VOL 25 No. Iff
New milk security fund
approved for dairymen
BY CURT HAULER
HARRISBURG - A new
milk security fund to be
administered by the Penn
sylvania Milk Marketing
Board was passed by the
state House and Senate this
week and needed only the
Governor’s sigmture to
become law.
Passage of SB 1287 in the
Senate came Wednesday at
4 38 p.m. following a series
of last minute maneuvers m
both houses.
Farmers win battle, twp,
pdenies airport rezoning
BY SHEILA MILLER
CAMPBELLTOWN - The
request by Reigle Airport,
located along Route 117
between Palmyra and
Campbelltown, for a revision
of the South Londonderry
zoning regulations was
soundly turned down on
Wednesday evening by both
the planning commission
and the supervisors
The issue, which has been
on the minds of farmers and
local residents in the
township since early Spring,
concerned the request of
A« passed, SB 1287
provides for establishment
of a $4 million milk security
fund to be funded entirely by
milk dealers at the rate of
one cent per hundred pounds
milk purchased.
It also establishes a
security fund for
cooperatives. Most state co
ops will use an escape
provision to opt out of the
security fund.
The Senate voted 48-0 to
Charles and Ada Reigle,
owners of the commercial
airport, to rezone their
airport AP-1, rather than its
present R-l, low residential
What this rezoning would
have created was an airport
hazard zone, 2000 feet long
extending from the end of
the runway and fanning out
at an angle 15 degrees on
both sides This would have
provided added safety for
pilots on approaches and
take-offs, insuring they
would not have to contend
“.../or amber
waves of
grain...”
July 4,1980
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 5,1980
approve the version of SB
1287 which had been
modified slightly by the
House. Five technical
amendments were added by
the House last week and
those minor changes needed
the concurence of the Senate
before the bill could be sent
to the Governor.
. The Administration
vigorously supported the
security fund and getting the
Governor’s sigmture never
was seen as an obstacle.
with new obstacles in the
hazard area
What neighboring farmers
were concerned with,
however, was the fact that
no permanent structure
could be located higher than
35 feet within the hazard
area And, starting at the
end of the runway, struc
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BY PAT KAUFFMAN
HARRISBURG - In a
Tuesday evenmg meetmg
between officials in the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture and officers
from Keystone racetrack’s
two racing associations,
Continental and Eagle
Education Department ruling
Schools can’t charge
for vo-ag education
HARLEYSVILLE - Is it
right that a farmer who
sends his son to pubhc
vocational agriculture
school should have to pay
over $6OO a year tuition?
The Pennsylvania
Department of Education, m
a Tuesday morning meeting,
re-asserted that it is neither
fair nor legal.
The question was tossed
around by two rural
families, the Pennsylvania
Department of Education,
the Souderton School
District, the Western
Montgomery School District,
and the State Grange.
At the meeting in
The state House had voted
unanimously Monday night
to approve SB 1287, a bill
called by some observers the
most important piece of
farm legislation passed m
the state in 25 years.
The 7:15 p.m. vote came
only after the bill was am
mended to provide sub
dealer bonding similar to
that required under the old
milk security law. Sub
dealers are those buying
dairy products from a
dealer, not a farm.
A clarifying amendment
on the sub-dealer provision
was offered by Ag Com
mittee Reno
Thomas and accepted by the
House.
The full House also beat
back a proposal by Pitt
sburgh Republican Ronald
P. Goebel to abolish the Milk
Marketing * Board com
pletely. His proposal
gathered only 29 votes. No
other amendments were
offered.
Noah Wenger, vice
chairman of the house
agriculture committee,
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Dates set for new €ig fair
Downs, a tentative date for
the new ag fair to be held at
the racetrack was set for
October 3-5, Fnday-Sunday.
According to James
Sumner, Bureau of Markets,
the fair, termed an
agricultural food exposition,
will feature commodity
Harrisburg, the matter was
referred to the Pennsylvania
Deputy Attorney General for
Education by the state
Education Department.
The Department cited
Section 1809, Part C of the
state code in making its
ruling.
The problem centered on
two Harleysville families,
taxpayers, with sons
studying vocational
agriculture through the
pubhc schools.
Both boys are in the
Northern Montgomery
County area of Souderton
School District. But that
Countryside contrasts are shown in the aftermath
of the storm that hit Clay Township farms, Lan
caster County, last Saturday. While Holsteins doze
in warm sun in foreground, friends and neighbors
are busy replacing roof torn from large stone farm
house occupied by Gerald Martin family. (See
stories and additional photos beginning on Page
A 15.)
displays, tailgate markets,
farm equipment, and
possibly some antique farm
equipment.
To be held on a grass area
Sumner said is the size of the
exhibit space at Ag Progress
Days, the fair has been
district does not offer vo-ag
programs.
In fact, the only district of
four m the county which does
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In This Issue
SECTION A; Editorials, 10; Storm nps area, 15;
High wind hits Lebanon County, 20; Cherry growers
meet, 23; York sweeps judging, 28; Lebanon dairy
princess, 32.
SECTION B: Farm safety, 2; Fringe factor in
wages, 4; New legislative directions, 6; Farm ponds,
10.
SECTION C: Homestead notes, 2; Joyce Bupp’s
column, 4; Home on the range, 6; Montgomery DHIA,
19; Huntingdon DHIA, 23; July is Peach Month, 24;
Grassland FFA, 28; Farm talk, 31; Back alley bams,
32; Watch burros, 35.
$7.50 Per Year
assigned a tentative set up
day of Thursday October 2.
The purpose of the fair is
to give urban dwellers a
better understanding of
Pennsylvania agriculture,
he said. The PDA logo
“We’re growing better” will
be featured.
Sumner said they are
pursuing the funding options
now Currently they are
planning to use Farm Show
funds and are awaiting a
ruling from the Attorney
Generals office on this op
tion.
Premiums the first year
he indicated would have to
be whatever it takes to draw
the livestock there. The first
year would be an initial
effort with premiums
growing as time goes by.
Tractor pulls and horse
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