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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-09-04, Page 101111EME NEW '90' SERIES . General Purpose Tractors CERTIFIED SERVICE This is your Invitation for you and your family to attend our ad- vance showing 13 NEW MODELS Fresh Corn On The Cob and Wiener Roast Films & Refreshments Date- - T h u. 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 Time Your Host *FARM SUPPLY LIMITED RR 3 Zurich, Ont. Phone 236-4934 AT RUTABAGA DAY — A large number of Western Ontario farmers attended Wednesday's Rutabaga Day at Centralia • College, Shown from the left are Jim O'Toole of Centralia College, Jerome Spruyt, R.R. 2 Lucan, Rutabaga Board Chairman Gerard Vanneste and Mike Ryan, Mount Carmel. T-A photo Huron farm and home news Check your tractor tire pressure 1 Osborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Established in 1876) Provides Full Insurance Coverage for Town. Dwellings as well as Farm Properties DIRECTORS AND ADJUSTERS Jack Harrigan Robert Gm-diner i,loyd.Morrison Lorne Feeney Ray McCurdy Robert Chaffe, R.R.3, Lucan. Stlffa R.R.1, St, Marys R.R.2, Dublin R.R,1, Kirkton R.R. # 5, Mitchell AGENTS. Ross Hodgert John Moore Joseph Uniac Mrs. Elaine Skinner Wally Burton Woodharn Dublin Mitchell Exeter 229-6643 345-2512 348-9012 235-1553 235-0350 , This is your invitation to you and your family to attend our gala GRANDSTAND PREMIER SHOWING DATE: Thursday, September 4 STARTING TIME: 8:00 p.m. LOCATION: Clinton Community Centre in the Grandstand PREMIER SHOWING OF THE ALL-NEW CASE 90 SERIES TRACTORS FILM PRESENTATION 1,ES REFRESHMENTS AND SONS LTD. • Bayi HoL , CLINTON 482-3409 FIELD DAY DEMONSTRATION • * STEYR & DEUTZ TRACTORS TRACTORS THURSDAY - SEPT. 11 starting at 2 - P.M. on Hwy. 4 next to our shop WIL-RICH • SOIL SAVERS From 10 to 26 ft. • CHISEL PLOWS From 10 to 62 ft, • CULTIVATORS From 10 to 52 ft. • SEMI MOUNT PLOWS From 3 to 6 furrows • FULL TRAIL PLOWS From 5 to 7 furrows • TRAIL FLEX ( HINGE) PLOWS From 8 to 18 furrows See them in action Featuring Our Complete Line Of Tillage Equipment tl Since Roundup has no residual soil activity, you can plant wheat, oats, barley, corn or / soybeans next spring - without risk of crop injury. What's more, many farmers using Roundup as the key element in a quackgrass ,control program, have been able to \ achieve manageable quackgrass ‘1. control for as long as three years. See your dealer about Roundup • now in a new trial size. The herbicide that gets to the root of the problem. Monsanto Monsanto Canada Inc, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Regina, Calgary ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW THE LABEL DIREC11ONS FOR ROUNDUP® HERBICIDE. Roundup® Is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company. RCN•el /80 eMonsanto Company 1980. NeA spring, nothing will be more impOrtant than getting in and planting as early as possible. Unfortunately, that doesn't leave much time for dealing with quackgrass. Unless you apply Roundup® herbicide by Monsanto this fall after harvest. Treating quackgrass this fall means you'll have one less chore in the spring. Simply allow the quackgrass to re-grow undisturbed in the crop stubble until the majority of plants are act- ively growing and at least 8 inches high (3.4 leaf stage). But treat before the first killing frost. Properly applied, Roundup will be absorbed and "translocated" down into the network of rhizom destroying the entire plant, above and below ground. Five days after treatment, you can resume fall tillage operations. There's never been a herbicide like this before. uackgrass- Let it grow! That's the key to controlling quackgrass this fall with Roundup® herbicide. • oilimi...o.••••••••••••••••••••••• Paq 10 Times,Advocate, Soptembor 4, 1940 CORN PACK ON — The 1980 sweet corn pack at the Exeter branch of Canadian Canners is in full swing, Above, Bob Johns is shown at the elevator. T-A photo Tractor tire pressure is important. The best way to ' measure it is with an ac- curate gauge, but a gauge isn't always handy. You can get a pretty good idea if the pressure is about right when the tractor is parked on a smooth hard surface. ELECTRONICS GRADUATE — Bill Clyne recently graduated from the B.C. Institute of Technology as a Biomedical Electronics Technologist. He is now employed by General Electric in Vancouver. He is the son of Al and Jeanette Clyne of Port Coquitlam, B.C., and the grandson of Harry and Ruby Beaver of Exeter, and Edith Clyne of Burnaby, B.C. A ST'EMY+-I\EVV HOLLAND D A-1 USED HARVESTERS & BLOWERS 1-N.H. 707, 3 pt. ht. Nearly new $2,875 3-(Choice) N.H. Super 717 harvesters real good to nearly new $2,000 to $4,700 1-N.H. 770, 540 RPM. Excellent $4,975 1-N.H. 770, 1000 RPM, c/w electric con- trols $4,975 1-N.H. 890„Elec. cont., almost new $7,800 1-N.I. 325-329, 2 row picker w/Super shelter $8,700 1 or 2 row cornheads and pickups available for above harvesters. THESE UNITS ARE COMPLETELY CHECKED OVER, LOOK LIKE NEW AND ARE FULLY GUARANTEED 1-N.H. 25 blower $1,250 1-KOOLS K860 $1,650 USED HAYING EQUIPMENT 1-N.H. 268 baler. Excellent. $2,300 1-N.H. 469 haybine. Real good $3,850 WE ALSO HAVE 1895 SP HARVESTERS IN STOCK AT LAST YEARS PRICES With a 6 Cylinder CAT, 260 H.P. engine, 4 wheel drive & metal detector YOU ARE KING OF THE CHOPPERS Call Us For A Super Low Price OUR BIG PLUS Interest free financing Combines and harvesting equipment till March 1, 1980 All haying equipment till June 1 USED BEAN EQUIPMENT INNES 570 bean windrower w/cross con- veyor $2,375 1NNES .500 AR bean windrower w/ cross con- veyor $1,275 INNES 800 bean windrower 6 row w/cross con- veyor. Centre del $3,450 The entire width of the bottom lug should touch the ground. The sidewall should not be buckled, but it should have a slight bulge. This bulge will be visible from in front of or behind 'the tire. When the tire is un- derinflated, the sidewall bulges badly. Pressure must be added when weights are added, or when pulling very heavy loads. When you are plowing, you should increase the pressure in the furrow wheel by four pounds. Underinflation causes buckling and breakdown of the sidewall, ruining the tire. When a tire is overinflated, the full width of the bottom lug doesn't touch the ground. There is no bulge at all in the sidewall. Overinflation makes a tire more suscep- tible to impact breaks and uneven wear. Ron Fleming , Agricultural Engineer Used Tractors — A Wise Investment or Not? - We all know that a good used tractor can be a smart buy. How do we determine a good used tractor from a not so good one? Following is a check list of some things to consider. (1) It's very beneficial to know the year of the tractor, so this can be compared with the hour meter, Every tractor has a serial number and with this number, we can tell the year the tractor was built, We can tell you where the serial number is located on each tractor and the average resale price for that particular tractor. This also applies to balers or windrowers. (2) Compare tire wear with hours of tractor use. Be suspicious when you see New Tires on a tractor with 1,200 hours on the meter. This may mean the hour meter has been disconnected for some time. Rear tires should last approximately 3,000 -• 6,000 hours. If you have to replace two 16.9 - 30 tractor tires, it will run you ap- proximately $600.00. (3) Look at the drawbar, Farm fuel to be topic The subject for the regional meeting of theHuron County Federation of Agriculture is alternative fuels for farm use. The meeting will be held Sep- tember 11, 8:30 p.m. at Hullet Central School, Londesboro, Les Emery, chairman of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's Energy Committee and Regional Director from Nor- thumberland County, is the speaker. He is well informed on alternative energy sources and has been involved in developing economic systems of producing alcohol from corn and other energy sources using waste materials. Also at this meeting regional dirzctors will be elected and delegates to the annual convention in Toronto on November 24-27, will be chosen. All Federation . members are urged to at- tend. The public is invited. The drawbar on a tractor with 1,200 hours on it should not be worn excessively - also check the balls on the 3 point hitch lower arms and compare wear with the hour Meter. (4) Clutch - Check for signs of wear on the clutch pedal. If the foot pad is worn badly, it could mean three things - (1) The previous owner rode the clutch (which could mean a clutch job), or (2) the tractor has had a lot of use, or (3) the tractor has had a loader on it, all of these could be costly, (5) Check the play in the clutch. A clutch that doesn't engage until it is near the top could mean a clutch job. (6) Check the engine oil, If it is a milky colour, it means water has entered the oil. This could be a result of a blown gasket, or a cracked block. Check the general ap- pearance of the tractor. A rough looking tractor probably means a rough operator. There are many more visual and mechanical checks that should be made before ' purchasing a used tractor. I will cover these in a future article. If you have any questions regarding a tractor's age, horsepower, fuel con- sumption, approximate used value, etc„ please contact Sam Bradshaw at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Sam Bradshaw, Engineering Assistant • AC INER115 242 Main St. N., Exeter, Ont. (519) /35-1380 t ii I