Methane Gas Project is Approved
the next five months. Most of was proposed as a three-year
the contracts were awarded project costing $77,327 in
to Pennsylvania State research funds. The five-
University and the month budget approved was
University of Pennsylvania. f o r $12,700.
"It is heartening to see the The public caught a
thrust of our new projects glimpse of this project at the
are geared toward im- recent 58th annual Farm
proving farm income,” said Show where a methane
McHale., generator exhibit was in
" Today farmers are faced stalled. During the Gover
with crippling fuel and nor’s Farm Show Preview,
fertilizer costs,” . said McHale and Gov. Milton
McHale. “If we could Shapp ate hamburgers that
provide them with cheaper were cooked by the
sources of fuel and fer- generated methane gas.
tilizers, we would help their Shapp at the time said that
income by reducing researching the use of farm
-production costs.” waste is extremely im-
The methane gas project portant in view of our
will be done at Penn State. It current energy crisis.
Generating methane gas
from manure and recycling
sewage sludge for fertilizer
are two of 18 new research
projects approved recently
by the Agriculture Research
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The sewage sludge
project, also awarded to
Penn State, was given a five
month budget of $13,860. It is
proposed as a five-year
project which would have a
total funding of $217,500.
McHale noted that Penn
State has already done some
work on using sewage sludge
taken from urban treatment
plants to fertilize farm
fields. The new project will
study the effects of sludge on
crop production and the
mineral elements in the food
chain.
Approval of the 18 new
projects came at a special
meeting of two research
committees-one recognized
by the administration and
the other which is at
tempting to have its legality
upheld in the courts. A
majority vote of both
committees was required to
approve the projects, a
stipulation ISHMown by the
court while the case is still
under consideration.
A 17-member committee
was established by the
legislatlure in 1972 to ap
prove agricultural research
projects. Atty. Gen. Israel
Packel last year ruled the
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The first contract for use
of welfare recipients in farm
labor was signed last week
with Grant Keiffer, a Peach
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Lancaster County is the
site of a pilot program which
permits dairy farmers to
train welfare recipeints in
farm labor techniques.
Paul J. Smith, secretary of
Labor and Industry, said the
program is part of the
Pennsylvania Work In
centive Program (WIN)
which has been in operation
for several years but only
now extended to include
farm labor.
County farmers who
employ through the WIN
program get several
bonuses, said Smith.
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committee unconstitutional
on grounds the law would
channel public funds through
specifically named private
organizations. Eight
members of the committee
were dropped » six
representatives from the
Council of Farm
Organizations, one
representative from the
Food Processors
Association, and one from
the Pennsylvania
Association of County Fairs.
This left a nine-member
committee consisting of four
legislators, four represen
tatives from the Department
of Agriculture and the head
of the Harness Racing
Commission.
About $400,000 of harness
racing proceeds are used
each fiscal year for
agricultural research. Last
spring both committees
approved $149,190 to con
tinue a number of research
projects for 1973-74. ,
The special meeting by
both committees Jan. 17
resulted in ' approving
$179,773 for 18 new porjects
for the remainder of this
fiscal year. Total research
expenditures for this fiscal
year will then total $328,963.
First, they are reimbursed
for training costs up to an
amount equal to one-half the
workman’s salary.
Second, employers may
deduct 20 per cent of wages
paid to such workers from
their federal income tax bill.
In addition, he said, far
mers who employ WIN
participants are assured of
obtaining workers who have
been carefully screened so
even though they are un
skilled, they have demon
strated an aptitude for such
work and a desire to get off
the welfare rolls.
James A. McHale,
secreatry of agriculture,
said his department is
cooperating completely in
the program by helping to -
“get out the word” through
its county agencies and other
department personnel.
Farmers who desire more
information' about the
program should contact the
Lancaster state employment
office at 225 N. Lime St.
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