mcasWp V [ c Krause To Give Away Commemorative Tandem Disc Harrow HUTCHINSON, Kan. In light of current commodity prices, it’s not surprising that farmers throughout North America are looking for a way to reduce ex penses. Ironically, Krause Corporation is offering one lucky producer a way to save approximately Pa. Leads In Egg EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) Despite the recent negative publi city about the safety of eggs in the American food supply, Pennsyl vanians are in a unique and posi tive situation. “The Pennsylvania Egg Quality Assurance Program can serve as a prototype for the egg industry in the development of egg quality as surance programs and the industry should adopt quality assurance programs based on the interven tions developed in the Pennsylva nia Pilot Program and used in the Pennsylvania Egg Quality Assur ance Program.” So says a 15-member Review Team Report prepared by the Federal Food and Drug Adminis tration, Centers for Disease Con trol and the U.S. Department of Agriculture dated January 18, 1997. The focus of legislative and regulatory activity now going on in Washington is designed to bring the federal government’s egg safety standards up to those which have been in effect in Penn sylvania’s eggs for several years. Pennsylvania has the most in tensely monitored salmonella enteritidis risk reduction program in the United States. The state is the fourth largest egg producing state in the nation and takes food safety very seriously, placing its money where the omelets are, so to speak. Pennsylvania’s consumer pro tection program for eggs has led the way for almost 10 years and now stands at the forefront of na tional standards through a pro- New Holland Introduces Self-Propelled Forage Harvester NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster Co.) —The FX3B, New Holland’s newest self-propelled forage har vester, produces 414 gross horse power for high-capacity chopping. The FX3B joins the 346-hp FX2B and 525-hp FXSB in the New Hol land lineup of self-propelled for age harvesters. The new Model FX3B is power ed by a reliable, 6-cylinder, 13.8 L, 414-hp New Holland diesel en gine. It features a heavy-duty Length of Cut (LOC) gearbox with reinforced gearbox drive shaft to keep pace with high-capa city demands. The FX’s rugged, high-capacity cutterhead features beveled and reversible knives designed for ef ficient chopping. The cutterhead measures an extra-wide 30 inches to cut more crop and chop it more efficiently. Reversible knives span the en tire length of the 12-knife, 1,140 rpm cutterhead. The operator can select from four length of cut. The $20,000 in machinery costs. After 83 years in continuous business as a family-owned manu facturer of innovative farm equip ment, Krause Corporation recent ly surpassed a historical milestone by building it 200,000 th tillage unit Now, as a way of involving The Way Safety gram called PEQAP, the Pennsyl vania Egg Quality Assurance Pro gram. This is a voluntary program administered by the PennAG Poultry Council, created by the egg industry, and monitored by the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Health serves as an advisor to the program and the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition provides additional support The Pennsyl vania Animal Diagnostic Labora tories at Penn State University, the University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center, and the Depart ment of Agriculture provide la boratory testing of eggs and en vironmental samples. The PEQAP guidelines cover egg production and assure the commitment of the producer to implement the best management and monitoring practices most likely to prevent salmonella enteritidis contamination. Basic measures include continuous en vironmental testing of layers and pullet houses, buying only SE negative chicks, utilizing an inten sively monitored rodent control program, and cleaning and disin fecting between flocks. Any posi tive eggs, eggs that are found to contain the salmonella enteritidis organism, are automatically di verted to a pasteurizing facility and then removed from the table egg market Consumers can recognize eggs produced under the most intensely monitored system by looking for the PEQAP symbol on each carton of eggs packed by participating companies. FX3B cutterhead offers 3/16-inch (4 mm), 1/8-inch (6 mm), 3/8-inch (9 mm) and S/8-inch (15 mm) cut lengths. In corn, these double-sided knives offer the best knife-to shearbar angle and provide a con sistently cleaner cut with less power. Additionally, an optional crop processor module can be easily removed or installed in the base