Emergency Land
Pennsylvahia farmers having
farm land damaged by Hurricane
Agnes and excessive rains of 1972
may request cost-sharing to
restore land through May 15,
according to Fred G.
Seldomridge Chairman of
Lancaster County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
(ASC) Committee.
This program provides funds
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up to 80 percent) of the cost of
restoring farmland to productive
use Mr. Seldomridge said.
Practices included in the
program .are: Restoring per
manent fences; removing debris
from farmland; restoring
structures and other con
servation installations;
reestablishing permanent
vegetative cover; rehabilitating
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streambanks, channels, levees,
and dikes; and grading shaping,
releveling or similar measures.
The local ASC County Committee
approves funding for individual
farmers based on estimates of
damage. Payments are made
when practices are completed
and bills submitted to ASCS for
payment. , -
OVer 4500 Pennsylvania far
mers have requested assistance
to restore land damaged by
Agnes. These farms have been
approved for over three million
dollars in cost-sharing funds.
In Lancaster County, 126 farms
have applied for $87,900 in cost
shares.
This program has assisted a
considerable number of farms to
become productive again in 1973.
However, many acres seriously
eroded will undoubtedly remain
less productive for years to come
than they were prior to the flood.
Top soil loss on flood plains was
tremendous.
Farmers are to complete
practices under this program by
December 31, 1973. This means
farmers need to plan now with
equipment operators; SCS
Technicians; and others who
assist in practice performance.
Stream work requires approval
by the local waterway patrolman
of the Fish Commission and the
Department of Environmental
Resources. Requests for this
practice will be forwarded to the
Soil Conservation Service for
technical assistance. Necessary
approval by agencies will be
obtained by ASCS.
“The emergency programs are
doing a g6od job of assisting
many farmers to recover from
serious losses caused by severe
rains of 1972,” Chairman
Seldomridge said. However,
assistance must be requested for
Emergency Conservation
Practices at the ASCS office by
May 15, 1973
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 12.1973 —
No-Till Planting
Book Available
A farmer and a veteran
researcher have combined their
practical experience and
scientific knowledge of no-tillage
farming. The result is “No-
T’Jlage Farming,”
The new book deals with the
rapidly growing system of no
tillage planting, a method that
has proven itself beneficial to
many farmers concerned about
production costs, labor shortage,
dry and wet weather, and the
lack of time to get all their
fieldwork done.
In addition to providing the
practical “how-to” and the
scientific documentation of the
new “no-plow” farming systems,
co-authors Shirley H. Phillips and
Harry M. Young, Jr. relate the
advantages of no-tillage farming
to such important current topics
as the environment, food supply
and the energy crisis.
Shirley H. Phillips is assistant
director of Extension for
Agriculture at the University of
Kentucky in Lexington. The
Kentucky native has authored
many papers and articles on no
tillage since he helped pioneer
the concept in 1963.
Harry M. Young, Jr. farms
1,235 acres in Christian County,
Kentucky. His experience with
no-tillage dates back to 1962 when
he experimented with seven
tenths of an acre. Also the author
of several articles on the subject
and a former University of
Kentucky farm management
specialist, he began farming in
Nutrition
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Red Rose Complete Horse Pellets
Red Rose Equinader Pellets
WALTER BINKLEY & SON DAV,D B - HURST
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G. R. MITCHELL, INC.
BROWN & REA, INC . Refton. Pa
A ig ,en MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
ELVERSON SUPPLY CO. Mountviiie
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MUSSER FARMS, INC.
HENRY E. GARBER Columbia
Elizabethtown, Pa
MARTIN'S FEED MILL
E. MUSSER HEISEY Ephrata.Pa
«d«“p. CHAS.I.SAUDH
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Elizabethtown H. M. STAUFFER
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RED ROSE FARM Wltmer
SERVICE, INC.
N Church St, Quarryville E. P. SPOTTS, INC.
Hone\ Brook
1954. To date, more than 10,000
interested visitors have toured
his farm to view practical ap
plications of no-tillage.
Included in the 224-page book is
information on all facets of no
tillage production: economics,
production systems, double
cropping, erosion control, fer
tilization, weed and insect control
and background information to
serve as a guide to farmers just
trying no-tillage, as well as those
who seek answers to problems
encountered with no-tillage. The
book is profusely illustrated with
color photos.
Copies of “No-Tillage Far
ming” are available by mail
order from Reiman Associates,
733 N. Van Buren, Milwaukee, WI
53202. Price is $lO.OO.
Red Lion Grange
Extends Open
House Invitation
Red Lion Grange 1781, York
County, will hold Open House at
the grange hall, one mile north of
Red Lion, at 8 p.m. Saturday,
May 19.
Mrs. Russell Hoover, lecturer,
will be in charge of the.program.
John W. Scott, master of the
National Grange, and Mrs.
William Buffington, flora of the
Pennsylvania State Grange, will
be the speakers.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
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