Reagan slams Carter, outlines own farm ideas
LANCASTER Governor
Ronald Reagan has labeled
the Carter administration’s
farm policy “an un
precedented disaster” and
pledged the goal of the
Reagan agricultural
program will be to make
farming profitable again.
Reagan charged Carter’s
policies have pushed farm
operating costs higher than
at any other time in history,
driving tens of thousands of
farm families from the land.
“If government payments
were made on the basis of
the damage done by
government, farmers all
over America would be
eligible for disaster
payments right now,”
v Reagan said.
He charged Carter has -
failed to deliver on promises
he made to farmers. “If only
farm families could pay bills
with promises; could buy
equipment and fuel with
promises; if only they could
clothe, feed, and educate
their children with
promises... But what
Canidate Carter in 1976
promised and what
President Carter since 1977
has done are not the same
to put it in the most
charitable terms.”
Reagan made the remarks
as he outlined the farm
policy he will pursue as
President. The speech took
place on a farm outside Des
Moines owned by the Robert
Lounsberry family.
The Republican
presidential candidate
pledged to begin his
revitalization of the
economy with emphasis on
agricultural economics.
“The American people
want policies based on
confidence and optimism,
progress and growth, not on
the gloom-and-doom,
aimless leadership we have
seen for the last three and a
half years.”
He said the Reagan farm
program will begin with an
infusion of new ideas into the
1981 farm bill that will be
considered by Congress next
year.
“The first step is to have
the federal government stop
robbing American farmers
through inflation,” he said.
In addition, Reagan
pledged to: appoint farmers
and “those who understand
farming” to government
policy positions “so
government can be a help
not a hindrance *- to
America’s farmers.”
He said he would devise a
plan for aggressive ex
pansion of agricultural
exports with direct, per
sonal, presidential support.”
He will insist on
eliminating unfair trade
barriers and take prompt
action to prevent foreign
dumping on U.S. markets;
plus he will immediately
review all regulatory
programs with the objective
of “freeing farmers from
unnecessary... regulations. ’ ’
Reagan said he *lll
Small game season to open today
i protectors showed that there two grouse per day, with a season squirrel and grouse
should be fairly good possession limit of four after hunting, shooters often have
populations of both grouse the first day of the season. a chance at woodcock and
and squirrels this year, with Wilson’s or jacksnipe. The
local exceptions, of course. season on these migratory
The survey showed that game birds runs from Oc
district game protectors tober 18 through December
reported they had excellent 20.
squirrel populations in seven
counties, good supplies of
bushytails in 36 counties and
fair numbers of squirrels in
24 counties. Judging from
field reports, the best
squirrel hunting this year
should be in eastern,
southcentral and nor
thwestern counties.
District game protectors
in four counties reported
that grouse populations are
at excellent levels; game
protectors in 41 counties feel
the numbers of the state
game bird are good; 16
expect grouse hunting to be
only fair; four counties
report poor prospects and
two counties show no grouse
populations.
The best grouse hunting
probably^will be found in
western, northcentral and
northeastern counties.
Six squirrels are per
mitted to be taken daily by
hunters, who may have 12
bushytails in possession
after the opening day of the
season. Hunters may take
LTITTZ Pennsylvania’s
fall hunting activities will be
marked by another surge
with the opening of the early
small game season on
Saturday, October 18.
Squirrel and grouse will be
the species that can be
hunted on that date. Seasons
on most of the other species
of small game open two
weeks later.
Squirrels are considered
by wildlife managers to be
the most underharvested
small game species in
Pennsylvania. Last year,
hunters took about 2.25
million bushytails in the
Keystone State. Grouse
harvests, which had been in
the vicinity of a quarter
million birds annually for
years, have surged upward
recently, and dast year
topped the 400,000 mark.
A recent survey of the
state’s, district game
vigorously support soil and
water conservation
programs “to give vitality to
farm conservation prac
tices”; seek tax law reform
to eliminate the tax “that is
forcing families to sell farms
and family owned businesses
when a death makes them
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subject to estate tax”; and
take necessary steps to
insure that farmers’ energy
needs are met.
Reagan pledged the 1981
farm bill would seek to
restore profits to the
agricultural sector.
“The entire thrust will be
The initial season for
squirrel and grouse will end
on Saturday, November 29.
An extended or winter
season for squirrel and
grouse will open on Friday,
December 26, and close on
Saturday, January 10.
Along with the early
U.S. vets report
receipts of $1.5 billion
LANCASTER -
Nation’s 15,531 veterinary
service establishments had
gross recipts of $1.5 billion
for agricultural services
performed in 1978, according
to the Bureau of the Census,
U.S. Department of Com
merce.
The Southern States had
the largest receipts in 1978
with $450 million, followed
by the North Central with
$447 million, the West with
$389 million, and the Nor
theast with $263 million.
The leading States for
Veterinary Service
establishments were
He is a veteran of World
War 11, having served in the
U.S. Army Air Corps from
1942 to 1946, attaining the
rank of captain.
Dean Beattie is married to
the former Helen Louise
Crane, of Hyattsville, Md.
They have two grown sons.
to make farming profitable
again,” he said.
“Profits are essential to
the farmer and to the con
sumer. They are vital to the
future of the family farm, to
our productive agriculture,
and to feeding ourselves and
the hungry around the
world.”
The daily limit on snipe is
eight, with a possession limit
of 16. Five woodcock may be
taken daily, with no more
than 10 in possession.
California and Texas with
$220 million and $96 million
in receipts, respectively,
from all agricultural ser
vices.
The
Veterinary service
establishments are defined
as economic units primarily,
engaged in the practice of
veterinary medicine, den
tistry, or surgery for
livestock and animal
specialties, for others on a
fee or contract basis.
Gross receipts for
agricultural services per
formed exclude receipts
from product sales and
activities other than
agricultural services.
Receipts for 1978 in
creased substantially from
those shown for the 1974
census; however, significant
improvements in the
coverage of the 1978 Census
of Agricultural Services
affect the comparability
with previous census date.
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