A22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14,1981
DER
HARRISBURG Soil erosion is
a major concern to most of Penn
sylvania’s 66 conservation
districts, according to the
publication “Direction for the
80’s” released by the State Con
servation Commission and the
Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources’ Bureau
of Soil and Water Conservation
A copy of the new limited-edition
reference publication was
presented to DER Secretary
Clifford L. Jones during a meeting
of the State Conservation Com
mission Wednesday Jones is
chairman of the commission
The publication will be available
for public review at local con
servation district offices and the
Bureau of Soil and Water Con
servation office in Harrisburg
Based on the Commonwealth’s
soil and water resource plan, the
publication is designed ‘ to provide
direction for a viable soil and
water conservation program and
to encourage the involvement of
local conservation districts and
Order 4 April milk
to sell at $15.44
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Middle
Atlantic Order Market Ad
ministrator Joseph D. Shine has
announced a Class I milk price of
$15.44 per hundredweight for April
1981. This price is up two cents
from the March price and is $1.31
above the April 1980 price.
Order No. 4 prices are an
nounced for milk testing 3.5 per
cent butterfat, f.o.b plants located
within 55 miles of Philadelphia,
and also within 75 miles from the
nearer of Washington, DC or
Baltimore, Md.
There is also a six-cent direct
delivery differential applicable to
producer milk received at plants
located within 55 miles of
Philadelphia.
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releases study on state soil erosion
cooperating landowners, agenda
and organizations to meet the
present demands and future
resource needs for an unproved
social, economic and physical
environment for the citizens of the
Commonwealth ’
According to the publication, soil
erosion is a major resource con
cern in 59 ol the 6fa conservation
districts Other concerns ranged
from population to wetlands
The publication contains a
general outline of each concern, or
problem, with steps the bureau
and/or commission are con
sidering to meet the individual
problems
For example, it is noted that
statewide the average annual soil
loss attributed to sheet and rill
erosion exceeds 50 million tons
Soil losses from gullying, ditches,
stream banks, construction and
road banks announce for about
another 20 million tons
Some steps outlined to meet the
problem include.
—Offering increased financial
£>mne announced a Class il milk
price of $12.70 per hundredweight
for February 1981 and a butterfat
differential of 16 9 cents for the
month. The Class II milk price is
up one cent from the previous
month while the butterfat dif
ferential is unchanged.
These class prices are based on
the February 1981 Minnesota-
Wisconsin manufacturing milk
price of $l2 66 per hundredweight
adjusted to a 3.5 percent butterfat
content.
The USDA reported that the
wholesale price of Grade A butter
at Chicago for February was
$1.4725 per pound and the nonfat
dry milk price was $.9350 per
pound, fob. plants in the Chicago
area.
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