VOL 33 NO. 4
Officials Report Farmland No. 1 Public Concern In Rt. 23/30 Corridor
BY
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
LANCASTER Penn Dot offi
cials listed loss of farmland and
lifestyle changes as the number
one and number two concerns
expressed by the Lancaster County
public on the subject of the prop
osed Route 23/30 Bypass.
This information was just a
small part of the report released
here Tuesday afternoon at a press
conference for the media and publ
ic officials. While farmland pre
servation is the number one local
concern expressed at public hear
ings and letters by individual per
sons, no possible corridor through
the local farm heartland has been
eliminated for these reasons to
Mark Walk displays one of the trophies that he’s most proud
of: a plaque naming him his chapter’s outstanding vo-ag
student in dairy. See page A3B for story.
Adams Co. Couple Commit Future To Registered Holsteins
BY GINGER
SECRIST MYERS
Adams Co. Correspondent
CROSS KEYS When you
neet Jeff and Mary Kay Roche,
there are several adjectives that
come to mind to describe this cou
ple. They include young, ambi
tious, determined, and hard
working. But the one word that
perhaps best suits them is
confident.
In times when interest rates at
banks are on the rise and another
SO cent deduction in the support
price is scheduled for the New
Year, this Adams County couple
have committed their financial
future and their mutual work
efforts to carving out their ninche
in the Registered Holstein
business.
Last Saturday, on the eve of
their first wedding anniversary, the
Roches hosted an open house to
show off their newly built 38’ by
dale.
But two routes commonly
known as number five and number
six that followed a northerly route
parallel to Route 23 and then cut
down to Route 30 through the
Welch Mountains in Chester
County have been eliminated.
These routes did not reduce traffic
count enough to merit continued
study according to Penn Dot
officials.
In addition, the combination of a -
north corridor along Route 23 and
a- south route directed toward
Strasburg and out along Mine
Ridge was called too costly and
now must be treated as separate
possible projects. This skirting
combination had been favored by
many local organizations and indi-
144’ tie stall bam and their 86 head
of Jemaro Holsteins.
While other couples their age
are pursuing careers in 9 to 5 jobs,
the Roches have made a commit
ment to dairying. The rigors of
dairying is not new to either of
them. Jeff, 33, is the third genera
tion in his family to dairy on the 72
acre farm. Mary Kay, the former
Mary Kay Reese, was raised on a
dairy farm in Crawford County.
She pursued a degree in agriculture
at Murray State University, Mur
ray, KY, and was working as an
A.I. technician for Atlantic Breed
ers Cooperative when she and Jeff
met.
While the 60 stall.bam, DeLaval
milking system, and the Triple H
ventilation system, the Roches feel
the real attraction there is the cows.
When she and Jeff took over milk
ing, they were using an old 20 stall
bam and milking 45 cows. Jeff
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5, 1987
viduals as the solution to the strong
opposition to a highway built
through the nationally-famous
Pennsylvania Dutch Country. In
fact, cost was a major topic at the
2 'A -hour press conference in the
Continential Inn.
Robert Mueser, Penn Dot dis
trict engineer, said financing was a
major concern at this time since the
original feasibility study indicated
about a $lOO million cost for the
project. “That is what we have
Spread Of Pseudo Rabies Imminent,
Recommendations Pending
BY PAT PURCELL
LITITZ “This is the year
pseudo rabies will spread explo
sively. It will be a very rough wint
er. The problem with Lancaster
County is that they have a dense
concentration of sows in a small
area,” said Dr. Timothy Trayer,
D.V.M. of Denver. “What is going
to happen is that as mote areas are
infected the disease will spread to
areas around those areas and then
around those areas. This is the year
for it.”
“In 1986 we had six herds
infected with pseudo rabies and in
1987 there are 51 known herds
identified in Lancaster County
with the disease,”- said Dr.
Timothy Trayer.D.V.M. of Den
ver, Pa.
Movement or transmission of
the pseudo rabies virus (PRV),
although it cannot survive the sum
mer heat, flourishes in the cold
damp weather of fall and winter
and moves rapidly through new
herds.
“This past summer we saw an
increase in the number of cases.
When there is a spread of the dis
ease in the low risk months we
know that we will see a great
increase in the high risk months,”
Jeff and Mary Kay Roche pause to pose with one of their favorites, MD- Maple Lawn
Chairman Penny VG 86%, In their newly assembled herd. Penny made over 20,000
pounds of milk In each of her first two lactations.
been discussing,” Mueser said.
“But now we have received esti
mates from our consultants that
most of these corridors are going to
cost about two times that amount
of money. Because of the limiting
budget factors, we must look at
prioritizing the projects. Some of
these corridors that were looked at
before included a north route and a
south route, which many thought
would work nicely together. But
we are going to need to look at
explained Dr. Larry Hutchinson.
Penn State University Cooperative
Extension Veterinarian.
It is crucial that all infected
Former Diagnostic-Lab Director
Appointed Chief Of Avian Health
BY USA RISSER
HAJSfUSBURG Dr. Charles
D. Clark has a philosophy about
regulatory veterinary medicine:
Dr. Charles D. Clark, formerly
director of Summerdale Vet
erinary Diagnostic Laborat
ory, recently began his new
position as chief of avian
health, a state office that has
been unfilled since 1985.
Four Sections
these as separate projects. Money
available to finance two corridors
is very questionable,” Muesersaid.
“Therefore we are going to ask the
public to rank the corridors in the
order of their preference to help us
make our decision.”
In the question and answer per
iod following the lengthy presenta
tion, the topics included concern
about the disregard for the local
citizens desire for a combination
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herds be immediately identified,
geographically located and iso
lated because February and March
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“you should interfere as little as
possible in the efficient production
of food while still safeguarding the
industry against systematic dis
ease outbreaks.”
this philosophy will stand him
in good stead as he assumes the
position of chief of avian health, a
state office that has been unfilled
since 1985.
Clark has been on the job for
only about a week, but already he
has gotten involved in the nitty
gritty details. He is working with
Penn State on establishing guide
lines for the usage of a live myco
plasma gallisepticum (m-g) vac
cine for use on infected flocks.
“We will be monitoring the vac
cine’s use,” said Clark. “It will
only be used in certain situations
such as on farms with a persistent
m-g infection that they can’t con
trol. Another controlling factor is
how far the farm is from other
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