—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1978
24
Truth
(Continued from Page 22)
Chronicling his time with
Hess’s, Hershey affirmed
that he has seen the industry
go from water horses to
electric powei, from horses
to tractors, from railroad
cars to truck, from bag to
bulk, and from mediocre to
quality feeds.
During all that time, many
incidents stand out as
highlights of his career. For
instance, he recalls the time
his employer decided to
teach him to become a
salesman.
“When I first came to
Hess’s, I was a truck driver,
and I did that for 16 years.
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Then I went into the Army
for two years, and when I
came out, they said to me,
‘We’re going to send you to
school to be a salesman,’ and
they didn’t have any
problems from me, because
I always thought I’d like to
be one.”
Other important
memories include helping to
pioneer the Amish cage
house in the county. Since
there is no electricity in
these systems, there are no
fans.
done, but we made a flying
trip to Indiana and saw one,
then we really promoted it
among our Amish
customers.” he says with
relative amount of pride.
For Hershey, this is the
type of career achievement
he will always be able to
cherish.
“For me, the highlight of
this job is to visit a
customer, see what he
needs, and give him a
guiding hand. We’ve been
able to put several of our
customers on the Toad to
success. One had a 30 acre
farm and we were able to
help him turn it mb a gold
name,” he says.
“That’s really rewar
ding,” he adds. “Through
the years I’ve watched
families grow up and the
children make something of
themselves.”
He and his wife Henrietta
are themselves, the parents
of three daugnters. They
have three grandsons and
one granddaughter.
MICROMIST - KEY FEATURES
Working parents should
take note that there’s no
longer an income-limitation
on claiming child care
credit. Regardless of income
bracket, the credit (up to
$4OO for one child, $BOO for
two or more children) is
availalbe to parents who
incur child care expenses in
order to hold a job.
If you pay alimony, keep in
mind when you file your tax
returns that it’s no longer
necessary to itemize
deductions in order to deduct
alimony payments. Alimony
is now listed as an “ad
justment” to gross income,
rather than an itemized
deduction. So the alimony
deduction can be claimed
regardless of whether you
itemize or take the standard
deduction.
STORM DAMAGE TAX
RELIEF
Property owners who
suffered damage from one of
1977’s many natural
disasters may be entitled to
a casualty loss decuction on
their tax returns. Here’s
what can be deducted: an
amount equal to the loss of
property value resulting
from the damage, plus the
cost of cleanup operations,-
minus $lOO and the amount
of any insurance reim
bursement.
XXX
RETIREMENT FUND
CONTRIBUTIONS
It’s still not too late to
make contributions to In
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counts and Keogh plans that
it Calibration from 1 quart
to 40 gal. per acre
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Tax tips
CHILD CARE CREDIT
TYY
ALIMONY
“ADJUSTMENT”
offered
are deductible on 1977 tax
returns. The deadlines are:
February 14 for IRAs and
April 17 (this year’s tax fil
ing deadline) for Keogh ac
counts. Of course, the plan
must have been set up before
the end of 1977, and con
tributions may not exceed
the legal limits for any one
year.
XXX
EMPLOYEE MOVING
EXPENSES
An employee who moves to
accept a new job can deduct
the moving expenses on his
or her tax return only under
the following cir
cumstances: the distance
between the new place of
work and the former
residence must be 35 miles
greater than the distance
between former place of
work and the former
residence. In other words, if
your job is 10 miles from
your home, a new job would
have to be at least 45 miles
from your home in order to
qualify you for a movmg
expense deduction.
ROUNDUP
OF BARGAINS
Save $195 to $2,600 on new John
Deere Hay and Forage Equipment.
Get waiver of finance charge, too
Reward yourself two ways Keep cash the month this type of equipment is
in your pocket with the special used in our area Act now while these
discounts shown below on new John preseason discounts are available
Deere machinery Second, no finance Come on m and let's round up some
charge will be imposed until the first of bargains for you l
MACHINES
25 and 34 Forage Harvesters, 15A and 16A Rotary Choppers,
336 and 346 Balers 100 Stack Mover
1207 1209 and 1214 Mower/Conditioners, 466 Baler
35 and 3800 Forage Harvesters,
800 and 830 Wmdrowers
100 Stack Wagon
200 and 300 Stack Movers
2250 2270 and 2280 Wmdrowers
200 Stack Wagon
300 Slack Wagon
230 Stack Shredder/Feeder
Discount is subject to equipment availability
ADAMSTOWN EQUIPMENT, INC.
Mohnton, PA
215-484-4391
LANDIS BROS. INC. EVERGREEN TRACTOR CO., INC.
Lancaster, PA
717-393-3906
SMITH’S IMPLEMENTS, INC.
Mercersburg, PA
717-328-2244
Farmers, being big
businessmen in Maryland,
run up some hefty property
tax and interest bills. In 1967,
Maryland farmers paid $15.2
million in property taxes and
NEUHAUS’ES, INC.
York - Glen Rock, PA
717-428-1953
$11.3 in interest By 1977, the
farm property tax and in
terest bill had risen to $18.5
million to the tax collector
and $35.7 million to the
banker!
Discount through
April 30, 1978
JOHNSON BROS. {CM
Kresgeville, PA BfljS
215-681-4766 1 111,1 na "
Lebanon, PA
717-272-4641
AGWAY, INC.
Wescosville, PA
215-398-2553
$195
$325
$520
$650
$7BO
$1,040
$1 950
$2 600