Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, January 10, 1970, Image 29

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Lancaster Farming, Saturday. January 10,1970-20
By L. 11. Bull
Pa. Secretary of Agriculture
veiled to a multitude of non
cultural pui poses
Much of this (hvcilcd acreage
was used to meet the land io
qiniemcnts of out inci casing
population and Pennsylvania s
lapidly expanding economy
As a mallei of fact, Pennscl
vania’s population has inci cased
by approximately half a million
pei sons during the decade now
chawing to a close Some econ
omists pi edict anothei million
w ill be added by 1980
Concein ovci these tiends
piompted Goveinoi Raymond P.
Shafei to appoint a committee
two yeais ago to study the situa
tion and lecommend steps for
the wise use of land
Eaihei this month this com
mittee the Go'unois Com
mittee foi the Picscication of
\gi iculluial Land pi evented
its icpoit and suggested a plan
ioi consoi vmg vital faimland.
The plan pi oposes establish
ment of agucultuial use aieas
with a minimum of 4,000 contig
uous acies and cuibs to check
possible diveision of this land to
other uses
It also lecommended establish
ment of a commission, “posses
sing expeuence and knowledge
in agncultuie,” which would le
view proposed conveisions of ag
ucultural land
The committee added this com
ment -
“Prime agucultural land is a
basic raw material which man
can shape and use for any pur
pose Once the topsoil is iemo\-
ed and conciete or ashphalt is
poured, this land is peimanentlv
removed fiom food and fiber
pioduction Moreovei it is no
longer filtering lamfall 01 fost
ering the growth of oxygen
giving plant life ”
“The committee is convinced
it reported, “that the pieserva
tmn of a poition of the Common
wealth’s best agncultuial land is
absolutely necessary and vital to
the social and economic ivell be
ing of Pennsylvania ”
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