Conservation programs begun
I? WASHINGTON, D. C. -
The US. Department of
Agriculture activated a $l9O
million 1077 Agricultural
Conservation program on
October 1 which will be
operating In all agricultural
counties.
“The objective of A CP is to
encourage enduring soli and
water conservation prac
tices on farmland, and is
aimed at those farmers who
cannot undertake these
conservation practices
without some economic
assistance," Claude
Hetherington, chairman of
the Pennsylvania State
Committee, Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service, USDA,
said.
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Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Com
mittees have full authority in
identifying critical farm
conservation problems and
developing local plans for
solving them on a priority
basis.
Hetherington said, "The
delegation of authority to
County ASC Committees
places decision-making in
the hands of local farmers
who are in the best possible
position to evaluate local
conservation needs and
priorities. We are pleased
with the past performance of
the ASC committees and are
sure that they will continue
to provide good service to
farmers.”
ACP provides up to 75 per
cent of the cost of carrying
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1305 Manheim Pike Lancaster. PA
717-393-3906
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RDI, Cams Gap PA 17527
717 442-8134
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RDI, Fleetwood PA
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out approved soil, water, and
woodland conservation
practices. Ail approved
practices in effect under the
1970 National ACP are
eligible.
“USDA also announced the
1977 funding for the Forestry
Incentives Program at the
$l5 million level authorized
by Congress FIP is designed
to increase the production of
Umber products on small,
private timber tracts and
will be available in most
states in specifically
designated counties with
high resource potential for
increased timber produc-
Uon. Pennsylvania, with its
many thousands of acres of
woodland, will have most
counties participating,”
chairman Hetherington said.
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ACP, FIP, and WB are
administered by the
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service.
Full details will be an
nounced later by County ASC
Committees.
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215-696-2990
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717-359-5863
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Rt 1 Cochranville PA 19330
215-593-6731
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Maryland Angus
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -
Maryland Angus Breeders
held their 1976 Show here at
the Montgomery County
Fairgrounds, this summer.
Judge of the event was
Donald Kniffen, Rutgers
University. Sixty-eight head
of Angus rattle were shown.
Charles Papa’s Hillside
Lake Farm of Hagerstown
scored a double win as his
two year old, Wye Ankonlan
of HSL was named grand
champion bull of the show
and Blackbird Burgess HSL
was named grand champion
female. This same farm
showed the reserve junior
champion bull and both bulls
are by Form of Wye and out
of the same dam, Georginas
Elevate HSL, as was the first
place late sr. bull calf. The
junior champion bull was
also by Form of Wye and was
shown by Mary Frances
Sweeney of Gaithersburg.
Calf champion and reserve
grand champion bull was
BHA Amazon Pride, shown
PAFC award given
David Putney, a
Harrisburg attorney known
for his work with fanner
cooperatives, was presented
with the Pennsylvania
Association of Farmer
Cooperatives (PAFC) award
last month.
The PAFC award is given
annually to a Pennsylvania
resident who has demon
strated outstanding
leadership in improving
farmer cooperatives and
allied industries.
He has been a practicing
attorney in Harrisburg,
since 1932 and is a former
assistant district attorney
from Dauphin County, Pa.
He was general counsel for
the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau Cooperative
Association and has served
as counsel for Agway Inc.,
Syracuse, N. Y., Atlantic
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Oct. 2.1976
show held
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by William Gregg and Sons'
Black Haven Angus,
Gaithersburg, who also
showed the intermediate
champion bull. Reserve bull
calf champion was shown by
Branchwater Farms, Inc.,
Owings Mills, who also
showed the reserve heifer
calf champion. Reserve
grand champion female was
the heifer calf champion,
Oatland Erica 804, shown by
Chandler Keys, Olney, who
also showed the reserve
junior champion female,
both by Montague of Wye.
Reserve senior champion
bull was shown by Moreland
Farm, Brookeville; in
termediate champion female
by Susan Holston, Derwood;
and reserve intermediate
champion female by Robert
Miller, Woodsboro.
The show was sponsored
by the Maryland Angus
Association and trophies
were presented by Wye
Plantation, Queenstown, Md.
and the Maryland Angus
Association.
Breeders, Lancaster, Pa.,
and 14 other cooperative
associations.
Putney was one of the
draftsmen for revisions of
laws relating to farmer
cooperatives.
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