—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5, 1966 6 County ASCS Office Reports On Program Results For 1965 A total of 700 farmers enrolled and completed needed con servation practices under the 1965 Agricultural Conservation Program. Practices were completed and cost-shares paid as follows: Practice Establishing permanent grass cover (lime, seed & fertilizer) 396 Contour stripcropping and hedgerow removal Planting Forest Trees Improving established cover (lime and fertilizer) Clearing and leveling pastureland Ponds for Livestock Water Establishing Sod Waterways Establishing permanent cover to protect diversions, ditch banks, etc. Constructing Cropland Terraces Constructing Diversion Terraces Constructing Open Drainage System Installing Tile Underdrains Ponds for Irrigation Establishing Winter Cover Crops Ponds for Fish Woodland Border & Hedgerow Management 2 45 Total payment to 700 farms $112,613 In addition to the amount paid farmers for establishing practices, $4112 of the 1965 ACP allocation was transferred to Soil Conservation Service for technical services needed in establishing permanent type conservation practices. The following payments were made in 1965 for wool and unshorn lambs sold during the 1964 marketing year: 128 producers received $1724 for shorn wool 82 producers received $ 513 for unshorn lambs sold. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM Only three farms still remain under Conservation Reserve Contract These farms earned $370 for maintaining 29 acres in grass or tree cover. PRICE SUPPORT LOANS Wheat 75 fanners received $64,002 on 48,593 bushel of wheat stored in local warehouses and 6 fanners received $3722 for 3269 bushel of wheat stored on the faim. Barley 2 farmeis leceived $857 for 952 bushel of barley stored on the faim Coin 3 fanners received $3541 for 3300 bushel of corn stoied on the farm. FEED GRAIN PROGRAM Payments weie made on 382 farms under the Feed Grain Progiam Diveision payment of $229,517 was made for diveiting 4780 acies fiom com, 12 aeies fiom giam sorghum and 323 acies from bailey. Price support payment of $27,019 was paid for the 2 217 acies of feed grain giown Undei the 1965 Wheat Piogiam, 521 faiineis received divexsion and/oi certificate payments 811,439 was paid for 482 acies divei+ed, and ceitificate payments of 579 059 on 4,746 aeies of wheat giown Lancaster County ASCS Committee Fleet G Selclomiiclge Elmer L Huber John J Heir Office Hanagei choose from in the Mueiler line of ■ bulk milk coolers*** < I ' Sv, M U E LLE R L H. BRUBAKER 350 Strasburg Pike, Lancaster R. D. 3, Lititz, Pa. Ptftne: Lane. 397-5179 Strasburg 687-6002 Lititz 626-7766 No. of Farms Units Amount 351 4 5 19 186 WOOL PROGRAM WHEAT PROGRAM Dorothy Y Neel 1 models to £ Jj sa . . . New "Economy Model R," popular Model “M” atmospheric and labor saving vacuum Model "V.” Whatever type of cooler you may prefer, you’ll find it in the Mueller Ime, and you may choose from a large range of sizes (100 thiu 2000 gallon) for the one that fits your herd exactly, a Come in and let’s review your milk cooling requirements ... it may he the best investment vou ever made. 4,432 acres $ 37,173 1,120 acres 5,388 16 acres 118 4,552 acres 41,492 16 acres 240 5 ponds 1,361 10 acres 2,958 12 acres 351 50,780 feet 6,435 13 terraces 1,929 1,530 cu. yds. 218 25,405 feet 4,054 3 ponds 1,500 3,952 acres 9,171 2 ponds 182 1 acre nf?7- *' Dl— ,tftes expressed the feeling county riannmg thrt soil conservation and U agriculture ar© important in tomm. IxCpUxlS the .present and future econ- Consv. Actions ° nw 01 *”*'• Although the Lancaster County Planning Commission had no cooperative programs during 196i5 with the Soil & Wate r Conservation District, they did hold two Joint meet i'ngs for Informational pur poses. Pn July of 19'6(5, EM1 S Har med, planning director, ex plained the Commission’s data on population, housing, employment trend s and pro jections in Lancaster County, It showed that the areas hav ing the most growth and de velopment in the county also are the areas that are most desirable for agricultural purposes. In August 196'5, the SWiOD directors, and county conser vationist "Wayne Maresch, met with the Planning Com mission to explain the pro gram of the District, and the various activities i'n which it is involved. This Was an in formational meeting during which the District representa- Dist. Forester’s Report Shows County Fires Up According to District For ester'W. P. Moll of the Val ley Forge Forest District, in the annual report submitted by Service Forester John H. Kitch, forest tires in Lancas ter County nulmlbered 18, compared to 14 in the pre ceding year. The total acre age burned over, however, was up from 28 acres to 139 acres in the county. Other Forest Service ac complishments In the area in- Cover crops seeded on clhded: Wood-lot owners as- fitrips> „ Strips m , oKed 18 sisted, 61; Woodlots marked acrea; WoodlSm , d borde cut> for cutting, 3; Trees distrib- released utedi, 91,500; Tree planting 350 1/111 Ft ” Tree ® release “’ assistance, 30; Management 99'5; Roads maintained to assistance, 11; Timhe r stand food plots, 10 miles; Shrubs improvement, 4; Agricultural and vines released, 260; For conservation requests, 7; Edu- est thinnings and cuttings, cational, 10; Disease, 1. 21. Pa. Game Comm. Work In County The following accomplish ment report by the Game Commission shows work com pleted In Lancaster County during the past year, accord, ing to T. A. Reynolds, super visor, Southeast Dlv. On the four (4) Farm Game Proj ects we have a total of 28,- 12.2 acres; Fanners contacted, 372; Coniferous distributed, 6,- 4 s