Trend To Relax By Camping
Campers in northcentral
Pennsylvania camp primarily for
relaxation and to get out into
natural surroundings, according
to a study at The Pennsylvania
State University.
The two factors of relaxing and
being in natural surroundings
made up 59 per cent of the
reasons given for camping, in a
study by Richard F. Masse and
Dr. Peter W. Fletcher of the
School of Forest Resources at
Penn State.
The survey analyzed social and
economic characteristics of 600
campers in three private and
three public campgrounds in the
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Pine Creek Watershed of Tioga,
Lycoming, Clinton, and Potter
counties.
The average camping party
spokesman in the Pine Creek
Watershed was found to be 39
years old, married, and had
nearly nine years of camping
experience. At the time of the
study, the summer of 1971, the
head of the average camping
party had an annual income of
$9,300. His average expenditure
for camping equipment was $513
He spent four nights in a cam
pground and his party consisted
of four people, two adults and two
children.
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Tents, collapsible tent trailers,
and travel trailers collectively
accounted for 81 per cent of the
shelter equipment used. These
three types of equipment were
almost equal in popularity. While
$513 was the average cost of
camping equipment, 51 per cent
of the campers reported in
vestments over $l,OOO.
The study was made as a result
of the increasing demand for
camping facilities. For example,
total attendance at Pennsylvania
state parks increased from 22
million people in 1966 to 27 million
in 1970. Camp managers and land
owners expect even greater
pressures due to increases in
population, mobility, leisure
time, and income as related to
economic growth, Masse and
Fletcher pointed out.
As might be expected, the
campers in the six northcentral
locations were primarily from
the Commonwealth and out
numbered visitors from other
states by 3 to 1. New York, New
Jersey, and Ohio contributed 16
per cent of the visitors collec
tively. Twenty per cent of the
campers came from the four
counties in which the Pine Creek
Watershed is located.
Major responsibility for the
study was carried out by Mr.
Masse, who conducted the
research to meet requirements
for the master of science degree
in forestry at Penn State. Based
on the results, he claims an
adequate flow of information
must be maintained between
developers and campers to in
crease the recreation potential to
a satisfactory level.
Plan Tractor Movement
On Highways
About a third of all tractor
caused deaths occur on public
roads, say Extension agricultural
engineers at The Pennsylvania
State University. Mile for mile,
it’s much safer to drive a car than
a tractor on the highway. Tractor
operators can reduce their
chances of being involved in an
accident by planning farm work
so that they spend as little time as
possible driving a tractor or other
farm equipment on public roads.
SHOTZBERGER'S
Rim
A. B. C. GROFF, INC.
New Holland
M. S. YEARSLEY & SONS
West Chester 696-2990
Packers Advertising
Guidelines for meat packers on
payments to retailers or other
customers for advertising or
promotional activities were
adopted by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA).
The guidelines are in a
statement of general policy
adopted by USDA’s Packers and
Stockyards Administration
(P&SA), which were published in
the Federal Register August 6.
Interested persons were given
opportunity to comment after the
proposal was issued in April.
P&SA officials said the purpose
of ihe policy statement is to
establish that all competing
customers of a meat packer
should receive proportionally
equal treatment in advertising
and promotional allowances. The
policy was developed after
consultation with members of
industry.
In adopting the policy, officials
said they had received com-
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2322 Old Phila. Pike
Lancaster, Pa. 17602
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665-2141
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Policy Adopted
plaints for several years over
some advertising allowance
practices by packers. In
vestigations indicated that in
some cases there was no
relationship between the
payment made by a packer and
the cost of providing the services.
Investigation also showed that p
ayments made to a packer’s
customers were not always used
for the specified purposes.
It was determined that a policy
statement be issued to guide
packers in complying with
provisions of the Packers and
Stockyards Act when they pay for
or provide services to a customer
who competes with other
customers of the packer.
Copies of the policy statement
may be obtained from the In
formation Office, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. D. 20250.
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