B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7, 1964 Game PfOtCCtOr Lists Activities Co. ASCS Office Cooperates On Many Approved Practices A total of 59 3 (farmers were enrolled and completed need ed conservation piactices under the 1963 Agricultural Conser vation Program Practices were completed and cost-share paid as follows Practice Liming grassland Establishing permanent grass cover Improvement of established. cover 12'7 22-S3 acres Establishing permanent cover to protect ■diversions, ditch banks, etc 5 7 5 acres Establishing winter cover •crops Contour Stripci opping & hedgerow removal Clearing & leveling pastureland 6 Establishing Sod Waterway 6 Constructing Dneision Terrace 9 Constructing Open Drainage Systems 2- Installing Tile Undeidram 11 Planting of Forest Trees. 5 Fencing of trees foi piotection fiom livestock 2 In addition to t'he amount paid farmers for establishment of the 52973 of the 1963 AGP allocation -was trans ferred to Soil Conservation Service Cor technical set-vices re quired in establishment of permanent type conservation piac tices CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM There are still 47 farms under Conservation Reserve oon tiaot, earning annual payment of $37,699 SI on 1841.0 acres, and one contract was extended, foi one year under the Land Use Adjustment program earning $305 60 on 26 S acres. WOOL INCENTIVE PAYMENTS The following payments were made in 1963 for wool and unshorn lambs sold during the 1962 marketing >ear 140 producers received $3,248 98 for shorn, wool ducers received S62G 44 for unshorn lamibs. FEED GRAIN PROGRAM A total of 311 producers enrolled m the 1i96'3 Feed Gram Program, diverting 3887 5 acres from corn production, 12.0 from grain sorghum and 2'57 3 from barley for total diversion (payments of $ 168,0'5'1 69 Additional price support payments for feed, gram grown totalled $25,968 63 WHEAT STABILIZATION PROGRAM 11‘7 producers diverted 660 8 acres from wheat produc tion, receiving $21,967 71 in diversion payments and $1,371 06 aa price support payments. WHEAT ALLOTMENTS & MARKETING QUOTAS Wheat allotments were established for 5885 farms in 1968. Wheat marketing cards were issued to all eligible pro ducers 6 farmers applied for Feed Wheat exemption. PRICE SUPPORT PAYMENTS Wheat 122 farmers stored 30,776 51 bushel in local warehouses, and received price support of $152,1012.76 Pour farmers stored 3007 bushel on the farm, and le •eived $6,0118 37 LAXCA STEK COUNTY ASC COMMITTED Fred G Seldomndge Eknei L Haber John J Herr Offi'ce Mauagei Transfer Milk Efficiently From Cow to Bulk Cooler The “Sputnick” MILK-PORT ER is the cleanest, most effi cient method lor translerrlng milk Irom cow to hulk cooler. • Manufactured Irom heavy gauge stainless steel. • Did seals tightly to keep milk grim Irc.e. % busses thiough openings 29” and over. • Moves quiet and easily on lubber-tiied, ball bearing wheels. • Does away with long, ev pensive pipe, lines, milk pumps and i denser. % Two sizes. 0 Dow-cost sanitizing. For Further Infoi mation, Write: MILK PORTER CO., LTD. 2. Bastpark Boulevard, Scar boro, (Metro Toronto) Canada.? Ask About Our tifcase Plan Approved for City of Philadelphia Amos H. KuU R. I>. 2, Qiun rj villc, Penna. 780-3897 Units Farms ♦2'9 5169 acres IST 1 522 acres IS4 3150 acres 2054 acres 47 acres 5065 teet 775 S feet 2250 feet 10, 196 feet 27 acres 130 rods Total Horobhy Y. Ned “Honoring Rural Opipoi turn taes and Responsibiliti es ” is the theme for National Future Farmers of America Week. Watch For Our OPEN HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT Mar. 19 and 20 Details Next Week L. H. Brubaker Lancaster Lititz FLORIN FARMS 1,000 to 15,000 20-week-old H& S Xiok Chick pullets ready lor delivery March first week. Dubbed, dcbeaked, all vaccinations. Delivery service. Order today. Write or call by telephone 653-9801. Mount Joy, Pa. The following is an accom plishment report by the G-ame Commission showing work com pleted in Lancaster County ■during the past year. On the four Farm G- am c Projects we have a total of 27.275 acres. Farmers contacted 498 Conifers distributed 320,0. Wildlife Boi ders cut —■ 2000 lin ft Amounts $36,239 49 20,948 jl'l 24,460 99 Refuges Maintained 20. 