Conservation speaker tells of future plans ByKENDACEBORRY speaker at the 31st annual meeting of the Pa. READING Lyle Bauer, Association of District president of the National Directors, Inc. He spoke at Association of Conservation the group’s opening lun- Districts, was the keynote cheon held October 2at the GARBER SCALE COMPANY FOR • GRAIN SCALES • PLATFORM SCALES • TRUCK SCALES 3 WEEK DELIVERY ★ 24 HOUR SALES & SERVICE 121 Witmer Rd. Lancaster, Pa. 17602 DON’T WAIT TIL HARVEST TIME...H you need a scale for your growing corn or grain operator call us now! ALL SCALES STATE APPROVED. 64x76 foot TRUCK GARAGE/ Lebanon County rnrobc", - V <Tl7t«66 6br) flifiitf'' • Wrtßg X Jf t »MIN*U» U«H|IS * •x<i wiOMfV ruussis 17«7 ««.MLKN» «S 2 WUr*T*«« ?15VI Phone: (717)393-1708 Nothing surpasses The Tie Arch Truss for bridging wide spans with a more easily handled truss that is at once straighter and stronger, with more uniform strength throughout. Available in lengths up to eighty feet with a splice-free laminated top chord and a minimum of bottom chord splices, all trusses are delivered in one section ready for economical installation at the job site. Stmcturmt ImmfinmtioH Emglmmmrmdfme Lcry« MmMding Needs Sheraton Berkshire Inn, Reading. Bauer, who is a wheat and cattle farmer from Harper, Kansas, told his audience that he doesn’t have all the answers to the problems facing the conservation districts. He added that as head of the organization he needs advice and hopes to have the wisdom to carry on his duties. He told of the organization’s ability to work together, and how it has grown since its humble beginnings back m 1946. Today it is strongly heard and respected. Today there are 3,021 conservation districts in the nation, with 2.2 billion acres involved, compared to 1.8 billion acres in 1970. According to Bauer, conservation districts have Liquid Fertilizer Manufactured by SNYDERS PLANT FOOD COMPANY 111 W. Newport Rd., Lititz, Pa. 717-626-8909 When strength, maximum span and easily-handled installation are combined... Lyle Bauer broader authorities today. In 1970, only one state had erosion and sediment control legislation. Now there are 16 states which, have such legislation. He noted that the past ten years have seen virtually every state strengthen its district legislation, with the addition of new programs and 80*400foot POTATO STORAGE and PACKAGING BUILDING Schuylkill County Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7,1978 themselves, where " Bespoke ef the Rural. Clean Water Program, we see American tanners;m stating that it has teen a se "°f ec ° n ° mic *™ bl3 target of misinformation. He 33(1 do 301 solutions said that, the RCWP is a new Proposed that sound program, tackling water Promising. One thin is quality problems in high priority areas, using locally P 1 • agriculture developed plans as the base musl be based 03 J” 56 and emphasizing local ad- and conservation of our ministration where possible. Bod a3d water resources. He related that the NACD *>?. f Jf had fought for a principle in <£“<* P roflts but deBtr °y s the RCWP-the fact that a r f our f locally-planned, locally-de- defeating. Any strategy that veloped, and locally ad- *« 8 u f 311(1 10 f ef * mmlstratied voluntary ecUv3l y 1183 8011 program is what Congress to produce the goods needed designed the RCWP to be, b ? opk 18 what the American farmers wl P e ‘ , need, and what the NACD . Ba “ r tbat be has a chance of doing. The f f ™ d 3 " ekct organization took the task force to deal with these „ fuof nnwioof problems and asked them to position that if the project JV. . , can’t be started right, it 3 re P° rt soon t 0 shouldn’t be started at all. jnacu. ... , He stressed in his speech One proposal, he oteerved, that the NACD is looking has teen around a long towards the future, naming ! 33(1 * getting more someofitsconcems. 3tten^° A n " ght 30W 18 what NACD is concerned about &e N fCD calls a con the problem of getting a ser lf tlo3 incen tives higher national priority for program. The basic idea of natural resource programs, this program is to provide He noted that he thinks it is economic incentives to the essential for both the famie 1 r through govern economic and en- mental programs tot would vironmental well-being of improve to Potability of the nation his farm if he installs needed “We think a major conservation measures on problem lies in the absence to tod, imd mam to tom of linkages between food, on 3 .™ e agriculture and natural P ubbc hctojts to te gam^d» resource policies.” he be re WOuM JUStI S stated. “We have seen too the cost. The program would many instances where wide- (Turn to Page 62) 61
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