Al4—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 31,1981
Ag areas bill
(Continued from Pace AI)
The bill provides for public
hearings on the proposal to
be held within the ag district
or at a point readily ac
cessible to the proposed
area.
An eight year review
period is established under
H 8143.
If it becomes law, the
measure would allow an ag
area to be terminated after
eight years by filing a notice
of termination with the
recorder of deeds and the
planning commission At the
same tune the ag area could
be modified in the same
manner as new areas are
established
While the district is in
effect, the bill says “No
municipality or political
subdivision shall exercise
any of its powers to enact
local laws or ordinances
within an agricultural area
in a manner which would
unreasonably restrict or
regulate farm structures or
farming practices in con
travention of the purposes of
the act unless such
restrictions or regulations
bear a direct relationship to
the public health or safety. ”
In a word, that is the
carrot for farmers They will
be protected from nuisance
ordinances
The bill also provides that
Commonwealth agencies
encourage farming within
those areas. The section is
written to discourage taking
of farmland for highways.
No land could be con
demned unless a land con
demnation committee
agrees to the land’s taking
The procedure for con
demnation is outlined in the
bill
The bill establishes a
program allowing the
Red meat output rises
HARRISBURG - Com
mercial red meat production
in Pennsylvania during
December totaled 87.4
million pounds, up eight
percent from December
1979
Cattle slaughter at 62,000
head was up 16 percent while
calf slaughter at 23,100 head
was up 22 percent from last
year
Hog slaughter at 301,200
head remamed unchanged
from a year ago The
number of sheep and lambs
slaughtered total 13,900, up
18 percent from December
MILLER DIESEL INC.
6030 Jonestown Rd.
Jm BHOrWo Harrisburg, Pa. 17112
ASSOCIATION OF 7 717 c/c cqqi
DIESEL SPECIAUSIS 26
Diesel fuel injection and turbo
charger specialists.
Locally owned and operated
with over 22 years in business.
Authorized Sales & Service For:
• American Bosch • CAV
• Robert Bosch • Simms
• Rossa Master • RotoMaster
• Airsearch
We Also Service:
• IHC • Caterpillar • Cummins
• General Motors injectors • Allis Chalmers
• Blowers, governors etc. • Bacharach Tools
Daily shipments by UPS, Parcel Post, or our
representative who is in area regularly.
purchase of easements by
counties
It authorizes a county to
use money from its general
fund or to incur debt to ob
tain money to buy
development easements in
ag areas
It also allows the county to
sell development easements
acquired under the act
provided the sale is ap
proved by the local gover
ning body and that the
present land owner has first
right of refusal to buy the
easement.
In short, the latter section
of the bill would allow a
county, like Lancaster, to
implement its ag district
plan complete with purchase
of development j-ights But
no county would be forced to
do the same thing
Most observers on the Hill
see HB 143 as giving local
governments a handle with
which to work when starting
to struggle with farmland
preservation projects
Prime sponsor Noah
Wenger, Lancaster County,
said the measure does not
offer a guarantee that far
mland will be saved but
should encourage farmland
preservation
Grangers objected to the
bill because they said it
provides little that farmers
can’t gam under other laws
nuisance protection already
is provided, tax relief for
farmland is on the books,
some places like Warwick or
Ephrata Townships in
Lancaster County are going
their own routes with ag
districts
Supporters point out HB
143 gets the legal wheels
turning and provides the
groundwork which will be
needed for any future far
mland preservation
program
1979
Nationally, commercial
red meat production during
December totaled 3 35 billion
pounds, an mcrease of nine
percent from December
1979 Beef production at 1 86
billion pounds was up nine
percent while veal
production at 35 million
pounds was up 17 percent
Pork production totaled
1 43 billion pounds, up eight
percent from December
1979
Lamb and mutton
production increased 22
percent to 28 million pounds
Farm Show champ
BY SHEILA MILLER
CARLISLE In just a few
days, diners here at Dusan
Bratic’s Western Sizzlin’
Steak House will be able to
sink their teeth into a Farm
Show grand champion steak
But, for those expecting to
eat a prime piece of beef, or
even a choice piece, the
grand champ beef just won’t
cut the mustard (or steak
sauce)
According to Robert
Finkenbinder, owner of the
Country Butcher Shop, R 4
Carlisle and Dillsburg who
slaughtered the steer shown
by Blain Clowser of Arm
strong County, the champ
only'graded a t the top of the
good grade with a yield
grade of 2 6.