'Safety Zones established 201 251 26 4,603 31 There are five tracts of State Game Lands in Lancas ter County comprising a total of 540-2 acies. 8.560 49 706 O'O 721 42 SSS 69 Cover Ci ops seeded on stnps 30 acres. 386 81 1.56-2 37 454 92 Stnps mowed 19 acres Woodland border cut - 3400 1m ft 130 O'O $99,909 S 6 S C Mace, Land Manager; C .1 Williams, J. P Eicholtz, W E Woodring, District Game Pioteictors Creeks, River Stocked With 57 pro- Trout And Bass In 1963 the Fish Oommis sioa stocked IS trout streams in Lancaster County with leg al size brook, brown and rain bow trout, distributed finger ling trout to Sportsman’® clubs for rearing and distribution In the County Susquehanna Riv er was stocked with musk e-H -ung e in the vicinity of Colum bia and. also in the I/equeia Creek and Big Conestoga Creek. The commission cooperated with farm pond owners in re gards to algae and weed con trol and issued permits for chemical treatment of ponds, shocked and seined farm ponds in regards to fish balanice, •Channel change® and pollu tion investigations weie made m conjunction with the Health Dept Robert M Betts, Pa Fish Commission. PATZ Sales & Service Barn Cleaners - Silo Unloaders - Cattle Feeders Robert K. Rohrer Quarryville, R. D. 1 Hensel KI 8-2559 H & N LEGHORNS Day-Old Pullet 1 Chicks and Started Pullets (10 to 20 weeks) FLORIN FARMS, INC. A Reynolds, Supervisor Southeast Division Pennsylvania Game Commission R.F.D. #1 • Co. Planners (Continued from Page 1) several items included which directly affect Soil and Water Conservation Certain regula tions concerning the removal of surface water and sub-sur face sewage disposal are de signed to prevent erosion and pollution of ground water. Comprehensive Community Development Plans undertaken by the Planning Commission consider soil and water con servation when recommending areas for future development, ft is felt that not only should existing conservation problems he treated, but new ones should be prevented. The State’s PROJECT 70 proposal was actively support ed by the Planning Commis sion thiough its Park & Open Space Adiisoiy Committee Several sites aie piesently be ing considered in the .County where these funds might be used The Commission feels that parks and open space areas will piomote Soil and Water Conservation as well as creating recieational facilities C. Bickley Foster, County Planner. Charles S Conrad, Jr , Chairman, Lancaster County Planning Commission. • Sugar Beets (Continued on Page 4) 20 applications for the remain ing two 19 66 quotas. “In view of the widespread interest in the reserve acreage program,’’ he said, “.t is rea sonable to assume that bills will be introduced in the Con gress to provide for n com parable program after 1966 ” Bushman noted it is possible that action may be taken to continue an acreage resene program for future years. Where two areas request quotas and intend to begin processing beets the same year, a selection is made on the basis (1) Firmness of capital com mitment, (2) suitability of the area for growing sugar beets, (3) the proximity of other mills, (4) need for a cash crop or a replacement crop and (5) accessibility to sugar markets In reviewing these requests, Bushman said, it has been found that firmness of capital commitment has been the most difficult for most localities to meet • Letters (Continued from Page 4) viotion. The if arm (publications « re painting a 'bright rosy ■future for the farmer an image of his goods and services- being desperately needed tor the-em. vival of the (world’s populub Unless the inventiveness of man suddenly ceases, I lean t “buy” this reasoning. I firing believe the farmer 'Of the fu ture 'Will have more tproblem 5 in merchandising than he m>w faces And, TODAY, not tomoi row is the time to start looTv. mg foi answers to this dilem ma. Sincerely, Carol Henlcel &tras‘buTg RI JPwfitabk "DEKALB” is a Reflstared Brand Nam«. Numbers arc Variety Oaslfnation. Headquarters for DeKalb Pullets DUTCHMAN FEED MILLS, INC. Stevens, R. D. 1, Pa. Phone Ephrata 733-3020
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