C36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 2,1981 Bradford honors (Continued from Page C 34) with technical assistance from the ASCS. Kiefer lives on a 318-acre dairy farm and has participated -in conservation practices for many years and already has an am bitious program for field drainage mapped out for this year. Eugene Barrett, chairman of the committee, presented Glenn Ford and Daryl Parks with pins for being on the ASC committee for 15 years. Lazell Watkins, newest member on the ASC Committee, was given a certificate for his election to the board for a three year term. Lyle Harding, executive director of the ASC, and Susan Shanks, secretary in the ASC office, were both awarded with certificates for 10 years of service. Michael Lovegreen, executive assistant of the Bradford County Conservation District, acted as master of ceremonies, and in troduced the featured speaker, Gordon Conklin, editor of the American Agriculturist, a monthly farm magazine published in Ithaca, N.Y. 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SINGER RONKS, PA 717-687-6712 Mon -Fn 8 to 5, Saturday 9 to 12 appropriate jokes, making the talk most amusig to the audience. Energy and inflation were two of the major problems discussed by Conklin who predicted that, as m the past, technology will triumph and solutions will be found. Mentioning concerns specific to conservation loss of farmland and soil compaction Conklin declared that a great deal is being done to preserve farmland. Plans such as development rights are receiving a high level of ac ceptance by non-farm people who are concerned about their food resource. Soil compaction, caused by bigger and more powerful equipment, can be handled by minimum tillage and longer rotations, he said. Always in an optimistic tone, Conklin predicted that the federal cut in the ASCS budget will not be as much as proposed, although the most exotic programs may be phased out, because President Reagan and Agriculture Secretary John Block were both directors m the ASCS at one tune. 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