6—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 20.1969
ASCS News
Census Of Agriculture
Questionnaires will bo mail
eel to nil larmcis in Januaiy. ic
questing infoimation on agricul
tural activities in 1069
This is the mst time that the
census will be conducted by
mail The census is lequncd bv
law. and must be completed
and icturned to the Bui can of
Census not later than Febiuaiy
15. 1970
A leaflet will be mailed with
the questionnauc. and should
answer most of the questions
farmers may have In addition,
all USDA offices will have a
Census manual and will be able
to answer individual questions
Agricultural Conservation
Program
Enrollment m the 1970 Agri
cultural Conservation Program
opened November 3rd.
The allocation for 1970 is
$121,000. Because of limited
funds and increased interest in
the program, farmers should
enroll early for practices they
plan to complete in 1970,
Wool Marketing Year Ends
Wool growers are reminded
that the 1960 marketing year
ends December Slat
Producers should make sure
that all details of 1969 sales are
completed by this date Applica
tions for incentive payment on
wool and unshorn lambs sold
should file application at the
office by January 31st, 1970
Farmers must submit the oi i
ginal sales slip signed by the
buyer Those for unshorn lambs
must include a signed state
ment by the buyer that the
lambs weie unshoin at time of
sale
Payments will probably be
made in April, and will be based
on the national average price of
wool sold in 1969.
1970 Wheat & Feed Grain
Although details have not
been received to date, it is ex
pected that enrollment in the
1970 Wheat and Feed Gram pro
grams will open early in 1970,
probably starting in February.
Notices of allotments, bases,
yields and payment rates will
be mailed to all farmers before
sign-up starts, with the details
on both programs
Grange Challenges
Increased Motor
Vehicle Fees
A proposed increase In motor
vehicle license foes, as provided
In Senate Bill 1108. now befoie
the State Legislature, was dial
lenijed this week by the Penn
sylvania Slate Grange as "po
ing an inequitable and unfan
but den on a large body of ta.
payers least able to bear it ”
A Wayne Readingcr, stale
maslei of the Grange, said the
pioposed legislation is "con
tiary to established Giange
policy,” and that “if enacted
would cause financial haidship
to many persons of low income,
especially those who of ncces
sity must depend upon automo
biles or-small trucks for limited
use in essential transpoi lation ”
In the low income category he
listed retirees and many rural
residents, especially fai mers
with small or medium sized
operations Farmers, he said,
rely upon the smaller size trucks
to haul produce to market anti
to fetch their supplies
He pointed out that automo
biles and small trucks would
bear a dispropoi tionately heavy
share of the rate increase undei
the proposed legislation
This, Readinger stated, would
have a doubly unfair effect foi
many automobile owners and
small truck farmers whose use
of the highways is on a very
limited basis
j This unfair aspect, he added,
would affect also “many pro
fessional people for example,
visiting nurses, who must have
an automobile foi use in then
work, but may have little oc
casion to use it otheiwise ”
If motoi vehicle useis must
be taxed for new levenue, the
fairest method, Readinger de
clared, would be “thiough an
increase in the fuel tax whereby
the burden would be distribut
ed in direct ratio to use of the
highways,” This, he said, is the
stand the Pennsylvania State
Grange has taken as its official
policy.
Stevens Feed Mill, Inc. S. H. Hiestand & Company
Harold H. Good
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Stoner Wins
Third In
Essay Contest
Eric R Stoner of Lancaster,
a 10th term agronomy major at
The Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, won third place recently
in the 1969 American Society of
Agronomy Student Essay Con
test. Stoner’s article, “Multi
spectral Remote Sensing A
New Technology for World Ag
riculture,” earned him a bronze
medal and $BO
The ASA Student Essay Con
test is conducted annually Un
dei graduates in agionomy, ciop
science, and soil science aie eli
gible to enter Cash awaids foi
the five top winneis are donat
ed by DeKalb Agucultural Re
search, Inc This year, 41 es
says weie entered fiom 15 col
leges.
Stoner is a native of Lancas
ter County. During the past year
he served as vice president of
the student section of the
American Society of Agronomy
He is presently the president of
the Agronomy Club at Penn
State.
The presentation was made
at the recent meetings of Ameri
can Society of Agronomy held
at Detroit, Mich.
Fashion designers like the
look of pearls with fall and win
ter fashions
Leola
Terre Hill
MAKE US YOUR FARM HEADQUARTERS
Eric R. Stoner
A Christmas Wish!
We wish you all the best of holiday
a Christmas bright with joy.
cheer
Thanks to you our Christmas will be
a happy one . . . serving you has been
the greatest treat of all.
Stevens Feed Mill, Inc.
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