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-1.000 RCMA Contract Signed
Secretary of Agriculture Boyd E. Wolff (right) hands the 1,000 RCMA con
tract to Creedin Cornman. On hand for the presentation were Steve Cornman,
who operates Justa Beauty Holsteins with his father, Creedin, and Edward
Anna, RCMA executive director. The Cornmans farm is located near Boiling
Springs.
Manure Study Results Presented At Penn Ag Meeting
BY JACK HUBLEY
LANCASTER Lancaster
County accounts for 21 percent of
Fair Season Schedule
Since the late 17th century
Pennsylvanians have enjoyed
agricultural fairs, and the tradi
tion continues this year with
numerous community and coun
ty fairs showcasing agriculture
all across the Keystone State. To
help you make plans for the fair
season we’ve included a list of
this year’s events on page A2B.
Governor Signs
Horsedrawn Vehicle Law
Governor Casey has signed into
law legislation sponsored by Sen.
Noah W. Wenger, R-36, which
exempts horsedrawn vehicles
from using flashing signal lights
during daylight hours.
Drivers of vehicles equipped
with flashing signal lights are
currently required to use these
flashing lights when their vehicle
is unable to maintain a speed of 25
miles per hour or a speed con
sistent with the normal flow of
traffic. x
“The Mennonites and Amish in
our communities have been
stopped and fined by police for not
using their flashing lights on their
buggies during daylight hours,”
explained Wenger. “Because of the
non-mechanical nature of these
buggies, these lights are
sometimes difficult to power. The
limited use of buggies on public
roadways also makes the use of
these lights unnecessary during
daylight hours.”
The Senator said, however, that
the new law does not remove
requirements that flashing lights
the state’s total agriculture. Ex
tension Director Jay Irwin told a
group of agribusinessmen during a
PennAg Industries symposium on
the Chesapeake Bay held at the
Shawnee Lancaster Resort on
Monday.
Livestock enterprises account
for a sizeable chunk of this per
centage, and, in terms of sheer
numbers of animals, the poultry
industry goes unchallenged, with
42 million broilers and about 10
million layers. “We produce
enough eggs in Lancaster County
in a year’s time to go around the
equator two and a half times,”
Irwin said, quoting some of the
more imaginative statistics he has
on buggies be used during non
daylight hours. “For the safety of
buggy passengers and motorists,
buggies must have flashing lights
in operation at night,” said
Wenger.
The act also requires that police
notify the owner of a stolen
automobile within 48 hours of
recovering or receiving notice of
recovery of the vehicle.
If the vehicle is recovered by a
police department other than the
department to which the theft was
originally reported, the recovering
department must notify the
department that handled the
original theft report. The latter
department is then responsible for
notifying the vehicle’s owner.
The provision will eliminate
delays in returning recovered
stolen vehicles caused when
outside police departments
recover the car and then must
scout around the state to find the
owner of the vehicle.
The bill, formerly Senate Bill
157, is now Act 13 of 1987.
Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 3,1987
compiled.
Just how far the manure from
more than 50 million birds will
stretch is another matter. Based
Ken and Nelson Stoner's dairy farm, Lititz, suffered damage to each of the 16
buildings on their farm. These buildings were among the estimated 100 farm buildings
damaged in the waKe of the Tuesday's storm. The silo in the foreground was ripped from
its foundation.
Storm Devastates
Lancaster Area
LITITZ A savage thunder
storm with 100 mph winds and hail
ripped across the northern portion
of Lancaster County Tuesday
afternoon leaving in its path
destruction estimated at S 6 million
to farms alone. An estimate of total
properly damage m the county has
not yet been determined
The storm originated in the
Mount Joy area and cut a 20-milc
swath to Rcmholds. One mctcrolo
gist labeled the storm a line-squall,
a storm caused by a slow moving
cold front that collided with a hot,
humid air mass. Prior to the storm
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Four Sections
Milk Prices Stabilize ,
Supplies Tightening
BY MARTHA J. GEHRINGER
UNIVERSITY PARK In
May, the Minnesota-Wisconsin
milk price halted its downward
slide of the past six months. This
fact coupled with stabilizing milk
prices and decreasing Commodity
Credit Corporation purchases indi
cate a tightening fall milk supply in
the Northeast.
After peaking in November
1986 at $11.91, the M-W price
dropped steadily to ns May level oi
SI 1 This level is 7 cents under the
federal milk support price. How
ever, the M-W price for May was 2
cents higher than a year ago, indi
cating the improving health of the
dairy industry, noted Dr. Jack
Kirkland, Penn Slate dairy market-
on 1985 statistics from the Crop and
Livestock Summary, Irwin
calculates that the county needs
about 75,000 more cropland acres if
Three corn cribs on the Gerald Keller farm, Lititz, were
damaged in a storm that cut a straight line between Mount
Joy and Reinholds. The severe thunderstorm pelted the
northern Lancaster County area with heavy rains, high winds
and hail.
$8.50 Per Year
mg specialist.
In past years at this lime, the
M-W price was well below the
support price, he explained.
“We’ve seen the largest amount
milk of milk on the market we will
see. Usually it declines through
June and July.” Therefore, he
noted, the time for the adverse
effect on the M-W price would
have been in May. He expects the
M-W price to improve through the
fall.
Kirkland explained that despite
the lightening milk supply, Con
gress may elect to drop the support
price for milk on Jan. 1, 1988. It
depends on what they expect to
purchase, the marketing specialist
commented, not what they arc pur
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all the livestock manure is to be
spread at recommended rates.
The obvious solution, then, is to
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