"I—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 30.1970 Local Leaders Review Conservation Program (Continual f, om Page 1) aster County bv existing pro rams if adequate funds wcic nade available poihaps twice he current levels —New const) action is a very enous erosion and sodimenta ion problem in this area Pen lay commented. “In agncul lire, we seem to be beating our irains out and the building in dustry is one of the biggest vio ators and no one’s bothering them.' ’ —ACP is being hint more from a fund pnonty stand point than from the fact it’s not a good progiatn As the agri cultural population becomes relatively smaller, it’s necessary to look increasingly to city >-otes to get piograms such as \CP funded Perhaps ACP hould become more involved vrth urban pioblems —Animal wastes are becomi ng a biggei problem Com lamts are being made in reasmgly both fi om an air and vater pollution standpoint —Well pollution is a serious Problem —lt was agreed that most masting ACP piograms aie needed under some conditions and m some aieas But each area must take the overall ACP package and set pnouties that fit it’s own paiticulai aiea and farming conditions —Concern was expressed about a growing tendency of some farmers to cut coiners on established conservation prac tices This includes making grass strips narrower to the -'oint where the strips are prac ically worthless as a strip-crop-, ->ing device. Corn production is expanding <n the county, perhaps by as much as five to 10 per cent this ear alone, it was noted, along with the concern that this ex ansion is accompanied in some ;reas by a disregard for sound '■onservation practices Atrazme has ruled out winter cover crops in some areas and where corn is grown continuously for several years, some farmers may be faced with wholesale erosion of their soil, it was re ported —Terraces and sod and tile waterways remain as the back bone of the local conservation effort, Bass said —Robert K. Mowrer, Soil Conservation District chairman, -aid local municipalities are going to have to plan for their ewage needs in advance, in stead of waiting five to 10 years •ifter their facilities are inade quate. —While chemical fertilizers .n streams is now a problem, 'his problem will be controlled *f the sediment problem is con trolled —lnsecticides and pesticides are not a problem overall, but are problems in individual in stances only when a paiticular farmer misuses a chemical The state has found that many of the fish kills fiom this source are caused when a particular farmer backs up to a stieam and dumps left ovei chemicals into it in laige volumes —Posting of land against Maple Syrup Output* Up The Commonwealth’s sugai bush produced an climated 94,- 000 gallons of maple snup this season, accoiding to the Pennsyl vania Crop Repoiting Seivice The 1970 pioduction was up 9 per cent fiom las,, jeai’s fair output and neaily one thud moie than the poor 19G8 total hunting and lishmg is a giow mg pioblem. not so much bv fai mei s as b.\ city people who buy laud and post it This ti end goes against elfoits by the stale to piomote open land, Mowicr said The only thing worse, he said is another small group of urban people who abuse piopeily. tearing down fences, shooting near buildings and even cutting fences instead of crawling un der —ln adiscussion on whether non-farmers who own land should get ACP money, it was generally agreed that each case must be considered on its own merits, based on such factors as the value of the conservation practices to the public and on the applicant’s financial need —Concern was expi essed about the ACP progiam only being funded on a yearly basis, making it difficult to reach agreements to help finance con servation practices on large land tracts Such laige pro grams generally have to be un dei taken over several years and the owners aie often reluctant to start without assurances of Richard A. Pennay You can still get weeds in corn with AAtrex plus For fast kill of weeds that are up, H H apply AAtrex plus an emulsifiable H H crop oil. ■ H AAtrex and the oil knocks down V/z" high weeds. And then AAtrex keeps weeds out for the rest of the season. For more information see label or contact us. We’ll be glad to give you all the details. See Your USS AGRI-CHEMICALS DEALER Available At: HEISEY FARM SERVICE Lawn, Pa. Phone; 964-3444 or 653-5718 Among about a dozen local agricul- committee; John J. Herr, ASC County tural leaders discussing the future of agri- Committee; Fred G. Seldomridge, chair cultural conservation this week at the man, ASC County Committee, and Miss Farm and Home Center were, left to Dorothy Neel, ASCS County executive right: Frank W. Aument, ASC County director. continuing ACP support. It was agreed a program similar to the Great Plains program which provides for long-range con tracts and funding is needed —The project or community approach to conservation in volving large numbers of per sons planting trees, laying tile or doing other woik, including park development, should be encouraged Most of those pre sent favored this type of thing because it involves a lot of people who tend to feel respon sible for the work they do Besides Pennay, Bass and Mowrer, participants in the dis cussion included Fied G Sel domridge, ASC County Commit tee Chairman, Frank W Au ment ASC County Committee, John J Herr, ASC County Com mittee, Miss Dorothy Y Neel, ASCS County executive direc tor; Aaron Stauffer, Soil Con servation District chairman; Robert K. Mowrer, Soil Con servation District director Jay Irwin, associate county agent; Arnold Lueck, associate county agent, Roy Giesmann, Farmers Home Administration, county supervisor; Edison Os borne, National Farmers Union. 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