A36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 6,1980 Fire strikes Lititz barn Damages were estimated at $ 10,000 m a fire that burned through the roof of a barn along the Newport Road, north of Lititz, in Lancaster County Wednesday morning High winds tore paH; of the tin roof from the barn A piece of tin ap parently was clown onto an outdoor electrical wire, causing a short inside the nearby empty barn Damages were confined to the roof and rafter area The barn contained only a few pieces of equipment and a small amount of hay, ac cording to tenant Harland Weaver, R 1 Manheim The barn is owned by Wngfey Chewing Gum Co , of Chicago The company bought a 130-acre tract about ten years ago as the location of a possible plant site Plans for the plant never materialized HARRISBURG - Family farming has gotten a boost from legislation recently passed by the General Assembly Rep Noah Wenger, vice chairman of the Agriculture Committee, said House Bill 1176 helps farmers deal with excessive inheritance taxes by providing for preferential valuation of agricultural land ‘The Senate amended the bill to extend this special valuation to forest land,” Wenger said “Under this measure agricultural and forest land would be taxed for inheritance purposes on its use value rather than its market value provided the land continues to be used for BEWARE P*H prob^2£ Are You Considering A New Manure System? Before You Build Talk To Us. Let Our Experience Work For You. We Will Avoid A Lot Of Pitfalls For You. No Char SHENK'S FARM SERVICE 501 e. WOODS DRIVE, LITITZ, PA 17543 Representative explains ag tax agriculture or forest land for agricultural or forest pur a seven-year period poses during the seven-year “To qualify, agricultural period following the owner’s land must have been devoted death, the land will be to agricultural use at least revalued under the market three years before the value A tax would be owner’s death computed and the new owner In addition, it must be at must pay the difference least ten contiguous acres in between the rates for the size or have an anticipated period from the date of yearly gross income from death, plus a six percent agricultural use of at least interest per year $2,000 Forest land must be at least ten contiguous acres in size,” he said If the land is not used for preferential valuation the THINK BEWARE BEWARE ie For Consultation CALL 717-626-1151 Wenger, co-sponsor ot the bill, said that to retain the FOR THE BALANCED D«T land must be used for agriculture, forest oi limited residential purposes 'Agriculture is our nation's leading employer and one of our most valuable 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE in the snow plow business VIKING 7-POSITION POWER REVERSIBLE FULL TRIP PLOW We recognize your plowing re quirements call tor strength, practicality, reliability and versatility VIKING is able to offer you all of these plus readily available parts and service with our popular and versatile plow line the 7-Position Full Trip Reversible ALSO AVAILABLE: ★ One Way Plows ir V Plows ★ Wing Plows break law resources," Wenger said We must take the problem of loss of farmland seriously • Legislation such as this will promote the preser vation of farmland by SNOW PLOWS making it easier to past family farms' from ont generation to the next ’ The bill is expected to bt signed into law by Gov Thornburgh in December A Moldboard F Caster Assembly B Curb Shoe G Reversing Circle C Moldboard Shoe H Pivot Frame D Cutting Edge I Reinforcing Ribs E Compression Spring Trip Mechanism & lancaster truck bodies loncoslrr automobile spring co me Dial Toll Free 800-732-0004 310 Richardson Drive Lancaster Hempfield Industrial Park P O-Box 4626 Lancaster PA 17604 717 394 2647 f a
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