—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15,1979
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LANCASTER Farm
land preservation has
become the current, hot
issue facing Lancaster
Countians. In order to assist
the county in preparing for
and carrying out proper land
use decisions, a group of
agencies have begun
working on a method for
identifying prune farmland
How to care for the poinsettia
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The coming of the holiday
season would not be com
plete without mention of the
Christmas flower, the
pomsettia.
The poinsettia became
associated with Christmas
during the 17th century when
Franciscan priests in
Mexico used the poinsettia
flower in nativity
processions. The poinsettia
plant could be found growing
outside of Mexico City and it
was not uncommon to find
plants over ten feet tall.
The poinsettia was in
troduced into the United
States in 1825 by Joel R.
Poinsett, the first U.S.
ambassador to Mexico and
from whom it got its name.
Commercial production
began in California during
the early 20th century and
has brought the pomsettia to
its present day popularity.
It is not difficult to
maintain the beauty of the
poinsettia plant throughout
the holiday season. Do not
allow the soil to dry out at
any time, since this will
cause the flower (bracts) to
fall off. Provide sunlight
during the day, making sure
the plant is protected from
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Taskforce meets on land use study
areas and estimating the
impact, both aesthetically
and economically, of their
loss.
On the local level, the
Lancaster County Con
servation District, Land Use
Advisory Committee, and
the County Planning
Commission are working
drafts or excessive heat
from appliances, radiators
or ventilating ducts.
Ideal temperatures should
never exceed 72 degrees F.
or 60 degrees F. nighttime to
prolong the bright color of
the bracts. When the bracts
fade, cut back the plant to
eight inches and grow as a
foliage plant.
Despite its radiant beauty,
unsubstantial stories have
been circulated about the
potential poisonous effect of
the plant parts. To scien
tifically resolve the charges
against poinsettia and to
alleviate public fear con
cerning its alleged toxicity,
the floral industry launched
an intensive investigation.
Research work was per
formed by the Ohio State
FALL TILLAGE AND
ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO.
A clean bill of health was
given to the pomsettia.
However, to protect children
from even a remote
possibility of danger from
any floral' products, the
Society of American Florists
stresses that children should
be warned to put nothing m
their mouths except food
products. This holiday
season consider a flowering
plant as a gift, it will
brighten up any home.
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in this study.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture is providing
assistance through the Soil
Conservation Service,
Forest Service, and the
Economics, Statistics, and
Cooperatives Service.
This task force met on
Thursday to discuss the
University.
The study established that
the rat, when given
unusually high doses of
various portions of the
poinsettia showed no mor
tality, no symptoms of
toxicity and no changes in
dietary intake or general
behavior pattern.
COVERAGE AREA
progress they have made in
identifying and analyzing
the land use conflicts in the
county.
Harold Taylor of ESCS
told the group that they are
at a point where they can
begin to analyze specific
social and economic ac
tivities concerning the
county’s land.
Information, he said, will
be taken off currently
available maps and plugged
into a computer. This data
would then be available for
public use in identifying and
solving land use problems.
Sandy Coyman of the
LCPC explained a process he
referred to as digitizing. He
said that land cover in
formation could be read off
maps by using a some table.
This machine would then
transfer the information to a
computer, and any planning
group could retrieve the data
in the form of a map overlay.
This retrieval system,
explained John Wenderoth of
ESCS, will allow land use
decisions to be studied and
reevaluated. Then, if
needed, the factors going
into making the decision
could be weighted dif
ferently, depending on
importance.
With the computer, all of
this could be done in a
matter of minutes, rather
than the hours it would take
to do the same thing
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manually. The computer
also lets the information be
updated periodically.
The personnel of ESCS told
the group that when the
information on Lancaster
County was compared to a
national model, the county
was not accurately
represented. This model
projects the economy to the
year 2020, using estimated
population and financial
figures.
As a result, the county
requested that ESCS analyze
the county based on
historical trends, making
use of the census and other
crops and land use in
formation.
The task force is now at
the pomt where they must
gather local information
through questionaires.
Because of the funding for
this study, the gathering of
the comprehensive county
data will be done at the local
level.
Amos Funk, chairman of
the Conservation District
pointed out that if the
questionaires weren't sent
out locally, they probably
wouldn’t be returned.
Eventually, this study will
allow Lancaster Countians
to study the impact of a land
use change prior to its
happening. It will be able to
tell whether there will be any
economic leakage if a parcel
of agricultural land is
converted to industry, or
another use.
SCS hopes to expand this
type of study to include all of
Southeast Pennsylvania, and
perhaps even tie in with the
Delmarva study, remarked
Graham Munkittnck, State
Conservationist.
This information is an
ticipated to be available
within a year’s time. The
economists stated that it
would take about six months
to analyze the information
once the questionaires were
returned.
The Conservation District
and the Planning Com
mission hope to use this
information as a tool for the
County’s Agricultural
Preservation Board.
Until it is available, the
District will be using monies
obtained through the
Resources Conservation Act
to define boundaries of
prime farmland m the
County.
Amos Funk commented
that with this type of in
formation available for the
District’s and Planning
Commisssion’s use, the
projected future loss of
farmland in Lancaster
County might level off, and
eventually stop. SM
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