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If so $ enclosed, or □ CHECK here if you would like to subscribe to Lancaster Farming. » I « ■ I I • -> V” -• PLEASE MAIL-THIS FORM TO: LANCASTER FARMING Lebanon, Pa P.O. BOX 266, LITITZ, PA. 17543 Land use is an important subject in our area. In recent years we have seen much of our prime farm land become housing tracts, tourist facilities, commercial developments and industrial parks. That growth, while welcome from a purely economic standpoint, has caused headaches for those who continue to hold onto their farms, because the development has raised land values, meaning far higher taxes for farm families. The solution to the problem is clear. While encouraging continued growth of the non-farm economy, we must not continue to let it grow at the expense of the farm economy. The two can live together with proper plan ning - or, in other words, land pse policies. The question then becomes where those policies should be established. It is my firm belief that land use is something that can and should be left to local of ficials. When it is individual property owners who are directly affected by land use planning, they should also have the opportunity to have as much input as possible into the formulating of the policies. Local government decision-making ' provides that opportunity, while planning by Federal officials Street Address & R.D. would likely allow only a minimum of individual participation. For example, where would we fit into a national land use plan? We sit in the middle of the Boston-Washington super city that many urban planners predict for the not too distant future. Therefore, it might be logical to put the Pennsylvania’s 16th District into the national plan as an urban-suburban area. But that" kind of policy would do nothing to preserve the fanning tradition that is our principal land use question today. And, I am doubtful that the citizens of our~relatively small area (when looked at as a part of the whole Nation) could individually or collectively have much clout in getting the national plan changed to better reflect our priorities. That is why land use planning is better left completely in local hands where traditions and priorities can be better appreciated and where the whole concept of personal property is treated as something of local im portance. When legislation Consumers' Corner New Look For Food Labeb There’s a new look on many food labels. And the reason for the new labels is to improve the imformation and to make it more meaningful to the' consumer. Nutrition labeling is voluntary on most foods. However, if a nu trient is added to any product, or if a nutritional claim is made on the label or in an advertise ment, then full nutritional label ing is required. The new label must follow a standard format and will appear at the right of the main label or name of the food The inform ation will include the number of calories, amount of protein, car bohydrate and fat. A listing of seven important minerals and vitamins will also be listed as percentages of the U.S. Recommended Daily Allow ance (RDA). These new allow ances replace the outmoded mini mum Daily Requirements and are the amounts needed by most persons Manufacturers have until Dec ember 31, 1974 to be in full com pliance with these regulations Since what you see tm the label is what you are paying for, it is the responsibility of the consum er to read labels and make pur chases based upon this infor mation Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22.1974 came to the floor of the the right way. House recently to give the There is a need and a place Federal Government a for a positive program of “foot-in-the-door” toward preserving our land for national land use planning, I future generations. But the opposed that bill and we need is local and the place licked the legislation 211 to for solving our problems is 204. 1 firmly believe I voted not in Washington. Armyworm Alert Chester County Extension seen during the heat of the Service warns that Ar- (j a y. they seek shade un myworms are now cutting dertrash and clumps of soil, off the heads of down barley Army worms can be very and are feeding on ttie leaves devasting. When their of com, especially no-till p resen t food supply becomes CO £P-. ' scarce or undesirable they Their presence is also may migrate quickly to signaled by dark droppings o th er adjacent fields, in the whorl of the com state Some ' f the preparations and sometimes by the suc h as toaphene and methyl presence of a greater than p ara thon used to spray for average number of black Armyworms are very toxic birds flymg over infested to man and if used, must be fields, feeding on the worms, handled with extreme care. The worms are not readily Zimmerman Promoted To Flock Supervisor Eugene Zimmerman, Weaver’s contract broiler Orchard Rd., Route 1, growers in the broiler grow Reinholds, has been out program and flock promoted to the position of management and health Flock Supervisor in the programs. Broiler Growing Division of Weaver currently main- Victor F. Weaver, Inc., New tains 32 Broiler Growers, Holland. who raise an average of 2 In his new position, million broilers constantly Zimmerman will be m the Weaver food responsible for assisting manufacturing operations. I DAIRYMEN'S SUPER SPECIALS I I'MAES INFLATIONS" 95 c each I FITS- SURGE, JET-FLO, BOUMATIC, DELAVAL Fly Sprays, Foggers, Cattle Oust Bags, Silage Preservative, Mineral Feeders, Farm Gales. ZIMMERMAN’S Animal Health Supply 3 Miles W. of Ephrata along WOODCORNER ROAD R DJ4, Li lib, Pa. 17543 Phone 717-733-4466 WL3OS& WL3II THE HIGHEST YIELDING ALFALFA IN PA. 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