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75 years of
small implements, parts Roers reflect on business built on fields of rocks BY CHRISTINE BEHNEN STAFF WRITER
M I L L E RV I L L E – There are those for whom a field full of rocks gave yield to generations of good fortune and good friendships. There is a family for whom a young woman’s vow to never marry a farmer led to meeting the very farmer who could turn the rocky fields to farming, family and business. There are brothers who are for each other the best friends and business partners of a lifetime. There are ageless values which find continuity through a smaller scale of implements, through their use upon the land, and most importantly, through the good people who put them to good work. This family is the Roers. The brothers are Rodney and Glenn Roers, sons of Roman and
er, a rare part, or some other small-scale equipment or machinery which is sold here. Small implement dealers used to be as plentiful as small towns, but now, customers may hail from as far off as Florida, Canada and even Ethiopia. Finding these implements, and the parts for them, requires searching over longer distances, for as long as it takes, because there are not so many dealers still around. Glenn credits the website, www.roersequipment. com, with making it possible to be of assistance to farmers on a national and international scale. The seeming miracle that a small implements and parts dealer could represent for someone is exemplified by an anecdote of a man who was looking for a specific machine part. He despaired of finding it anywhere. “I looked at the picPHOTO BY CHRISTINE BEHNEN Glenn (left) and Rodney Roers are pictured with Dave Anderson’s 1957 Farmall 350, Nov. 10 on the Roers farm/Roers ture, walked into the Equipment near Millerville. The tractor came with a story, will never be sold and is still used for utility. back room, and Dad had it hanging in the rafters,” Ruth. Roers Equipment honor their stewardship thing that signals Ro- tractors. While this alone Rodney said. “It was began 75 years ago with of the farm, the business ers Equipment is not the is sufficient to stop many hanging up in the rafter their parents. Just north of and the rocks that they well-displayed sign, but passersby, many have rather the sight of a line- sought this place by way Millerville, Rodney and grew up with. Roers page 11 Glenn carry forward with Upon arrival, the first up of red International of a need for a snowblow-
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