Kerstetter Urges ‘Land Use * Plan in Address to Sportsmen Pennsylvania Deputy Addressing the spring relatively unplanned, hodge farm plowlands.” compllshments of the amount, but in many cases Secretary of Agriculture convention of the Penn- podge growth of suburbs." He added that, “Along Department of Agriculture this has made the difference Raymond J. Kerstetter last sylvania Federation of He said Secretary of with permanent plowlands with regard to land, Kcr- in whether or not a farm week called on sportsmen to Sportsmen’s Clubs at the Agriculture Jim McHale and greenbelts, the stetter noted that the family could remain on the back a land use policy that Embers Motel, in Carlisle, “has taken the position that Secretary has called for the ravages of Tropical Storm land." would preserve open spaces Kerstetter noted that “we the day is fast coming when establishment of national Agnes in 1972 on the Penn and greenbelts in the are losing our best we will need a land plan to and state land transfer sylvania countryside have Commonwealth, agricultural lands to a designate permanent family banks which will enable been corrected. farmers and long-term land He said the Department’s owners to sell the develop- Agricultural Community ment rights on their non- Recovery Effort (ACRE) farm land. These are the has been completed. Under people who should benefit this program, he said, “we from increased prices of employed more than 300 development land, rather people, many of them ren than speculators and big dered jobless by the flood, to land corporations." clear debris from stream- Kerstetter thanked the beds, mend fences, repair gathering of sportsmen for buildings and haul tons of their backing of a con- topsoil to washed-out areas." stitutional amendment that Kerstetter also said farm provides for non-uniform tax victims of the flood were now assessment of land - receiving cash grants for otherwise known as the their losses. He said the Clean and Green Amend- Department’s Farm Flood ment. Relief program will provide “Thanks to your vital some 4,500 fanners with a support,” he said, “this total of $8 million in direct amendment was passed grants, which will result, we hope, in “We began mailing the legislation that will en- first checks out in February courage the farmer to and should conclude the remain in his land by taxing program sometime in his land according to use April,’’ Kerstetter reported, rather than a speculative “The average payment has market value.” been about $1,500 per far- Citing the ac- mer, perhaps a small USED TRACTORS Farmall H Farmall 706 G Farmall 140 (Late Model) Allis Chalmers Crawler Loader H 3 Cub 154 Loboy w/Mower Cub Loboy w/Mower INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT Model 3600 Backhoe Rental Unit Model 3400 Backhoe Rental Unit Plus a Complete Selection of New Industrial Equipment BE SURE TO SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY AND SAVE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER USED EtUPMENT SPECIALS ON GOOD USED EQUIPMENT -H--i. v.t,> "S ( ' *>- 'i. k SALES & SERVICE 1054 S. STATE ST., EPHRATA, PA. PHONE 733-2283 SAVE GAVE SAVE SAVE NEW Int 574 Tractors Farmall 1066 Turbo Iht. Harvester 990 Mower Conditioner Int. Harvester H 440 Balers LANCASTER LABORATORIES, Inc. ANALYTICAL SERVICES DIVISION Feeds, Flour, Forages, Foods Dairy Products, Water, Waste Water Bacteriological, Physical, Chemcial 2425 New Holland Pike Lancaster, Pa. 17601 Telephone (717) 656-2301 FARM IMPLEMENTS New #33A May Conditioner Model 2A Hay Conditioner Model 2 Hay Conditioner #76 Pull Type Combine International Harvester Model 130 Single Beater Spreader New Holland #275 Baler 2 Point Fast Hitch 3 Bot. Disk Plow Int. Harvester 350 Field Harvester LAWN & Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Mar. 30,1974 GARDEN TRACTORS John Deere Riding Mower Cadet 123 w/Mower New Holland 16 H.P. Like w/Mower Craftsman Riding Mower Crouse Herd Production Milk and butterfat production levels established by Registered Holstein cows in this area have been reported by Holstein- Friesian Association of America. All cows are from the herd of Galen W. Crouse, Len Lyn Farms, Stevens RDI, enrolled in the Dairy Herd Improvement Registry (DHIR) official testing program. Cows recognized for their exceptional food producing ability are: Lownesdale Nig Ginger, age 9-6, 21,980 pounds milk, 876 pounds fat, 4.0 percent test in 364 days milked. Gil-Lad Lily Decoration, 5- 1, 19,360 milk, 738 fat, 3.8 percent test in 301 days. Len-Lyn Maxim Symbol, 2- 3, 20,030 milk, 677 fat, 3.4 percent test in 364 days. Lu-Pa Reflector Iris, 2-4, 18,110 milk, 658 fat, 3.6 percent test in 341 days. Len-Lyn Melba General Jan, 8-2, 15,590 milk 612 fat, 3.9 percent test in 305 days. World Rulers Cats once ruled the world, ac cording to a Chinese legend. But one day a council of the oldest and wisest cats concluded the world wasn’t worth their effort. The fable relates that they turned the task over to the next highest form of animal life, man, and cats have been retired ever since New II 39
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