ALEXANDRIA MAX ISENBERG 814-669-4027 BALLY LONGACRE ELECTRIC 215-845-2261 BELLEFONTE LUCAS BARN EQUIPMENT 814-383-2806 BELLEVILLE ♦ MACLAY & SON 717-935-2101 LEBANON CAMP HILL MARVIN J. HORST LLOYD SULTZBAUGH DAIRY EQUIPMENT 717-737-4554 717-272-0871 DISTRICT MANAGER GEORGE HEATH 472 Woodcrest Dr. Mechamcsburg, PA 17055 717-737-9400 Contact your nearest Patz dealer IBERSBURG VALLEY FARM AUTOMATION 717-264-3814 ELLIOTTSBURG CARL BAER 717-582-2648 HAMBURG SHARTLESVILLE FARM SERVICE 215-488-1025 KIRKWOOD LANDIS & EBENSHADE 717-786-4158 Lancaster Co. SCS has busy year LANCASTER - The Soil Conservation Service field office in Lancaster County spent a busy 1979, as their annual report reflects. The staff provided assistance to 641 Lancaster County landowners. Out of those people assisted, 434 people carried out a con servation practice. One of the main functions of SCS in the county and throughout the state is to help landowners develop a plan of action for conserving their natural resources, soil and water. Last year, the Lancaster unit helped prepare a plan of con servation for 9508 acres. As if this didn’t keep the staff hopping* they also provided landowners with the needed engineering assistance to install over 56,000 feet of subsurface drainage, more than 20 miles of cropland terraces, over 1200 acres of contour McALISTERVILLI SANER FARM SYSTEMS 717-463-2606 ISBURG LANDIS LABOR SAVERS 717-692-4647 TRI-STATE MILTON FARM AUTOMATION LANDIS FARMSTEAD 301-790-3698 AUTOMATION 717-437-2375 PIPERSVILLE MOYER FARM SERVICE 215-766-8675 TERRE HILL TERRE HILL SILO CO INC. 215-445-6736 stripcropping systems, 12 miles of grass waterways, and more than 20,000 feet of diversions. They also have 10 agricultural waste management systems to add to their long list of ac complishments. According to District Conservationist Warren Archibald, much of the emphasis of the year was placed on serving the small farmer. However, with the increased urban pressures in Lancaster County, the SCS staff has been involved in floodplain management and recommendations on proper use, water quality and storm water management. Reviewing erosion and sedimentation control plans for the Lancaster County Conservation District has been an activity that kept the staff busy all year long. The SCS’ers also helped civic groups and schools in their WILLIAMSBURi LONGENECKERS. INC, 814-793-3731 MARYLAND DEALERS HAGER; )WN MD KENNEDYVILLI FINDER SERVICE CO 301-348-5263 LINEBORO. MD WERTZ GARAGE. INC 301-374-2672 STREET. MD P&S EQUIPMENT, INC 301-452-8521 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26,1960—017 education environmental programs. Two major areas of ac tivity in the local SCS office involved the Chickies Creek Watershed project and the Land and Water Resources study for the county. The basic data for these projects has been gathered. Further Wenger applauds ag land board HARRISBURG - Rep. Noah Wenger said he is pleased that a bill which would preserve prime agricultural land was recently signed into law by Governor Thornburgh. The Lancaster County lawmaker noted that Senate Bill 276 creates the Agricultural Lands Con demnation Approval Board The board’s purpose will be to review requests for condemnation of agricultural land and determine whether an alternative exits. ‘I have long been a ad vocate of saving family farms and prime farmland,” Wenger said. “This bill is a step towards preserving Pennsylvania’s countryside and promoting the preser vation of agricultural land.” Wenger said he worked for the passage of a similar bill DON'T BE SLOW Call Now To Place Your CLASSIFIED AD Ph: 717-394-3047 or 717-626-1164 developments on both of these areas are program med for 1960. Lancaster County’s soils are being remapped by a team of soil scientists. They reported 137,788 acres were mapped last year, leaving less than one-third of the county to be mapped. SM. in the House since his term in office in 1977. “I felt then as I do now that this is a very vital issue, one that needs immediate at tention. This law is the beginning of many steps the General Assembly will take in this area,” he said. Wenger, Vice-chairman of the Agriculture Committee, said the board will also have authroity over agricultural land which is being con demned for the construction of new highways or for landfills used in the disposal of solid or liquid waste material. In addition, such land which is not improved, would be offered for sale only after the original owner refused to repurchase it at the acquisition price. “I hope to see this as the beginning of a concerted effort tc preserve agricultural lands,” he said. wm
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