27 No. 8
Congress OK’s 1981 Farm Bill
I BY DONNA TOMMELLEO
iWASHINGTON, D.C. -
flthough the. U.S. House of
jlepresentatives passed the 1981
|ann Bill, Wednesday night, by a
liiun margin- of 205-203, just six
fibys after the U.S. Senate’s ap-
Ijroval, the much discussed bill
Motinued to draw fire from House
■democrats.
g "This isn’t a farm bill this is a
New egg co-op organizes
K BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
K LANCASTER' A new national
Kg marketing cooperative, which
Klfeady includes owners
■representing 18 million birds and
Kith the possibility it could cdver
Bore than twice that number, is
Being organized.
Klhe new co-op, called U. S. Egg
Batketers, Inc., was incorporated
mm Dec. 10,. according to Boyce
Berstreet, of Lakewood, N. J.,
n is serving as secretary .*
BpWhile the co-op already
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r The year is drawing to a close quickly and everyday our mail is
•filled with DHIA reports. Find 18 reports representing 21
icounties throughout the paper.
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' Delaware Valley College tops Bucks County DHIA. Read about
itheir key to success on page A2B.
Penn State will celebrate a very merry Christmas with the
$140,000 they received from the Ag Arena Sale last Friday. For
buyers and consignors, see page A 24.
RCWP to receive
$700,000 grant
LANCASTER - The
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service in
Washington recently approved a
700,000 grant for the Rural Clean
Waters Program in Lancaster to.
handle inventory, and monitoring’
oflhe.Conestoga Headwaters.
According to Richard Pennay,
ASLS ag program specialist in
Harrisburg, ‘"The program was in
competition with several other
Projects. We were one of two
Projects approved;” the other
Jogram being located in North
Pakota.
I fhe Service requires a work plan
* drawn up within SO days of
Pproval date. Pennay said this
™ will include "an outline of the
Jemical composition of the water,
tot we’re going to monitor, how
jJ-re going to do it, and the time
rjj™ 6 we expect to do it in.”
Jne project, instigated to clean
I? non-pomt source pollution (such
sediment, manure runott.
family farm liquidation act. of
1981,” blasted Congressman Tom
Harlan (Dem-lowa).
Harkin was a member of the
conference committee which bad
been deadlocked for heady a
month as it sought to iron out
differences between the original
House and Senate versions of the
bill.
The legislation, formally known
represents some 18 million birds,
the number of producers signed up
totals just seven. Of the 18 million,
approximately 14 million birds are
owned by Fred'Adams, reportedly
the largest layer operator in the
nation. Adams is also president of
the co-op.
“We - have seven producers
signed up, representing 18 million
birds or 220,000 cases of production
a week,” according to Overstreet.
. “In addition, there are firm
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tertilizer and herbicide runott and
sewage effluent), includes an
inventory to identify current
water-quality problems and what
is needed to correct them. In their
Sampling program the government
will be drilling deep wells to
sample ground: - water. These
samples will then be tested by the
State Bureau of Water Quality.
. In addition to the inventory and
monitoring, fanners in the Lan
caster County .Conestoga Water
shed are receiving technical and
financial assistance in solving
their conservation problems.
Under RCWP, farmers in Lan
caster 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 cost.
The $700,000 allocated by the
ASCS will be added to the $1.9
million already in the program.-
DK
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19,1981
as the Agriculture and Food Act of
1961, was accepted by the Con
ferees following 16 conference
sessions. The total cost of the four
year bill is estimated at $ll billion,
compared to the $10.6 billion
Senate bill and the $16.6 billion
House version.
Harkin charged the Ad
ministration with "playing
politics” with the farm legislation
and thereby producing what
amounts to a southern farm bill.
“The President is counting on
the boil weevils to rescue him once
again, so he sweetened - price
supports for sugar, cotton, peanuts
and other southern crops. Nor
thern crops, like wheat, com, other
feedgrains and dairy .were just left
out in the cold, despite the fact that
farm economies need help badly,”
Hackinsaid.
