Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 8478 / SEEDWORLD.COM JANUARY 2017 A MOMENT IN TIME This special equipment issue profiled a new machine, the Simon Countmaster — designed to count the number of seeds presented to it or count out any multiple of 100 seeds. It features a three-figure display and is preset at the factory for 1,000 seeds. If required, an adjustment is made before dispatch for other multiples of 100. Also featured was the Slidell-Matic, a state-of-the-art automatic bag placer, and the latest scale and seed cleaning equipment. Equipment evaluators wrote: “In a market study of seed cleaning and grading equipment, we were impressed by the advanced features and high quality of the Petkus line of seed cleaning equipment. All but the two smallest models are made of all-steel construction with many safety features, including mechanical-electrical door locking systems.” FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1981 ISSUE: 4 is the number of minutes it took for a seed counter to count 1,000 seeds. 20 bags per minute can be processed by a bag placer. 1,320 pounds is the capacity of a typical seed scale platform. 1/16 of an inch is the smallest seed size a typical seed counter can handle. 400-500 bags are in each magazine of a typical automatic bag placer. SINCE1915 ThefirstissueofSeedWorldwaspublishedin1915.Heretheeditorswilltakeyoubackintimeto explorethenumbers,newsandissuesthatimpactedtheseedindustry—allcoveredbySeedWorld. 1915 1920 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1959 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1981 1985 1989 1990 1994 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Cotton-stripper developed for High Plains; successful light tractors developed. Mechanical tomato harvester developed. All-purpose, rubber-tired tractor with complementary machinery popularized. Farmers begin using satellite technology to track and plan their farming practices. The use of conservation tillage methods continues to rise. After several slow years, the sale of farm equipment rebounds; more farmers begin to use low-input sustainable agriculture techniques to reduce chemical applications.