unit for cracking kernels and crushing cobs. All New Holland FX harvesters are designed with features that make chopping more convenient, like the Metalert ID™ metal detec tor, Accucut™ knife-sharpening system and shearbar-setting sys tem for fast, in-field sharpening, optional 4WD, and a spout that’s easy to position and maneuver. The comfortable, roomy cabs are best-in-class, with air-ride seats and lots of glare-free glass. Easy-to-use controls and informa tion systems are right at the opera tor’s fingertips. the agricultural community in the celebration, the company is going to be giving it away in a drawing this fall. To register for the 200,000 th unit drawing which is for a 24-foot-wide Model 3954WR Flex-Wing disc harrow, that has been outfitted with commemora tive graphics and a special serial number plate qualified indivi duals may fill out an entry form at any Krause equipment dealer or at any of the upcoming farm shows where Krause has a display. In ad dition, the commemorative disc harrow, along with a wide variety of Krause implements, will be on display at Hucker Harvest Days, the Ohio Farm Science Review, and the Farm Progress Show. “We’re proud to say that with 27 different series of agricultural tillage tools and grain drills, we currently have the largest offering of products of any short-line com pany in business,” said Steve Krause, president of Krause Cor poration and third-generation CEO. “However, even though we have become a leader in innova- BUY. SELL.TRADE OR RENT THROUCiH THE ——i^ i d a .jr-T.at VVIV CONSTRUCTION ■MB EQUIPMENT FORKLIFTS 2,00010 15,000 LB. $2,000 & upwards GAS/LP-DIESEL-ELECTRIC Cushion-Pneumatic-Rough Terrain New Komatsu Forklifts Available PA INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT (610) 369-9778 tive tillage and planting equip ment, we will continue to look for ways to enhance fanners’ produc tivity and improve farm profits.” According to Krause, that’s how it all began back in 1916. Like today’s generation of the Krause engineers, his grandfather, Henry Krause, was looking for a better way to till the wheat stubble on his family farm in Meade County, Kansas. In the process, he developed the industry's first one way plow. Unlike traditional disc plows, which had each disc blade mounted on a single standard, Krause’s unique one-way plow used multiple discs mounted at an angle on a single tie rod. As a re sult. it was aggressive enough for primary tillage in wheat stubble, yet it left sufficient residue to pro tect topsoil from high winds. By 1928, the demand for the company’s one-way plow was so great that Krause bought a small windmill factory in Hutchinson, Kansas, and moved the operation to its present location. Despite hard times in the 1930 s and 19405, when the Depression and World War II hit the company with a one-two blow, Krause not only survived, but prospered. By the 19605, Krause had be come a leader with yet another product the tandem disc har- PHONE: 717-626-1164 or 717-394-3047 FAX 717-733-6058 Mon.. Tuei , Wed.. Fn. 8 AM to 5 PM: Thurs. 7 AM to 5 PM row. At the same time, the com pany was starting to build a repu tation for its rugged line of chisel plows and field cultivators. Krause was also setting industry standards starting with the first high-residue chisel plow in 1962 and the first Flex-Wing hydraulic folding disc harrow in 1965. Today, Krause Corporation continues to be a leader in tandem disc harrow production, with nine different series available. How ever, the company has become equally known for its combination tools that combine discing, field cultivation and finishing in a single pass. The 6300 Series Landstar and the 6150 Series Landsman XT arc both designed for high-residue, minimum-till farming. Krause’s growing fall tillage line includes the Land builder 4880 Series disc ripper, and the 4800 Series Landsaver and Landking coulter and disc chi sels. Other products in the current line include seedbed packers, chi sels, field cultivators, row-crop cultivators and a wide offering of conventional and no-till grain drills including the 5500 Series Pro-Air, which is the industry’s first grain drill with vacuum me tering. f* Construction Equipment Sale "| I Thursday July 1 5th, Friday July 16th and Saturday July 17th I Ithursday-Fnday B'oo AM - 5:00 PM | Saturday 8:00 AM-1:00 PM ■ I at SHANE CONSTRUCTION INC. I 5256 E. Trindle Road Mechanicsburg Pa. 17055 ★ Power Tools ★Vehicles ★Building Materials ★Scaffolding ★Concrete Equipment ★Compressors ★Office Equipment | This is not an auction I Prices will be posted at sale | ■ Call for complete listing . 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