AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
VOL. 11 NO. 17
Effects Of Spreading Urbanization
Discussed At Area Farmer Meeting
Martmdale area farmers,
tatheied at the Lincoln In
dependent School Wednesday
mahl. heard three speakers in
a panel discussion of some of
the problems inherent in ur
banization of farm areas.
Public affair s - specialist
tiom Penn- State University,
William Carroll, told the
tanners that in “all the
northeast the most pressing
pi oblem presented by people
moving to the country is wa
tei supply and waste dispos
al and water pollution is
fast becoming a critical issue
The more people that move
in the greater the pressure
on vour land, Carroll said
He hneflv outlined the emin
ent domain legislation passed
last jear in Pennsylvania,
telling the farmers that this
meaningful piece ot legisla
Cattlemen Told To Provide Some
Shelter For Stock; Avoid Stress
Area cattle-feeders weie ex
posed to a double bat reled dose
of housing and disease infor
mation Monday night at the
imal of two extension meet
ings held at the Brecht School,
Lancastei
Appi oximately 50 cattlemen
heai d livestock extension
specialist Lester Buidette de
sciibe vanous types of hous
ing and mechanization for
handling feeder cattle After
showing a series of slides pic
tuung these systems, he gave
a detailed account of costs
veisus benefits to the feeder
‘ Some form of shelter is
definitely indicated to get the
best lesults in terms of piofits
late and cost of gain,” Bur
dette said “But,” the specialist
added, “research does not sup
poit any definite advantage, in
EXTENSION PERSONNEL who put on the second cattle feeder meeting this
are left to right: Lester Burdette, livestock specialist; M. M. Smith, Lancas
‘er County Agent; and Dr. Samuel Guss, veterinarian. L. F. Photo
tion liberalized the rights of
private property owners to
bargain aud to enter .into dis
cussions with anyone who
aimed to take their land for
public use
“And there will be more
and more pressure by people
who want to use your land
for such recreational pursuits
as hiking, swimming, fishing
and camping. As more pri
vate land is posted to prevent
trespassing, the pressure on
those who don’t post their
land will increase still furth
er,” Carroll said.
Farmers have two main
alternatives in trying to pre
serve their farmland, he
said I—They can band to
gether by aieas and mutual-
Ij agree that none will sell
his land for non-tanm, use,
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terms of profits, for housing
more elaborate than the open
front sheds ”
He suggested that the more
confinement and the moie
mechanization, the higher the
costs pei head of cattle handl
ed
In discussing mechanization
specifically, Burdette said the
feeder must have a profitable
alternative foi his time saved
through the use of mechanical
equipment, “otherwise, it (the
equipment) probably has little
more than prestige value,” he
cautioned the farmeis
Dr. Samuel Guss, extension
veterinarian from Penn State,
talked about that much used
but seldom understood word
STRESS “Stress is what an
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 26, 1966
Tony T. Dechant
Dechant Named
To Head NFU
Tonv T Dechant, secietdiy
treasurer tor the National
Farmers Union for the past
20 jeais was named last
week at the NFU’s G4th an
nual convention to succeed
retiinig president Janies G
Patton
The 5 0-veai-old Dechant is
a long-time piotege of Pat.
ton s In addition to his sec
i etai >jii ea&m ei capacity De
chant also served NFU as
v ice pi esident ot its hte in.
suian.e. piopertv and casual
tv companies and ot the hTFU
Development Coiporation, he
alsa was secietary of the
Fanneis Educational Founda
tion
A native Kans'an, Dechant
and his wife and two chil.
dien leside in Denver, Colo
rado
Also elected was Edwin
Chustianson He had previ-
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SWCD Lirectors Salute
Maresch; Meet New Co.
Conservationist, Bass
The directors of the Lancas
ter County Soil and Water
Conservation District said a
formal farewell to Wayne F
Maresch, SCS work unit con
servationist in the county for
the past two years, at a dinner
held last night at the Meadow
Hills Dining Room.
Maresch has been promoted
and reassigned to the SCS
Washington, D. C office where
he will serve as assistant chief
of the management recoids
branch
The dinner also served as an
opportunity to meet and wel
come the new county conserva
tionist who will be walking
with the district in the futuie
He is Oival A Bass, a native
of Nebraska, but lecently from
Pennsylvania’s Clai ion Coun
ty where he was the SCS woik
unit conseivatiomst foi the
past thiee years
Bass spent most of this week
getting a look at Lancastei
County as he tiaveled with
Maiesch He noted that al
though the farms appeal small
er and moie numeious than in
his home state, the countiyside
is not unlike that of southem
County Farmers 7 Assn.
To Hold Spring Meet.
The Lancaster County Farm
eis’ Association will hold its
annual Spung meeting Thuis
day, March 31, at 730 p m at
the Leola Memorial Building.
Featured speaker will be J
Carl Empie, vice-president of
the Pennsylvania Farmeis’ As
sociation
Wairen Leininger of Denver
R 2, will show pictuies of his
lecent tup to South Ameuca
Also, the various committees
will give reports on their acti
vities
Farm Calendar
March 28 • 1-4 30 pm, Ex
tension Service tobacco seed
cleaning and treating at John
Click’s Plant Faim, Smoke
town
630 pm, 4-H County
Council leadei’s banquet at
Plain & Fancy Faim, Bud
in-Hand.
7 30 pm, Ephiata Adult
Faimer Class, “Soil tests
and coin planteis”, at Eph
iata High School
730 pm, County FFA
Chgptei meets at Lampeter-
Stiasburg High School.
March 29 9-11 30 am. and
1-30 -4 30 pm, Extension
Service Tobacco seed clean
ing and treatment at PSU
Field Research Farm.
March 31 6 30 pm, Man
heim FFA Chapter Parent-
Son banquet at Manheim
HS. cafeteria
730 p.m, Lancaster Co.
Farmers Assn, annual Sprung
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$2 Per Year
Nebraska. Corn is the main
crop grown in that area, he
said, and much of it is grown
under irrigation Milo is an*
other crop which is grown ex
tensively out that way, but he
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Orval A. Bass
New Agent Joins
Extension Staff
Assistant county agent Har
vey Gipe joined the extension
service staff this week to tem
porarily fill the vacancy left
by Winthrop Mernam Mem
am is on leave, and is com
pleting requirements for a
Masters degree at Penn State
University
Gipe expects to be in the
county lor about four months,
and will be mainly concerned
with 4-H Club activities
Gipe is a native of the Eli
zabethtown area, on the Dauph
in County side, but he is no
stranger to Lancaster County.
Many of the Club activities in
which he engaged during his
eight years in 4-H work
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Harvey Gipe