A34—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, June 9,1984
CAMP HILL A special
committee appointed by the
Agricultural Advisory Committee
to the Department of En
vironmental Resources (DER) is
now in the process of revamping
DER’s Manure Management
Manual according to committee
chairman, William Adams,
Director of Natural Resources for
the Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association (PFA).
“The goal of the committee is to
review and clarify some of the
material already in the manual so
it is more understandable to farm
ers and to expand it to cover
previously omitted segments of
agriculture such as poultry, swine
and veal production,” Adams said.
The manual was first published in
1974.
According to the chairman, the
proposed format is a basic in
troductory manual plus several
technical supplements to be used
by farmers for specific types of
farming operations and manure
handling systems.
“One important aspect of our
task will be getting the finished
manual to the farmers,” Adams
said, “If farmers can get the in
formation and educational
materials they need to do the job,
they can address potential
pollution problems themselves
without the need for undue
government regulations or in
terference. This process is
especially important when we
consider the findings of the
Chesapeake Bay Commission. This
could be the cornerstone in Penn
sylvania’s attempt to address non
point source pollution.”
Following the manual’s com
pletion, a statewide effort coor
dinated by the Cooperative Ex
tension Service will begin to
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In addition to Adams, the
committee includes Daniel J.
Meyer and Robert E. Graves,
Extension Agricultural Engineers
at Penn State University; Herbert
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell
University has published a new
handbook for owners of private
forests throughout the Northeast.
The 56-page, illustrated reference
describes all major facets at forest
management for timber
production.
“Timber Management for Small i
Woodlands” features a careful
explanation of forest management
in terms that owners can un
derstand and use.
Few owners capitalize on the full
potential value of their forest
holdings, claim authors Gary Golf,
James Lassoie, and Katherine M.
Layer, specialists in natural
resources for Cornell Cooperative
Extension. They are in the New
York State College of Agriculture ;
and Life Sciences at Cornell
University.
Substantial areas of the Nor
theast are classified as com
mercial forest land, yet a
relatively small percentage is
actively managed for timber
production.
Virtually all private forest lands
are harvested at some time, as
ownership and needs change, thus
there is considerable economic
justification for good forest
management, the authors state.
Without purposeful, long-term
management, most timber growth
occurs in areas of low productivity
Garages
C. Jordan, Extension Specialist,
Penn State University; Alton
Schadel, Chief, Division of Soil
Resources and Erosion Control,
DER; Warren Lamm, Executive
Director, Pa. House Agriculture
Timber mgt. book available
or on low-value trees. Benefits are
lost, too, if a timber harvest is
unduly delayed, or exploited for
maximum short-term profits.
The Cornell authors point out
that proper timber management
can increase both the growth rate “Timber Management for Small
by 50 percent and the harvest Woodlands” has sections on
market value 4or 5 times that of an publishing compartments and
unmanaged stand. boundaries, estimating timber,
If the present owner does not, management of over- and under
harvest the timber, the results of stocked stands, protection against
wise management should be fire and pests, aspects of har-
UNIVERSITY PARK - An
increased advertising and
promotion program for dairy
products can be helpful to the
industry, but dairy farmers must
give it a chance to work, says Jack
Kirkland, Penn State Extension
agricultural economist
The money for the program will
come from a two cent per gallon or
15 cents per hundredweight
deduction from the farmer’s milk
check. This program, part of the
Milk Diversion Bill passed in
November 1983, began May 1 and
should raise 140 million dollars for
a nationwide advertising cam
paign.
The advertising and promotion
campaign is regulated by a 36-
member board approved by the
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Committee; John Spitzer, Con
servation Agronomist, Soil Con
servation Service; Richard
Pennay, Program Specialist,
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service; William
Bowers, Assistant State Engineer.
reflected in a higher value when,
ownership is transferred. |
Management for timber
production can include, and even 1
enhance, other forest values such
as wildlife and recreation.
Secretary of Agriculture. This
board will decide who and what
type of product gets the money for
advertising.
This advertising campaign will
run through August 1965. At that
time dairy farmers will vote in a
referendum whether or not they
want the deduction and advertising
campaign to continue.
“One thing they have to
remember is that effects of ad
vertising are not immediate,” says
Kirkland. “The 15-month period
may be too short to judge the ef
fectiveness of the advertising.
Dairy farmers should bear this in
mind when they vote on continuing
the national effort. ”
Depending on how the dariy
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Soil Conservation Service; Ken
neth Walizer, Operation Group
Leader, DER; Brenda Burd,
Legislative Assistant, Pa. State
Grange, and Russel Cassel, of Pa.
Conservation Districts.
vesting, sale contracts, and
economic and tax considerations.
Appendixes cover useful in
formation such as measures and
conversions, tree volume tables, a
sample sale contract, use of a scale
stick, and sources of assistance for
the forest owner.
Copies of “Timber Management
for Small Woodlands’’ (18-180) are
available at $3.50 each from the
Cornell Distribution Center, 7-TM
Research Park, Ithaca, NY 14850.
farmers vote, much of the 15 cent
deduction may stay in Penn
sylvania. Local advertising and
promotion programs that qualify
under the rules of the milk
diversion program may receive up
to 10 cents of the checkoff. But the
dairy farmers must give their
authorization before any state
program can receive part of this
advertising deduetion.
Five programs in the state in
cluding the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
currently qualify to receive part of
the deduction. If all of the non
federal order farmers donate 10 of
the 15 cents to the state program,
$1.6 million would be raised for
promotion on Pennsylvania.
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