VOL. 26 No. 52
Lebanon's Beth Schaeffer was one of,the nearly 1,000
riders who compete for top prizes during one of Penn'
sylvania's most prestigious horse shows, the Penn National,
held at the Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg. The show
climaxes today with the Grand Prix jumping competition. See
story on local exhibitors, page A 32. ,
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On your £et 'set.. .read how local Guernsey breeders
approach the starting line of the last dairy-show of the season,
, See story on page...A26. V;
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The epunty Association tails agriculture’s
story in a week-long “farm in the mills? afPark City 0n...824.
York’s conservation tour features such highlights as saws,
sheep, grapes, and good management practices. Read about it
0n...028.
House approves Farm Bill;
amends dairy price support
BY DONNA TOMMELLEO
WASHINGTON, D.C. After
more , than three -weeks of
discussion, the House of
Representatives voted 192 to 160,
Thursday night, to ; approve its
version of the 1981 Farm Bill.
• However, major" differences
between the House and Senate
versions move the bill' to a con
ference' committee - for furthur
discussion, sauL George Palmer,'
staff director of the - livestock,
dairy and poultry agriculture
subcommittee. Senior members of
the House apd Senate ag com
mittees comprise the conference
committee.. '
The house voted 400 to 14,- last
week, in favor of an amended dairy
price support provision." In
troduced by Rep.' Berkley Bedell
(D-Iowa), the amendment fixes
the support level at $13.10 "per
hundredweight but provides for a
minimum support of 72.5 percent
of parity for 1983; a minimum
support of 70 percent parity for
1984 and -1985 upless CCC pur
chases of-surplus dairy goods are
less then 3.S billion pounds. In that
case; the minimum support would
be 75 percent.
Bedell said his amendment
“reduces the cost of the farmbiil to
a level nearly equal to the version
passed bythe Senate, while'at the
same time - providing a much
stronger support system for far-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24,1981
Heidelberg Twp. farmers
oppose ag zoning
BY SHEILA MILLER
GERMANSVILLE It was a
full bouse at the Germansville'Fire
Hall on Monday evening as Lehigh
County’s Heidelberg Township
planning committee convened a
special hearing to review Us
proposed zoning ordinance with
the public.
In the audience were fanners
and townspeople whohad come out
to voice their opposition to the
draft ordinance which would place
the' greater majority of the
township’s 15,835-acre area within
agricultural zones. . • '
According -to ' the township
solicitor, the zoning ordinace
would strive to implement the
goals of the 1 township’s com
prehensive plan adopted in March
1980 and ~ would replace the
township’s 1971 ordinance:
v- Maintain the tural charac
teristics of the Township, including
its open space, predominance of
agricultural land-' uses,' “and low
density, small scale development;
Encourage farming as a. way .
of life within the Township andas a
viable economic activity of both
the Township and Lehigh County.
Land use controls should pot make
agricultural and. rural uses
subordinate toarban uses;
- ✓ Do hot encourage residential,
commercial, • hqd industrial
.development. Heidejbejg.. Town
ship has few of, the conditions
necessary for urban development
and is best.suited for rural uses,
agriculture and open space;
v- Additional industrial and
commercial' development that
may be needed to meet community
needs should, occur-in an existing
village at a scale apprdpriate for a
ruraicommunity; and ’ *
Restrict residential, -com
mercial, and industrial develop-'
ment from steep -slopes,- flood
plains, and high water table areas.
The adoption of the new zoning -
ordinance is the last step for die
mers than that approved ui the
Senate bill.” -
The National Milk Producer
Federation called .the Bedell -
amendment a "good compromise"
and an improvement over the
Senate version.
The Senate, last month, adopted '
the Reagan Administration’s
proposal that called for a
minimum 70 percent parity level.-
' The Administration’spropdsal also-'
deleted the semi-annual ad-
justment and asked for an annual/
price adjustment unless net CCC
purchases stay. below $750 million. ,
.Other include'
target and Iqan price&.for coni and' ’
wheat, Palmer said;'' '
(TurhtoPageAtS)
township planning committee
which was formed in June, 1979 to
study the need to preserve far
mland in its community. The
committee previously produced
the supplement to the com
prehensive plan and a new sub
division ordinance, adopted in
Novemberl9Bo.
■ Township officer Rodney
Schlauch pointed out there has
been a 76 percent population
growth in -Heidelberg Township.
He stressed that continued growth
would adversely affect the
agricultural community which is
the major industry in the township.
According to . the, planning
committee, the' proposed or
dinance better protects the
agricultural character of the area
by: ; limiting the number of non
farm dwellings permitted in the
Agricultural District; requiring
any development in that district to
be confined to less productive soils,
(Classes' IV-VIII), such as rocky
' land, swamps; slopes exceeding 15
. percent; and areas with unsuitable
\size or shape for fanning; .and
placing' a one-acre maximum on
residential lot sizes.
Specifically, . within the
Agricultural District, permitted
-uses would include: agriculture,
raising of farm animals; locaT
agricultural, indcptries; „farm
related dwellings; and
family dwellings with minimum-lot
sizes of3o,ooo squarefeet.
-A farm can be subdivided by the'
' following criteria: no more than •
onelotplus 10percent of thefarm's'
acreage can be used for non-farm
related residences.
Other zoning areas include
Autumn has found a home in .Lancaster County for a brief
spell bringing withit crispy, weather, harvest time, and
breathtaking scenes otjc»mstalks, bundled children, Indian
cwmand faHjng leaves. Cprn shodcssuch as thqse above,
Veateiquitea picturesquesetting
onLancaster’s out-of-the-way country roads. '
$7.50 Per Year
Blue Mountain District - land
reaching from the base of the Blue
Mountain to the township boun
dary at the top of Per
mitted uses include single family
detached dwellings; raising farm
animals and agriculture; and
certain recreation and community
facility uses. Minimum lot size is
three acres.
Rural Residential - an
enlargement of the present
Heidelberg Heights devekipoSent.
(Turn to Page A 27)
Cqlmbi
Editorials, AID; Now is the time,
AID; Ladies, have you heard? B 13;
Joyce Bupp’s column, -B8; Ida’s
Notebook, Bll; Farming’s
Futures, 823; That’s a good
question, 822; Farm Talk, D 4.-.
Mawad lMt -
Homestead Notes,B2;Hoine on
the Raage; r
Kid’s Korner, B 12; FFA news,
B 17; Pumpkin people,- B 18;
Museum courses, 823; Cum
berland Home Economist, B 16;
state Guernsey
B30; (^-tO»ir,B2B;
Yjork Countians
machines, D 7.„.;..
-Wollaston Jerseys, D 2; Berks
DHIA, Dl3; Perry DMA, Dl6; -
York DHIA, D 18; Adams DHIA,
023; Schuylkill DHIA, D 25;
Somerset DHIA, D 26.