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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-02-15, Page 11'arm equipment firm to show new premises Tionos-Adveco*.•.FOryary 1.0t 1961. The modern office facilities at.J. F. Farm Machinery Limited provide pleasant working conditionsfor membersof the office staff, Mrs. Jake Marks, Mrs. Ken Brydges and Mrs. Lisbet Grindlay. Farm Machinery Ltd. GREGUS CONSTRUCTION LTD. GENERAL CONTRACTORS EXETER 235-1422 3. F. Farm Machinery letter for Mrs. Hugh Limited president Erik Gravlev Wilson in the firm's new office Road East. dictates a on Thames Lloyd Eagleson, warehouse manager Roy Stover and Ed. Hern make the final adjustments on a cultivator assembled at J. F. Farm Machinery Limited. a • • • • Area residents will have an opportunity to visit one of eter's expanding industries as J, F. Farm Machinery Limited will be holding open house Thurs.,- day and ,Friday of this week. The company has recently moved Into their new building on Highway 83 East and will be conducting visitors through the new office, warehouse and as- sembly area. president of the firm is Erik Gravlev, who started the comp- any in Exeter in 1961. The com- pany now employs 12 persons and has dealers thrOtighout Can- ada and the United States, Most of the farm equipment handled by the firm comes from Denmark, Sweden and West Ger- many, with a few items from the United States, Main item handled by the local company is the Se sam plow, which has received an enthus- iastic reception from North Am- erican farmers. It was introduced only last year, but Mr. Gravlev said the response "was overwhelming" and he anticipates even greater success for the plow this year. In addition to the plow, the firm handles seed drills, all types of flat chain and roller chain, plow parts for almost every type of plow on the mar- ket, fertilizer spreaders, culti- vat"Sr hay rakes, flail harvest- ers and mowers. One of the most versatile pieces of equipment is a com- bination manure spreader, bulk fertilizer spreader, grain wagon and, forage box which can bp adapted to any of these jobs with only minor adjustments. Mr. GraYlev indicated the move to combine various pieces Of equipment into one unit is being welcomed by farmers as it is naturally much more economical than purchasing all this equip- ment separately. This year the firm will also offer a combine with a corn bead as optional equipmant. The increased amount of equip- ment being sold by J. F. Farni Machinery Limited is indicated by the fact they doubled their space for this year's Farm Equipment show at Toronto. Mr. Gravlev said he was very pleased with the interest shown by farmers and dealers attend- ing the recent show. At the present time, the firm has three sales representatives under sales supervisor Orval Rowland. They are Ron Wilson, Chuck Becker and Ken Tye. Warehouse manager is Roy Stover and service men are Lloyd Eagleson and Ed Herm Peter Gravlev also works part-time with his father's company. The four ladies who make up the office staff are Mrs. Hugh Wilson, Mrs. Ken Brydges, Mrs. Jake Marks and Mrs. Lisbet Grindlay. The company's new plant con- tains 10,400 square feet of space and the office area measures 1,550 square feet. The firm has two roles, in that it serves as a wholesaler in Ontario and acts as the manu- facturers' representative in the other provinces and states. At the present time there are 400 dealers in Ontario. handling J. F. Farm Machinery Limited equipment and the list continues to grow. By MRS. HAROLD DAVIS The hall board held a pro- gressive euchre in AberdeenHall Monday night. Prize winners were: Ladies' high, Mrs. R. Morrison; lone hands, Mrs. C. Scott; men's high, Lawrence Beckett; lone handS, Mervin Shute. PERSONALS Mr. & Mrs. George Levy and family of Rannoch visited Sunday with Mr. & Mrs. Bill Waghorn. Mr. & Mrs. Burns Blackler, Wendy, Jayne and David spent the weekend with Mr. &Mrs. Don Snider and family of Waterloo. Mary Johnson of Whalen spent the weekend with Diane Robinson. THIS YEAR THE CPA/KRUM SESAJMI PLOW WITH THE REVERSIBLE PLOW POINTS WILL PLOW THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN HURON AND THROUGH THE USE OF THE SPRING TOOTH CULTIVATOR FROM -1F - FARM MACHINERY LIMITED A PERFECT SEED BED WILL BE OBTAINED GARFIELD THOMSON ELECTRICIAN EXETER 235.2575 N. C. JONES & SONS SAND, GRAVEL r.8i FILL • CUOMORE• HEATING HEATING SYSTEMS EXETER 235-0487 CONKLIN LUMBER .• BUILDING MATERIALS EXETER 235-0925 EXETER nE-1422 mg FARM MACHINERY • el,Lit14..t..e.,XL,- THAMES RCiAb EAST "EXETER, ONT.„ 1519) :2351021 SE SURE to. ATTEND OUR OPEN HOUSE FEBRUARY 15 and 16 IRVIN RADER CARPENTER DASHWOOD 237.3572 L. J. GORNYICZKI PLUMBING .8e .HEATINO 130 'DOWNtEST, .ETRATFoR0 211-331 „..