-Ag Progress Section, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,2001 236 Auction (Continued from Page 37) baseball card, both signed by Bellefonte native Eric Milton, starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. Items for ideal Christmas gifts in clude handmade wooden bowls (includ ing one made from spalted Alabama pecan wood), unusual bird houses, antique railroad (PRR and B&O) and skaters lan terns, milk and other bottles, dolls, an an tique baby crib, chil dren’s toys, framed photos including early pictures of the Penn State campus, Ag Hill and the old university dairy barns. Several books will be auctioned, includ ing ones describing old-time agriculture, a former farm boy’s ex periences of living in Poland, and Penn State football living legends Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky. Books by Penn State authors on losing weight safely and cooking are included, as well as an auto graphed copy of former President Jimmy Carter’s latest book, “An Hour Before Daylight Memories of a Rural Boyhood.” Historic articles in clude an 1896 Rand McNally school map of the United States and Mexico, and 1923 and 1925 gold and silver ROM medals awarded by the Amer ican Jersey Cattle Club from 1911 through the late ’4os. Auction catalogues will be available from the museum office by mid-July and on site. All auction items will be on display at Ag Progress Days, Tues day, Aug. 14 and Wednesday, Aug. 15 in the tent beside the museum. Bidding will close promptly at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Successful bidders can pick up their items after payment is pro cessed Wednesday evening or make ar rangements for ship ping. For more informa tion, contact Darwin Braund: 238 Agricul tural Administration Building, University Park, PA 16802; phone (814) 863-1383; e-mail pastoag museum@psu.edu. Because of concerns over the possible transmission of foot and-mouth disease and other foreign animal diseases, visi tors who have been overseas within two weeks of attending Ag Progress Days are asked not to visit the SEE US AT AG PROGRESS DAYS - August 14,15,16 East Ist Street Hesston Disc Mower Conditioners Hesston Balers The balers that Thanks to the exclusive Center- Line design, the Hesston® 4550 builds the straightest and squarest bales possible Saves leaves* Teamed with Hesston’s performed flake concept, leaves are saved and uniformly distributed throughout the bale. The result: high-quality bales that are loaded with nutrition ZIMMERMAN’S FARM SERVICE HERNLEY’S FARM EQUIPMENT. INC. UMBERGER’S OF FONTANA, INC School Road, Rt. 1, Bethel, Pa. 2095 S Market St, Elizabethtown, Pa RD 4, Box 545, Lebanon, Pa. 717-933-4114 717-367-8867 717-867-2613 C.J. WONSIDLER BROS. Finland Rd., Quakertown, PA 215-536-1935 / 215-536-7523 Rts. 309 & 100, New Tripoli, PA 610-767-7611 /570-648-2088 A AGCO Nobody knows hay like HESSTON STANLEY’S FARM SERVICE MARSHALL MACHINERY, INC. RD 1, Box 46, Klmgerstown, Pa. Honesdale, Pa. 570-648-2088 570-729-7117 Silapro 1 * 1 7500 Forage Harvester • Straight-through design improves harvesting capacity and energy efficiency • Unique kernel processor delivers unsurpassed feed value ut corners without cutting quality. • Tungsten carbide-edged cutterhead knives retain fine edge after repeated sharpenings • Cab-controlled electric spout, chute and transmission boost operator efficiency Take a 12-foot swipe through your toughest crop. Cut square corners Cut on either side of the tractor, euver around obstacles. You can do it all while making quality hay with the Hesston" 1340 Disc Mower Conditioner.