20 —UwcMttr Fanaing, Saturday, July 15,1970 V • • >r _ , . _ . . . u . , at the interchange of U.S. Route 30 and Prospect Road in Lancaster County. The The Pennsylvania Department of Highways, (fennDOT) hasn t been able to Wstles are a|| a| the roadsideSi median strips, and adjacent to farmers' keep up with the thistles this year, as is being evidenced by these pictures taken Thistles Opinion - by Dieter Krieg Thistles along Pennylvania’s roadsides are more abundant this year than ever before, allegedly because the state doesn’t have the ftwwlea Buildings J[;j^-^||gppj|^ P. E. Hess, Butler Mfg. Co. Box 337 Oxford PA 19363 Dealer Inquiries Available In Pennsylvania Counties - 1 Clinton Centre, Clearfield Venango Mercer Lawrence I Beaver Butler Clarion, Maryland Counties - Baltimore I Harford New Hersey Counties - Sussex Hunterdon I Somerset Warren, Morns Passaic I Name Address County City Phone - >«.’«*■***“* '***-'» Jl* aren’t a cash crop BUTLER AGRI-BUI LDE R State. funds to keep the noxious weeds under control But the obvious question that must be asked is i 20 YEARS i J ROOF k M WARRANTY m W GUARANTEED W \ SNOW W \ LOADS r What you see is what you get. CALL YOUR LOCAL AGRI-BUILDER FOR C&M SALES INC. KAFFERLIN SALES ORVILLE MACK LEROY E. MYERS, INC. 0. A, NEWTON R 0 #1 & SERVICE P 0 Box 47 Route #l. Box 163 & SON CO. Honesdale, Pa. 18431 R D #2 Nazareth, Pa 18064 Clear Spring, Md 21722 Bridgeville, Delaware 19933 Phone 717-253-1612 Union City, Pa 16438 Phone 215-759-1331 Phone 301-582-1552 Phone 302-337-8211 Phone 814-438-3180 A. E. ENGEL. INC. KNOXVILLE BEATTY & NELSON AL MAURER PO Box 216 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR P o Box 78 Marlton, N J 08053 Knoxville, Pa 16928 Biglerville, Pa 17303 Cambra. Pa 18611 Phone 609-983-4404 Phone 814-326-4188 Phone 717-677-9310 Phone 717-864-3135 f>7 f i ?< % J If the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is claiming that it has insufficient funds to build and repair roads, plow snow in the Winter and keep weeds mowed in the Summer, then what in the. world are they doing with all of our money? The sight of thistles along the Keystone State’s roads is not only an eyesore for everyone passing by, ‘■i*’ • I?. *. si -If - SBaS-ji C*« *• *A they're a nuisance to farmers and anyone trying to keep a weed-free garden or lawn. Farmers try very hard to have clean fields, knowing that yields can be cut drastically if the weeds are left to go out of control They pay dearly for their efforts with many hours of hard work and a sizable portion of whatever money is left over after taxes. But those tax dollars don’t ' m 1 » MORE DETAILS $) ( ' r e > 'I-i <m * " Don’t buy v you see the 1 HAVE YOU mut%er AGRI-BUILD SHOW YOI W. R. MOODY, CONTRACTOR U 3 Walnut Lane West Newton, Pa 15089 Phone <^|)-872-68^ field: and i i div
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