A second. lowa congressman,
Berkley Bedell (Oem) expressed
extreme disappointment of the
approved bill.
“Although I believe that we do
need to make* balanced reduction
Lancaster joins Adams in LT alert
LANCASTER - Chief
Veterinarian Max A. Vanßuskirk,
head of the Penhsylvania
Department of Agriculture’s
Bureau of Animal Industry,
confirmed an outbreak of the
contagious poultry disease,
. laryngotracheitis, LT, in Lan
- caster County on Thursday.
This -latest outbreak, which
occurred in the Quarryville region,,
marks the third confirmed out
break of this disease in
southeastern Pennsylvania in the
past week. Two- additional .out
breaks occurred in flocks located
in the York Springs area of Adams
County.
Champion of the 1981 Royal Winter
Agricultural Fair in Canada, 1980 Supreme
Champion and All-American Aged Cow,
Northcroft Ella Elevation became the 17th
m government expenditures, 1
think that we are making a serious
mistake if we attempt to achieve
budget savings by approving a
weak farm bill that provides
inadequate support for our nation’s
number one industry,” Bedell
stated. ”1 think that a strong farm
program should be recognized as
an investment essential to turning
this country around:”
■ The final House tallies included
Home .and Youth
• Homestead Notes, B 2; Home on
the Range, B 6; FWS news, B 9; 4-H
news, B 16; FFA news, B 14; Kid’s
Komer, BIO; Man’s best fnend,
B 18; Christmas specials, 85,9.
Columns
Editorials, All); Now is the tune.
All); Farming’s AI7;
Joyce Bupp’s column, B 12; Ida’s
Notebook, B 4; Ladies, have you
. heard? B 8; Chicken Coop News,
Brpckett’s Ag Advice, D 2;
' DB.
This disease, which can. result in
a 5-70 percent loss in the flock
depending on severity of outbreak
and bird conditions-, threatens the
poultry industry with a recurrence
of. a previous outbreak that left a
high death toll in Pennsylvania’s
poultry houses.
According to Lancaster County
Extension Agent Jay Irwin, this
disease caused 750,000 birds to be
placed under quarantine in .1978.
“Winter is the time of year that vye
find outbreaks of this -disease
because there is less sunshine to
prevent' its spread. These con
firmed outbreaks mean LT is out
• and on the prowl again.”
female in Holstein history to score 97 2E
during her recent classification. See story on
pageA2l.
$7.50 per year
80 Democrats voting in favor; 125
Republicans in favor; 144
Democrats against; 59
Republicans against.
However, Senate Farm Bill
proponents, passed, the Conferees
report last week by a vote of 68-31.
“1 am very pleased that the
Senate strongly and very wisely
supported the Farm BilL 1
caution that the alternative to tins
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Dairy
Armstrong DHIA, D 27; Beaver
DHIA, 822; Bedford DHIA, Dl9;
Blair DHIA, Dl4; Cecil DHIA,
1>21; Clinton DHIA, 823; Elk
DHIA, 823; Erie DHIA, Dl6;
Huntingdon DHIA, D 22; Juniata
DHIA, Dl6; Lackawanna DHIA,
D2l; Lycoming- DHIA, 823;
McKean DHIA, Dl4; MifflinDHlA,
D 18; Montour, Snyder, Union,
Northumberland . DHIA, D 6;
Schuylkill DHIA, D 7; Tioga DHIA,
• 823; VenangoDHM, D 2& .
According to Vanßuskirk, birds
suffering with LT are actually
suffocating from the disease. The
virus which causes the disease
causes the birds to create an
“unusual-amount of mucous in the
upper trachea. Their tracheas then
become ulcerated and may bleed,
with the birds shaking and
sneezing out bloody mucous as
they try to dear the blockage.”
Other symptoms of a flock
suffering from this viral infection
include' reduced production,
watery eyes, coughing, wheezing,
and twisting their necks.
The chief veterinarian stressed
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