How UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) To help preserve farm land, Pennsylvania’s Clean and Green law lets farmers pay taxes on the agricultural value of their land instead of its higher develop ment value. But it also cuts local tax revenues, said a Penn State re searcher. “Some of Pennsylvania’s best farmland is at risk of develop ment,” said Dr. Tim Kelsey, as sistant professor of agricultural economics. “Act 319, also known as Clean and Green, was enacted in 1974 to help farmers keep real property taxes in line with their in come. Even if farmland is not phy sically affected by neighboring developments, higher property values mean higher taxes.” Kelsey calculated tax revenues lost because of Clean and Green as well as millage rate increases necessary to offset these losses us ing data on participation in the act in 1991. That year, 4S of the state’s 67 counties had partici pants. More than 42,000 people and more than 3.7 million acres were enrolled in the program. ‘The average county govern ment with Clean and Green parti cipants lost 3.S percent of its real property tax revenue and 1.2 per cent of its total revenue because of the program,” Kelsey said. “These impacts varied dramatically across counties, municipalities and school districts. “Fulton County, for example, lost a larger share of its total re venue 8.9 percent than any other county, even though it is un der less development pressure than many counties,” said Kelsey. “On average, county millage rates would have risen 0.51 mills, and municipal millage rates would have risen 0.26 mills,” Kelsey said. “School district millage rates also would have risen because of Clean and Green. This means the average owner of a house with a market value of $50,000 located in a county with Clean and Green participants pays an additional $38.12 in local property taxes each year.” Clean and Green seems to im- MM FARM ■^EQUIPMENT 10001 b Vet mixer, Ihp, S/P, V G S , $550 080 410/833-1847 12HP Gravely. 30” & 40" heads, sulky, $l5OO, PMC orchard sprayer, 500 gal., Deutz engine, 32” fan, re built pump, $4OOO, NH grinder mixer #355, excel- «nt condition, ext. auger, $3500, rototiller for old style 110 or 112 JD. used very little 717/677-8881 1948 JD A, $1200; 1955 JD 60, $lBOO, 15* MF gram head, wood bat, floating bar, $2OOO, JD 4400 com bine diesel, 2100 hours, w/o head. $3400 215/593-6043 after Bpm 1973 Ford cattle truck w/12’ body; Kagle Trailer held sprayer w/45 ft. booms, 500 gal. tank, hy draulic pump. Stump Acres, York Co. 717/792-3216. Does ‘Clean And Green * Act Affect Taxes? pose a large burden in certain areas, but are these unfair? The jury is still out “Some people ar gue that the real property tax is un fair to farmers." Kelsey said. “Fanners at all income levels gen erally pay around 10 percent of their household income on real property taxes, while nonfarm households pay a smaller and smaller share as their income ris es. Programs like Clean and Green help to correct that” ■Raising taxes to make up for these losses shifts the burden from participating farmers onto other taxpayers. “How these costs arc distributed may be more unfair than the size of the costs them selves," Kelsey said. “Some com munities suffer large impacts even though they are under little devel opment pressure. “People living in Clean and Green communities pay the pro gram’s costs, even though all tax- Lackawanna County To Join Farmland Protection Program HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania Agricultural Land Preservation