L6--Lanca*ter Farming, Saturday, April 27,1974
House to Weigh
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an splitoffs would probably
discourage farmers from
entering into the preferential
tax agreement. Under this
setup, a farmer who sold any
portion of his holdings no
matter how small, would
have to pay the tax rollback
on his entire farm.
HB 1056 has appeared in a
number of forms. Originally,
the rollback was set at ten
years, with no splitoff
provision. In a number of
only penalize him when he farm tax bill tint's going to
did sell hla land. “You’ve got help j B^ B
to remember that the * break to land speculators,
average farmer has very We re trying to make a good
little equity other than Wa bill to achieve those ends,
land,” Shelhammer said. “If and if our amendments on
a farmer knows that he • Monday are accepted, we J 1
wants to sell out in the next have that kind of a bill,
ten years, he wouldn’t be Shelhammer concluded,
liable to sign up for a When the 10-year rollback
program that’s going to save and zero splitoff provisions
him some money now but were put into HB 1056, the
which will force him to pay it Pennsylvania Farmers
all later, with interest. Association withdrew its
“A lot of counties are earlier support of a more
coming up for reassessment, lenient measure. PFA was
A farm tax bill might help instrumental in drawing up
farmers in those counties the amendments which will
stay in business. But if the be proposed on Monday,
conditions attached to the Chester Heim, PFA’s
preferential tax are too legislative director, said the
Reno Thomas tough, fanners will be in- organization supports the
dined to sell out right away need for a farm tax bill, but
versions since then, the bill of wa iting. And I they likewise think it’s not
has called variously for a as y now reads the whole answer to land use
I f* e *y ea s ® r a flv^ year could speed up the process of problems. Heim added that 1
roUback. In its present form, development.” PFA is presently working on
the bill on the House floor ten . year rollback and a resolution to suggest some
calls for a ten-year rollback spbto ff prohibition were form of land use study to see
and absolutely no splitoff into the bill at the what kind of legislation is
provision. „ urging of both the Penn- needed.
This will probably be S y] van | a state Grange and Another farm
amended on Monday to var i ous environmental organization, the Penn
pr°vld" f ° r « f‘ve-year most notabl
rollback and sphtoffs of up to Pennsylvania En
ten acres per farm per year. V ironmental Council. “I
This, in the words of Reno geologists have
Thomas, a member of the d fato | land
ag committee wodd bm rather than a farm tax
make the bill more palatable bm> - shelhammer said. “If
t0 T ? . t we want farmers to stay on
Thomas told Lancaster , d we > re going to have
Fanning on Thursday that * I . ana " e re gomg J® “ av ®
fkl Km t 0 g ive them some kind of
the Dill in its present form l n„* iu. i -.
wouldn’t reallv heln to break ‘ But the eulogists
nr«i™> CL- aren't concerned about the
preserve fdnnlflndy oecsuse i__ k««oi» 9 x. - .
he felt very few fanners “’S'K 0
would sign up. Sf. v t T spa f r d
Another member of the h.n° Wh ° lC
agriculture committee, , and use
Representative Kent f . land ;il us . e
Shelhammer. agreed with P J ® nn ® B goes ’ 005
Thomas, and said that an t
r . , .. c _ sure in the next few years
older farmer looking for- we ’u b e looking at other land
ward to retirement could ” „
have no possible incentive to "h W>
agree to a pact which could though ’ 1 we need a
Electric Fence
Controller Repairs
AUTHORIZED FACTORY SERVICE
ON MOST SHOCKERS
Repair Them Now.
GLENN M. HOOVER
Leola RDI, Oregon Pike, 17540 656-8020
Manufacturers of Kafstals, Veal Stalls, Bale Wagons
tylvanla State Grange, has
been following the bill with
avid interest. The Grange
was instrumental in getting
the ten-year rollback clause
reinserted into the bill.
According to Luther Snyderj
state secretary, the Grange
would have to oppose
anything other than a ten
year rollback because that
was the policy adopted by
the membership at their
annual meeting last year.
Cooking Cross Cut Shanks
Beef cross cut shanks arc made
by cutting the fore shank perpen
dicuiar to the bone The cross
cuts, varying in thickness from 1
to 2% inches, contain consider
able connective tissue as well as ,1
round bone Because they arc a
less tender cut, long and slow
moist heat cookery is iccom
mended Cross cuts make a mealy
soup Brown 3 to 4 pounds of
cross cuts in lard or drippings
Four off dnppings, add 2 quarts
water and seasoning, cover and
cook oVer low heat for 2 hours
Add vegetables such as potatoes
carrots, celery, rutabaga or tur
nips and simmer, covered about
30 minutes or until the meat amt
vegetables arc tender
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