VOL 35 No. 23
Springtime and Easter bring thoughts of budding trees, new lambs, war
mer weather and flowers. And the hundreds of pot mums in Lefever’s
greenhouse on Jarvis Road in Lancaster County add to the color of the sea
son. Of course, for Mel Lefever this is a most busy time of the year. But for
VAL VANTASSEL
Berks Co. Correspondent
CHARTLESVILLE (Berks
Co.) More than 225 people
gathered at the Berks Co. ASCS/
Berks Co. Conservation District
Farming Problems
Are World Wide
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Pennsylvania farmers are not
alone in facing tighter working
restrictions and increasing envir
onmental responsibilities and
liabilities.
According to a foreign agricul
turalist who spent this past week
here, problems of nutrient man
agement, increased livestock den
sities, controlling pesticides appli
cations and more closely manag
ing farming operations are world
wide.
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Berks ASCS/BCCD Applauds Conservation Efforts
banquet last Monday night to hon
or those who made outstanding
conservation efforts.
Among the winners was Out
standing Conservation Farmer
Stephen Burkholder of Rockland
John L. Morgan, a land manage
ment advisor with the Agricultural
Development Adivsory Service in
North Wales, visited with Pennsyl
vania officials with the mission to
gain insight into how others deal
with some of the negative effects
of agriculture.
Morgan said his home country
of Wales is currendy beset with,
among other things, nitrogen pol
lution in water resulting from
intensified farming. He said his
countrymen are looking to create a
system in which agriculture and
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 14,1990
Township. Burkholder, a swine
and soybeam farmer, has concen
trated his efforts in soil conserva
tion. He has installed terraces on
his 48-acre farm and taken up con
servation practices that have re
duced his soil loss from 36 tons
per acre to three tons per acre.
“I got a soil conservation plan
four years ago and I have been fol
lowing their recommendations,”
Burkholder said. Burkholder is the
president of the Eastern Pork Pro
ducers and is also a member of the
Berks Co. Farm/City Council, the
Kutztown Young Farmers, and the
Pennsylvania Com Growers As
sociation.
Last year’s Conservation Farm
er Paul Reidenhour was honored
for his participation in the Nation
al Soil and Water Conservation
Awards Program.
The Twin Valley FFA was hon
ored as the Outstanding Conserva
tion Organization of 1989. Since
1970, the FFA’ers under the direc
tion of their advisor, Ron Freder
ick, have planted more than
others, the beauty of the season is to be enjoyed.
in this Easter season, joyous best wishes are extended from the Lancaster
Farming Staff to all Of our reader?. Photo by Everett Newswanger.
200,000 tree seedlings on state
game lands. Chapter members
participate in conservation speak
ing contests, land judging, fores
try, and wildlife contests. They
have also sent “envirothon” teams
to local and state contests.
Donald Lacy was named Out
standing Conservationist. Lacy, a
member of the Berks Co. Feder
ation of Sportsmen for many
Huntingdon Holstein Sale Changed
PETERSBURG (Huntingdon
Co.) —The sale date and nature of
the Huntingdon County Holstein
Association sale has been
changed.
John Foster Jr., sale chairman,
told Lancaster' Farming this
week, that the previously
announced silent auction to be held
on April 21 has been changed to
Saturday, April 28, at the Hunting
don Fair Grounds. Starting time is
11 a.m. Mark Click, Reedsville, is
the auctioneer.
Five Sections
years, was honored for his efforts
to make the youth conservation
leadership camp a success. Lacy
serves on the camp committee and
is an associate director of the con
servation district. He won second
place in the Pride In Pennsylvania
contest.
The conservation district creat
ed a new award this year to recog
nize Berks Co. boroughs that work
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Foster said the one-week-later
date will give the county associa
tion the extra time needed to put
together the high quality type sale
that has been characteristic of the
55 to 60 head event each year.
In addition, since the cataloges
are assembled at the local level, a
few additional consignments
could still be accepted. For con
signment information or for infor
mation about the sale, write or call
John Foster Jr., RD 1, Box 110,
Globe Run Road, Petersburg, PA
16669. Phone: (814) 667-3567.
$12.50 Per Year