Board has approved easement purchases for six farms in four counties, includ ing the first easement purchase in Lackawanna County. As a result of the Board’s action, 60S acres of prime farm land were protected from develop ment in Columbia, Erie, York, and Lackawanna counties. “We’re very pleased to have Lackawanna County as a part of the Farmland Protection Prog ram,” said State Agriculture Sec retary and Board Chairman Boyd E. Wolff. “There are some good farms in that county that are being threatened by development.” Under the Farmland Protection Program, which began in 1989, the stale and counties purchase development rights to guarantee that their farms will remain as agricultural land. Individual land owners apply to county Agricul tural Land Preservation Boards. If approved for possible ease- ftUjVsgu.TßAPe OB BEWT through the PHONE: 717-626-1164 or 717-394-3047 FAX 717-733-6088 Mon.. Tue... Wed.. Frl. 8 AM to 8 PM; Thure. 7 AM to 8 PM (1)3000 & (1)9000 Gal. SS nitrogen storage tanks. 703/639-2262, after Bpm 703/382-0570 1982 IH 1460 combine, 2500 hours, w/820 15' flex head, excellent condition, $33,500 (717)627-7381 1984 John Deere 6620 Side Hill with 215 Flex Head. Shed Kept, Well maintained (410)756-2313 1990 Champion I Ellis Key stone thrasher, Union cut ter 3Vi Heebner. 610-826-5650 1991 CASE/IH-485 3pt 540&1000 PTO Shuttle Trans 2-Valves 16 SGPM Pump 16.9X28 & 900X10 Turf-Tiros ROPS w/ Canopy 120 Hrs $14900; 1975 CASE 580-B Tractor- Loader Cab Power Shuttle $5900, 1970 FARMALL 504 2pt Live PTO TA IOOOHrs $3900, 1982 INT 284 Diesel 3pt PTO Turf- Tires 5' Woods Belly- Mower $6900. (609)466-2953. 1947 John Deere A; Ford 8N 717-336-2497 after 4PM 1993 JD tractor model 5300, 4WD, 329 hours; S' Browns tree cutter 215/395-3213 8 30-4.30. 230 Butler Oswalt station ary mixer w/electromc scales. (717)258-6010 2840 JD tractor w/cab, 18 4x38 tires, $B,BOO Vicon fertilizer spreader $650 JD 3800 harvester w/heads, $2,000. (301)334-1254 (2)AC Silage Wagons, 2 Beater w/Web (717)786-3394 (2)Case 930 CK diesel trac tors; 500 Case; IH 660 diesel. WD9, WOR9; L Case, pulley and steel available. New and used parts for Case 500,930, IH WD9. Older tractors re paired. WANT' Pulley for 930 Starter for 930, 1030, 970,500,900 parts tractor. KINGS TRACTOR. 1426 Noble RD., Kirkwood, PA 17536 payers benefit from the program. Other states with similar programs shift the costs from local taxing districts* onto the state’s income tax base. Pennsylvania currently does not do this, so rural residents pay a disproportionate share of the program’s costs.” Preserving farmland might be worth the cost, but the benefits are hard to measure accurately, and there is no consensus on how ef fective programs like Clean and Green are in preserving farmland, Kelsey said. A new publication from Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences explores this issue in more detail. For a free copy of “Farmland Preservation in Penn sylvania: The Impact of ‘Clean and Green’ on Local Governments and Taxpayers,” Extension Circu lar 411, contact the Penn State Co operative Extension office in your county. mem purchase, the county boards may request state funding partici pation. Counties may participate jointly with the state in easement purchases or may purchase ease ments outright themselves. Following are the properties approved, listed by county, owner, township, acreage and purchase cost: • Columbia Gene C. Miller, Locust Township. 