—Uncttter Farming. Saturday. Oct 26.1974 48 Flood Study Okayed In Manheim Area by Henry Hackman, Executive Auiatut, Lancaster Co. Conservation Dlalrict Finally the frequently flood stricken people of Manheim and the Chickies Creek Water Shed will learn if there is a way to reduce the flooding of the area. The Soil Conservation Service has authorized Michael Baker Jr. Inc. to complete a preliminary investigation for the Chickies Creek Watershed. The preliminary in vestigation will begin this fall but it will take several months to gather the various types of data from the watershed area. From this accumlated data a very complete report will provide the basis for what is feasible and what is not feasible for the watershed. The engineering firm making the study will need to walk over some of the land in ‘the watershed to gather the pertinent data. These land owners within the area from which the data is collected will be requested to grant them permission to come on properties involved in the study. Someone will visit land owners to have signatures granting the right of entry. To present all of the preliminary activity that proceeded the contracting of Michael Baker Jr. Inc. by the Soil Conservation Ser vice to make the evaluation study, would require a lengthy presentation. The TORONTO FARM S PENN JERSEY HARVESTORE B I Manheim area has periodically suffered heavy flood damages caused by prolonged rains or flash storms. Agnes caused the heaviest damage of any storm on record. The physical damage due to Agnes has been close to $1,500,000 based on a survey of storm damages. Six years before Agnes, during the early part of 1066, there had been interest by various groups and citizens to take positive action toward an analysis of the problem. A secies of meetings had been held between 1966 and 1973 to discuss the flood problem issues. Finally during the early part of 1973 the Lan caster County Com missioners, Manheim Borough Council, and the Lancaster County Con servation District requested the Soil Conservation Ser vice to make a complete study of the watershed area to learn what if any are the alternatives to reduce the flood problem. The entire cost of this feasibility study will be paid by the United States Department of Agriculture - Soil Con servation Service. Before any evaluation study of a flood problem can be made by the Soil Con servation Service it must receive a priority from the Pennsylvania Soil and Water Conservation Commission. On March 7, 1973 Robert Martin, a businessman from Manheim, presented to the NOVEMBER 12th & 13th 1. Visit Canadian Dairy Farms 2. Tour Toronto Canada 3. Evening Banquet 4. Travel by Jet Airplane & Bus FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS CONTACT: VANESSA RUPP TOUR COORDINATOR NEW HOLLAND, PA, 717-354-4051 Conservation Commission the evidence to support an evaluation study. On this date the Conservation Commission had given the Chickies flood problem second priority in the state. Now that the preliminary work for the first priority community is well underway the Soil Conservation Ser vice has directed an engineering firm to begin the feasibility study in the near future. When the evaluation study is completed the precarious flood prone citizens in the Chickies Watershed will be presented the findings contained in the report. Hie report should be of special interest to the people who live in the flood prone areas and should also be of interest to all the people in the watershed who are looking for a better community tomorrow. The report should reveal whether anything can be done to reduce flood damage. If something can be done to reduce flood damage the report would likely reveal a broad spectrum of alternatives. From the alternatives, the people in the watershed will deter mine the direction the flood control program shall follow. PARALYZED FROM THE WAIST DOWN. JOE SUTIKA, 14, STARS FOR BETHESDA BOMBERS IN ALLEN PARK, MICK SOFTBALL LEAGUE. JOE GOT FOUR HITS IN RECENT GAME, WITH TEAM MATES RUNNING THE BASES FOR HIM CANADA TOUR Maryland's “A" team members and their coaches show off first-place trophy paraphernalia won in their barnstorming trip to runaway championship honors in national 4-H dairy cattle judging competition on Oct. 7 during the North American Dairy Show at Columbus, Ohio. Seated are (left to right): Allen Stiles, 18, of Westminster (Carroll county); Denton Lenhart, 18, of T hurmont In Wales, it’s believed that taking holly into the house before Christmas or leaving it u| after New Years is bad luck and leads to family quarrels. M. S. YEARSLEY & SONS West Chester 696-2990 ADAMSTOWN EQUIPMENT INC. A. B. C. GROFF, INC. LANDIS BROS. INC. Mohnton, RD2, Pa 19540 New Holland 354-4191 Lancaster 393-3906 (near Adamsfownf - Phone (21514 W-4391 Maryland Dairy Farm sts ((■ n-, / Three single-beater choices because your needs aren’t the same as your neighbor’s John Deere offers three economical single beaters to match your spreading needs Unique 18-inch drum (top) is designed for manure with little bedding The big drum nearly fills the rear of the spreader and holds in soft manure Nine-inch drum (center) plugs some of the gap also handles * v ‘ >.A r ' ■P — V packed manure efficiently Paddle beater (bottom) takes deeper bites, for tearing apart hard-packed manure Whether your operation produces sloppy manure with little bedding or tough-packed, strawrlaced manure or some of both, we've got the beater and size of spreader you need See us soon SHOTZBERGER'S (Frederick county),and Ronnie Kling, 15, of Taneytown (Frederick county). Standing are (left to right): James M. Downes of Centreville, Extension 4-H and youth agent in Queen Annes county; W. Allen Galbreath, 19, of Street (Harford county), and John L Morris of Gaithersburg (Montgomery county), Extension dairy science specialist at the University of Maryland in College. 665-2141 i*7 JST 'M. // p
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