Environmental quality
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last year produced the first
drop since 1974 in gasoline
demand, which accounts for
40 per cent of all oil used.
air
Up. All across the country
last year, millions of
Americans were breathing
air that was cleaner than it
had been m a decade. Also
'last year, there was relen
tless pressure on the En
vironmental Protection
Agency to lower its air
standards, because many
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More farmers are turning
to controlled manure manage
ment to save valuable
nutrients and to make manure
handling easier. And Patz has
the equipment to help you
move, store, spread and inject
manure on your farm.
The Model 100 manure pump
handles free-flowing manure and
U.S. pohcy-and auto-makers
claimed that antipollution
costs are inflationary.
What are the costs and
benefits of air pollution
laws? According to the
President’s Council on
Environmental Quality, the
U.S. spent $l3 billion in 1978
to clean up the air. But, CEQ
add°d, cleaner air may be
saving Americans as much
as $22 billion annually in
damages.
slurry with fine-cut bedding. Both the
plunger and plunger sleeve can be serv
iced without concrete breakup.
The hopper loads by gutter cleaner
or scraper. And a flapper valve at the
end of the 12-inch PVC pipe in the
storage facility prevents manure
backup.
The Model 200 compressed air
manure mover features a manually
operated hatch cover and a one-way
valve at the bottom of the under
ground tank, so wear is minimal. An air
compressor provides air pressure to
agitate manure in the 1,700 U.S. gallon
collection tank and then air pressure
moves manure to your storage facility.
Want to know more? Your Patz
dealer will show you how to make daily
manure handling push-button easy with
Patz.
WATER
No Change. Many in
dustries and communities
are now moving toward,
rather than away from, the
Clean Water Act’s goal of
“fishable, swimmable”
waters by 1985. Industry is
reponsible for much of the
cleanup progress that has
been made.
About 85 percent of the
nation’s major industrial
polluters are complymg with
the law.
But there are rising
problems. Many en
vironmentalists claim that
conventional sewage
treatment plants use too
much energy and don’t
really get the water clean.
Nearly 800 industrial
polluters have failed to meet
EPA’s 1977 cleanup deadline
and fewer than 200 have been
taken to court. And every
day, vast amounts of urban
and agricultural poison
enter the nation’s water
supplies from “nonpoint”
sources.
SOIL
No Change. The outlook
for America’s hard used soil
may be better these days.
For one thing, erosion in
many areas apparently isn’t
as bad as many experts once
feared. For another, there’s
a good chance that the use of
harmful pesticides can be
drastically curtailed, due to
a strategy called integrated
pest management.
IPM could reduce crop
losses to pests more ef
fectively than today’s
pesticides-without harming
human health or natural
ecosystems.
On the negative side, the
massive runoff of fertilizer
and pesticides into streams
and rivers remains one of
the nation’s most stubborn
pollution problems. And the
conversion of cropland to
suburbs continues unabated,
the study said.
LIVING S^ACE
Down. Even with a lower
birthrate, the U.S.
population is expanding
rapidly (it passed 220 million
last year), and the strain on
living space is relentless.
Despite the suggestions of an
urban renaissance in many
of the nation’s largest cities,
the 35-year-old migration to
the suburbs continues, ac
companied by development
in scores of agricultural
areas.
Fortunately, some states
have passed their own land
use laws, and last year
Congress passed an Om
nibus Parks bill, which
designates two million acres
as wilderness. But benefits
from these efforts will be
limited as long as the
primary cause of the living
space crunch-population
growth-conbnues.
FORESTS
Same. Last year the U.S.
grew more timber than it cut
(except in the West). The
U.S. Forest Service
proposed to set aside more
than 15 million additional,
acres as wilderness, and to
open up another 36 million
acres to timber and other
kinds of development.
While some en
vironmentalists said that
was not enough wilderness,
developers complained of a
lockout. But the USFS’s new
five-year management plan
provides for more public
say-so on how forests are
run. Most important, the
plan gives higher priority to
watershed protection,
wildlife habitat and
recreation.
American forests may
Patz Slurry'Manure Pump (left photo) and Compressed
Air Manure Mover (above photo).
Patz
Performance Strong as Steel
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15,1980—D29
face increased pressure
from the energy shortage.
Spot shortages of firewood
are already showing up in
parts of the U.S.
Commenting on the report,
Thomas L. Kimball, NWF
executive vice president,
Berks 4-H County
Council Meets
HAMBURG The Berks
County 4-H County Council’s
February meeting was a get
acquainted night with the
older members being in
troduced to the newer
members.
The officers of the council
played County Squares, a
version of Hollywood
Squares. Prizes were given
to the winners.
The business part of the
meeting included
preliminary plans for a pre
teen intercounty exchange
and an interstate exchange
for teens. Preparations are
still underway for 4-H
Boscov’s Days which will be
held on March 21-22 at all
three Boscov’s stores.
A Teen Recreation
Weekend will be on April 18-
19 in Montgomery County.
Anyone interested in 'at
tending should contact the
Extension office.
A 4-H slide presentation is
now available for use.
Anyone can use it; it is an
excellent way to inform new
members, parents and
organizations about the 4-H
program.
At a recent 4-H bowling
tournament, nine trophies
were given for outstanding
bowling. They were: mens:
warned that the existing
“quality of life” is
threatened by present trends
in Congress. “As we enter
the 1980’s the overriding
question is this: Will we let
energy and inflation wipe out
our environmental gains?”
Kimball said.
High single, Kevin Sat
tazahn, 182; Runner up, Joe
Crisafulli 179; High triple,
Joe Crisafulli 492; and
Runner up, Scott Miller 461.
Also women’s: High
single, Darlene Dietrich,
168; Runner up, Debbie
Troutman, 157; High triple,
Darlene Dietrich, 404; and
Runner up, Dorene Hertzog,
403.
Team Champs were: Todd
Miller, Scott Miller, Cheryl
Adams, and Darlene
Dietrich, 1457.
Jayne and Judy Malsbury
entered their jams, jellies,
and preserves in the 4-H
Display at the Farm Show
and came home with five
premiums. The were guided
by their 4-H project book
“Make and Eat Jams,
Jellies and Preserves.”
The next County Council
meeting will be held March
20.