VOL 31 No. 26
PA farmers give ‘grass roots’advice to legislators
At the PFA Legislative Conference, this group of farmers
discussed ideas with Senator Edward Helfrick in Harrisburg
this week. Helfrick is the chairman of the Senate Agricultural
& Rural Affairs Committee. In the photo (L to R standing):
Steve Kieffer, North'd; Marvin Snyder, North’d; Paul
Winners of county FFA activities this week are Robert Herr,
Jr., Eastern Lancaster County, Land Judging and Doyle
Reiter, Pequea Valley, Agronomy.
FFA Contest Winners
The Lancaster County FFA Land
Judging and Agronomy contests
were held Thursday at the farm of
David Zimmerman located nor
thwest of Ephrata and the Ephrata
Area High School Vo-Ag Depart
ment respectively.
In Agronomy Doyle Reiter from
the Pequea Valley Chapter won
first place with a score of 75 out of
a possible 90 .joints, Doyle is the
son of Mr. a id Mrs. Wayne Reiter,
Narvon R 2.
The Land Judging Contest was
won by Robert Herr, Jr., from the
Eastern Lancaster County Chapter
with a score of 330 points out of a
possible 400. Robert is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Herr, New
Holland R 2.
Here are the placings of the
Agronomy Contest; 1. Reiter; 2.
Dave Cassel, Manheim Central; 3.
Jeff Wagner, Manheim Central; 4.
Earl Snyder, Manheim Central; 5.
John Summy, Manheim Central; 6.
Molly Wise, Eastern Lancaster
Co.; 7. Dwayne Martin, Eastern
Lancaster Co.; 8. Dan Landis,
Manheim Central.
Placings in the Land Judging
Contest are as follows: 1. Herr; 2.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26,1986
Laidacker, Montour; Ralph Stahlnecker, Union; Richard
Woodoff, Montour; Robert F. Pardoe, Jr., North'd; C. Herbert
Zeager, Montour; and Senator Hetfrick. Seated: David
Dietrich, Union; Robert Weaver, Snyder; Betty Weaver,
Snyder; Dave Moser, North'd; Marie Snook, Union and
Donald Spangler, Union.
Daylight Saving
Starts Tonight
Many farmers don’t
think daylight saving
time saves much
daylight. Neverless
tonight is the time to
move your clocks ahead
one hour to keep up with
your city friends. The
cows will not quite know
what’s happening when
you get them into the
milking parlor an hour
early but they’ll soon
adjust. Of course, you’ll
gain the hour of sleep
back next fall.
New branding
rules set
HARRISBURG A temporary
restraining order which had been
issued suspending the hot branding
of animals in the buyout program
was lifted this week and new
branding regulations released.
The new branding regulations
permit a choice between hot and
freeze branding.
All animals on a farm par
ticipating in the buyout, regardless
of the time period in which they are
being dispersed, must now be
branded by May 6,1986.
The brand must still be three
inches wide and placed on the right
jaw. Any animal under 30 days is
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A light dusting of snow surprised bleary-eyed Lancaster
Countians Wednesday morning. Others in the state awoke to
several inches, with 18 inches reported in Greentown.
Fruit crops survive snowfall
LANCASTER A surprise producing counties escaped
snowfall and temperatures more in unharmed.
line with winter than spring
greeted many Pennsylvanians
Wednesday morning. But despite
winter-like conditions, fruit trees
in two of the state’s top fruit
$8.50 per Year
BY
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
CAMP HILL - Fanners had
their day in Harrisburg this week
as 400 members of the Penn
sylvania Farmers Association met
at the Penn Harris Inn in Camp
Hill to review the association’s
position on pending legislation.
After the briefing the group moved
in mass into the halls of the state
capital to carry their position to
senators and representatives. PFA
President Keith Eckel of
Lackawanna County said, “We
took this opportunity to express
our grass roots concerns directly
to the state legislatures.” These
local farm leaders conveyed
suggestions on how best to handle
problems such as road side litter,
animal health, farm land
preservation, farm commodity
promotion, and quarterly tax
returns.
On quarterly tax returns the
farmers want the wording of the
state laws to match federal laws.
In addition, in 1980 legislation was
passed that would exempt family
farm corporations from paying an
annual capital tax frachise of 1%
on the gross assets. The intent of
the act was to cover all aspects of
family farming. However the
department of revenue chose to
interpret the 1980 act as excluding
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“I think we were spared because
the temperature didn’t drop to the
level that would do damage,”
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