I l I ID & Dear Editor; 1 i- The article entitled Air of' port Zoning leaves Lebanon :i| farmers up in air By Sheila 4# Miller in the April 5 issue of Lancaster Fanning contains 1 some statements which need clarification. “If a farmer wants to expand his farm, he has to p buy more land. If a man V* wants to expand an airport, $ he should have to buy some V, more land too,” commented 4 Joe Eckenrode, a South Londonderry Township ' farmer. The truth is airport zoning does not call for land l^l&xpansion. Letters To The Editor Pennsylvania State Laws Relating to Aviation, Act of April 17, 1945 P.L. 237 states that an airport hazard area means any area of land or water upon which an airport hazard might be established if not prevented as provided for in this law. The \ \ fl 'I . i i. There's an Agway feed that's right for every horse...incfaiding yours Which feed for your horse? You're concerned about health and condi tion, of course, but you should also take into consideration the kind of life your horse leads, and match feed to job Feed requirements for the athlete horse are different from those of the nursing mare different for the show horse different for the horse that's ridden only a few hours on weekends While high quality forage can meet the needs for maintenance, grains and supple ments must be fed to supply energy needs for growth, condition, and work. newspaper article states that fifty acres of the Brandt farm lie in this area. This statement is in errors. Runway approaches must be kept clear on the basis of a 20:1 glide ratio. The planes do not fly directly above the farm buildings. The farm buildings are not in the direct path of either landing or take-off and no planes at an altitude of 35 feet ever fly near the buildings. The noise of the single engine airplanes present no competition to the con tinuous grating hum of the highway traffic of trucks, cars, motorcycles and other vehicles; or to the chop- chop of the helicopters which operate out of Fort In diantown Gap and land at the National Guard Building south of Palmdale and Palmyra. Donald Hoffer need not worry about the noise of small airplane engmes causing his cattle to stampede. Airport zoning will not affect the height of silos possibly to be constructed m the future. As it is presently zoned the height limit is 35 feet. This fact again nixes Donald Hoffers concern. In regard to Joe Eckenrode’s remark about lighting, the runway lights are on during hours of darkness with special threshold lights. Harold Brandt has voiced opposition to Reigle Airport through out the past forty years - ever since the airport was built and put into operation. His latest venture was to solicit and collect signatures for his support against a zoning change. The farmers are confused. Eckenrode, Hoffer and others expressed concern that a zoning change might encroach on the agricultural use of the land. No so; the truth is it would serve to preserve farm land. Airport zoning is in effect in Bethel Township. It poses no ad verse effects on surrounding land. Another correction: Reigle Airport is a com mercially licensed public *■ ■AT VR That's why Agway provides a full line of feeds to meet varying protein, vitamin and mineral needs. There are Agway feeds de signed to be fed along with forages, as well as complete feeds to be fed alone. working horses, non-working horses, mares and foals . Agway supplies each of them with the feed that's just right for their needs Agway Horse Feeds are available throughout the Northeast %'Ms A - Pleasure horses, show horses, race horses Firm pays TANGENT, Or. - An Oregon seed company, Nomarc, Inc., has paid $l5OO to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to settle a case of alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The act, administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, is a truth-in labelmg law that protects farme s and consumers who buy seed. The firm, located in Tangent, Ore., agreed to the settlement but neither ad mitted nor denied the charges. The case involved four shipments of tall fescue, perennial ryegrass and white clover seeds into Connecticut and Florida m 1977. Three shipments mto Connecticut were reshipped by another firm into Massachusetts and Rhode Island where they were officially sampled. The alleged violations, while not the same for all shipments, were: false use airport; not a private airport. Ada M. Reigle Reigle Airport it ■<> \\V $l5OO fine labeling of purity, ger- mination and hard -seed percentages and presence of noxious weed seeds; failure to properly label grass seed mixtures; mislabeling of the kind of ANKENY, la. A new book, published by the Soil Conservation Society of America, examines the current state of affairs m soil and water conservation programs. Soil Conservation Policies: An Assessment contains a comprehensive review of soil conservation efforts over the past four decades, an evaluation of how effective existing training programs are, and possible strategies for shaping more effective programs in the future. The book is based on material presented at the supply of reasonably priced milk to consumers,” he said. Those at the meeting all said they would encourage farmers at home to contact their congressmen and take what Stoner called “a gentleman-like approach” to kill the CNI hearings. 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A discount is available on purchases of 10 or more copies. federal milk marketing orders in accordance with the Act of 1937 and charges that a lower-cost alternative to fluid milk is being eliminated from commerce by federal milk marketing orders can not be sub stantiated. Future meetings of the dairy committee probably will center on problems other than the CNI proposal. Among the hot topics which probably will be raised at the summer meeting are dairy prices and the potential for one giant federal order for the whole United States, Sidles said.
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