200,000 round balers: a new Holland milestone.

When New Holland's 200,000th round baler--a Model BR780A--came off the assembly line in New Holland, Pennsylvania, it was cause for plant employees and company officials to celebrate.

Guests of honor at the event were Wesley and Rachel Kahoe, the Mutual, Oklahoma, couple who had ordered the baler from Arnett New Holland, Inc., Arnett, Oklahoma, not knowing at the time that their baler would be the 200,000th unit built. Ted Miller, owner of the dealership, escorted the Kahoes to the event.

Back in 1974, the first round baler made by New Holland was a Model 850. It could produce a half ton bale in about three minutes. Today's Model BR780A can form and eject a firm, square-shouldered round bale weighing more than a ton in less than a minute.

Their Kahoes will use their new baler to produce hay for their Kahoe Farms cow-calf operation, to make bales for sale to other customers and to do custom baling for neighboring ranches. The baler was customized with a plaque designating its special place as New Holland round baler number 200,000.