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.”
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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.
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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,
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plus
This combination
gives you the best
from both.
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