SCS urges only
best land be cropped
HARRISBURG -
“Pennsylvania farmers
must soon decide whether to
keep their soil tied down on
the land or to allow ad
ditional millions of tons of it
to wash or blow awa> this
season,” said Graham
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Munkittnck, Slate Con
servationist for the USDA,
Soil Conservation Service.
“Because of an excellent
demand for American grain
m the year ahead, there is no
set-aside or diversion for
wheat and feed grains, and
Lancaster Co. Cons. Dist. holds seedling sale
LANCASTER The Lancaster County’s En-
Lancaster County Con- vironment
servation District directors Once again they are
are offering all landowners sponsoring their annual tree
an opportunity to beautify seeding sale.
their property and improve
each farmer will decide for
himself how much cropland
to plant,” Munkittnck said
He pointed out that the
most serious soil erosion
occurs on a fraction of the
cropland, usually sloping
land with highly credible
soils. He warned that
switching to cropaproduction
on hard-to-protect acres can
undo years of work and
hundreds of millions of
dollars invested in soil
conservation practices
“Whenever farm prices
are high, we see thousands of
acres of cropland that should
never been plowed and the
destruction of a lot of good
conservation systems,” he
said. “Each farmer should
ask himself if the chance in
the short run is worth the
risk of long-range damage to
his farm.”
Munkittnck added that
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A check issued to the
marginal lands are not the
only source of soil erosion
‘Even in a so-called
normal’ year, about 31
million tons of soil wash
away from -Pennsylvania’s
cropland,” he said
“Millions of acres of
cropland m current use need
more-conservation applied
Many farms need more
contouring, contour strip
cropping, terraces, and
more conservation tillage,”
Munkittnck said.
He urged farmers to plant
only the best, protected land
to crops, and save the rest
for future generations.
Technical and financial
assistance in controlling
erosion is available from
several Department of
Agriculture agencies, in
cluding the Soil Con
servation Service and the
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service.
PHONE
717-394-3047
or 717-626-1164
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26,1980—€33
Lancaster County Con
servation District shall
accompany all orders and
must be received at the
District Office, Room 6,
Farm and Home Center, 1383
Arcadia Road, Lancaster,
PA 17601, by March 12,1980
717-299-5361
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EVERGREENS
BLUESPRUCE
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DOUGLAS FIR
(10-16”)
NORWAY SPRUCE
(6-14”)
SCOTCH PINE
(8-12”)
WHITE PINE
(5-11”)
HEMLOCK
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TOTAL
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(12-18”)
SUGAR MAPLE
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RED OAK
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WHITE BIRCH
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BLACK WALNUT
(8-12”)
TOTAL
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1441 Old Harrisburg Pike,
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and 1 p.m. on Saturday,
April 12,1980.
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of Park City Shopping
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;s of same
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