Policy Resolutions Voted on at
New policy relating to
agriculture, education,
legislation, and a wide variety of
other subjects was established by
the Pennsylvania State Grange
with the adoption of more than
fifty resolutions at the final
session of its recent 100th con
vention at Williamsport, ac
cording to A. Wayne Readinger,
master.
Delegates asked for retention
of the Milk Marketing Board, and
enforcement of present milk laws
rather than their abolition. They
renewed a year-old request to the
State Department of Agriculture
for a milk referendum of a
checkoff for promotion and
research They would let juggers
market only the milk produced
by their respective herds. The
department was commended for
completion of the program
making Pennsylvania a
brucellosis and T B. free state.
Added funds to hire more milk
inspectors were advocated as a
check on milk quality.
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Top priority for preservation of
good farm land was urged along
with these related proposals:
State inspection of meat and
other foods at retail; continuance
of Penn Central service between
Williamsport and Elmira, N.Y.;
support for farm and en
vironmental research at Penn
State University; a National
Agriculture Day annually on the
fourth Monday of March, con
tinued U.S. investment credit,
and REAP (Rural En
vironmental Assistance
Program) under the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, with
the release of its full ap
propriation. Added federal farm
flood damage indemnity and
extension of the emergency
livestock feed program beyond
May 15 were requested.
Early enactment of a con
stitutional amendment for
preferential taxation of open
space land, replacement of local
real estate tax with an increase in
a graduated income tax were
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In education, the convention
endorsed a recommendation by
State Master Readinger that
property levies for schools be
replaced by some other form of
tax, and that consideration be
given to year-round instruction,
standardized school building
plans, and public referendums on
school building projects.
Renewed opposition was taken
against diversion of federal high
way monies for other uses, along
with a recommendation for
creation of a transportation trust
fund to finance mass transit
Approval was given to the
following Farm labor relations
bill (HB-13891) in Congress to
prevent boycotts and to let farm
workers decide unionization
issues by secret ballot
Ban X-rated movies from
broadcasting channels
Restore Armistice Day
observance to November 11.
State ban on planting
Multiflora Rose on agricultural
land
Identical federal and state
regulations for small meat
processors, inspections by one
person, and that meat inspection,
recently taken over by the
federal government, be returned
to the State Department of
Agriculture
Bounty on raccoons m counties
where they cause farm crop
damage
Low interest state loans for
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11.1972
101st Grange Meeting
Bible reading by astronauts on
moon mission
Repeal of Teacher Tenure Act.
now outdated by right to unionize
Modified no-fault insurance
plan
Stricter building codes for
mobile homes, and more careful
inspection of them by the
manufacturer
Improved U S mail service—
faster delivery and with post
mark of point of origin
Stricter legislation against
illicit traffic in narcotics and
other harmful drugs
Changes in state income tax
law to eliminate discrimination
against self-employed persons by
taxing all of their income,
whereas employed persons
receiving fringe benefits that are
not taxed
Break wall to preserve Presque
Isle Peninsula at Erie
Mail order drugs, but fall
prosecution for abusing
privilege
Studded auto tires from Oc
tober 1 to May 1
Constitutional revision
requiring confirmation by the
State Senate of interim ap
pointments soon after it con
venes
Dominick amendment to State
Senate bill 1861 on minimum
wage legislation
Cooperation with state and
local officials in developing larm
pollution control programs
Life imprisonment without
parole if courts rule out death
penaltv for any crime tor which
this penalty could be applied and
referendum on capital punish
ment
The following were opposed
Holding State Farm Show on
Sunday
Moving Farm Show away fiom
Harrisburg
Combining U S Department ol
Agriculture with an\ othei
federal department
School busing solelv toi
maintaining racial balance
Reduction in size
Legislature
Liquor sales on Sundav
especially to young people
Pending further studv action
was deferred on a resolution from
Eagle Grange \’o 1 at Mon
tgomery, opposing a solid w.'Mt
land fill on lederal orison
properly at Mlenwood Pi’son
Camp in L\coming eount\
First Born Pigs Are
Heavier, Stronger
First-born pigs are usually
heavier and more vigorous than
the rest of a swine litter, ac
cording to research b> University
of Illinois animal scientists Of 75
litters studied, 52 were Irom
second litter sow’s, and 22 from
first litter gilts The 685 pigs
produced from the 75 litters were
tattooed according to birth order
Litter size ranged from J to 14
live pigs, with a 92 4 per cent
survivial to weaning at 28 days
Arranging the pigs in the order ot
their birth produced significant
correlations between birth order
and birth weight with first-born
pigs weighing more High
correlations between birth order
and the percentage of survival to
28 days were also observed w ith a
larger percentage of survival in
the first-born pigs
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