For fhe tvii gardtmr
Does rainwater from up-slope
drain onto your garden? Ls your
garden on a steep slope where you
want to plant?
If so and especially since you
haven’t started your garden yet for
this summer you should think
seriously of planting on the contour
or perhaps building a terrace.
According to Burell Whitworth of
USDA Soil Conservation Service, a
contoured or terraced garden does
reduce erosion. Because water is
channeled across the slope instead
of down the slope, soil absorbs
more rainwater and is less
susceptible to drought.
Whitworth said, “Contouring not
only controls erosion but
distributes water evenly. This pays
off in better yields and higher
quality vegetables and flowers.”
Although most of you are far
mers and are most adept at han
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Seeding,
Weeding
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mote
dlmg the soil, often tunes the
garden can get Overlooked, as one
tends to forget to put into practice
in the garden the same practices
you use in your fields.
But if you’re not an old hand at
gardening on the contour, you can
find the contour line by mounting a
carpenter’s level to a 2x4. To
determine a level line, begin about
the center of the slope. Lay the 2x4
along the slope and-move one end
up or down until the bubble on the
level is centered. Mark the spot
with a stake and repeat this
process across the slope to
establish the contour line.
As you cultivate the garden,
leave small channels between the
rows to collect and hold the
moisture so that it soaks into the
soil.
If excess water drams onto your
garden a terrace can divert the
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Grangers hear grim reports
HARRISBURG Pennsylvania
State Grange leaders heard a grmi
report on the status ot the Social
Security Fund while on tour in
Washington, D.C. recently.
As part ot their annual
legislative tour, state officers and
members ot State Grange com
mittees met with James Jetfers,
associate commissioner tor
governmental affairs with the
Social Security Administration, to
look at proposed cuts m Social
Security programs. What they
found out was not encouraging.
Jeffers said the Social Security
Old Age and Survivors Fund is in
danger of being depleted by the
end of 1982. At the present tune,
112,400 per minute in benefits is
being paid out of the fund more
than is being put into the fund from
payroll taxes.
The reasons’! “High inflation
plus real-term growth have caused
rapid benefit increases over the
flow of water effectively. A terrace
is simply a ndge with a shallow
channel on the upper side. Give the
terrace a slight grade so that water
does not stand in the channel but
flows off gently. Make the terrace
wide enough so that it blends in
with the natural slope.
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yeais,” Jeffers said. “At the same
time, job layoffs and an overall
sluggish economy have decreased
taxes paid into the fund.” Ac
cording to John Svahn, Com
missioner of Social Security, for
every one percent rise in the U.S.
unemployment rate (1.1 million
persons;. Social Security loses $2
billion per year in lost payroll tax
revenues.
The president has appointed a 15-
member nonpartisan commission
to suggest changes to the Social
Security System by Dec. 31, 1982.
Proposals are on both sides of the
spectrum and include: gradually
lowering the level of real benefits,
increasing the retirement age
from 65 to 68, and foregoing ad
ditional cost of living adjustments.
Grangers suggested that Social
Security benefits be taxed if in
come is over a designated amount
to~increase revenues mto the fund,
and that veteran and other
military pensions should be
deducted from Social Security
pensions.
At a breakfast with Penn
sylvania congressmen, the Grange
pushed tor the release of Rural
Abandoned Mine Program funds to
Pennsylvania. These funds were
collected through an assessment
on coal companies of 35 cents per
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ton of coal produced. As of March
1982, the funds totaled more than
>sBoo million.
Congress has authorized RAMP
to receive 20 percent of these
monies, however just five percent
has been allocated per year smce
the program’s start. The
remaining 15 percent is bottled up
in the Interior Department and
collecting interest. The interest
alone could be enough to reclaim
many acres of abandoned mine
sites, reported the Granger
The Pennsylvania State Grange
supported the drafting of a bill to
be introduced in Congress to
bypass the Secretary of the In
terior and have the RAMP funds
released directly to the Secretary
of Agriculture.
The Grange got the assurance of
Congressman Allen Ertel (D-17th)
that he will draft a letter to the
Secretary of the Interior signed by
the Pennsylvania Congressional
Delegation requesting that these
funds be released to Pennsylvania
immediately. About 27 percent, or
240,000 acres of abandoned coal
mine lands in Pennsylvania are
currently unreclaimed or
inadequately reclaimed.
In a meeting with U.S. Senator
Arlen Specter, Grangers pushed
for increased appropriations for
highway and bridge funding and
conservation programs in Penn
sylvania. Specter serves on the
Senate Appropriations Committee
and its subcommittee on
agriculture.
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