Pa. Conservationists Ponder Future
With New Environment Department
Soul-searching is underway by
constrvation officials in Penn
sylvania on whether or not the
Soil and Water Conservation
Program should be undei the
proposed new Pennsylvania Dc
pailment of Envuonmcnt
According to Aaron Stauffer,
chan man ot the Lancastei Soil
and Water Consolation District
and fust vice piesident of the
Marvland Cow
*
Is Rated 4E
A Registered Holstein cow in
the herd of W I King. living
ton Farm, Gaitheisbuig. Mary
land, has joined a select group
of 30 other cows of the breed
to be designated "4E ” The “E”
designation indicates excellence
in body conformation Four indi
cates a cow has maintained this
“Excellent” classification, scor
ing 90 points or more, on four
different occasions as she giew
older.
Irvington Pioud Maybelle
4427319 was classified “Excel
lent” for the fourth time last
month at the age of 13 years 1
month “Maybelle” has a life
time production of 133,670
pounds of milk and 4,988
pounds of hutterfat in 2,803
days She was sired by Sutten
Oaks Pride Borba 1112030.
The classification rules con
cerning the multiple "E” desig
nation became effective in Jan
uary 1966. Over 87,000 Register
ed Holst (sins were classified last
year. Each year less than two
per cent of the total are scored
“Excellent” and only a fraction
of these receive the multiple
“E” designation.
No Registered Holstein fe
male may be scored “Excellent”
(90 points or above) until after
she has dropped her second
calf. Additional “E” designa
tions may be made upon re
classification at 90 points or
more within the following age
brackets- 6 through 8 years, 9 The leal question now, Stauf
through 11 yeais, and 12 yeais fei said, is the extent to which
or over No more than one “E” this law will be enfoiced He
designation may be assigned in noted that the state attorney
any one age bracket. geneial’s office has 20 young
PFA President Speaks on Farm Unions
The pi esident of the Pennsyl
vania Fanners’ Association last
week talked to local faimeis
that agriculture has become
more efficient, the farmer has
become a political minonty and
the pi ice-cost squeeze continues
to confiont the fanner
Dr. Dunne Put on Hog
Cholera Control Board
, Dr. Howaid W Dunne, pio
fessoi ot vetennaiy science,
Penn State University, was one
of nine new membeis appoint
ed lecently by Chffoid M Hai
din, US Secietaiy of Agucul
ture, to the National Hog
Choleia Eiadication Advisoiy
Committe
The othei new membei s plus
three who weie leappomted
weie all fiom outside Pennsyl
vania.
In 1961, Congiess authouzed
the US Depaitment of Agu
cultuie to coopexate with the
states in a nationwide piogiain
to eiadicate hog cholera The
law provided foi a 12-membei
advisory committee, including
a USDA official as chairman
Dr F. J Mulhem, associate
administrator of USDA’s Agri
cultural Research Service, is
chairman of the advisory com
mittee.
Pennsylvania Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Distuct
Directois, the Pennsylvania
House has passed a bill to create
a new Department of Environ
ment. but the Senate hasn't act
eel yet
The question foi conseivalien
ists undei the existing piogiam.
he said, is whethei theie is a
bettci futuie under the exiting
Depaitment of Agncultuic 01
the new Depaitment, if it i--
cieated
One factor in favoi of the
rtvv department, ho indicated,
is the possibility of a huger
opeiating budget He noted that
the Depaitment ot AgnculUue
altogethci gels only about one
pel cent of the total state
budget
But theie is a question of
whethei the conservation pro
gram would be “di owned in the
new depaitment,” he said
Undei eithei department, he
noted, it will be necessaiy foi
the consei ration progiam to
broaden its space to include ur
ban as well as rural consei ra
tion pioblems “I’m not sine
this isn’t a good thing”, he said,
pointing out that theie aie many
conservation problems which
couldn’t be adequately handled
under an exclusively ruial ap
pioach
Stauffei made the comment
following the annual conference
of the Pennsylvania Association
of Soil and Water Conservation
District Directois and the State
Soil and Watei Conservation
Commission at Williamsport
October 13-15 The probable
and desirable future duection
ol the state conseivation pro
gram v/as one of the most wide
ly discussed topics at the annual
conference, he said
Anothei item of mtei est, he
said, was the new clean streams
law Undei this law a faimei,
unless he’s a coopeiatoi with
the conservation distiict is liable
foi the damages of any mnoff
from his property duung a
stoi in
Speaking at the annual ban
quet of the Lancaster County
Farmers’ Association at Harvest
Dnve Restaurant, Intel com se,
John R Pitzer also warned that
Pennsylvania farmei s in the fu
ture must remain aleit to ef
forts getting underway to union
ize faira labor.
