E6-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 1,1986 Hunting good for farmers? Farmers are the world’s most generous and accommodating hosts when it comes to hunters. A trip through our countryside during good hunting days reveals, the magnitude of this generosity. Hardly a country road is spared the hazard of an out-of-state or city hunter’s car parked dangerously on the shoulder. And a pause in the country to enjoy the quiet beauty is often punctuated with the sound of gunfire. Game is killed, dogs are exer cised, hunters commune with > nature, and farmers pray their livestock will be spared and perhaps a few rabbits or quail will be left for their own hunting. This brings up an interesting question. Why do farmers so willingly, or at least un protestingly, turn over their fields, ponds, woods and marshes to arms-bearing strangers who are there to kill? Maybe farmers feel a little guilty about having all that land and so little time to hunt. Or maybe they feel sorry for their city cousins who spend most of their lives indoors and who may never own a piece of ground larger than a cemetery plot. Perhaps farmers tire of fussing with hunters over property rights and submit to their ravage rather than resist. But it is the farmers’ land and those who hunt it without permission are trespassing. Some farmers who have heard of the income differential that exists between farm and city workers have turned their “game refuges” into significant income equalizers. They charge hunters for the right to hunt. And if the hunting is good POURED REINFORCED We are qualified to handle any poured concrete job you may need. We use a practical aluminum forming system to create concrete structures of maximum strength and durability. For a highly satisfactory job at an affordable price, get in touch with us. POURED FOR DURABILITY Groffdole ,4] concrete walls, inc. -.f\ 8. 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One way to assure continued good feelings between farmer and hunter is through a few simple ground rules- no shooting close to building, fires, etc These should be explained when the hunter comes to the door. He should also be told to check out when he leaves, if this is desirable. Most farmers want to know who is wandering around their property with guns and they want to know when they’ve gone. Here’s a final thought on hunting rights. Farmers could gain a very strong and vocal ally by working with hunters on some of their mutual problems Farmers own most of the land where hunters ITHACA, NY - Questions about the rules, regulations, and im plications of the national dairy herd buyout program are an swered in a packet of reports developed by agricultural economists at Cornell University and five other land-grand in stitutions The packet contains 10 reports on the herd buyout program of the 1985 farm bill, which was signed hunt. 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Novakovic, an agricultural economist in the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell. The packet was prepared by members of the National Dairy Herd Buyout Extension Program Committee, which was formed in November 1985 by a group of agricultural economists from six land-grant universities Cornell, Michigan State University, North Carolina State University, Ohio State University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Wisconsin. Reports contained in the packet Manufactured By R.D. #2, Box 8 Newburg, Pa. 17240 717-423-6794 cover most aspects of the buyout program, and will be valuable to farmers interested in participating in it, Novakovic says. The reports explain the rules on the buyout, tax implications, factors to consider before enrolling in the program, and bidding strategies, among other topics Also available is a videotape designed to assist farmers in making decisions on whether to participate in the program. 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