—Umcaster Farming. Saturday, Mar. 9. 1974
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Pictured above are Edgar
Greenieaf, left, of Kirkwood and
Martin Greenieaf Jr., Oxford RDI
with one of the tractors driven by
them in the recent Pennsylvania
State tractor pulling contests. Also
shown are several trophies they have
won. Ed recently received a trophy for
State Points Champion, 12,000
pound super stock class, with a Case
ERS Claims Cropland not
Affected by Urbanization
Rapid urbanization has
had little impact on
America’s total amount of
cropland even though more
than 3.5 million cropland
acres were lost to urban
sprawl in the last ten years.
This seeming paradox is
explained in a report issued
by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture’s Economic
Research Service (ERS).
The 350,000 acres of
cropland lost each year to
urbanization represents only
about one-tenth of one
percent of total U. S.
cropland. And for every
cropland acre urbanized, U.
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State Championship trophy in the
12,000 pound stock tractor class with
the 1070 Case shown above. Marty
compiled more total points in any one
class than any other tractor in
Pennsylvania, with an average 9.5
points per pull, of a possible 10
points.
S. farmers added about three
acres of productive new land
in other areas through
irrigation, drainage, or
clearing, according to the
report. While urbanization of
cropped acres may seem
drastic in some areas, ERS
researchers conclude that,
nationally, it has had little
effect on the total supply of
cropland.
Recent concern over rapid
growth of urban areas and
its impact on U. S. food
producing acres prompted
the study, focusing on
“Standard Metropolitan
Statistical Areas” (SMSA)
CHAS. J. McCOMSEY
& SONS
Hickory Hill, Pa
STOLTZFUS
FARM SERVICE
Cochran ville, Pa
A.B.C. GROFF, INC,
New Holland
where much agricultural
production takes place
despite urban concentrations
of 50,000 or more people.
Over two-thirds of the U.S.
population live in the 459
counties that were included
in the 242 SMSA’s studied.
SMSA’s are growing fast.
Over 80 percent of the U. S.
population growth in the
1960’s came in SMSA’s.
There were nearly a third
more counties included
among the 1970 SMSA’s than
had been listed ui 1960. The
total urban area in the
SMSA’s studied increased
from 18 million acres in 1960
to 25 million acres in 1970;
about half of this increase
came from cropland.
Much fanning is still done
in the city’s shadow. Even
though less than a sixth of U.
S. cropland is in SMSA’s,
they produce more than a
fifth of U. S. farm output.
Vegetable and fruit
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Cost of
Usually
(This Is the fourth in a
series of five articles on 1973
Federal Income Tax returns
prepared by the Penn
sylvania Institute of Cer
tified Public Accountants as
a public service.)
Traditionally the policy
has been that a taxpayer can
deduct from his income the
costs incurred in obtaining
that income. This is reflected
in many varied deductions or
exemptions permitted on tax
returns.
The ordianry and
necessary costs of business
travel and entertainment are
deductible, for example, if
one is not reimbursed for
these by an employer. Ail
you have to be able to prove
to Uncle Sam is that the
expenses were directly
related to the earning of
income.
One expense connected
with the earning of income
that cannot be deducted is
the cost of getting to and fr
om work, except in the case
'of a worker who must carry
heavy or bulky tools or
materials to and from the
job, in which case he might
be able to deduct car costs.
Even there, though, the car
costs are not deductible if the
individual would use his car
anyhow, even if he didn’t
have a load to carry.
A working taxpayer who
incurs expenses for the care
of young children in order to
be able to go to work can in
some cases deduct those
costs.
Under certain conditions,
if one has moved his place of
residence because of a
change in his place of work
the costs of making the move
are deductible.
Professional fees paid to
lawyers, brokers or CPAs for
production is particularly
concentrated near cities.
Copies of the report,
•‘Farming in the City’s
Shadow,” AER 250, are
available on request by
telephone: (202) 447-7255. Or
send a postcard to Office of
Communication, U. S.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C. 20250.
Please include your zipcode
with your full address.
Earning Income
Tax Deduction
guidance or assistance in
such fields as investments
and taxes can be deducted,
along with the cost of a
safety deposit box for the
protection of securities, as
well as subscriptions to
investment advice services,
financial publications, etc.
All are considered as having
contributed to obtaining
income or managing income
producing property.
If a taxpayer owns income
producing property -- a
second house, for example -
he can deduct the costs of
maintaining and renting it
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out, along with payments for
interest and taxes, which are
deductible in any case.
However, if he himself, lives
in the second house part of
the year, expenses other
than interest and taxes may
be deductible only up to the
amount of income the
property produces.
Even gamblers (who
declare their gambling
winnings on tax returns) are
permitted to deduct the costs
of earning those incomes.
They can deduct their losses,
up to the amount they have
won.