Pitzei said the faim union ef
foit is now “ a potent facloi”
throughout the nation Union
officials fiom the Chavez oi
ganization which was success
ful in California lecently testi
fied m Hamsbmg a few weeks
ago on migiant laboi,” he said
Pitzei was cutical of some
national lepoits on migiant la
boi He said one television le
poit showed a migiant family
living in conditions of poveitv,
but didn’t once say how much
the family eams
An oichaid ownei in Adams
County, Pitzei said many mi
giants eam enough money to
have a high standard of livmn
but dunk awav and waste + lien
money He said he recently paid
one woikman $295 foi one
week’s woik on Fnday and the
next moinmg the man came
back to borrow $2O
One migrant family came to
work in a 1969 Cadillac,-he said
While many migrants who
are willing to work can make
top wages, Pitzer said, many re-
lawyers woikmg on llu> I.iw and
this would mdif.de .1 possible
sliong enroi cement Some test
cise.s .ire likeh, he said
It the law is to be enfoiced
against fanntis. u should also
be intoned m urban aieas,
Stauffei said lie pointed out
that some cities, such as Lancas
ter, hau combined storm and
sanitan sewcis This lesults in
the dumping of huge quantities
ol waste and debris fiom the
cities into s'nams dining a
stoim he pointed out
in othei comments. Stauffei
said that the Sears Roebuck
foundation has discontinued a
$.lBOO a \eai giant to the State
Association The money had
been used with .south piogiams,
(Continued on Page 15)
State Awards Migrant
Labor Camp Operators
Two Lancastei County faim
ers aie among 39 recipients of
certificates of awaids involving
the state’s migrant labor foice
Theodore R Robb, Pennsyl
vania Laboi and Industry secre
tary, piesented the awards to
John F Cope Company. Inc,
Manheim RDI, and Steven K
Stoltzfus, Christiana RDI
Robb said the award winners
prove that it is possible to
operate a migratory labor camp
that will adhere to the strict
standards maintained by the
Department of Labor and In
dustry.
“It is oui desire,” Robb said,
“that migrants be offered living
quarters that are safe, comfort
able, free from disease and that
they are allowed to spend then
days as welcome guests ”
Also among those receiving
awards weie
York County Mowery Or
chards, Dillsburg RD3 and Pai a
dise Orchards, East Berlin RDI
Berks County Conte &
Sons Packing Company, Palm.
Cinelli Bios, Fleetwood RD2,
and Jacob Valenano, Temple
RDI
Jewell McNabb of' Moweiy
Orchards was also recognized as
one of two statewide ciew lead
eis
fuse to woik He said man'- the biggest challenge facing In othei comments, Pitzer
want to come to woik at 9a m faimeis is to escape using stiessed the impoitance of
and quit at 3pm He noted that costs “The federal faim pro farmei’s oigamzations such as
no farmer ever became success- gram has failed to move faun the Pennsylvania Faimers As*
ful woiking such hours prices along with the rest ot the sociation, with local chapters
Pitzei also said that perhaps economy,” he said (Continued on Page 18)
Shown at the Lancaster County Farm- Jesse Wood, local Women’s Auxiliary pre
er’s Association Banquet recently are, sident, and Clyde Wivell, Lancaster Coun
from left: John R. Pitzer, Pennsylvania ty Farmer’s Association president.
Farmer’s Association president; Mrs.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 31. 1970
SECOND SECTION
Committee Seeks Reactions
To Land Preservation Study
Reactions to the findings of with ag
the GovcinoiV Committee foi lion
the Preseivation of Agiicultui
al Land aic being sought by a
newly organized committee
The committee, known as the
Land Use Policies and Progiam
Committee, is headed bv State
Agncultuie Secietaiy Leland
H Bull
Secretaiy Bull said copies of
the report of the Governor's
Committee, which has been dis
banded, have been mailed to or
ganizations including the State
Chamber of Commerce, League
of Cities, State Planning Board,
various farm organizations and
county, township and boiough
associations, as well as all units
of local government
“We want to know their feel
ings and reactions to the Gover
nor’s Committee findings be
fore we make suggestions for
possible legislation concerning
the preservation of agriculture
land and open space,” said Sec
retary Bull
The Governor’s Committee
findings, presented to Gov
Raymond P Shafer nearly a
year ago, included these recom
mendations
• Revise public land use ac
quisition policies
• Encourage that land need
ed for non-agncultural uses be
land not suited for agncultuie
• Establish a commission to
review agricultural land con
version
• Encourage wise use of
land resouices.
Secretaiy Bull said he has
appointed a sub committee to
consider legislation dealing
jicultuial land pieserva-
Membcis of (his subcommit
tee me John Rodgeis chair
man, dairv faimei fiom Belle
ville. Mrs Felix Kampschroer,
vice chan man. League of Wo
men Voters Dallas Dollase,
State Department of Communi
ty Affairs. Milton DeLancey,
State Association of Township
Supei visors Richaid Fernbach*
State Planning Boaid, Penroa*
Hallowell. Faimeis Home Ad
ministration, Herbert Packer
Ji , Pennsylvania Builders As
sociation, and Peter Norton,
State Department.
Chailes F Hess, State Soil and
Watei Conservation Commis
sion, is serving in an advisory
capacity with the Committee.
5 Two-Year-Old Witmer
Guernsey Records Cited
Five i egistered Guernsey
cows in the herd of Raymond F.
and Louise A Witmer, Willow
Street, have recently complete®
top official DHIA actual pro*
duction records, according to
the American Guernsey Cattle
Club
The five animals, all two year*
olds, showed the following 305
day lecords Penn Del Flash
Patsy, 10 700 pounds of milk
and 573 pounds of butterfat;
Penn Del Count Roseta, 11,916
of milk and 600 butterfat, Penn
Del Viking Dina, 10130 milk
and 493 butteifat, Penn Del
Flash Sara, 11,460 milk and 597
butteiiat, and Penn Del Bril
liant May Rose, 10 290 milk and
546 butterfat
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