VOL 34 NO. 8
Farmers Protected With New Chester Twp. Ordinance
BY
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
DOE RUN (Chester) — When
the West Marlborough Township
supervisors enacted their new zon
ing ordinance here Thursday even
ing, they put chi the books one of
the most unique farmland preser
vation ordinances in the State. And
they did it with reverse psychology
and a sympathetic classification of
top grade farm soils as a natural
resource.
MAMMA Reorganizes To Cut
Costs, Expand Advertising
BY PAT PURCELL
TOWSON, MD The Middle
Adantic Milk Marketing Associa
tion has begun reorganization
plans which will remove the asso
ciation from the Federal Order sys
tem and allow MAMMA to
expand its advertising budgtt
without increasing costs to miS
producers.
MAMMA will no longer be
under Federal Order regulations,
but will continue to serve Federal
Order #4 milk producers. The
association’s Board of Directors
voted to reorganize to enable
MAMMA to be more competitive
in the marketplace.
Under the reorganization plans,
MAMMA will be able to take
advantage of more progressive
marketing opportunities that are
available to the association only on
a limited basis under Federal Order
regulations.
These marketing opportunities
Mel and Marilyn Nlssley and their children started off
1988 with a bang when their youngest was born on Decem
ber 31. After a “relatively good year” they look forward to
even a better year in 1989.
Three Sections
The work on the new ordinance
started 11 months ago after citi
zens in this mostly rural township
ask for stronger protection from
the urban development headed
their way from Wilmington, DE,
Chester and Philadelphia.
From this request the township
supervisors along with the help of
Harry Roth, planning consultant
for Gehringer-Roth Associates of
Lancaster, and Thomas Martin Jr.,
Esquire, the township solicitor,
began to determine what land was
will allow MAMMA to expand its
advertising budget by joint promo
tional projects with companies
who are willing to pick up as much
as half of the advertising costs.
This allows MAMMA to cut
advertising costs while expanding
their advertising campaigns to
-•afowlwtye potential consumers.
milk producers get
for their dollars.
MAMMA is totally funded
through the contributions of milk
producers mandated by the Dairy
and Tobacco Adjustment Act of
1983 that established the Dairy
Research and Promotion Order.
Milk producers contribute $. 15 per
hundredweight to be used for dairy
promotion and research. MAM
MA receives $.lO of this
contribution.
Stretching the promotional
budget has taken top priority at
MAMMA. Milk production has
dropped in the Mid-Atlantic region
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 31,1988
already protected from develop
ment with state laws that protect
natural resources.
Charles Brosius, chairman of
the township supervisors and for
mer dairyman turned mushroom
grower who tills several hundred
acres in the township, said the
supervisors wanted to protect
farmland. But instead of parceling
the township up into arbitrary
pieces or according to special
interest wishes, they choose to
classify the natural resources in an
due to the dairy termination prog
ram, farm sellouts and increasing
pressure from residential and com
mercial development
(Tum to Pago A 49)
ScibUia Named
DHIA Lab Mgr.
STATE COLLEGE—Linda S.
Scibilia, previously the Manager
of Information, Member Relations
and Education for Pennsylvania
Dairy Herd Improvement Assn,
was recently promoted to the posi
tion of Laboratory Manager. Sci
bilia has worked for Pennsylvania
DHIA since January, 1985. She
began as a Region Manager in
southeastern Pennsylvania, and
operated the region for a year and
a half before moving to her more
recent position in State College.
As Manager of Information,
(Turn to Pago ASS)
Goodbye 1988...He110 1989...
BY LOU ANN GOOD
EPHRATA (Lancaster) As
1988 draws to a close, it’s a good
time to reflect on the past and look
forward to the future.
We chose a mixture of people
Sam and Kathy Doak faced upheaval during the final stage of 1988, but they’re look
ing forward to a brighter future.
unbiased chronical that kept land
ownership a secret from the plan
ning consultant. “When you pro
tect the natural resources in an
unbiased manner, fanning will
Sign-Up Begins For 1989
Acreage Reduction Programs
BY KARL BERGER
WASHINGTON, DC Far
mers can sign up now to partici
pate in the federal government’s
1989 acreage reduction programs
for wheat, com and other feed
grains.
Enrollment opened Dec. 19 at
local offices of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Service, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture agency that adminis
ters this staple of government
farm policy in the 1980 s. It will
Farm Show Issue Next Week
Next week, you’ll find a whole issue dedicated to the Pennsylva
nia Farm Show. It takes yje hundreds of people who stage die
.show a? 4 txhlbit their products plus the thousands who attend to
mske this annual farm showcase a success. We’ll have an indepth
preview.
In addition, to help you orient yourself to the Farm Show facili
ties, you’ll find in this issue a copy of the building layout, the list of
exhibitors and the events and meeting schedule on Page A 26-31.
You may want to save these pages to take with you when you
attend.
Holiday Office Schedule
The office of Lancaster Farming will be closed Monday, Jan. 2 for
the New Year’s Holiday. Deadlines for the Jan. 7 issue are as follows;
Mailbox Market Ads- Noon Tuesday, Jan. 3.
Public Sales Ads- Noon Tuesday, Jan. 3.
General News- 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Classified Section B Ads- 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4.
All Other Classified Ads- 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5.
Late-breaking News- 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5.
featured in articles this past year
and asked them to recount memo
ries from 1988 and tell us what
they look forward to in the New
Year.
Their responses suggested that
504 Per Copy
prosper,” Brosius said.
Not only was the township stud
ied according to soils, ground
water, slopes, wild life habitats.
end April 14.
The basic deal remains the
same as k has in previous years,
although both target prices and
loan rates have declined, accord
ing to ASCS officials in Pennsyl
vania and Maryland. Participating
fanners agree to idle on a crop by
crop basis a portion of the land
they would otherwise plant in
return for access to guaranteed
loans and possible deficiency
payments.
(Turn to Pago A 33)
1988 has been a relatively good
year and they anticipate continual
enjoyment in 1989.
From time to time, we receive
$lO.OO Per Year
(Turn to Pago AN)
(Turn to Pag* B 18)