VOL. 33 No. 12
Lancaster Officials Press
For Immediate Construction
BY USA RISSER
LANCASTER James G.
Huber, chairman of the Lancaster
County Commissioners, called for
the immediate construction to
begin on the Route 23 bypass and
development of plans for a road to
alleviate Route 30 traffic
congestion.
Huber, representing the coun
ty’s commissioners, issued a uni
fied consensus position for the
group on the Route 23/30 dilemma
that has concerned people in the
county and state level for some
time at a Thursday afternoon press
conference. The conference, origi
20 Back Mountain Barn Fires Have Farmers Reeling
BY BARBARA MILLER
Lycoming Co. Correspondent
DALLAS Sleep comes hard
if you’re a farmer in the Back
Mountain area of Luzerne County
d*ys. fumn’ nigfeftJtoe. ~
arfc split into two halves, one part
spent patrolling the bam and out
Milk Producers Mav Receive $l-Premium
BY PAT PURCELL
COCHRANVILLE (CHES
TER CO.) Atlantic Dairy Coop
producers in the Middle Atlantic
Cooperative Milk Marketing
Agency (MACMMA) area may
receive $l.OO per hundredweight
premium on Class I milk or 50
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Rohrer, Jr. of Cochranvlile, Chester
County, were honored recently for their 50th year as mem
bers of the Atlantic Dairy Cooperative. Elvin Rohrer, Sr.
began farming in Lancaster County on Horseshoe Road
near Hellers Church.
Route 23/30
nally slated for Friday, was moved
up partially in response to state
ments made Wednesday by the
Casey administration.
Transportation Secretary How
ard Yerusalem said that the state
expects to begin construction on
the Route 23 “goat path” by the-
Fall of 1990 and continue studying
the feasibility of a combined Route
23/30 project.
In addition, Governor Robert P.
Casey was adamantly against con
structing a new highway that
would bisect the Amish communi
ty or disrupt their lifestyle. Last
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buildings. and the other trying to
get some sleep while remaining
alert enough to hear Rover if he
barks.
Most feel the loss of sleep is pre-
loss of a bam.
Kip: a while the nagging
; of rest, and the unfair
cents for all m3k by May or June, if
dealers continue to respond favor
ably to recommendations from
MAtJJdA. according to Robert B.
McSparran, President of MACM
MA and Of Atlantic Dairy
Cooperative.
Speaking to nearly 100 coop
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 30, 1988
The snow and cold weather this week caused drifting over roads and frozen water
pipes around the farm. But this pretty picture of the snake fence along Queen Road
north of Paradise created shadow pirtterns in the snow.
ness of the situation gel into feel
ings of anger and frustration,
“I hope to God they get that
devil. I sleep with one eye open
and with my gun on the other bed,”
saysonr anefr-MBwntain farmer.
He is among the fortunate. His
bam is still standing.
'f
members from the Cochranville
and Oxford locals at their annual
dinner meeting. January 21,
McSparran, stressed the “if” in that
statement
“Dealers have responded favor-
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Trunkenmillers Achieve Equal
Yields Bv Esins Manure
i C?
SUNBURY (Northumberland
Co.) Robert and Gary Trucken
miller on their dairy farm in Dela
ware Township, during the past
growing season, established six
nutrient demonstration plots on
one of their com fields and experi
mented with different rates of
manure and fertilizer application.
The experiments were done in
cooperation with the Northumber
land County Conservation Dis
trict, Cooperative Extension Ser
vice, and the Pennsylvania Chesa
peake Bay Program.
The purpose of the project was
threefold:
(1) Demonstrate that the appli
cation of nutrients in excess of
plant requirements does not
increase crop yields.
(2) Demonstrate that manure
analysis and soils testing are valu
able and reliable tools in develop
ing a systematic approach to man
ure and fertilizer application.
(3) Demonstrate that significant
financial savings can result from
Cleaning Up The Bay
Articles In Section D
Four Sections
Since last May there have been
20 arson fires in the Back Moun
tain area causing property dam
ages in excess of $700,000. Of
those 20 strycturcs, 16 were bares,
often and
in close proximity to a road. Most
occurred in the wee hours of the
weekend mornings, and some
times as many as five structures
were torched in less than an hour.
To date, loss of life attributed to
the blazes stands at nine cows and
four dogs.
Sands Fire
Seventy-three-year-old Ralph
Sands, a prominent Luzerne Coun
ty dairy farmer recently elected to
scaling back fertilizer application
rates in accordance with manure
‘ analysis and soil test results.
Manure Testing
Is Accurate
From the results, it appears that
manure testing produces a relative
ly reliable estimate of nutrient
levels in manure. Farmers who do
not scale back their fertilizer appli
cation rates on fields that receive
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The 3200-gallon liquid manure tank was used to spread
manure. The manure was Incorporated Into the ground by
disking two days later.
$8.50 Per Year
(he Pennsylvania Holstein Hall of
Fame, was one who suffered heavy
losses in the most recent arson
fires.
One of four buildings burned the
‘ frtofflffig of December 12, the
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Posters such as the above
offering a reward of $7,000 for
Information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the
arsonist are being distributed
in the Back Mountain area by
a concerned group of
citizens.