103 acres, $96, 274. • Erie Lee E. and Mary E. Payne, Elk Creek Township, 92 acres, $83,095. • Erie Kenneth N. and Shir ley J. Rogers, Elk Creek Town ship, 45 acres. $40,662. • Erie Jackson J., Margaret A.. Douglas H., and Catherine J. Yost, Venango Township, 161 acres, SI 12,788. • Lackawanna Floyd and Rita Thomas, Madison Township, 31 acres, $49,628. • York willard and Ina Kil gore, Lower Chanceford Town ship, 173 acres, $172,048. 13 6x38 tractor chains, $135; M Farmall $950, JD 5-16 semi-mount 3pt plow w/hillside hitch, $275 717-534-1253 (2) Goodyear tires and tubes, 18 4-34, '/« rubber, no breaks, $l5O/pair or $lOO/each 717/297-2838 300 MF combine, diesel engine, cab, 13' floating gram head, #24 2RW corn head, quick attach 717-862-3744. 338 JD Square Baler, Ex cellent Condition Will De liver in PA (606)348-4513 36' NH elevator, good shape, $925. New Pequea 12ton tandem axle $1,600 AC SB reset plow, $7OO (717)597-4343. 3pt. 4X 16" JD plow, $425; 4X 14’ Model 311 Int. semi mounted plow, fast hitch, can be made to 3pt hitch, $550 717/323-9097. 428 JD hay and grain ele vator. 48', PTO driven/ mo tor available, shed kept, good condition, $1,400 (301)432-5363 460 D IH Tractor, WF, Good Rubber Harford County, MD (410)329-6665 460 Int Tractor with quick drawbar, 6 cylinder 610/827-7358 50hp Leroy rotary screw air compressor, cabinet en closed, $4OOO 717/445-6723 50” rototiller, 3pth. 6'xlo' enclosed trailer TracVac grass system Antique Wheelhorse garden trac tor (717)442-4279 5' Woods finishing mower, 3pt, Int combine model 80, Super A cultivators 7177786-3087 674 Int Diesel, good rub ber, good running tractor 717/529-6586. 6' Bushhog Rotary Mower. $9OO. (717)677-7752. (6) JD 3 bushel soybean boxes for corn planter. 610-837-1380. UncMttf Farming, Saturday, May 28, 1994>D7 709 Uni 4WD, 717 com bine, 767 chopper. 763 head, 737 husker, 744 head, good condition 717/354-9902 #7O NH Bale thrower, ex cellent condition, $l2OO 080, NH baler twine, $l9 30/bale. Kirkwood Re pair. 717/529-3299 8-B:3oam. Thp Troy tiller, pull start, great shape, $BOO. (717)225-3826. (717)225-4591 AC 185, diesel, field ready & nice, $6,500 410-833-9091 AC B lights, starter, hy draulics, w/2-way plow and new style cultivator. Real nice condition, $1,925 Lancaster County (717)336-2031 AC-B Tractor & Cult, Good Cond (215)750-0689 Nights. $llOO AC CA lights, starter, hy draulics, snap coupler w/ cultivator, paint and tires real good, $1,875 Lancas ter County (717)336-2031 DISMANTLING FOR PARTS Just arrived for parts AC TL-14 loader w/ very good AC-262 gas en gine, axles and spindles are same as Case W-9. All parts available. BALANDA EQUIPMENT PO. Box 407 RT 29 Palm, PA 18070 1-800-322-8030 Air Blast Sprayer Tifone 200, w/Valute SO gallon, excellent for vegetable and turf, used very little (717)966-2451 Att 12' haybine owners, 10 wheel, V rake, $1,275 Landoll 7T 3pt chisel plow (no springs) $325. New JD 32* ripper spikes $l5O Gohl 115 grinder mixer (bad gear box) $225 080 (717)292-6361 BACKHOE CASE 580 C, cab, standard hoe. $8,500 410-833-9091 BACKHOE CASE 680 H, cab. E-Hoe, municipality owned. $12,500 410-833-9091 B AC w/LS9 belly mower w/starter, lights, hyd foot brakes & good tires 717/786-3087. Bachtold hi-wheel, weed and brush cutler, Bhp, Briggs engine, 30' cutting blade, used 8 hrs., $B5O (717)837-3101. BELTING We specialize in flat belting, cut to order, baler throwers, self unload ing wagons, long table blower belts. Franklin Co. 717-263-0573 NO Sunday calls Befco rotary tillers, field cultivators, rakes, teddars, wood chippers, and round bale choppers C W Neider-hiser Sales, (412)423-4076 Bush hog