Scott Supports
Pototo Diversion
Senator Hugh Scott (R-Pn) Clifford M Hardin asking the
this week urged the Department clary “> "immediately insti
of Agriculture to establish a po- « l * " P°' at ° 'liversjon
tato diversion program at "the n * ,n c^ol 10 i ,a * l n ser ' oU!l
highest possible base price to price decline" in the potato mar
growers." The Senate Republican kct. Such a program would di-
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Leader Joined with Senator
Frank Church (D.-ldaho) in a
letter to Agriculture Secretary
Phone 717-626-8585
vert potatoes from normal chan*
nets of trade to other uses such
as starch ami feed.
The letter follows.
The Honorable
ClKToul M Hardin
Secretary of Agricultinc
United Stales
Deparlmenl of Agriculture
Washington, I). C.
Dear Mr Secretary:
In recent weeks, indications of
serious price decline have ap
peared in the potato market.
Potato growers in our states
have strongly urged that the De
partment of Agriculture immed
iately institute a potato diversion
program in hopes that the de
cline can be halted and prices
stabilized.
Broad powers have been plac
ed in the hands of the Depart
ment of Agricultpre to meet mar
ket problems caused by surplus
es of this nature. It is our belief
that a legitimate cause fo con
cern and action exists. To par
tially alleviate the hardships
which many growers are suffer
ing under current conditions,
and in the hope of stablizing po
tato prices, we request that a
diversion program be granted
providing for the highest possi
ble base price to growers ”
Money Raisc<
Herbert Hoover raised more
money for the relief Oi war-des
titude persons than anyone else
in history. More than $8 1 billion
in government and private funds
were allocated to World War I
relief under his direction
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. December 20.1069
Delaware Act Allows New
Basis For Farmland Tax
Farmland owners in many ur
banizing stales run the risk of
extremely high assessments
for land taxes if they arc based
solely on land market value A
nearby major highway, housing
development or industry may
make the market value of farm
land shoot up, but its capacity
for farm production does not
change
The 1968 Delaware Farmland
Assessment Act which applies
to their state, allows farmland
owners to choose whether they
want to have their land assessed
on the basis it has been in the
past or according to the land’s
value for agricultural produc
tion. The law was explained in
a recent series of county meet
ings sponsored by the State
Farmland Evaluation Advisory
Committee in cooperation with
the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice.
The Act set up a three-mem
ber State Farmland Evaluation
Advisory Committee which pri
marily is responsible for deter
mining the “fair” value of Dela
ware land based on its agricul
tural productive capabilities
Assessment of farmland on
the basis of its productive value
presents a number of pioblems,
according to the Committee Fa
act measures of the innate pro
ductivity of various soil types
arc not available, however, rea
sonable estimates can be made.
Soil typos, land use and net
faim income woic used in the
determination of the “fair”
values
The procedure was simplified
by giotiptng the 150 soil types
found in Dclawaic into five
group These groups range from
Group A, soils with vciy high
productivity suitable for per
manent cultivation, down to
Group E, soils with very severe
limitations for cultivated crops,
thus generally not tillable
Land on Delaware farms is
used for a variety of purposes
which directly affect the in
come received. The uses con
sidered as a part of the basis for
determining value were crop
land harvested, cropland pastur
ed, permanent pastuie and
woodland
To be eligible for the now
assessment, (1) land must be
actively used for agricultural
purposes, (2) at least five acres
must be included in the farm
besides the area used for faim
house and yard, and (3) gross
sales, including government
farm program payments, must
amount to $5OO or more per
year
Landowners must apply an
nually befoie Febiuaiy 1 for
the new type of assessment, ac
cording to the law Obviously, a
landowner will not want to ap
ply for this re-assessment unless
it will lower his land taxes To
decide whether or not to apply,
landowneis should figure out
approximately what his new
taxes would be
In order to find out, a land
owner will need a soil suivey
map of his land. This can be ob
tained through the office of the
Soil Conservation Service or
through the county agents.
From the soil survey map and
information in the University of
Delaware’s Agricultural Experi
mental Station Circular 13, the
farmland can be classified into
the five soil groups In addition,
the owner classifies the land
according to its use
Pennsylvania Egg Production
Down Slightly
Pennsylvania layeis pioduced
an estimated 255 million eggs in
Novembei, one percent below' a
year earliei. and 4 percent be
low October 1969 Average num
bei of layers m flocks during
Nov at 14,560,000, as 1 peicent
below a year eailiei, but 1 per
cent above October 1969
The average price received by
farmers for all eggs was up
from mid-Octobei by 10 cents,
and is also 10 cents above a year
ago With average price for lay
ing mash the same as a month
earlier, the egg-feed ratio is more
attractive
The October egg-type hatch,
at 2,121,000, was up 19 percent
from a year eaiher, and 76 per
cent above October 1967 Total
egg-type hatch for the US in
October was 40 million, down I
percent fiom a year earliei
Stocks of eggs in cold stoiage
November 1 amounted to 1,332,-
000 cases, down 7 percent fiom
a month earlier, and 43 percent
below a yeai eailiei
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you meet them every time you
turn around.”
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