A36—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 29,1980 HARRISBURG - Far mers lost two sought-after measures in the closing days of Pennsylvania’s 164th session of the General Assembly. But already farmers, farm organizations, and the Agriculture Department are looking forward to the 1981 session. The Senate Agriculture The House concurred on The Grange sees a bill committee failed to act on changes made in the Senate containing provisions to either HB 1793 or HB 1794 to HB 1176 and the Governor those in the currrent before the lawmakers is expected to sign the bill session’s HB 1264 as having returned home for the into law. the best chance of passage. Thanksgiving recess There HB 1176, sponsored by Some provisions of HB 1793 will be no further legislative Chester County may be melted into that activity on Capitol Hill until Representative Joseph Pitts, measure the next session convenes. would allow a farm to be All of the new or changed HB 1793 would have valued at its agricultural legislation will be assigned a allowed the creation of value rather than its new printer’s number for the agriculture districts in the speculator value for nextsession state and allowed purchase development when figures Farm credit is the third of development easements. are computed to determine item on the Administration’s HB 1794 would have the state inheritance tax. priority list, Heim said The protected farmers from any The measure is seen as one state hopes to propose a nuisance ordinance passed which may save a good bit of program to help farmers by a local municipality state farmland which who need credit. The bill - We were late on our otherwise might be sold out should be beneficial to tuning,’ concluded Penn- of the family, or sold for beginning farmers sylvania Farmers’ development, in order to pay Details are being worked Association Governmental inheritance taxes. out Relations Director Al Myers, Also passed was HB 1252, a Also standing m the wings speaking for all of the farm small business-oriented may be some a new food law, |f you believe inflation is gobbling up your dollars, you would have been groups. measure dealing with cor- although at present it still is mnuincoH ...kiio... .. „ „ “We will try again,” porate net operating taxes, m the discussion stage. Dog B as * Friday while banking at one of Lebanon Valley National s offices. promised Fanners Union but one which the Cover- law may come under review. Branch Manager Gene Martin assured us, however, the live turkeys in each State Director Leonard nor’s office says will aid Farmer groups hope tax office was just a one day promotion for a Thanksgiving dinner giveaway. Zemaitis. While Reno some farmers who, because Thomas, a prime backer of of drought, have ex the bills will not be back in penenced losses in 1980. JB __ rnn ■■■a. ■ . his post as house ag com- Meanwhile, farmers and /| IPT FOR IDkl iMif* CDlC&lftO S? •a.'ia |WN 11/tAo WUR WUUUpUKNINv rKIcNI/o | ±£g! n T r ™ ir “ I SAVE 10% - Order By i Roger Grout, professor of agricultural engineering extension at Penn State, will retire December 31 with over 32 years of service. A native of Kennedy, N.Y., Grout managed the home farm for eight years, then enrolled at Cornell University where he received a bachelor of science degree in 1948. He received a master of science degree from Penn State in 1962. He places major emphasis on improvement of dairy housing fac 'ities, state and regional manure managemf .it guidelines, and the Penn State Plan Service As extension agricultural engineer, Grout initiated and developed numerous educational programs for dairy and livestock farmers in the state. These include housing, bam ventilation, farm drainage, machinery adjustment, and crop drying. One of his significant activities has involved the planning and engineering design of dairy barns. milking centers, and livestock management facilities. During the retiring professor’s career, he provided individual assistance to almost 6000 farmers who remodeling old barns or constructing new facilities. The estimated value of the completed structures ex ceeds $4O million. Grout is responsible for the preparation or acquisition and distribution of hundreds of plans for farm structures and livestock management facilities. Seven of his plans have been used nationwide He was a member of an ad ioc group representmg farm i rgamzations and state and federal agencies interested .n developing a better un- Farmers lose two bills, look to next year of other legislators probably will back a second try at making the goals set in the measures. Several sources said Sen. Franklin Kury wrapped up any chances of the bill’s making it out of committee. But it was not all negative in the closing days of the most recent session. A. Roger Grout derstanding of the en vironmental issues affecting farmers and regulatory agencies. He served as chairman of the manure management committee of the Northeast Dairy Practices Councils; Penn State representative and chairman of the Nor theast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service; and member of the Pennsylvania Department of En vironmental Resources Manure Management for Environmental Protection Committee. In 1977 he was recipient of the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association Extension Award for his contributions to the state’s dairy industry and in 1978 won the Pennsylvania State Epsilon Sigma Phi Society Ruby Award for excellence in Extension programming were Grout is a lueiuoei or Alpha Zeta and Epsilon Sigma Phi societies, American Society of Agricultural Engineers, and the Extension Professors Association. He is married to the for mer Priscilla DuMond, of Ulster Park, N.Y They have three children Legislative roundu. legislative session and adopting policy positions. The Agriculture Department is preparing its legislative priority list. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chester Heim said farmers should be on the lookout for a rerun of the right-to-farm and ag district bills. 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