—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 24,1976 16 Hospi [Continued from Page 1] Kerstetter urged against selling the land to private interests. He said his Department is undertaking a study which would augment work being done by the House Agriculture Com mittee to study ways to keep these lands in agricultural production. Kerstetter proposed placing the lands under the “statutory authority” of the Department of Agriculture which would then become “a leasing agent to farmers who met certain clearly established criteria.” , He explained that “under a possible leasing plan, young fanners could get started in the Commonwealth. Existing buildings could be leased to bonafide fanner interests and their use would help the farm economy of Pennsylvania.” Kerstetter stressed that his testimony was not meant to dispute the findings of welfare officials. He noted the inmates “are not far mers and it would seem to me that the involved tasks would seem difficult and unrewarding to them. _ A Mix-Mill Farm Feed Factory is the “TOTAL” system for automatic -feed processmg. It comes in a variety of capacities to meet your individual requirements. For example, our overhead gram holding bins range in sizes of 12 to 400 ton capa cities. Our automatic mixer/ grinder is available in hammer mill or roller mill with 5, T'/a, 10 or even 20 horsepower. There’s a wide range of Name Address City State □ HAVE A SALES REPRESENTATIVE CALL ON ME □ PLEASE SEND MORE INFORMATION I annually feed No □ FARMER authorized ■AM m»m« SffcOff “ tal farms controversial “Working or would-be farmers on the other hand,” said Kerstetter, “would find the leasing of much of the lands in question highly attractive.” Kerstetter was against “selling the lands to in terests which would almost certainly take them out of green and put them under asphalt for one kind of development of another.” The secretary noted that earlier this year he had “cited the potential of the dairy barns at Harrisburg State Hospital to provide holding facilities for cattle being shipped overseas from Harrisburg International Airport. “These kinds of general ideas fit the ‘innovative methods' called for under HR 230.” Grange Wants Change In Management The Pennsylvania State Grange proposed establish ment of a commission' to operate institutional farms in the state. 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It would involve 6422 acres, 3000 of which are considered prime agricultural land. “How can we justify phasing out these farms,” Wismer asked, “and, at the same time, urge the preservation of agricultural land in Pennsylvania?” In view of efforts to focus attention on world food policy, Wismer pointed out, “I find it difficult to un derstend the rationale behind the Administration’s , position to phase out farm operations at our state welfare institutions.” Wismer cited a resolution adopted at the Grange’s annual state convention in 1968 in which it wtos pointed out that during the 1966-67 fiscal year the farms produced $4 million worth of food at a saving to the state of $949,594. In its ; proposal for establishing a commission to operate the farms, the Grange suggested that it include the State Secretary .County □ STUDENT of Agriculture, the dean of the College of Agriculture at the Pennsylvania' State University, and a representative • of the Department of Public Welfare. eight fanns be that the commission be supervised by a farmer. He responsible for the ad- eX p ressw j concern over the ministrative care and' possibility that the state may maintenance of all land at wan tthelandbackagainina Department of Public few years the best way Welfare institutions, and t 0 assure that is to keep it. have direct central of all L eaS mg agreements, as personnel engaged in su gg es t e d by Kerstetter operating the farms. t out J of hand,” he 47 Steps Required 6 ’ To Get Parts ; Welfare officials re portedly have concluded Take Cnarge that inmates at the state LmSS says a dt farmer ' institutions derive no therapeutic benefit from tbeir farm work, nor do they that the business attitude crea t e guy savings for the prf be Tn BB / 1 tHpnhonp institutions. There have been AAnjiritinn Unofficial reports Of gTOSS conversation with LAN CASTER FARMING, the Sit legislator oharged that ’ under present management J 47 different steps are required before final action is taken on whether or not to buy equipment or even spare parts. The reason, he says, is because such matters first have' to be cleared by a business manager who runs the entire institution, but generally has little knowledge of farming. Brandt went on to say that if a farmer took over the agricultural side of the institutions, they could be made much more efficient. “We hear the cry from the Welfare Department that they don’t want to farm because they can’t operate the farms profitably,” he said, adding that in view of all the other money that’s going out through that agency it’s not a very significant point. Brandt favors the idea that the 6422 acres be kept under the jurisdiction of the Welfare Department, and Dairy facts 1. 13.4 billion gallons of nylk were produced in the U.S.“in 1975. 2. Approximately 7P percent of the milk was marketed by dairy fatmers through some 700 dairy cooperative associations. 3. 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