Landfill project
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operation, it will gradually
consume a 92-acre farm
stead, with some 60 tillable
acres.
The farm includes 22-acres
of severely eroded land
which was once the site of a
strip mind for clay. The clay
was used in the manufacture
of bricks in a nearby plant
which is no longer operating.
The property is owned by
Martin and Hess Realty, who
developed the homes across
the road from the proposed
landfill. Those homeowners
protested the proposal as
soon as they learned of it.
The landfill would be con
structed and operated by
R.E. Wright Associates, a
Harrisburg engineering firm
specializing m groundwater
and soil geology.
The founder and president
of the firm, Richard E.
Wright, said his company
has a 50-year lease on the
property. When they decided
that a landfill was the best
possible use of the property,
Wright said this week m
Harrisburg, they expected
opposition.
Wright’s first step was to
approach the township
zoning hearing boards for
BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT
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COULD
SECURITY?
Every Hoober Steiger owner
knows that if their tractor breaks
down during the spring rush, this
spare tractor will keep them in
business.
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both Penn and Elizabeth
Townships for a special
exception to the zoning or
dinance. He was turned
down, Wright said, as he
expected.
From there, the case
moved into the courts. After
a senes of legal encounters
between Wnght and town
ship officials, property
owners and a group called
Save Our Soils, Wright
Associates seems to be
winning the battle.
“The Supreme Court shut
the door in our faces,” Scott
Shank, secretary of the
“Save Our Soils” com
mittee, said. The committee
was actively opposing the
Penryn landfill.
According to Wright, R.E.
Wright Associates were
originally consultants for
Martin and Hess who asked
them to evaluate the
property for its best possible
use.
They decided it was
ideally suitable for a
sanitary landfill.
Martin and hess decided
not to put in a sanitary
landfill, Wright Associates
leased the land from the
realty firm.
YOU
USE
THIS
HOOBER'S STAND-BY STEIGER TRACTOR
SECURITY - YOU BET!
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Steer prices
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At Vintage, slaughter
heifers were $3.00 higher on
a small supply; and cows
were $l.OO to $2.00 higher,
with most advance on cut
ters, bulls not fully tested.
On Wednesday at the
Lancaster Stockyard’s
auction, the story of higher
slaughter steer prices read
the same.
Compared to the previous
Wednesday, slaughter steers
Wright feels that the
property has the ideal
natural soil conditions for a
sanitary landfill
He stressed that there
would be less of a threat of
contamination to Hammer
Creek with a landfill than
there now is. This is because
they would have to comply
with the ever more stringent
requirements and
regulations for sanitary
landfills.
They would be forced to
control runoff water. “Now
there is runoff water from
the old Glen-Gery clay pits,”
he added. “There is now a lot
of sediment runoff. We
would be forced to control
that, even if we did have
another seven mch deluge.”
ft
were $3.00 to $4.00 higher,
many ,late sales fully $4.00
higher.
At Lancaster, High Choice
and Prune 3 to 4,1100 to 1425
pounds sold for 67.75-70.00,
with a few head 70.00-70.85;
Choice, mainly yield grade 2,
1050 to 1300 lbs. brought 68.25
to 70.25, and Choice, yield
grade 2 to 4, at 950 to 1450
pounds, went for 64.75 to
68.25, with several lots late
at 68.25-69.25. A few lots of
Choice yield grade 4 to 5 sold
for 62.50 to 64.75, and high
good and low choice, yield
grade 2 to 3, brought 63.00-
65.00; Good yield grade 2 to 3
went for 60.25 to 64.75, and a
few standard, yield grade 1
to 2, brought 57.00-60.00.
At Lancaster, slaughter
h°ifers $l.OO to $2.00 higher,
coWs were $3.00 to $4.00
higher, and bulls were
steady.
Thursday’s New Holland
auction found slaughter
steers $2.00 to $2.50 higher,
compared to the previous
week’s sale.
High choice and prime,
yield grade 3 to 4,1100 to 1425
pounds, sold fo 67.75 to 70.00,
with a few going for 70.00 to
70.60; a few lots of grade 4 to
wm\
The best security is a Steiger
tractor - Because in four years,
with over 80 Steigers in the field,
we've only had to use our stand
by tractor twice.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 8,1979-
Feeser’s exhibit Md.
Hampshire champions
TIMONIUM, Md. - A
Hampshire show was held at
the Maryland State Fair on
September 1. Paul Parish
judged the show as well as
the other hogs shows at the
fair. Parish is a Duroc
breeder from Eaton, Ohio,
Franklin Feeser exhibited
the grand champion barrow,
the reserve champion boar,
and the champion junior
mostly 5, at 1250 to 1350
pounds, brought 64.00 to
68.00; and choice, mainly
grade 2, at 1000 to 1400 lbs.
went for 68.00 to 70.35, with a
few head at 70.50 to 71.50;
Choice, yield grade 2 to 4, at
975 to 1375 pounds, brought
65.50 to 68.50, with several
lots at 68.50 to 69.50;- high
good and low choice, grade 2
to 3, 63.50 to 65.75; good,
grade 2 to 3, brought 61 on
64.00; and standard 1 to 2,
mainly Holstems went for
54.75 to 60.00.
On Thursday at the New
Holland livestock auction,
slaughter heifers were 2.00
to 3.00 higher, cows were 3.00
THAT’S SECURITY.
sow, all of which were litter
mates.
The Boss boar has con
tributed to approximately 90
percent of the'Feeser herd.
Their herd includes 65
percent Hampshire sows the
remaining are Yorkshire.
A production sale will be
held this evening, September
8, at the New Holland Feeder
Pig Sale Barn, starting at
6p.m.
to 4.00 higher, bullocks 2.00
to 3.00 higher, and bulls were
fully steady.
According to the Lan
caster County Weekly
Auction report, there were a
total of 4800 cattle sold this
week. Slaughter steer prices
were higher throughout the
week with closing sales $2.00
to $2.50 higher than last
week’s close.
The report added that
slaughter heifers were $2.00
to 3.00 higher, cows were
$3.00 to 4.00 higher; bullocks
were $2.00 to 3.00 higher and
bulls were fully steady.
All prices quoted
hundredweight
15
per