io- pun type mowers, complete, set up and ready to go, $3795 Taneytown Farm & Hard ware. 410/751-1500 BUSH HOG 7' w/twm tail wheels, original Bush Hog not a copy, excellent, $1,200 410-833-9091 Buffalo cultivator, 6R, 30" w/tines and stand Willing to sell at good price (717)263-8914 CASE SC, new rubber, LPTO, outlet, tn-cycle, runs excellent, $1 ,850 410-833-9091 Case 18458 skid loader, 1985 diesel, w/bucket and pallet forks, 2 sets of wheels, good condition, $10,500 (717)752-7131 Case 1845 C Skid Loader, only 1500 hours, new rub ber, good condition 717/742-2712 Case IH subsoller 5 ranks w/sprmg resets, coulters w/ each rank, original points, #l4 model, like new Rea son for selling, health Berks Co 215/679-9266. Caterpillar 2 ton, 1928, re storable condition, com plete , $ 1,500 (717)266-4490 Cincinnati mechanical brake, 10'x135 ton w/air counter balance, angle brackets and 5" stroke Call Steve 410-325-7900. Balti more, MD. Cole 2R seed planter, 3ph w/6 sets of plates, $795,4' plastic laying machine w/ insecticide applicator drip irrigation attachment w/rotl carrier, $495 717-456-7205 Delta area CRAWLER LOADER JD 355, excellent condition. $16,000 410-833-9091 Cultivator tractor like Allis Chalmers G, home made on steel, VW engine, $350 717/524-4856 No Sunday Calls please Culvert Pipe, 10'x40', $650 717/354-3105. Custom standard loader material buckets, $9O/per foot 717-672-3139 DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOMED" David Bradley Hay Rake, VG Condition, Rubber Good, Extra Teeth. York County $250 (717)432-2366 Detroit diesels 353 good condition $l3OO, 371 re built condition $2BOO, 471 as is, Peerless batteries 750 cranking amps $35. Smuckers Repair Shop, 94 Summit Hill Dr.. Strasburg, PA 17579, 717/687-8266 around Sam Deutz Diesel Engine, five cylinder, model FSL9I2, w/#3 bell housing and fly wheel. $1250. Wallis Generators 800/231-2968 DISC ATHENS 12' plowing disc, $l,OOO/offer 410-833-9091 DISCONTINUING FARM ING Drastically reduced for quick sale JD 4430 $ll,OOO JO 3010 gas, $3,000 Washington Co, MD, no Sunday calls, (301)824-2340 Dion 609 Hay Turner, Good Condition (717)483-6554 Dismantling for Parts Hun dreds of farm tractors new and old several JD 2 cylin ders also dozers and track loaders Call for any part you might need Atkins Tractor Salvage Union WV 24983 Phone 304-772-3741 DISMANTLING FOR PARTS 4-108 Perkins and Ford 3 Cyl 201 Cid Diesel Engines, S6SOG Satoh and 155 Yanmar Tractor, L 553 New Holland and 342, 330, 440, Mustang Skidloaders; New and Used Parts for Kubota and Wisconsin En gines, Complete Repairs on Skidloaders Including Hydrostatic GD Equip ment (717)859-3533 ELEVATOR, Corn & hay, $lOO, woodsplitter, JD 4-ton, $425, barrels 55 gal plastic, ong used for food concentrates, $lO/each, trailers- 4x5 $4O, 4xB $4O, ladders- 24' ext wood, $35, 6' stepladder com mercial grade wood, $l5, fuel tanks- 275 gal $25 717/382-4756 after spm FARMALL C w/loader, tn, $1,200 410-833-9091 FARMALL SUPER Mw'tnp bucket loader, nice, original, good rubber, $1,850 410-833-9091 Farmall 544 Diesel Tricycle 3Pt, New Tires and Paint, Excellent, $5500 (410)775-7519 Farmall 560 diesel engine, excellent condition, $l9OO 717/323-9097 Farmall 706 NF fast hitch rough Nice JD 609 mower, new paint Rhino 7 tooth chisel plow (410)343-1828 Farmall Cub, 60" belly mower, $lBOO 080 609-894-2849 Farmall Cub, excellent condition, belly mower, plow, cultivators, cuthar row, snowplow, one horse drawn mower with steel wheels 609/268-0088
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