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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, January 7, 1967
Eminent Domain
Law Reviewed
For Landowners
County fanners and other
landovvneis last Fiiday after
noon were told that under the
new eminent domain law land
owners must be paid 100 per
cent of the appraised value of
land taken for highways with
in 60 days after declaration
of taking
Hollis Hatfield, legislative
secretaiy of the Pennsylvania
Faimeis' Association, was the
featuied speakei at the Mount
Joy Fne Hall meeting spon
sored by the Lancaster Coun
ty Farmeis’ Association.
The key to settlement in
these matters, Hatfield advised,
is to keep a rein on tempeis
and to maintain fnendly le
lations Most cases can be set
tled out ol court, he added
Hatfield advised the land
owneis not to be lushed into
a damages settlement, the sta
tute of limitations on this is
six. yeais, he said
In suggesting piocedures to
follow, Hatfield said damages
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should be recorded as they oc
cur, and a value placed on
each for final settlement.
He listed things to consider
as damages should include
lawn, crops, loss of business,
decreased land value, moving
expenses, and even loss of a
desirable milk market if farm
er is forced to relocate.
After land is 'taken, Hat
field advised, farmers should
apply to their local tax offices
for reassessment on a lesser
number of acres
The PFA was instrumental
in getting the new eminent
domain law written and passed.
Hatfield fold the farmers, and
did so ovei the opposition of
the Highway Department
• '67 Outlook
(Continued from Page 1)
that could bode good for some
faimeis and not so good .for
some otheis
Poiter said that Pennsylvan
ia will have a recoid year in
teims of cash receipts, with
gioss income running well
above §BOO million He pre
dicted that inci eased pi educ
tion expenses would ieduce the
net income figuie somewhat
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this year. He added that the
southeastern quarter of Penn
sylvania accounts for approxi
mately one-half of the state’s
farm income.
DAIRY
In discussing the outlook for
dairy farmers, Johnstone not
ed reduced milk supplies, im
proved prices, and a slacking
off in increased production per
cow. “These are the major fac
tors in the situation we see
today,” the economist said.
He added that increased
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92 YEARS OF GROWTH
That's the history of Miller & Bushong .established
back in 1875 as a crossroads mill now a busy, throbb
ing plant helping poultrymen turn out more and better
meat and eggs, more rapidly, more efficiently, more
economically than even dreamed of a few short
cao.
It took good planning on the part of the
founders Good management, too. And good
teamwork on the part of our co-workers.
Most of all it took that continuous urge
and desire to do each day a little better
than the day before.
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all these years, go our sincere thanks. We look with
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beef cattle prices have influ
enced heavy culling in dairy
herds, and have provided in
centive for dairymen to switch
to beef production, further ac
celerating the decline in num
ber of dairy cows. He said
that reduction of Pennsylvan
ia dairy herds in 1966 was
only 1.5 percent, well below
the averages of other regions.
Johnstone also noted the
break-down on Lancaster Coun
ty milk shippers, and the mar
kets to which they ship. He
said 1052 ship to the New
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HOGS
With only a three perceiin
increase in farrowings indicat
ed this year, Porter said, and
a strong beef demand, hog
prices should hold up faiifly
well through 1967.
People die physically due to
lack of food: mentally, for lack
of ideas.
years