Firm makes three executive appointments LANCASTER Donald E. Horn, 4059 Robmwood Road, York, has been named Vice President, Allied Division of Pennfield Corporation, 711 Rohrerstown Road, Lan caster. The appointment, ef fective January 1,1981, was announced by Robert B. Graybill, President. Previously Horn was General Manager of Penn field Farms Eggs, the company’s egg processing operation, located in Ephrata. In his new position he will be responsible for the company’s allied operations, including Pennfield Farms Egg Division; Beachley- Hardy Seed Company Shiremantown; Palmer Green Company, Ship pensburg; Allied Products, York; and J. Brame Witmer, Inc., Lancaster. Horn also serves as Vice President, Pennfield Farm Poultry Division, Fredericksburg; and Secretary of Pennfield Corporation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Egg lobday Clearing House, Inc.; American Egg Board; Egg Council of the Pennslvania Poultry - Federation; and the Commonwealth Agn Loan Corporation. Glenn U. Smith, 102 Meadow View Drive, Leola, has been named to succeed Horn as General Manager, Pennfield Farm Eggs. Smith previously served as Sales Manager for the Egg Division, and Area Manager with Pennfield Feeds. Donald E. Horn A native of Lancaster County, Smith is a member of the Pennsylvania Egg Marketing Association, and serves as Chairman of the association’s Consumer Research and Education Committee. He also serves on the Pennsylvania Egg Exchange and is treasurer of the Upper Leacock War Memorial Association. Pnor to joining Pennfield, Smith was General Manager, Chick Sales Egg Farm, Hanover; Operations Manger, Hy-Cross Com pany, Dnyl**ot r 'W n- and Farmers to meet on pepper growing NEW HOLLAND - During the summer of 1980, 23 farmers in the New Holland area grew peppers for the Ben Lipitz Packing Company of Philadelphia. Lipitz said he would like to expand the acres of peppers grown in Lancaster County and surrounding area in 1981. He not only will be expanding the number of varieties of peppers grown, be also is interested in growing tomatoes in the area. Glen U. Smith Production Manager, Indian River Poultry Farms, for merly of Lancaster now located in Texas. Also announced was the appointment of Richard A. Hobday, 2629 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, as Vice President of Finance for the corporation. Hobday has served as treasurer since April, 1967. Previously he was associated with Hatter, Hams & Beittel, Lancaster; and Hubley Manufacturing Company, Lancaster. Un Wednesday evening, January 7 at 7-30 pm. the Adult Farmer Program of the Eastern Lancaster County School District will sponsor a meeting with ijpitz at the Union Grove School to discuss these crops and contact potential growers for 1981. All in terested persons are invited to attend. The Union Grove School is located two miles north of Blue Ball on Route 625. For more information call 215/445-5041. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 3,1981—A25 Brecknock ag zoning (Continued from Page Al) The proposed ordinance contains many agricultural safeguards, Robinson said, and the concerned farmers are looking to get further clarification and explanation concerning these certain restrictions. Actually, one of the three mam purposes cited m the beginning of the ordinance “To preserve prime agriculture and farmland considering topography, soil type and classification, and present use.” The intended purpose of the Ag District set up in the ordinance further states: “The regulations for this District are intended to encourage continued agricultural activities in those parts of the Township where agriculture is the predominant use, and to protect those areas with slopes greater than twenty (20) percent. Since agriculture is the intended primary use, residential and other non-agncultural uses must accept the nuisances and hazards which are a normal adjunct to farming.” Permitted uses in the ag district, which is the largest district m the township, include agriculture, public park and recreation areas, single family detached dwellings and customary accessory uses, buildings, and structures incidental to the above permitted uses. A number of uses are also permitted as special ex ceptions. Residential development in the ag district is based on a sliding scale formula, which limits the number of dwellings according to a certain amount of con tiguous acreage of land under single ownership. For example, one dwelling is permitted on parcels of land from one acre to less than six acres; two dwellings for parcels from six acres to less than 30; three dwellings for parcels from 30 acres to Jess than 80, etc. The minimum lot area for dwellings in the ag district is one acre. Other requirements DEAD STOCK REMOVED PROMPTLY ANYTIME ANYWHERE We Charge For distant Pickups. A. F. BRANDT’S SONS RENDERERS ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (717) 367-6026 governing agricultural uses include: All grazing and pasture areas must be fenced. Liquid manure must be incorporated into the soil within 10 days of application. This requirement further recommends that such spreading be done on a clear day with a slight wind in order to promote drying of the manure. Garbage can’t be fed to livestock. Dead livestock must be disposed of properly within 48 hours. Non-dairy farm products can be displayed and sold provided that at least half are produced on the property on which they are offered for sale. Parking space for at least three cars must be provided behind the street nght of way line. The products must be sold from either a por table stand located behind the street right of way line and which will be dismantled at the end of the growing season, or from a permanent building located a minimum of fifty (50) feet from the street line. Future poultry houses of more than 5000 birds or structures for more than 25 sows or 50 head of other livestock must comply with setback requirements, in cluding 75 feet from all street nght of way lines, 50 feet from all other property Lines and 500 feet from all existing dwelling units other than the dwelling unit owned by the person building the structure. The 500-foot requirement can be reduced by the Zoning Hearing Board to 250 feet if certain con ditions are met. In addition to the ag district, agriculture would be permitted in other districts, including the light industrial, the flood plain, and as a special exception in both the residential low and residential medium districts. It is not permitted in the forest recreation or neighborhood commercial districts. But in the two residential districts mtensif led livestock operations of more than 5,000 birds, 25 sows or 50 head of other livestock will not be permitted. Agricultural requirements in the flood plain district specify a filter strip between any watercourse and any tilled land. Such a strip must be 15 feet in width and must be planted with a permanent ground cover Also, in tne flood plain district, a cover crop, such as annual rye grass, must be planted when the land is not being tilled for major crops.
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