Both Drought And Abundance
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tatives and fanners interviewed
Secretary Lyng on the front lawn
of the Hunsberger home.
Responding to a question about
low interest loans, Lyng said it was
sad when fanners need to go into
more dept. But it’s better to have
an opportunity to carry on. “That
is a terrible curse for farmers
these days,” Lyng said, “because
the farm net income is not high
enough to make it possible to pay
off very much dept. I can recognize
why farmers wouldn’t want to go
into more dept. But the loss has
taken place and the farmer needs
the opportunity to continue far
ming.”
In a bit of a humorous question
one media representative said that
farmers teU us the federal
government is very powerful. Is it
Participants at the Senator Arlen Specter fund raising luncheon for farm leaders in
clude (L to R), Leon Wilkinson, Chester County farmer and newest member of the Milk
Marketing Board; Congressman Robert Walker; National Ag Secretary Richard yrng;
Congressman Specter and Donald Ranck, Lancaster County farmer and chairman of
Specter’s farm advisory committee.
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powerfull enough to make it rain
the media representative asked.
“No,” Lyng said, “I think that
really shows how lacking in power
we really are.”
While at the media news con
ference on the York County farm, a
copy of a letter was distributed
that had been sent to Secretary
Lyng from Pennsylvania Governor
Richard Thornburgh. The letter
said:
Southcentral Pennsylvania has
experienced extremely dry
weather conditions this summer,
causing severe crop losses in the
area. Almost 300,000 areas of
cropland in York County alone
have been affected. The State
Emergency Board has estimated
crop losses ranging from 10% of
the barley to 95% of the soybeans.
Corn, a major crop grown in York
County, has suffered a 75% loss
due to the drought. The attached
Damage Assessment Report for
York County documents the
estimated losses.
As Governor of the Com
monwealth pf Pennsylvania, I
hereby request that you make a
formal Secretarial Emergency
Disaster Declaration for York
County, Pennsylvania, for
damages resulting from the
serious drought conditions from
April 1986 to July 21,1986.
Farmers Home Administration
and other applicable federal
assistance to our farmers will be
greatly appreciated.
After leaving the York County
farm, Secretary Lyng, Senator
Specter and party left for the
Scranton area to finish their day
tour of Pennsylvania.
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We can delivei
National Ag Secretary. jrd Lyng (left) and Senator A.
Specter view photos of drought damaged corn in southern
York County while visiting the local farm community this
week.
Conservation Reserve
(Continued from Page Al) computer program to help farmers
has 3.8 million acres of highly determine fair bids for the CRP,
credible cropland, and 651.500 according to Extension economist,
acres of wetlands An additional William McSweeny. More in
-4.8 million acres of highly erodiUe formation on the program, the
agricultural land have potential Conservation Reserve and the
for to cropland conservation provisions is
Penn State’s Erteniion Com- available at local Extension and
puter Services has available a ASCS offices.
AUGUST
TUES. AUG. 5 • 4:3OPM
School Eq. & Supplies.
Tamaqua Senior High
School, Stadium Hill,
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Tamaqua Area School
Dist. Houser Aucts.
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Livestock Auction. Centre
NEW HOLLAND
SALES STABLES. INC.
Located 12 Miles East of Lancaster, Pa,
just off Rt. 23, New Holland.
SPECIAL DAIRY SALE CONSIGNMENTS
For
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6,1986
HERD OF 25 HEAD HOLSTEIN COWS, PUREBREDS & GRADES, IN
ALL STAGES OF PRODUCTION, SOME FALL COWS,
Consigned by H.D. Matz
1 Load Purebred and Grade Canadian Cows
and Ist Calf Heifers
Consigned by Brian Dawson
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1 Load Purebred and Grade Canadian Cows
Consigned by Roy Johncox.
• 1 load fresh and springer cows consigned by Norman and David Kolb.
• 1 load fresh and springer cows consigned by Merle Brenneman.
• 1 load fresh and springer cows consigned by Marvin Eshleman.
• 1 load fresh and springer cows consigned by Raymond Smucker.
• 1 load fresh cows consigned by Dale Hostetler.
• 1 load fresh cows consigned by Alfred Albright.
For Mon* Information Contact;
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717-354-4341 717-397-5538
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 2,1985-A39
Hall, PA. At the in
tersection of Rt- 45 and
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SAT. AUG. 9 - 9AM Annual
Amish Parochial School
Benefit Sale. Located 4
mis. E. of Mifflintown, or 3
mis. W. of Thompsontown.
near village of Center
along Old Rt. 2. Bryan D.
Imes, Auct.