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HARRISBURG - The
enrollment of the newest
cooperator in the Penn
sylvania Game Com
mission’s Forest Game
Cooperative Program has
pushed the total number of
acres involved over the
600,000 mark.
The newest cooperator is
The Glatfelter Pulp Wood
Company of Spring Grove,
York County, which has
enrolled nearly 25,000 acres
of its land in Bedford,
Cumberland, Franklin,
Fulton, Huntingdon,
Juniata, Mifflin, Perry and
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Forest game program
Snyder Counties in the
program.
Most of the 98 Glatfelter
tracts involved are reverting
farm land in the ridge and
valley sections, which have
been planted with various
species of pine.
Some of the acres involved
were previously enrolled in
the Game Commission’s
Cooperative Farm Game
and Safety Zone Programs
All of Glatfelter’s timber
lands are enrolled in the
American Tree Farm
System. The Tree Farm
System recognizes tracts
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for timber, wildlife,
watershed protection and
recreation.
Glatfelter pioneered Tree
Farms, and was the first
enrollee in the program in
Pennsylvania.
Under the Forest Game
Program, large wooded
tracts which are enrolled are
open to all responsible
hunters. The privately
owned lands, in turn, are
protected by Game Law
enforcement officers.
For years, landowners
were plaqued by a few in
considerate slobs who
dumped garbage, litter and
worn-out major appliances,
abandoned disabled
vehicles, cut and removed
firewood without per
mission, damaged roads,
trails, signs, gates, etc.
Cleanup and fixup
operations caused severe
inconveniences and at times
rather extensive financial
losses
To combact the private
hardships, and to guarantee
access to these holdings by
hunters, the Game Com
mission established its
Forest Game Program,
patternmg it generally along
the lines of its Farm Game
and Safety Zone Programs.
Under the Forest Game
Program, over 600,000 acres
are guaranteed available for
acreage tops 600,000
hy hu rif ' ' , e"odot
heaviest utilization comes
during the deer season. In
return for pubhc hunting
rights on the land, the Game
Commission provides the
services of game con
servation officers, who
enforce the Game Law and
prevent abuse and misuse of
the property and the lan
downers’ rights.
Cooperators have found
fewer serious problems with
hunters after enrolling their
tracts, while the sporting
public is able to enjoy
recreational opportunities
on the properties, some of
which might have been
closed to pubhc hunting or
restricted in access.
Quite a few deer (as well
as other game) are har
vested on Forest Game
Lands, to the advantage of
hunters The wildlife har
WASHINGTON - The
difference between what
fanners receive and con
sumers pay for food called
the marketing spread
widened nearly 12 percent in
1979, the largest increase in
five years, according to a
report issued today by the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
The marketing spread,
representing charges for
handling, processing, and
distnbutmg a market basket
of U.S. farm foods, ac
counted for slightly over half
the 10.8-percent rise in
grocery store food prices
last year.
Increased farm value
accounted for about a third
of supermarket food in
creases and higher fish and
imported food prices ac
counted for the rest of the
1979 gam, according to the
report by USDA’s
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vest, on the other hand, has
helped keep the deer herd
under control, which means
less wear and tear
(browsing) on the range, to
the benefit of the forests and
property owners.
During certain seasons of
the year, some roads on
certain Forest Game tracts
are closed to vehicular
traffic, either by gates or
signs. These roads are
closed because traffic will
result in severe ruts,
vehicles getting stuck in
mud or snow, etc.
Landowners are then
forced to pay for repairs to
damaged roads. Respect for
closing these trails must be
shown by the general pubhc,
or prosecutions by Game
Law officers will follow.
The 600,000-plus acres of
land guaranteed open to
pubhc hunting through the
spread
food price rise
Economics, Statistics, and
Cooperatives Service.
Unlike the farm value of
food, the marketing spread
has risen each of the past 10
years and has been the most
persistent cause of rising
food prices, the report said.
The report also shows
these facts about 1979 food
prices;
Grocery store food prices
increased only 3.9 percent
(annual rate) in the last six
months of the year; but a
15.5 percent annual rate
during the first half raised
the average for the whole
year to 10.8 percent.
Farmers received about 39
cents of every food dollar
spent in grocery stores,
virtually the same as m 1978.
Retail prices rose 17
percent for red meat, 12
percent for fresh fruits and
vegetables, 10 percent for
bakery products, 8 percent
for fats and oils, and 5
percent for poultry.
Dairy product prices went
up 12 percent, while egg
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at the recent meetmg of the
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Presentations were given
Forest Game Program are
but a small part of the Game
Commission’s total program
which m 1979 resulted in
more than 8 million acres
being utilized by the general
hunting public.
Over 1.2 million acres of
State Game Lands,
properties which have been
purchased since 1920 by the
Game Commission with
funds derived through the
sale of hunting licenses,
were utilized by hunters in
Pennsylvania last year.
About 2 million acres in
the Farm Game Programs
were open to public hunting
in 1979, while the Safety Zone
Program also provided
approximately 2 million
acres of public hunting
grounds. These lands make
up the bulk of the best small
game habitat in the state.
blamed
prices averaged 10 percent
higher.
Prices of inputs, such as
fuel and food containers used
by food processors and
retailers, rose 13.5 percent.
Average hourly earnings
of workers in processing and
retailing rose 8.3 percent.
After-tax profits of food
chains with over $lOO million
in annual sales averaged one
percent of sales for the
second and third quarters
combined of 1979, compared
with 0.9 percent during the
same period in 1978. After
tax profits of food
manufacturers averaged 3.4
percent of sales during the
fust 9 months of 1979,
compared with 3.2 percent a
year earlier.
Single free copies of
“Developments in
Marketing Spreads for Food
Products in 1979” (AER-449)
are available from ESCS
Publications, room 0054-S,
USDA, Washington, D.C. or
call 202/447-7255; please
indicate your zip code.
at the meeting on “Snakes”
and “Tack Cleaning.”
The club’s next meeting is
scheduled for April 4 at the
Cain residence in Glen
Gardner. Repoted by April
Harrison.