—Lancaster Farming' Saturday, August 26,1978
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Walker hill gives tax credit to keep land in agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Congressman Bob Walker
(R-16-Pa.) last week in
troduced legislation aimed
at providing a “new
direction in the Nation’s
efforts to preserve far
mland.”
The Walker legislation
would provide tax incentives
to farmland owners who
Angus contest held
Diane Krause, Slatington, (left), and Carol
Krause, Slatington, (right), represented Penn
sylvania in the 12th National Junior Angus
Showmanship Contest, July 20-21 in Oes Moines,
lowa. Diane and Carol won an honorable mention
award in the contest. The contest was sponsored
by the American Angus Association, and featured
70 state showmanship winners from all over the
United States.
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agree not to use or permit
their land to be used for a
purpose other than farming.
He explains:
“This proposal represents
an effort to do something
positive and forward-looking
to keep agricultural land
from being developed
irresponsibly without
initiating programs in-
if you have fat
cattle or
need feeders. ..
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volving the ‘big brotherism’
of national land use policies.
“I have introduced this
legislation to assure that
farmland would be
preserved but on the basis of
individual landowner
initatives and not on the
basis of bureaucratic
decision-making in
Washington.
“Our farmland is such a
precious and highly valuable
natural resource that it must
be adequately protected
from encroachment of
development but we must do
so without jeopardizing the
properly rights of individual
of Americans,” Walker said.
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Phone 717-859-1127
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Robert Walker
Under Walker’s proposal,
a tax credit equaling five pet
cent of the fair market value
of a farm would become
available to the owner of the
land if he or she agreed not
to permit its use for any
other purpose than farming.
The amount of the, credit
would be allotted in one-third
shares over a three-year
period. The owner of the
farmland would be eligible
forcredit on a one-time basis
by signing an agreement
with the secretary of
agriculture formalizing a
permanent commitment to
keep the land in agricultural
production.
Walker listed three
principle advantages of bis
approach to farmland
preservation.
1. It would provide for
Double copocily,
double efficiency
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Honey Brook, PA
S. JOHNSON HURFF
Pole Tavern'
Monroeville, NJ
609-358 2565 or
609-769-2565
STOUFFERBROS. INC.
Chambersburg, PA
717-263-8424
ARNETT'S GARAGE
Rt. 9 Box 125
Hagerstown, MD
301-733-0515
NEVIN N. MYER
& SONS, INC.
Chester Springs, PA
215-827-7414
UMBERGER’S MU
Rt. 4 Lebanon, PA
(Fontana)
717-867-5161
A. L HERR & BRO.
Quarryville, PA
717-786-3521
BINKLEY & HURST BROS.
133 Rothsville Station Road
Lititz, PA
717-626-4705
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individual decision-making
rather than governmental
decision-making with regard
to farmland preservation.
2. It would compliment
rather than complicate local
zoning provisions.
3. It would permit local
units of government to have
defined areas of farmland
which could be assessed for
taxation on their value as
farmland rather than on
their developmental value
thus decreasing the property
taxes on prime agricultural
land.
“I fully realize that this
legislation will not be
enacted in this Congress,”
Walker said. “However, the
legislation does provide a
new vehicle to permit
Congress to focus on a key
environmental issue in very
specific terms.”
Manheim, PA
717-665-2271
ABWAY, INC.
Chapman Equip. Center
Chapman, PA
215-398-2553
CHAUMcCOMSEY
& SONS
Hickory Hill, PA
215-932-2615
WERTZ GARAGE
Linehoro, MD
301-374-2672
LEBANON VALLEY
IMPLEMENT CO., INC.
Richland, PA
717-866-7518
CLAIR J. MYERS
Lake Road R 1
Thomasville, PA
717-259-0453
WILLIAM DAUGHERTY
R.D. #2
Felton, PA
717-244-9787