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once called the Garden Spot of America, the leading non
irrigated county in the nation. What would Lancaster
County be like without farms?” Funk asked.
“If there were no farms there would be no fanners
markets and no roadside stands. Our people have become
accustomed to the sweetness and good flavor that is only
enjoyed when sweet com is eaten the day it is harvested.
They also like that special sweet taste that is gotten only
from a canteloupe ripened on the vine.'
“Do we really want to give up the enjoyment that red,
ripe strawberries bring to our Summer Uving? Who of you
hasn’t noticed the difference in flavor between a peach or
nectarine that is tree-ripened as compared to immature
fruit picked firm enough to slip into the county.
“I am convinced the citizens of this great county are too
intelligent to allow our prime farmland, and irreplaceable
resource, to be covered up with asphalt and concrete,
especially when there are more than 100,000 acres that are
less desirable for farming, the county where
development can and should take place.
“There are a number of tools that can be used to guide
growth. The easiest and most widely used is preferential
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12-St all Clay Trigon Milking Parlor
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A 12-Stall Trigon is basically a Double-4 Herringbone,
plus 4 additional herringbone stalls across the end,
arranged as a Trigon!
Here's How Clay Trigon Milking Parlor Works
Trigon arrangement calls for three rows of four
herringbone milking stalls designed around a triangle
Cows are brought into parlor from holding area (1) Clay
crowd gate can make this operation more efficient Cows
enter parlor at either three entrances (2), (3), and (4) At
(2) and (3) they go directly into herringbone At (4) cows
go behind row of stalls (3) and enter through gates to
milking area (5) Automated air operated power gates
Ideal for Fast, Efficient One-Man Milking
Historically, one man has worked most efficiently in a
Oouble-4 Herringbone milking parlor Double-6's have
been developed and an outstanding operator can
operate it on a one-man basis over a short period of
tirrte Now the fully automated Trigon makes it possible
for one-man to operate the milking capacity equivalent
of a Double-8, with fewer steps and more cow control
Fully automated entrance and exit gates, automatic
FREDCRIVELLARO WALTERS EQUIPMENT
FARM BUILDINGS RD 1 Milan, PA
1590 Morgans Hill Rd 717-882-9522
ctdauicpp p arm ci ipply SHOWALTER IMPLEMENT Easton. PA 215-258-7584 GEORGE LAWTON
STRAWSER FARM SUPPLY Maugansvil!e , M D 55 Woodland Ave
bta [ > . °“ te , 301-739-5687 Wellsboro, PA
Ml 7 f ST4fiM9 Ut 301-739-5687 717-724-3015
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ROBERTJANNEY
Cochranville, PA
215 593 2365
LAUREL FARM SUPPLY
UMBERGERS MILLS rq g Qrantsville, MD
RD (Fontana) 301 895-5567
Lebanon, PA
717 867 5161
TAM-AGRI
EQUIPMENT CORP
Mountain Road
Dillsburg, PA
717-432-9738
MERVIN MILLER BUILDERS STANLEY’S FARM SERVICE N
7 Keener Rd Lit,tz, PA RD 1 (Off Rt. 125) .
717-626-52040 r Klmgerstown, PA RDlMilroy PA
215-267-4483 717-648-2088 717-667 3416
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KENNETH MARTIN
RD 1 Fayetteville, PA
717-352-2783
GLEN STAHLMAN CO
RDl.Cash Valley Rd
Cumberland, MD
301-777-0582
JOHN LEID& SON
RD 3 New Holland, PA
717-354-0484
assessment, now used in 42 states. Pennsylvania Acts 515,
and 319 are examples of such acts. Agricultural zoning is a
solution much talked about these days. It is an approach
that is better than preferential assessment, but still not
very permanent. Agricultural Districts have worked well
in New York and California. However, there is nothing
except a tax penalty to keep a farmer from selling to a
developer.
“Land use legislation is difficult
and slow to implement . There are
costs that today seem rather high.”
“Suffolk County, New York with less than 60,000 acres
left from the original 677,000 acres, authorized the pur
chase of development rights in 1974 and finally in 1978, the
development rights have been purchased to 2600 acres.
Five states in the Northeast have passed legislation to
purchase development rights from farmers.
Land use legislation is difficult and slow to implement.
There are costs that today seem rather high,” Funk
continued.
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can make this operation smooth and easy Operator is in
30" deep milking area (6) and he milks cows by moving
in a circular pattern around parlor. Udder stimulators (7)
can be used to prepare cows The operator attaches the
milker unit When cow has been milked the milker unit
can be removed by automated take-off units, or
manually The cows leave the parlor m the return lane
(8) Power operated cutting gates (9) can be used to
divert cows that need treatment into a catch pen (10)
take-off units on the milking machines, and such other
automated units as the Clay Cow Fetch crowd gate,
automatic udder stimulators, power operated cutting
gates, Easy Action doors, and feed bowl closures make
this design a model for efficiency and economical
operation In a fully automated 12-Stall Trigon one
man can milk up to 80 cows per hour!
TOM DUNLAP
RD 4 Jersey Shore, PA
717-753-3196
GEORGE H ROSS, INC.
FARM BUILDINGS
RD 3 Sunbury, PA
717 286-0043
R. E SMELTZER
EQUIPMENT CO
RD 1 Centre Hall, PA
814-364-1419
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BILL & STAN, INC
RD 1 Brogue, PA
717-927-6092
DALE OVERLY
RD Hershey, PA
717-367-0189
W&J DAIRY SALES
RD 2 Oxford, PA
717 529 2569
FRANKLIN D. HESS
RD 2 Orangeville, PA
717-925-6939
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 20,1979
“On November 15, the County Commissioners approved
a 14-member Agricultural Preservation Task Force. The
charge given to the Task Force is to develop an
agricultural land deed restriction program. A final report
has been requested by February, 1979. Immediate plan
implementation has been assured by the Com
missioners,” Funk said.
“Under this program, a farm property owner would
voluntarily place a deed restriction on a property in
return for certain cash and/or tax incentives at the local,
state or federal levels. Congressman Bob Walker is very
interested in this part of the program; in fact, he has
legislation ready to introduce that should help,” Funk
explained.
“This program is simple in its concept, less costly in its
implementation than the purchase of development rights
and is equally as permanent. In addition, as I envision the
program, it will not violate the principles of the free en
terprise system. Remember, it is voluntary in nature and
yet, I feel it could be very persuasive in its application.
“This program will have a price tag. To some of our
Lancaster County residents, it may seem a bit high, but
not as high as doing nothing or adopting short-range
ineffective measures.
“There are a number of legal matters that have to be
clarified. We may need some help from our legislators to
amend some enabling legislation to permit us to go for
ward. At last I think we have a start. I hope we can move
ahead and that we will be supported by the business
community, the farmers and the general public,” Funk
concluded.
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