Al2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 19,1981
Now Is the Time
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arrives. When we fertilize during
the Fall we encourage new growth,
which will be tender, and will
winter-kill in zero weather.
It is best to wait until early
Spring to apply any plant food to
these types of plants. Mulching is a
good thing to preserve moisture
and control weeds, but keep the
fertilizer in the bag until 1982.
To Get Serious About PRV
The Lancaster County PRV Task
Force has released its guidelines
for preventing pseudorabies. This
is a volunteer program. The
success of this effort will depend
largely on the immediate and
simultaneous cooperation of
everyone related to the hog in
dustry that includes farmers plus
all those sales and service per
sonnel who support him. If we are
going to make any progress toward
slowing down the spread of this
disease or eradicating the disease,
we have to act fast before this
winter and before it becomes more
widespread. There is no guarantee
the guidelines will prevent in
fection, or that if a quarantine is
lifted on an infected farm, that the
farm will not be re-infected.
However, a serious preventive
effort should greatly improve the
odds of not becoming infected, and
it should “set the stage” for suc
cessful eradication efforts, ex
claims Extension Agent, Glenn
Shirk.
The pseudorabies guidelines
should also help reduce other
health problems - a side benefit.
Copies of the guidelines are
available from the Lancaster
County Extension Office
(telephone 717394-6851).
To SecurefWood Supply
Many home owners are planning
to use more wood for heating their
homes this winter. This is a
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national trend resulting in a strong
demand for all kinds of wood.
Prices are also reflecting this
increased demand. Woodlot
owners might be in a position to do
some tree culling and thinning and
realize some extra income from
the area. It’s not too early to be
getting this wood on hand or to do
some cutting. Since dry wood will
give better results than green
wood, it will be best to have the
wood supplies cut and drying
before cold weather arrives. As I
have traveled the county in recent
weeks, I have noticed more and
more wood piles in rural areas.
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Farm Calendar
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Stream Protection Measures
workshop, Lancaster Co. Farm
and Home Center, Lancaster,
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 22
Ephrata Fair, Ephrata, until Sat.
Harmony Grange Fair, Westover,
until Sat.
Lebanon Conservation Open
House, Donald Bollinger Farm,
Klemfeltersville, 1 p.m.
Guernsey Sale, 56th Renewal and
State Sale, Harrisburg
Thomasville 4-H Club meets, 7:30
p.m., York Co. 4-H Center, York
PA All-American Nat’l Guernsey
Show
PSU com field day, 9:30 4 p.m.
Rock Springs Research Farm
Thursday, September 24
West Lampeter Community Fair,
until 26th.
Update training tor Pesticide
Township officials hear details
on Conestoga clean-up
EPHRATA Efforts to inform
the public about a federal program
designed to assist farmers and
other landowners m the Conestoga
River watershed in Lancaster
County continued Thursday
evening as township officials met
with government representatives
here at the Junior High School.
This was the first public meeting
to be held within the watershed
area, according to Ray Brubaker,
county executive director of-the
Lancaster Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service office. Of the nine town
ships invited to attend this in
formational meeting, only four
Recertification, 4-H Center,
Lansdale, 1:30 p.m. and again at
7:30 p.m.
Eastern Nat’l Holstein Show,
Harrisburg, 9 thru dry cow
classes
American Mushroom Institute
mtg., 7:30 p.m., Italian Am.
Club, Kennett Square
Friday, September 25
Eastern Nat’l Holstein Show,
milking classes
York Farmers Forum, pig roast at
Jerry and Carolyn Rutter farm
3rd Annual Delmarva Forestry
Seminar; Tidewater Inn at
Easton, Md.
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townships were represented; East
Cocalico, Clay; Ephrata, and East
Earl.
The township officials were
brought up to date on the Rural
Clean Water Program which will
bring $1.9 million into the Lan
caster watershed to improve water
quality by controlling nonpomt
sources of pollution, like sediment,,
manure runoff, fertilizer and
herbicide runoff, .and sewage ef
fluent. ft was pointed out that
sediment is the number one
pollutant of national waterways.'
Under RCWP, farmers in
Lancaster County can request
financial assistance in remedying
on-farm problems concerning
erosion or manure management
with the government picking up 50
to 75 percent of the tab.
"This may be one ot the last
tunes for farmers to get con
servation practice financial help,”
stated Tom Johnson, ad
ministrator for the Lancaster
County Conservation District,
citing the current trends of budget
cutting in the Reagan Ad
ministration. The RCWP funds,
which are available to only those
farmers in the Conestoga water
shed, will be added to the $140,000
allocated by USDA for solving
Lancaster County’s soil and water
conservation problems .on an
annual basis.
When questioned about whether
those tanners who request
assistance will be granted con
fidentiality, the government of
ficials assured the township of
ficials progress in the watershed
would be publicly reported by
numbers. Presently, only eight
farmers have' applied for help.
None have received fuial approval
on their applications from the ASC
committee and Distnct to date.
For those farmers who do apply
and are approved for funding, the
HCW program allows for im
provements to be made during a
three to ten year penod. Maximum
cost-sharing for each farmer will
be $5,000. In the event a farmer
dies before the work is completed,
Brubaker explained, the contract
would be cancelled unless the heirs
or new landowner would want to
continue in the program.
Public meetings lor farmers are
being planned for October and
November at locations scattered
through the project area to
minimize transportation problems
for people wishing to attend. Dates
will be announced. "
"This introductory meeting for
township supervisors was held so
they can be aware ot what the
program (RCWPj will provide and
so they can steer people who need
help to us for assistance,” con
cluded Brubaker. “These people
are aware of conservation
problems in their townships and
are the ones who get requests tor
help or complaints. ” SM