VOL 37 NO. 28
Pennsylvania Residents Favor Farm Preservation
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) More than 70 percent of
Pennsylvania residents believe
farmland preservation should be
given a higher priority in the
19905, according to a public opin
ion survey conducted by Penn
State’s College of Agricultural
Sciences.
With a team of grays, tobacco planning got underway in the Ephrata area this week.
One grower near Strasburg said 1 tie had started to plant on May 16 last year, but his loc
al plants were not ready this year. At least some of the early plantings in the County
were reported to be Maryland type plants shipped from the South. Managing Editor
Everett Newswanger found this farm family in the tobacco field late Wednesday after
noon along North Railroad Avenue, near the Junction of Route 322 east of town.
Pennsylvania Draft Horse Association Holds Clinic
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
MANHEIM (Lancaster
Co.) About 80 people attended
a Saturday clinic of the Pennsylva
nia Draft Horse & Mule Associa
SRBC Holds On Ag-Use Regs
ELMIRA, N.Y. The Sus
quehanna River Basin Commis
sion (SRBC) met on May 14, at the
Holiday Inn Downtown, Elmira,
N.Y., to review past actions and
hear reports on a number of new
items.
Until it gets more information,
the commission decided against
putting into effect its consumptive
use regulation on agricultural
water use.
According to a commission
statement, the regulations will not
be put into force until it can com
plete further investigation on the
Students Receive
$l,OOO Scholarships
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
—Ten county high school seniors
each collected a $l,OOO scholar
ship from the Farm and Home
Foundation on Tuesday evening.
The scholarships will be applied
toward pursuing degrees in agri
culture and home economics at the
college of their choice.
According to John Schwartz,
Four Sections
“Citizen concern over the loss of
agricultural land has grown as
businesses, beltways, residential
developments, and shopping malls
have spread into rural areas,” said
Dr. Stanford Lcmbcck, associate
professor of rural sociology.
Between 1982 and 1987, the
number of farms in Pennsylvania
don held at the Manheim Fair
grounds to further their knowldege
of the working equine.
A number of members from
around the state attended the clin
ic, while some attending for the
impacts of agricultural use on
water flows and can consider the
views and findings of an agricul
tural advisory committee.
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NOTICE
Lancaster Farming’s
office 'will be closed on
Monday, May 25, to
observe Memorial Day.
The advertising depart
ment and the news desk
will reopen on Tuesday.
director of the Lancaster County
Cooperative Extension, the scho
larships are financed through inter
est earnings of a trust fund set up
by the late Elmer L. Esbenshade.
Because interest rates dropped
almost in half this year, not as
many scholarships were awarded.
In the past 28 years, 331 scholar
ships were awarded to county stu
dents based on financial need,
(Turn to Pag* A 24)
Lancastsr Farming, Saturday, May 23, 1992
fell by 4,000 and farmland
declined by 431,000 acres, accord
ing to the 1987 U.S. Census of
Agriculture. Concern over com
mercial and residential develop
ment and suburban sprawl
prompted the passage of state
legislation designed to encourage
farmers to keep land in agricultural
first time joined the organization.
The day-long clinic began in the
morning with seminars on feeding,
teeth cleaning and shoeing horses
and mules. There were also short
classes on braiding and care.
The afternoon session included
a demonstation and discussion of
breeding and the use of ultrasound
pregnancy diagnosis by Dr. Jeffery
Edelson, V.M.D. and some hands
on instruction on hitching and
judging.
Thomas Kling, a New Holland
Lancaster County scholarship winners include Heather Henisee, front; second
row, from left: Kimberly Robinson, Keith Zimmerman, Ben Ehrhart, Eileen Holm, and
Emily Zug. Back row: Heather Becker, Brian McLauglin, Dean Wenger, and Brian Zug.
production.
Lembeck worked with Penn
State rural sociologists Dr. Donald
Crider and Dr. Fem Willits to anal
yze responses from more than
3,600 Pennsylvanians for the
survey. They found broad support
in every region of the state for
farmland preservation.
The greatest support came from
the capital region, a seven-county
area surrounding Harrisburg that
includes some of the state’s most
fertile agricultural land. Eighty
two percent of respondents in that
region wanted ag land preservation
to receive a higher priority. Least
likely to support farmland preser
vation were residents in the west
ern and central regions, where 70
and 72 percent of respondents.
Pa. Jr. Holstein Judging
Schools Scheduled
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The 1992 edition of the
Pennsylvania Junior Holstein
Judging Schools are in Anal plan
ning stages.
All Junior members, regardless
of breed organization, are invited
to attend the school closest to their
home. 4-H and FFA members are
also invited to attend one of the
schools.
The two-day schools run from
noon to noon the following day.
horse dentist, used a mule to
demonstrate teeth cleaning and
handling. He showed the crowd
how he uses certain tools to keep
the mouth open and filed and
cleaned the teeth.
Nathan Yoder, a blacksmith in
Peach Bottom, gave a demonstra
tion of hoof triming and shoeing.
He also later answered questions
and showed certain techniques and
tools he used to prepare shoes.
Dr. Richard Peacock, represent
ing Pcnnficld Corp., talking about
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respectively, thought the issue
deserved a higher priority.
“In general, the greater the
market value of agricultural pro
ducts produced in a given county,”
said Lcmbeck, “the greater the
proportion of respondents who felt
that farmland preservation should
be given higher priority.”
Attitudes toward some environ
mental and land-use issues also
were related to support for protect
ing farmland. Those strongly sup
porting farmland preservation also
tended to be most critical of ind ust
rial pollution and rapid economic
growth, tended to support parks
and open spaces, and tended to
favor land-use planning to guide
community growth.
There are usually eight to 12
classes of animals judged, and each
person in attendance has an oppor
tunity to work one on one with an
experienced judge on giving rea
sons. All the basics of judging
cattle are covered by the school
official.
The school officials this year are
Lee Majeski, of College Park, Md.,
and Loren Elsass, of Wapakoneta,
Ohio.
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proper feeding rations, and about
his company’s products.
Perhaps the most unique
demonstration was given by Dr.
Edelson, who said he works on a
breeding program of a large race
horse operation in Virginia.
Edelson talked about the struc
ture and function of the female
horse reproductive organs, the tim
ing and characteristics of pregnan
cies and the use of the ultrasound
in confirming pregnancies and in
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