A2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 19,1981
Montgomery honors
NORRISTOWN - The Mon
tgomery County Conservation
District recognized several in
dividuals for their consistent
achievements in soil conservation
at their December meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi C. Alderfer,
who operate a 115-acre farm in
Franconia Township, have in
stalled considerable conservation
practices on their farm including
grassed waterways, terraces to
reduce sheet-type soil erosion from
10 to 2 tons per acre, and many
more practices. Alderfers received
the award for 1981 Outstanding
Conservation Farmer of Mon
tgomery County.
John H. Mack, an earthmovmg
contractor near Perkiomenville
has placed special emphasis in
aiding landusers in the con
struction of soil and water con
Late small game,
deer seasons due
HARRISBURG Small game
and deer hunters will take to the
fields and forests for the final
times in 1981 when the late small
game and archery and flintlock
whitetail deer seasons open
Saturday, December 26.
Small game species which may
be hunted from December 26
through Saturday, January 9,
include pheasants of both sexes in
northern Pennsylvania, and cot
tontail rabbits, squirrels and
grouse statewide.
Daily and possession limits for
the small game species are;
pheasants, two and four; cottontail
rabbits, four and eight; squirrels,
six and twelve; and grouse, two
and four.
There will be a seven-day season
for hunting snowshoe rabbits
(varying hares), opening Satur
day, December 26, and closing
Saturday, January 2. The daily
limit on snowshoes is two, with a
season limit of four.
seasons.
The only firearms that may be
used during the muzzleloader
season's are single barrel flintlock
ignition long guns .44 caliber or
larger propelling a single ball.
Telescopic and peep or aperture
Deer of any age or sex will be sights are prohibited.
servation practices. Through his
timely efforts, many high quality
conservation practices have been
constructed in the county. Mack
received a Distinguished Service
Award for his efforts.
"In the past few years, soil
conservation practices have
steadily been on the increase in
Montgomery County,” reports
District Conservationist Ed Br
zostek. "Farmesr and landusers
are becoming more aware of the
costly losses caused by top-soil
washing off their land.
"Numerous individuals have
been domg an excellent job of soil
conservation in the County, and
although awards were given only
to two, many others are to be
commended on the fine work they
have done,” he concluded.
available from December 26 to
January 2 during the winter ar
chery and flintlock muzzleloader
deerseason.
Both- archers and flintlock
hunters will be able to hunt
statewide during the winter
seasons. The late archery season
in recent years has been statewide,
but >pnor to 1979 the flintlock
season had been, confined to
designated publicly-owned lands.
A separate archery license
and/or a separate flintlock muz
zleloader license, available from
county treasurers, local issuing
agents and Game Commission
field division offices, must be
displayed on the regular hunting
license during the winter deer
outstanding conservation farmer
Montgomery County conservation awards Levi C, Alderfer, Outstanding Conservation
were presented by Chairman Duane Clarke, Farmer; and, right, Mr. and Mrs. John H.
center. Recipients were: left, Mr. and Mrs- Mack, Distinguished Service.
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