Deer Should Be Legal Deductions For Farmers HARRISBURG Farmers should be able to claim deer as dependents when they fjle 1 heir income tax. Pennsylvan ia’s Secretary of Agriculture be lieves. Leland H Bull said this would be one way the farmer would be compensated for the damages deer do to crops each year “My statement about claiming deer as dependents may sound ridiculous,” Bull said, “but I make it to emphasize the tre mendous losses farmers suffer in areas over-populated with deer.” (Continued on Page 18) Poultry Technician Course Set July 17-20 HARRISBURG The Penn sylvania Department of Agricul ture has announced that appli cations will be received until July 1 for enrollment in the sixth poultry technician train ing course for qualified laymen. July 17 through 20, at the Penn Slate University. Application blanks are avail able from the Bureau of Ani mal Industry in Harrisburg Each application must be ac companied by a check or money order for S 5 payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvan ia. This fee will be returned if the applicant is not accepted for training or if he fails to qualify for a license An appli cant must be 21. a citizen of the United States (or legally declar ed his intention to become a citizen), of good moral charact er. and have completed at least eight years of education or its equivalent. The class will be limited to approximately 15 trainees Sat isfactory completion of the course leads to issuance of a license as a poultry technician. Ims permits the licensee to engage in the drawing of blood samples from chickens and other fowl to be used in the slate’s pullorum disease testing program, supplementing the work of veterinarians. The technician, however, is prohibit ed from performing any other function requiring a veterinari an’s license Those who really want to do something find a way others find excuses. Lancaster Farming. Saturday, April 29,1967 — SECOND SECTION River Basin Compact Stacked Against Pa., PFA Director Says “The people of Pennsylva nia should request their mem bers of the General Assembly to thoroughly study and under stand the proposed compact for the Susquehanna River Basin", said Franklin White o F Muncy, Pennsylvania, a member of the board of directors of the Penn sylvania Farmers’ Association, today “What kind of a one-way contract is our Legislature get ting us into that permits the federal government to with draw and set Us conditions for membership while the other parties, New York, Maryland, and Pennsylvania arc prohib ited from withdrawing -1 ” asked White. RAMROD Available at P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. SMOKETOWN, PA. 397-3539 for pre-emergence in cdoi ATRAZINE We recommend it! P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. SMOKETOWN, PA. Referring specifically to Ar ticle I of Senate Bill 479, in troduced by State Senator Zehnder Contair of Williams port While pointed out that of the four parties to the com pact. only the federal govern ment has the right to with draw as a party to the com pact Congress is also given a free hand to revise the terms and conditions under which it may remain a party to the compact. •‘Congress ma> decide,” said White, ‘‘not to pay its share of the costs as a condition to re main a party to the compact. Or, Congress may come up with some adverse ideas 30 years from now that seriously affect Pennsylvania And Penn sjlvama would be stuck” ‘‘Of all business dealings I know of, my bank would have been out of business a long time ago if it had permitted the farmers in my area to bor row money on the condition that the farmers could with draw from the loan agree ment, or set their own terms of payment ” Attending a statewide meet ing of over 120 county Farm ers’ Association voting dele gates at the Chalet Restaurant, (Continued on Page 18) plus This combination gives you the best from both. 13 Phone 397-3539
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers