VOL. 24 No .*3 Offer unto God Thaitksgiting mid pay thy vow tptto dm Most High* Fgalms 50:14 ’urkeysare a full time concern By JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent ABBOTTSTOWN - though there’s a reported rkey shortage this year as e Thanksgiving holiday iproaches, you’re hard put believe that when you ive into the Pigeon Hill arm at Abbottstown R 2. As York County’s largest rkey producer, the Pigeon 01 operation grows out ,000 of the big birds an lally. The entire produc m of the meaty Nicholas utes is under contract to oond Hill Foods, a local ocessing concern located arby in the quiet Route 30 llage of Abbottstown. Pigeon Hill, also known r top quality Hereford •ceding stock, is owned by r F. Malcolm Wright, head irgeon at the Hanover eneral Hospital. Both the rkey and cow-calf herd are rected by Terry Shearer, irm manager who’s rerseen the operation for x years. He’s assisted by te full-time man, his cousin ouglas Shearer. “Turkeys are a full-time mcem,” says Shearer, hey’re the first thing we leek in the morning and the st thing at night.” Seven long growing houses >ver the hills of the 200 acre irm, located on the York dams county line, with lost of the land on the York de. After purchasing the Jothills property ten years go, Wright put in the first irkeys, finishing them out n the range. When Hurricane Agnes (Turn to Page 26) Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware Ag preservation group formed By SALLY BAIR Staff Writer LANCASTER - The Lancaster County Com missioners have taken a firm stand in favor of the preservation of valuable farmland in this county. On Wednesday, the Com missioners announced a 14- member Agriculture Preservation Task Force to study how deed restrictions could be used by fanners to ensure that their land will remain in agricultural production, and to make specific 1 suggestions for financing and implementing the program. In announcing the task force, the Commissioners showed their-deep concern for the loss of prime farm- Terry Shearer, right, and his assistant Douglas Shearer, check a bird in one of the Pigeon Hills Farms’ seven turkey houses. This one was filled to Butz displeased with welfare society By DIETER KRIEG LANCASTER In what has become routine for him, former USDA Secretary Earl Butz hit the govern ment with another merciless public tongue lashing on Huyard shows champion 4-H steer By KENDACE BORRY LANCASTER - Lan- caster County’s 4-H champion steer, shown by Darlene Huyard, 15, of Lancaster, was named the top animal m the Southeast Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 18,1978 land in this county which now amounts to 7,000 acres annually. A prepared statement said, “The County would strive to protect much of its prime agricultural land by having it put under deed restrictions which would prevent its development. It is anticipated that the deed restrictions would most often be established when agricultural, land changes hands.” In a telephone interview with Lancaster Farming, Board Chairman Jack F. Tracy, himself a member of the new committee, said, “We’ve got to take positive steps to save that which can’t be replaced - our wonderful farmland. It can get cold and people can go Thursday night. It was the third time in less than two weeks that the fiery, con troversial Butz had an oc casion to speak his mind in this part of the country. He did just that when he District 4-H Baby Beef Show held Tuesday of this week. Her purebred Angus steer named Sarge topped the 72 other entries from Lan caster, Dauphin, and Chester County. This is the young lady’s without gas and oil, but if there comes a tune when there is no food, we will face an uncontrollable crisis.” He said that Lancaster County agriculture is a productive part of the society and it must be preserved. Tracy said / the Com missioners have been concerned about the problem for some time and have had extensive discussions about it. He credited Aaron Z. Stauffer, Amos H. Funk and Charles S. Conrad, Jr., with being “three of the motivators behind the idea. The sim plicity of it overwhelmed us. We know there is a lot of the agricultural community that wants to preserve the land, and a certain sector is capacity with 5000 Toms destined for holiday feasts. appeared on stage before the sixty-first annual banquet of Inter-State Milk Producers Cooperative. Earlier this month Butz spoke at a Delaware gathering and on Tuesday he addressed the first purebred Angus and first champion. The steer competed in the heavyweight division, weighing 1325 pounds. Named reserve champion at the district show was Bill Wylie’s Simmental-Charol willing to preserve it voluntarily. There is stability in fanners who want to remain farmers.” The proposed report, which is due in February, is intended to give those people who are looking for it a means to preserve their land. “We want to lock in the land for future generations.” He said he hopes the task force will serve as a motivation for the agricultural community and industry. Tracy, although raised as a city boy, worked on a farm as a young boy, and said he wishes more youngsters could have the experiences lie had. (Turn to Page 39) 65th annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Farm and Power Equipment Association. Wherever he goes, Butz attracts crowds and declares (Turn to Page 29) ais-Angus crossbred. The Nottingham R 2 youth’s steer had placed second in its class behind Miss Huyard’s animal. It was a double winning day for Wylie as he was also (Turn to Page 34) $6.00 Per Year In tills tene Farm Calendar 16 Editorials 16 Yorfc 4-H dairy banquet M SO Jr, OxjfcttJgSditui 33 Jpywßapp m Home on the Range 31 Farm Women Calendar 06 Doris fbomas SO Craft feature 61 tda’sJSoteboofc 62 Ke»df6K6ltama 64 FFA convention 103, lOf lerryWri& , 106, W St«er show 110 Inter-Statenews 196419 Farm Creditdtnaer 119 ll9 Eggpmraoti«ffi 130 Crops show I2S 131 OMMrftft'apegft 125 l?riryi«aae«ssf W Crops may be future fuel source By DIETER KRIEG LiTITZ An energy program which will give farmers an extra outlet for farm products is surfacing in various parts of the country and is being introduced in the East. The idea is to produce alcohol from crops such as com, wheat, barley, timber, sugar beets, etc., and mix the fluid with conventional fuels. According to Mo Camp bell, a marketing consultant for some of the top motor racing talent in the country, and a partner in Mar-Cam Industries, Inc., the renewable fuel - termed “gasohoi” is already being produced and used in the Midwest and South. His company is vying for marketing rights in the East. Gasohol is considered by some to„be America’s an swer to offset the high-priced oil imports from the Arab nations and as such con siderable support for such programs is surfacing in the nation’s capital, as well as vast stretches of farmland. Dick Merritt, for example, represents the Nebraska Gasohol Commission in Washington, D.C. Some midwestem farmers have gone so far as to form cooperatives for the production and marketing of the product. In the South, too, a farmers’ cooperative is mixing gasohol with common fuels in its vehicles. According to Campbell, gasohol is an up and coming fuel for the nation. He predicts that It’s just a (Turn to Page 47)
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