—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5, 1966
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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
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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
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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<o'j Wildlife border cut, 7,-
81915 tin. Ft.; Refuge s main
tained, IS; Safety Zone es
tablished, 132.
There are four (4) tracts
of State Game Lands in Lan
caster County comprising a
total of 4,231 acres: