4— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11. 1967 From Where We Stand ♦.. The Solution To Pollution Is Everyone's Concern Pollution, like conservation, begins at home. Every pollutant has a source, and we all make our contributions some substantial, some small. Pollution needs to be separated in to two kinds: Air and Water. Although each is important, we’re concerned here primarily with foul air. Yes, even in Lancaster County. And the closer you live to the metropolitan area, the more you will agree, we are sure. On the grounds that air moves freely from state to state and across wide regions of the country, the federal government is probably on the verge of a sweeping control measure. Maybe this will be the ultimate solution to this growing problem. For certain it will un-_ less local and regional communities get on the ball real soon. A federal law is already putting pressure on the automobile manufac turers requiring new cars to be equipp ed with air pollution control devices on the exhaust systems. This is one area in which the federal government can act meaningfully, and must. We’ve seen very little written about controlling excess exhaust on buses and trucks. With most of these emitting huge clouds of incompletely burned diesel fuel, controlling car ex hausts and not truck and bus fumes would be an inadequate measure. But air pollution is not someone else’s problem. It is ours, it is here, and it has no wav to get but worse. But we do have a choice we can wait for Uncle Sam to step m with general solu tions for specific cases, or we can make a beginning in each community, and en courage and support efforts at the state level If we continue to wait, the decision PANEL OF LOCAL DAIRYMEN at Tuesday’s County Dairy Day are from left: Rohrer Witmer, J Mowery Frey, Jr , William Arrowsmith, and Mrs Herbert Royer All panelists had herds averaging over 500 pounds of fat last year. Stand ing is Harry Mumma, president of the Lancaster County Guernsey Breeders Assn , who served as toastmaster. L - P Photo • County Dairy Day 'Continued trom i) said he had a somewhat lower conception late than that last yeai, but had since corrected the problem , All waited between 60-90 days after calving for lebreed- LAIfCASTER PARKING I.»nca»ter County’* Own rat'ji Weekly PO Box 2IjG - Lotus’, Pa 1754.1 Office 22 i: Mam st, Lilit/, l'a 1T742 Phone: Lancaster Litit/ 530-2191 Don Timmons, Jalitor Robert O Campbell, Advertising Director < Subscription price J 2 per viar In Lancaster Countv , T 3 elsewhere Established November 4, 19^5 Published even Satin (lav bv Lancaster Farming, Litit/., f?k Second Class Postage paid.'kt Xait iiz. Pa 17543 ," Ing, and allowed an eight-week cliy period Although panelists reported induidual cows might have a ‘ bad quartei ” now and then, none felt mastitis was a par ticulai problem in his herd. HOUSING SYSTEMS While each dairyman listed some degree of automation m his operation, none was auto mated to a high degree One Holstein breeder reported plans lo expand held size and to in stall extensive labor-saving equipment. , - ; l 194-4047 »r outlook; In loolufig; to the* future of- 5 cl any fanping /■ an Lancaster ‘ County, the group feR. strongly that the family farm operations that have been so important to •will be made for us, and we won’t like it! ★ ★ ★ Congratulations, LCFAI Our congratulations to the Lancas ter County Farmers’ Association mem bership committee for scoring another first for Pennsylvania’s number one agricultural county. According to a recent announce ment by the state farmers’ association, the county group became the first m Pennsylvania to reach the 1000-member level. This magic figure represents appro ximately 20 percent of the commercial farms in Lancaster County. It is fitting that so many farm families in the Gar den Spot should support this associa tion which believes in freedom of deci sion for the American farmer. The independent views of state and county associations of farmers are reflected on the national scene through the American Farm Bureau Federation. Detractors have labeled these views too conservative, and have charged AFBF with being in cahoots with large food chains, processors, and other industry giants, whom it is said will eventually enslave the American farmer. AFBF and its state and county branches feel, on the contrary, that if any single force seeks to enslave and manipulate our farmers it is the federal government. These organizations figure farmers are better off taking their chances in the market-place than in Washington. They prefer that decisions effecting farmers be made by farmers, not by an entrenched bureaucracy. We heartily applaud that stand, and believe it may be the salvation of the American farmer. In fact, couldn’t the whole country use a shot of that independent spirit about now? this area will continue to dom inate the dairy scene Most thought they would need to increase herd size mod erately, and would have to au tomate somewhat in the future There was general agreement, however, on the merit of con tinuing the effort to improve individual cow performance, lather than simply increasing herd size HERD HEALTH Another speaker. Dr Samuel Guss, Penn State University ex tension veterinarian, told the dairymen that the disease In fectious Bovine Rhinotrache itis, called IBR, or “Red Nose”, i r an increasing problem among dairy cattle. “There as no .good treat ment,” the veterinarian said. live and Justice Leiton for March 12, 1967 SaclfraunJ S