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The Rural Voice, 1990-06, Page 65WHAT'S NEW sales of tractors, for example, dropped from 30,000 units in 1980 to 16,000 in 1989, a 46 per cent decrease in 9 years. In response to this trend, Yapp says it's time for a return to marketing basics. "Too much focus has been put on sales packages, financial arrangements and window wrapping of that sort. We've got to get back to the business of market- ing and selling products, not programs." Despite the thinning farm market, Yapp praises Canada's efficient agri- culture. "Canadians are spending less money each year to grow more food to feed more people. That's not great news if you're in the business of selling trac- tors or corn seed or milking equidment, but for the country overall, it's a pretty good thing." CAMA's Toronto chapter has 220 active members from more than 50 cor- porations. Yapp is vice-president of Kubota Canada in Markham, Ontario.0 PROTECTION FROM CHEMICAL SPRAYS The Beco tractor cab not only pro- tects farmers from chemical sprays, but can be used with a heating or air-condi- tioning unit. The cab features a two -speed blower with an air movement capacity of more than 700 cubic feet a minute. It changes the air inside the cab at a rate of more than 15 times a minute. Beco's dual filtration system, with its heavy charcoal filter and a dust prefil- ter, provides the operator with maxi- mum protection from the harmful ef- fects of chemical sprays. Contact Buz Hallinan at Baler Equipment Co., P.O. Box 1837, Port- land, Oregon, 97207,1-800-426-1723.0 85m LIVESTOCK CONFINEMENT EQUIPMENT Dairy • Pressure Washers • Hog DRY/WET FEEDER NEW • Reduces stress • Better days to market • Reduces water wastage • Designed to handle high moisture or dry feed • Adjustable dispenser for mash and pellets • Easily adjusts without using tools • All high grade stainless steel construction • Complete with push type drinker and 36" galv. pipe • Drinker height adjustable • Hopper capacity of about 50 lbs. of feed High grade stainless steel construction For More Information Contact Your Local BSM Dealer ATWOOD GRANTON KROPF BROS. CONST. 519-356-2249 AVON BANK FARM EQUIPMENT 519-225-2507 CREDITON SOUTH HURON AGRI SYSTEMS 519-234-6403 MILDMAY TARA MIDWAY FARM SYSTEMS 519-367-5358 H. NICHOLSON AND SON 519-934-2343 BRUSSELS KINCARDINE HURON FEEDING SYSTEMS 519-887-6289 LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS 519-395-2615 JUNE 1990 61