e skies but i mine and in the even deeper shadow of the dump for hazardous wastes proposed for the mine site in Eastern Lancaster County. Eli Newswanger farms the land closest to the mine and has already been intimately involved in the preliminary jockeying by various interests in the dump proposal. Eli, his father Aaron and brother Aaron Jr. form a three-man relay team to transfer the tobacco laths from the wagon bed up some 40 feet into the upper reaches of the large shed. The elder Newswanger hefts the 35-pound laths from the wagon to Eli, perched on the second level of hanging rafters. Up, the tobacco is passed from Eh to the younger Aaron, who’s balanced spread eagle on the fourth tier of rafters. He places the laths just beneath the roof. The agricultural acrobats walk the rafters as easily as they walk the furrows Eh slides his feet forward and backward on the rafters to get into position. Young Aaron bends lower than his feet to grab the lath and then straightens to bring it over his head for hanging. Eh’s young son scampers bare foot about the shed retrieving the “How are we going to farm without water?” loose leaves that sporadically flop down. When it comes to discussing “that dump”, Eh’s silence is as meaningful as his words. And his words, with the same SEE OUR DISPLAY AT GRAIN FlfNl® I G PROGRESS DAYS, AUGUST 25-27 -f DRYER UU\JS> 4' (wall lings rf Sheets NC. POGO INC. FOUR COUNT-)ES HASCHEN TRI-COUNTY W 59 1841 Jerry’s Road CONTRACTOR AGRICULTURAL AGRI-SYSTEMS 51 Street. Md. 21154 P.0.80x 249 SYSTEMS R.D.#l, Box 55 PH 301-692-5350 Coalport,Pa 16627 P.0.80x505 Swedesboro,NJoBoBs PH 814-672-5751 Chestertown, Md. 21620 PH 609-467-3174 PH.301-778-5800 £R O. A. NEWTON TEMS & SON CO. Bndgeville, Delaware 19933 PH.302-337-8211 3465 168 AG PROGRESS SPECIALS We are offering SPECIAL DISCOUNTS on KAN-SUN Continuous Flow Dryers and BIG DISCOUNTS on BUTLER Farm Buildings. Pick up your form at our exhibit. NICKLIN STEEL TRI-STATE MARINE WALTER J. KELLER BUILDING QUILL BUILDERS DIST.INC. CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS INC. CONSTRUCTION CO. 301 N Broad Street Route 256 RDI Box 403 J RD. 1 Box 203 R.O. Box 6269 Grove City, Pa. 16127 Deale, Md. 20751 Strasburg. Pa. 17579 Lewisburg, PA 17837 Harrisburg, Pa. 17112 PHI 112-458-7243 PH;3OI-867-1447 PH:7I7-687-8681 PH.717-524-0568 PH 717-545-7527 • I? shadow of proposed hazardous dump site strong meaning, can come in two languages - English and his more comfortable Dutch. “I’m flatly not in favor of it,” Eh states in English for the benefit of a reporter who didn’t have the foresight to take full advantage of learning his parent’s second language. “My spring is right against their line (the mine property). “The spring is fed from farther up and in a short time the water would be ruined. “It supplies the two houses and the bam “It has been holding up pretty good. Quite a few around here have dried up this year. “If it (the wastes) gets into my water, naturally it’s going to go farther and get the neighbors. “How are we going to farm without water’ “You can’t afford to buy water for the stock and everything ” A brief respite is taken by the trio as the wagon is inched forward to fill another section of the shed. Eli recalls his first indication of something being afoot just as if it happened yesterday. “It was back in March,” he said. “A real estate guy walks in one day and asks if we want to sell the farm. “He came all the way out from Lancaster and I thought it was kinda funny that he’d just walk in that way.” Then a week or so later, another piece of the puzzle fell mto place. “The mine guy came next and asked if we wanted to sell some land for a right-of-way to the mine,” Eli explained. “He said that maybe they wanted to mine some more clay.” LEASE 1T... See Your Agri Builder For Details ★ VARIOUS SIZES HEIGHT AND WIDTH AVAILABLE ★ THESE BUILDINGS ENGINEER ED FOR SELF ERECTION (Butler will furnish Erection and Foundation Drawings) (The Newswanger farm provides the only convenient ac cess from Rt. 322 to the mine without crossing anyone else’s property.) “I wasn’t going to sell any far mland,” Eh said. “But we have this swamp area “I threw it right in his face...there’s no grounds for any sale.” and I thought I might sell that, if a neighbor that owns an adjacent piece would also agree. “But then we started to talk among ourselves. “And we came up with this possible dump. “When the mine guy carryback, I threw it right in his face and he didn’t want to hear anything about it. “Then and there I said there’s no grounds for any sale.” , The company that actually wants to buy the mine and establish the proposed hazardous waste dump has never contacted Eh. It is keeping a similar low profile in its municipal contacts, too. Finally, the last of the five-plant laths is hefted to the top of the shed. The team is rehitched. “Back, back,” Eh commands. Cbutlbr} GRAINS bins, grain legs, KAN-SUN* YOU CAN LEASE THESE BINS WITH LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS To Qualified Buyers WEETER CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION P.O. Drawer V Knox, PA 16232 PH: 814-797-5122 And, it’s back down the lane past litth century, up through a canyon °f tobacco in the shadow of the the two houses dating to the early of com to spear another wagonload hazardous waste dump site. Members of the Eli Newswanger family proceed up farm lane to harvest another wagonload ,of tobacco in the shadow of the WASHINGTON, D.C. - The public has been given more tune to provide comments to a* team reviewing federal marketing or ders for fruits, vegetables and speciality crops. The new deadline is Sept. 1 “Some people mdicated they needed more time to formulate RIGGS ENTERPRISES Box 98 Boswell, PA 15531 PH.814-629-5621 Comment time on fruit, vegetable marketing orders ends Sept. 1 their comments, so we’ve extended the earlier deadline by one month,” said Richard Heifher, the team leader. Heifner is an economist with the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service. Review of the programs was called for by the President’s Task Force on Regulatory Relief, with a M&G BUILDING & GRAIN SYSTEM INC. P.O. Box 35 Schuylkill Haven, PA 17972 PH. 1-800-322-9605 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 22,1951—A21 Narvon Mine - proposed site of a dump for hazardous wastes. SPECIAL PRICED GRAIN BINS In Stock For Immediate Delivery 1518 Grain Bin, 2847 Bushel Capacity 2118 Grain Bin, 5776 Bushel Capacity 2418 Grain Bin, 7673 Bushel Capacity 2718 Grain Bin, 9872 Bushel Capacity 3022 Grain Bin, 14,572 Bushel Capacity DRYERS r ! BUTLER MFG. 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