—-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25, 1967
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Need For Changes In State’s
Water Resources Laws Cited
“Pennsylvania needs to modi
fy its laws in allocating water
resources,'' declared an author
ity on lec.il studies involving
hind and viator research re
cently Benjamin V. Dali of
the institute foi Research on
Land and Water Resources.
Penn State Umveisity. dis
cussed aspects of A’ater re
souice management at a train
ing piogiam for the Coopeia
live Extension Service.
Dali stated that “oui pies
ent definition of piogiess is
seuously andei mined by the
economic and legal uncertain
ties caused by the Ripanan
Doctrine."
He said "the Ripaiian Doc
trine, in .ts .strictest sense,
giants piuperty owneis a right
to have water flow through
then land undimimshed in
both quantity and quality Un
der this doctrine, landowneis
boi deiing on a stream have
lights to use watei. but do not
own the watei itself," he
added.
Dali piedicled that the Ri
pauan Doctrine would soon be
found inadequate in solving
the piob'lems of water lights
with icspect to domestic wa
ter use, public water supply,
lecieation, and irrigation
The situation will become
critical, he stated, as large
numbers of farmers turn
more to artificial irrigation
of crops especially in dry
years.
He leeommended that the
Flame Control
For Alfalfa
Weevil
Alfalfa weevils must be con
trolled if alfalfa is to continue
as a foiage ciop Flaming is
one of th» best control meth
ods yet developed, according
to Di Jack Rowell, entomolo
gist fiom Virginia Polytechnic
Institute, BlacksbU'-g, and Di
Wai ren Thompson, extension
agionomisl at the University
of Kentucky
Flaming is cheaper than
chemical oontiol which re
quites two sprays followed by
latei weed conti ol sprays One
flaming to contiol both insects
and annual weeds costs $9 per
acie, while the ohemidal con
ti ols cost $ll pei acre, ac
coidang to Rowell
He told the audience at the
agionotny sessions of the Um
veisity ol Delawaie’s Farm
and Home Week that flaming,
in Jamiaiv or February will,
contiol weevils, meadow spittle
bug and pea aphids It also:
kills such annual weeds as
common benbit, geiman moss,
mustaid and common chick
weed, if it’s not too matted
Of couise flaming will only
kill weeds actually giowmg at
the time, not the weed seeds
still unspiouted in the giound
Thompson also pointed out
that flaming even conti ols
some plant diseases, including
black stem
Alfalfa comes back after
flaming in good shape Thomp
son and Rowell emphasized
The 2200degiee teinpeiatuie
of the flaming gas moves
swiftly enough that the alfal
fa crown is undamaged and
the plant staits growing in a
few' days Flaming must be
done ‘ while plants are still
dormant, but after weevil eggs
are laid Rowell recommended
flaming between January 15
and March 1, under Virginia
conditions.
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problem be approached by in
tegrating scientific knowledge
with economic analysis. Such
an approach should be stim
ulated by government at the
slate level he affirmed.
The Penn .Stater said legal
and economic questions re
garding water resources will
become more severe as the
population explosion requires
greater food production from
reduced farm acreage. .More
and more, he cautioned, the
farmer who needs costly Ir
rigation equipment will hesi
tate to buy when he is not
sure of his rights to water.
Dali pointed out that at
tempts to legislate changes in
the Riparian Doctrine will
have to pass a test of con
stitutionality As an example,
the state of Noith Oaiolma
repealed a statute in 1961
which had set up a procedure _ „ ,
for issuing peimits to farmers Giemer, Manheim; Henry W
using watei foi irrigation Too Mantm, Ephrata, Robert and
many prob'ems aiose to make ® o °k'Eareville, ir ® l ?
the statute workable under all S A , u T Elizabethtown, Mel
conditions. Dali concluded vin G-roff, Lancaster, John
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