A46-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11,1989 Robinson Calls Farmland Trust Expert On “Transfer Of Heritage Planning” (Continued from Page A 1) your heritage is preserving farm land. “Lancaster County agricul ture is great because of our herit age,” Robinson said. “Our farmers don’t hoe the weeds in the corn field along the edge of the road or keep their houses neat because of the profit in that labor. They do it because of the heritage that has been passed on to them. But herit age without a future is history,” Robinson said. “It dies when the present generation dies.” Robinson listed two major rea sons why farmers don’t want to preserve their land. The poor far mer wants to sell out at a big profit to prove he’s not a failure and the successful fanner wants ia indulge in self gratification to show just how important he is. ‘To sell the farm to the next gen eration or to another farmer for $3,000 to $5,000 per acre is a pretty good retirement,” Robinson said. “Greed is when they want “How many farms get sold even though there is an eager child ready to take over?” $20,000 or more per acre.” Robinson said the real threat to farmland preservation is when no one is available to take over the farm. What really threatens us is when there is no one to pass the heritage to or no heritage to pass on. He blamed the present genera tion for not making the heritage attractive enough to its children. “How many farms get sold even though there is an eager child ready to take over?” he asked. Robinson listed three R’s for involving children in the farming operation-respect, responsibility and resources. “You can’t expect the public to respect your son as a farmer if you don’t respect him as a person,” Robinson said. “He’s not your hired boy, he’s your son. Put him in charge of something. Involve him in record keeping. Give him facilities and equipment that entice him to stay on the farm. See that he earns enough to be proud to be a farmer, enough to court a wife. Let him build equity into the farming business.” Robinson said that to preserve a heritage you need to set goals. “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll likely end up some where else,” he said. Estate planning needs to be part of a farmer’s long range goals but “He’s not your hired boy , he’s your son. Put him in charge of something.” Robinson likes to call this “transfer of heritage planning.” And he urged the Lancaster Farmland Trust to expand its consulting ser vice to show parents bow their future can be reasonably secure while providing the children with an opportunity to take over the farm at a reasonable price. Most farmers are not greedy,” Robinson said. “They are scared of what might happen. Good transfer of heritage planning can ease these fears and open the doors to all kinds of opportunities. Farm fami lies need creative and innovative methods to pass on the farm and satisfy all the children and special circumstances involved in the farm estate. “Who could better become the leading consultant experts that farm families could depenefon for, this. With Lancasttt Farmland 1 ' Trust’s unselfish goal to preserve the farm heritage, the farm family you are consulting may just con sider some of the options your organization offers,” Robinson said. “Then you are in the driver’s seat to discuss these options.” Robinson linked a direct rela tionship between preservation and conservation. He said that sons can sense their dad’s long range inten "When you do both—install conservation practices and put deed restrictions on your farm, you tell your children your heritage is valuable tions as they relate to this issue. “You would not buy and restore an antique car and take it to the demolition derby,” he said. “That would be conservation without preservation. And you would not put deed restrictions on a farm and let the soil erode away. That would be preservation without conservation. “When you do both-install con servation practices and put deed restrictions on your farm, you tell your children your heritage is valu able. You show that you mean bus iness. You tell them you expect your heritage to be around longer than you are. You show your child ren that your are counting on them to continue the heritage. And you show them that no (me is going to pull this farm out from under them to make a fast buck. “I believe the programs offered by the Lancaster Farmland trust preserves heritage just as much as they preserve farmland,” Robin son said. “And we need to work hard to identify and communicate our heritage-not only to our child ren but also to our community. Let’s work even harder to preserve our future farmers by showing them a proud heritage they will want to follow. Let them see in your actions how important pre serving farmland and the heritage of farming really is.” In the business meeting. Alan Musselman, executive director said the past year was one of orga nization and listed the develop ment of a conservation center in Lancaster and the establishment of a revolving fund to buy farms as major achievements. He said the local campaign to raise funds to apply to the challenge grant of $300,000 from the William Penn Foundation was on target When completed over a two year period, $450,000 will be available to be used exclusively for land conser vation projects in Lancaster County. Musselman reported that another person will be added to the Trust’s staff as a field person. The funds to expand the staff came from another separate grant from the William Penn Foundation. “What we have in mind for this person to do is exactly what Don Robinson proposed in his Keynote address.” Musselmamn said. “We had not thought of the term “trans fer of heritage planning," but that is what we have in mind for this person to do in this land conser vancy and counseling position. We want to let people know what is happening in the way of conserva tion easements.” The Trust recognized Stuart Herr for his work in the corporate and key gift campaign and Paul Krantz for his community conser vation action. Rod Hamish and Herbert and Sharon Garber were recognized for land conservation, and Marilyn Don Robinson W. Lewis and Elaine Ewing Hol den were given distinguished ser vice awards. Donald Collins, Eugene Garber 11, Earl Newcomer and Robert Campbell were reelected to the board of trustees. Darwin Boyd, Edward Burton and Debra Karche- Sale Reports PAIGE SALE A Public Auction of antiques and farm related items was held at R.D. #l, ML Pleasant Mills. Snyder County, PA, on November 4, 1989, for the Estate of Ray D. Paige. Some prices received were: sm. early hook rug w/cat $5OO, woven basket w/handles $l9O, butter churn $l7O, 6 pressed back chairs $4O ea.. wooden butcher tub $BO, kerosene lamp w/ green base $l5O, stone ware pitcher $205, Cin derella 6 lid cookstove $455, wooden toy tree* tor (lettered Future Far mer) $lOO/1955 Ford car $315, flour chest $ll5O, sideboard buffet $BOO, twig rocker $230, bucket bench $450. 2 pc. 4 door blind corner cupboard $2050, dry sink w/3 drawers across top $lB5O, droplid writ ing desk $1925, cast iron butcher kettle $l3O, FonlSN red belly tractor $l6OO, 2 bottoip 3 point plow $l2O, TH #9 wheel driven sickle bar mower $175. There were 338 registered bidders plus many others present. Auction was conducted by Longacre A Lauver Auctioneering. Penn State Receives Grant To Study Use Of Newsprint UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) 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The researchers will be looking at optimum size for shredded newsprint, its impact on the bac terial population in dairy stables and its effect on heavy metal ac cumulation in the liver, muscle and fatty tissue of livestock. “The results of this study will be applicable in many areas. There is a possible beneficial impact on water quality, since newsprint ap pears to have a high absorbency of potential pollutants,” Spencer says. Research results will be distri buted to county extension agents, rural development representa tives, waste recycling coordina tors and fanners. Project researchers, in addition to Spencer, are James G. Beier lein, associate professor of agri cultural economics; John Comer ford, assistant professor of dairy and animal science; Robert J. Eberhart, professor of veterinary science; Robert E. Graves, profes sor of agricultural engineering; Lester C. Grid Jr., associate pro fessor of veterinary science; James W. 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