!6—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 26.1969
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A View From The Governor's Office
By Gov. Raymond P. Shafer
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By Gov, Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania soon will be
come the site of the Nation’s
first research center devoted to
helping the states use science
and technology to solve the
pioblems of cities, pollution and
other envnonmental dilemmas.
This Administration, through
the new Pennsylvania Science
and Engineering Foundation,
has agreed to help fund such
a Center for the Study of State
Science Policy with the Federal
Government and Penn State
Univeisity.
The National Science Founda
tion will contribute $61,000; the
Science and Engineering Found
ation. $25,000; and Penn State,
$12,595 The center will be
established at the State College
campus.
This center is being establish
ed to help our Commonwealth
and other states use the enor
mous potential and resources of
science in their efforts to im
prove the standard and comfort
of living for all citizens
For years, we have been using
science in industry to produce
more and better goods, and m
government to produce sophis
ticated machinery for defense
and the conquest of space.
But we have not yet demand
ed that the full attention of our
scientists be given to solving
the problems of water air and
land pollution. We have not
asked them to devote full time
to producing better and cheapei
low income housing with new
metals and other modern
materials We have not involved
the scientists enough in finding
ways to provide better and less
expensive health care facilities
This fact has greatly concern
ed my Science Advisory Com
mittee which is now at work on
ways we Pennsylvanians can de
velop a ‘ Science for Society”
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program. Establishment of the
new center is part of that plan.
The first assignment of the
centei’s staff will be to examine
what Pennsylvania and other
states have done to develop
policies for the involvement of
science in public matters.
Too often states establish long
range programs in urban aid,
conservation, environmental
health, and transportation with
out being fully aware of the
scientific implications or with
out using the expertise of the
scientific community.
Pennsylvania has attempted
to correct this problem by the
establishment of the Governor’s
Science Advisory Committee.
The Committee has been help
ful in conservation and trans
portation policy-making and,
most recently, suggested guide
lines for the establishment of a
policy for developing “new
towns” within the Common
wealtth.
The new center will be very
helpful in the exchange of in
formation between the states.
For example, other states with
the problems of acid-mine water
pollution will benefit from
Pennsylvania’s new experience
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219 S. Railroad Ave. 27 E. 4th St.
354-2146 786-2126
Lancaster
Manheim Pike and Dillerville Road, Lancaster
394-0541
with treatment plants. The cen
tei will be able to communicate
that experience fully and in
telligently to those states that
aie establishing programs to
combat pollution from mining
operations.
I am proud that Pennsylvania
has the foresight to develop this
center at a time when the world
is observing the most historic
event of our time the landing
of men on the Moon. This is
being done because the people
of the Nation had the spirit and
willingness to meet the chal
lenge and the faith that their
scientists could produce the re
sult.
Tornadoes
The heavily populated area of
southern Illinois is estimated to
have more severe tornadoes per
unit of population than any
other part of the United States.
The most disastrous of all time
occurred there in 1925, with a
loss of 742 lives.
CHALLENCE YOUR HERD!
Find out how good your herd really is.
Let us put your herd on a
Pioneer Challenge
Feeding Program
Stop in and see us. We will tell you how.
S ELMER M. SHREINER
Trading as Good’s Feed Mill
Specializing in DAIRY & HOG FEEDS
New Providence, Pa.
•INGE 1870 Phone 786-2500
Livestock Comfort
The comfort of livestock dur
ing extremely hot weather is
very important if they are to
produce efficiently. Both hot
weather and high humidity re
duce the output of all livestock
and every practice should be ex
ercised to reduce the suffer
ing. A liberal supply of cold
water at all times is suggested,
because water intake will in
crease with extreme tempera
tures. Shade is essential either
from trees or artificial struc
tures. Within buildings electric
fans are good to keep the air
moving. All windows and doors
should be open for maximum
cross ventilation. Salt consump
tion will increase during the
summer months and should be
provided free choice. Hogs suff
er the greatest and must have
shade along with their water;
sprinkler or fogging devices in
the pens to provide extra com
fort is worth the effort; a wet
or moist floor is enjoyed by
swine in hot weather. Keep live
stock comfortable for greatest
returns.