This grading was not done
by a Federal grader,
Finkenbmder explained, but
by Penn State’s Jim Watkins
using USDA standards The
butcher said he doesn’t have
a federal grader at his retail
store
“I thought when I saw him
at the sale at Farm Show
that he wouldn’t grade
choice," recalled Finken
binder
“The champ just didn’t
show enough brisket or fat
cover to finish out any better
than good For a steer to
grade choice, that brisket
has to have a little bounce
that’s my first indication it’ll
have the marbling ”
Although he didn’t bid on
the grand champion,
Finkenbmder said he did buy
six other Farm Show steers,
four of which graded choice
by his standards He ex
plained he bought one
Hereford steer, one
Limousin crossbred, and the
rest were black Chiamna x
Angus steers
Finkerrtunder, who has
been in the butchering
business for 17 years, voiced
his opinion about the recent
trend to exotic crossbred
steers
“These calves are too
heavy,” he exclaimed
Tanks all bear Underwriters Label, and are coated with black asphaitum paint We
can provide timely delivery from Quarryville, PA (15 miles from the Pennsylvania
Maryland line) to Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey & New York The rule of
or'mail ' l^ delivery charges @ $1 25 a loaded mile We invite inquiries by phone
“They get too big
“I’m in the retail meat
business, selling quarters
and sides for the freezer
trade A side that weighs 375
to 400 pounds costs too much
money it’s too big
“I’m used to handling big
frame cattle, but I even keep
mv Holstein steers at 700
NEW UNDERGROUND STEEL FUEL STORAGE TANKS
Capacity Diameter Length Gauge Weight Price FOB
(Gallons) (Thickness) (Pounds) Quarryville
285 arr 5*6” 12 278 110.00
550 4’o” 6’o” 10 549 205.00
550 4'o” 6’o” 7 751 250.00
1.000 4’o” 10’8" 10 827 300.00
1.000 4'o” 10’8" 7 1,129 370.00
1.000 5’4” 6’o” 7 1,028 350.00
1,500 5’4" 9’o" 7 1,388 470.00
2.000 5’4” 12'0” 7 1,735 570.00
3.000 5’4” 17’11” 7 2,432 770.00
4,00-0 5'4" 23'10" 7 3,130 950.00
5.000 8'0” 13’7” 1/4” 4.484 1,540.00
6.000 8'0” 16’2" 1/4” 5,123 1,690.00
8.000 8’0" 21’6” 1/4” 6,475 2,095.00
10.000 8 0” 26’10” 1/4” 7,825 2,495.00
10.000 lO'O” 17’0” 1/4” 6,956 2,250.00
12.000 lO'O” 20’6" 1/4” 8,074 2,630.00
12.000 10’6” 18’7" 1/4" 7,900 2,525.00
15.000 10’6" 23’2” 5/16" 11,857 3,825.00
20.000 10’6" 31’0” 5/16” 15,105 4,790.00
25.000 10’6” 387” 3/8” 22,115 7,225.00
30.000 106" 46’4” 3/8” 25,999 8,390.00
FISUIL-RITE & GAS SOY ' SUMSS
HOWARD E. GROFF CO.
Over Forty Years of Reliable Service
Fuel Oil, Gasoline, and Coal
111 E. State Street, Quarryville, PA 17566
Phone: 717-786-2166
steer grades good
pounds dressed weight
Otherwise the retail cuts get
too big ”
Finkenbinder said he
sympathizes with buyers of
the Farm Show champs, like
Danny George of Bethlehem,
who depend on those steers
grading choice
“When you buy the
champion baby beef, you
want it to grade choice
otherwise it’s just plain baby
beef,” he observed
It could have been the
same story with the reserve
grand champion steer,
shown by Ernie Frey of
Lancaster, purchased by
(Turn to Page A 39)