfully completed the day’s
seminars.
earned by George Galbraith from
New Holland Concrete and Timo
thy Spree her from Martin Lime
stone.
Ten-year awards earned are
Mike Hess and M. Rick Lied from
New Holland Concrete.
Randy Weaver from Martin
Limestone earned a nine-year
award.
Ned Martin and Rob Rissler
from Burkholder Paving and Wil
liam A. Martin of New Holland
Concrete earned eight-year
awards.
Seven-year awards were earned
by Richard Weber and Alvin
Flaud from Martin Limestone and
Ray Daub of New Holland Con
crete.
Eric Copenhaver from Bulk
holder Paving earned a six-year
award, and Pete Razzano and Ne
vin Zimmerman from New Hol
land Concrete, Delmas Martin
from Martin Limestone, and Reed
Gchr of Burkholder Paving earned
five-year awards.
part from any of 12 strategical
ly-located North American parts
warehouses. Most of these
orders are shipped the same day
they are placed,” said Sibert
Service department techni
cians at Thomas E. Sibert Farm
Equipment are experienced at
performing professional mainte
nance and repair work on all
brands of equipment The ser
vice department is fully
equipped to service Massey
Ferguson combines and
swathe rs.