M2—Lancaster Faming, Saturday, November 27,1982
OUR READERS WRITE,
AND OTHER OPINIONS
Who speaks for farmers?
Recently I was in attendance at
the meeting held at Central
Dauphin High School by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
in regard to tee restart of Unit #1 of
Three Mile Island. It was a little
noisy but overall it was a good
meeting, even though some of us
got chased out of the bade of the
meeting room by members of the
fire police and police.
So, it was a little hard for me to
hear what was going on as I am
hard of hearing. In fact I even
wrote to our governor and asked
him what would be done for people
like myself who are hard of
hearing and would not hear the
sirens when they go off. I never got
an answer on that at all, so I
assume that we will best have to
make out the same way the elderly
and other handicapped people do if
anything happens.
But at the meeting I was
somewhat surprised that the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association’s spokeswoman Kay
Taylor stated the absence of
nuclear use mil result in higher
costs in the supply of electricity
and higher food cost to the con
sumers, and a lot more but that
was the main thing. I wonder how
she gets this way and I also wonder
just bow many farmers PFA
speaks for, and who speaks for the
Amish farmers and so forth.
Does PFA read about PP&L
starting their Berwick plant and
right with it they want to increase
their users’ bills by 20 percent to
help pay for the plant that they
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Thank you so much for the fine
and sensitive series of articles
entitled “Farming in a Shadow”
written by Dick Anglestein. if
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built? Isn’t that sweet? And if excellent articles in the
something goes wrong with that we agricultural area, this series would
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I for one enjoy my trips to
Lancaster County and would hate
to see it all go because the wind
blew the wrong way. I would hate
to see such nice places go, like
Green Dragon and Roots, and the
joy of seeing the big teams of
horses plowing the fields in .the
spring and fall. But speaks for all
those people? What beauty I would
hate to see lost for the greed of a
few.
Some people have said that “well
the government is paying to dean
up TMI.” But do these people know
that the government is a govern
ment by and for the people and that
it is our tax dollars that pay for all
this?
GPU is now in the process of
suing Babcock & Wilson or
whatever for their mistakes, but
the poor businessman who lost
business due to TMI cannot get a
cent back for his own loss. Isn’t
that all so sweet. . . till wehaveto
run again?
And did you ever wonder why
some employees of TMI have solar
power in their homes?
Jimmy Little Turtle
Harrisburg, Pa.
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enjoyed the article about Flat S££Sdyo£SLr
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CITY
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Ag “Pulitzer”
nomination
As a resident of this area of
Lancaster County threatened by
the proposed hazardous waste
disposal site, I know that the
shadow cast not only over our
homes and families, but over the
agricultural vitality of the entire
county, is very real. It is my hope
that more members of the
agricultural community in other
part of the county will become
concerned about this assault on
their livelihood.
We can all be certain that if this
facility at Narvon comes to pass, it
will not be the last violation of the
fertile Lancaster County soil.
Rather, it will be just the beginning
of businesses and industries that
will want to locate here. Already
we have more asphalt and con
crete than we need in many
locations on our prime farmland.
'' Again thank you to your fine
newspaper and to Dick Anglestein,
a talented and sensitive writer who
captured so well the feelings of all
of us who live in the shadow.
A Concerned Resident
of Eastern Lancaster County
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no one should enter the pit without
a respirator or gas mask. There
may be dangerous gases present.
Also, ho smoking or open flames
should be nearby. These pits are
the modem way to store manure,
but they do present a hazard to
both man and animal.
To Check Standby Generators
Your standby generator may be
needed at any time. Is it ready?
With all the uses of electricity on
the farm today, we need this type
of emergency equipment. We are
Tag cold storage deer
HARRISBURG -
Hunters are reminded
that deer left in cold
storage or processing
plants must be tagged.
The official tag
provided as a part of the
hunting license and the
ear strip should clearly
show the county where
the deer was taken, as
well as the date, time of
harvest and other in
formation. The tag and
strip must be attached
and remain attached to
ZIP
By Jay Irwin
in the weather season now when we
can expect both snow-and ice
storms that can give us power
outages. This means that activities
on many farms will stop when the
electricity fails. To have a standby
generator is very good
managment; however, you need to
run this generator at least once
every two weeks to be sure it is in
good running order when needed.
This kind of emergency equip
ment can be a life saver for both
man and animal or poultry, as well
as eliminate possible financial
losses.
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the ear of the deer,
rather than the carcass.
A separate tag provided
by the hunter or
processor should be
placed on the carcass.
Deer beads are
collected during and
following the season and
are examined and aged
by Game Commission
personnel. The in
formation gathered is
critical in the formation
of the agency's deer
management program.
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