VOL 33 NO. 36 This family trio topped the livestock fudging contest at the Pennsylvania Angus Breeders Show last weekend. Jodi Weaver, left, won the girls’ class, which was open to girls 18 and under; her mother, Barb, won the ladles’ class; and her father, Larry, won the men's class and was overall high Individual. Lebanon~Area Residents Question Necessity Of Bypass BY LISA KISSER LEBANON Concerned homeowners from the greats Lebanon area have united to oppose the construction of a Route 72 bypass around the city. “We can’t see it (the bypass) as being necessary,” said Dean Patches, who farms ISO acres with his father near Jonestown. “We live nearby and it’s (Route 72) never congested. It’s nothing like Route 30 in Lancaster or 11 and IS in Harrisburg.” “I don’t see a problem for them to be hunting a solution,” added Margaret Meily, a farm owner in Ebenezer. “There’s not that much traffic going through Route 72, and a survey they did shows that most people are going to Lebanon anyway.” Meily and Patches as well as about 40 other residents recently formed RE-SOLVE, Reach Everyone—Save Our Lebanon Heat Relief For Dairy Cows . Keep It Simple BY PAT PURCELL NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster) The beauty of the Lapp Valley Farm offered a refreshing break in spite of the 90-degree heat, for those farmers attending Wednes day evening's meeting on heat stress and dairy cows. Penn Stale Dairy Specialists, Robert Graves, Richard Adams and Steve Spencer proved good things do come in small packages and in the short amount of time allotted to them, gave farmers simple and workable tips to cool off their dairy herds. Ben Lapp uses dual-speed fans and the natural air flow to cool his dairy bam. Fans were placed at one end of the bam to pull fresh air in and fans were placed every four stanchions. Windows on three sides permitted good cross ventila- Four Sections YaUpy Environment. The group is «dnnii|g signatures to send to . JfbMMMr Robert Casey, Pennsyl vania Department of Transporta tion officials, Lebanon Cwmiy commissioners, and Sehator Brightbill. In addition, they are distributing informational leaflets door-to-door and setting up a booth at the Lebanon Area Fair to publicize the bypass corridor and its effects if completed. The two-lane bypass, which would begin north of the city in Bunker Hill and end south of the city above Route 419, is the second part of a three-phase project to upgrade Route 72 in Lebanon County. Step one involved general improvements along the highway, while the third stage calls for an interchange with Interstate 78 in Union Township. During a public workshop at Cedar Crest High School on May 17, Penn DOT suggested the two tion and air was moving nearly 3 miles per hour. The teal value of the fans as Graves pointed out was not so much in lowering the temperature, but to move the hot, moist air which the cow exhales away from the cow. Sprinklers in the barnyard area were placed so cows could stand in the mist and feed at the bunk where fans were placed to evaporate the water and accelerate cooling. Sprinklers were on timers as was the gate and during the night the sprinklers were turned off, the gate opened and cows were put out in the pasture. Glenn Shirk, County Dairy Agent, noted that Lapp changed nozzles on the system several (Turn to Pago A 27) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 16, 1988 Emergency Drought Legislation Prohibits 1989 Dairy Price Cut SPECIAL TO LANCASTER FARMING WASHINGTON, D.C. The Reagan administration could be directed to forego the scheduled January 1, 1989, dairy price sup port cut, according to Representa tive Charles Stenhohn, (D) Texas. Speaking at the Second US Agriculture Communicators Con gress here, Stenhohn said Tuesday that emergency drought legislation under consideration by the House Agriculture Committee contains a provision to disregard the sche duled SO cent dairy price support cut “Projections show that a IS per cent increase in feed costs is the equivalent of a SO cent cut in bypass corridors, as a result of a traffic study for Route 72. The bypass would be a controlled access read with at-grade intersec tions wjlh major arterial roads. The eastern plan would be 10.4 to 12.2 miles long and cost between $24.6 and $28.7 million. The western route would be approximately 214 miles shorter and cost between Huntingdon County Farmers Discuss Drought Conditions BY USA RISSER LITITZ (Lancaster) Hun tingdon area farmers and agricul tural officials want drought aid. And they want it now. Led by Herman Espy, beef far mer, regional DHIA manager, and county Agricultural Stabilization & Conservation Service commit tee chairman, the group met last week with extension personnel and The senior division 4-H livestock Judging team from Lancaster County nabbed me , top spot at the York County Livestock Judging competition. In addition, individual 4-H’ers won eight of the top 10 positions. The winning 4-H’ers are, from left: Greg Harnish, high overall winner; Fred Weaver, second highest overall; Dwain Llvengood,. fourth highest overall; and Emily Weaver, assistant livestock coach. See page A 36 for' the competition results. so* Per Copy price,” he said. ‘Teed costs have already increased more than 4S percent.” Stenholm cautioned that no action should be expected before the democratic national conven tion and added that the committee would like to wait until the August crop report is released before mak ing final recommendations. Both President Ronald Reagan and USDA Secretary Richard Lyng support the bipartisan drought relief bill, according to USDA’s Ag am, a new summary for USDA executives. Earlier in the week. Senate Agriculture committee chairman Patrick Leahy (R) Vermont said the drought is the most serious in $16.7 and $2O million. Neither plan takes into account the cost of purchasing right of ways. According to the PennDOT publication, the eastern corridor alignments are longer, it will take more right of way, have more intersections, and railroad cross ings and therefore be more expen - (Turn to Pago A 33) government officials to discuss the effects of the continuing drought “We’ve only had 'A inch of rain in 40 days,” said Espy in a recent interview; “Being that agriculture is the state’s number one industry, I think they (state officials) should be taking a look (at the farmers’ plight). I think Pennsylvania ought . to be setting the pace for other • (Turn to Pag* Al 9) $104)0 P*r Year 30 years and “must address affected fanners in every region in the country. It must give the same hope to the potato farmer as it gives to the wheat farmer.” Leahy noted the ironary of drought-induced higher commodi- (Turn to Pago A 25) Western PA Field Day Adds Drought Information NEW ALEXANDRIA Because of the drought, the Western Pennsylvania Farm Tillage Field Day sponsors have added Pen nsylvania State University specialists to the program to discuss ways to cope with the current drought situation. Bob Rugaber, Butler Co. agent, said an , additional meeting tent will beiprccted and the special ists will present ideas for culling and selling lives tock, feeding first cutting hay now, and the tax implications. This Western Field Day starts at 9:30 a.m. on Wed nesday, July 20 at the Robert Smith Farm, New Alexandria. In addition to the drought-related sub jects, the events scheduled include tours, machinery demonstrations, hay-in-a day demonstration, and exhibits of agribusiness products. PSU Extension, USDA Soil Conservation Service, The Pennsylvania Forage Grassland Council, and agribusinesses have sponsored the Field Day.
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