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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 24, 1965
Next month the SWCD di
rectors will hold another
• County Planning growth in the county has been meeting with the coun
-7 3 jn the areas of our best agri- ly planning commission and
(Continued from Page 1) cultural soils. The Lancaster will attempt to outline reason
sion in housing would be in plain, so-called, which is a ablc goals and objectives.for
the greater Lancastei area, belt of limestone soil running planning agricultural land.use
and m the "northern and east- east and west through the in thc county. Planning pres
ern parts of the county. center of the county, has been en tly 13 the only function of
The big question that was an attractive site for home- thc Lancaster County Plan
in the minds of the district builders This has resulted in nin S Commission, Harned em
directors future land use land values in these sections phasized, “Planning and zon
in the county effecting agn- which are not realistic for in S are not the same thing,
culture has no answer at farming. Planning projects needs and
this time apparently. It is to- land use for the future; zon
ward the goal of formulating 'Statistics show that farm an g is the most feasible way
sudh a plan that will serve population has declined in the to implement that plan,” he
the best interests of farming county, but we still have a stated,
and the county that the plan- l* r § er rural-farm population ,
ners and the conservationists *” an an y °^ er county in the
hOTi* ta poonernte State, or in nation as a LANPETER-STRASBURG
nope to co pe a . whole. The planning director COOKS END SEASON
also pointed out three gener- I
al trends for county agricul- by Carol Groff, reporter.
ture: land in farms has de- The last meeting of the
creased: total value of produc- Lampeter-Strasburg 4-H Cook
tion has increased; production jn o Clulb was held at the
'per acre has increased. In de- home of Mrs. Robert Hess on
tailing these figures, he Tuesday, July 20. At that
showed that farms below 180 time, the memihers made Car
acres had decreased in recent r °ts and Onions, and Baked
times, and those above 180 Macaroni with Cheese,
acres had increased in per- a demonstration was given
centage of total farms in the by Carol Hess and Doris
county. While land in farms shenk on Tablesetting and
declined by 16,000 acres be- Centerpiece,
tween 1954 and 1959, the av- On August 6 they will have
erage acres per farm increased then Roundup at Penn Manor,
from 62 7t068 4 They Wlll make Yea st Rolls.
Harned pointed out that the
factors that make Lancaster
County desiraible for agricul
ture soil, climate, markets,
level land also make it de
sirable for building. The coun
ty and its general geographic
location have been factors
that encouraged industry to
locate in the area. In recent
times, Lancaster County, has
been known as one of the
most prosperous counties in
the nation. This has been due
to the two partners, agricul
ture and industry. County
Commissioner Chairman Ben
Weaver, who was also present
at the conference, commented
on the “balance” of industry
and residential influence in
the townships and in the
county He said this balance
has enabled Lancaster County
to enjoy one of the lowest tax
rates of any county in south
eastern Pennsylvania
Industi lal growth, Harned
observed, m general tends to
follow the major transporta
tion routes This has resulted
in the many satellite areas
which have developed around
our boroughs
Unfortunately, much of the
industrial and residential
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