—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Feb. 19. 1977 16 Family farms (Continued from Page lj Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. The plan, already under fire from several members of Congress, proposes to use mutual funds to buy working row crop farms and operate them under a system of leases and sharecropping agreements. It has been described as a new in vestment vehicle to be marketed to trustees of pension funds and other tax exempt institutions. The Internal Revenue Service has been asked to rule on the tax-free status of the operation. In his letter to Farm Calendar I Continued from Page 10] Northern Blair, northern Huntingdon and Centre County ABC meeting, 7 pm Juniata Valley High School. Berks County Conservation District meets, 1 p.m. at the Ag Center. Lancaster County 4-H horse judges meet at the Farm and Home Center Thursday, Feb. 24 Estate Planning program at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center, 7:30. Seventeenth annual Little Dutchman FFA banquet, 6:45 p.m, at the Annville- Cleona High School, Aimville, 6:45 p.m. Southern Dauphin, Lebanon, and western Berks Dairy Day, 10 am, in con junction with ABC District meeting, Mt. Zion Fire Hall. York County FMBAS committee meets, estate planning, 8 pm in the York Mall Community Room. Congressmen, Snyder asked: “If this type of far ming operation is tax exempt, should not the same exemption be extended to every fanner in the nation?” John W. Scott, master of the National Grange, has called for Congressional investigative hearings on the plan. “This raid on productive agriculture land is outrageous and must be stopped,” Scott said. “The long range effects could be devastating to both our family farm system and thousands of small Somerset ABC meeting at Friedens Fire Hall, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25 Lancaster County Holstein Club holds barn meeting at the Jay Landis farm, Lancaster R 6, visitation 1 p.m., meeting at 1:30. Elizabethtown Young Farmers banquet, Elizabethtown Fire Hall, 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26 Junior Activities The Committee of the Penn sylvania Angus Association holds a Dutch treat lunch at the Downingtown Holiday Inn, 12:30 pm Meeting to encompass reorganization, election of officers and 1977 ac tivities. Paradise Rotary ' Club presents “Travel and Adventure” series, en titled “Incredible Japan,” Conestoga Valley High School, 7:30 p.m. businesses in rural com- Grange is prepared to take the matter to court if The National Grange has necessary.” asked the Internal Revenue Service to delay its ruling on the tax exempt status of the plan until Congressional hearings can be held. “Tax exemptions for a land grab of this kind are totally unfair to every tax paying citizen,” Scott declared, “and the MF WATCH YOUR ACRES MELT AWAY UNDER AN MF MOUNTED CHISEL PLOW 129 THERE’S AN MF 129 CHISEL PLOW BUILT JUST FOR YOU. LEBANON VALLEY N. H. FLICKER IMPLEMENT CO. & SONS INC. 700 E Linden St Richland PA Phone 1717)866-7518 M. M. & SONS North Groffdale Road Leola PA 17540 Phone. |7l7| 656-2321 NISSLEY FARM SERVICE Charlestown Rd Prospect Rd Washmeton Boro PA Phone )717) 215-4844 TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! m m. Now_ through flpri[ 29th Call your Jocai dealerfqrinformation Massey Ferguson Maxatawny Phone (215) 683-7252 WEAVER G. s. LEWIS AND SON West Grove PA (215) <69-9440 169 2214 PAUL J. EICHERT . —=, Hitch up [g£jg to Massey & SON RDI. Orwifsburi. PA Ph; (717) 943-2304 LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS * Available with 26” and 32” Clearance for MF 129 only. A. L. HERR KELLER BROS. & BRO. 312 Park Ave Quarryville PA Ph0ne(717)786 3521 MARLIN W. SCHREFFLER READ t v r» I, , if''™ ♦» > x'* „ Ridge Road Perkasie PA Ph. 215-257-5698 or 257-5564 Pitman. PA (717)648-1120 V V
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