A32-Lanenter Faming, Saturday, Juna 25,1994 (Continued from Pago A 1) and his administration. According to a Harrisburg newspaper’s reports, disagree ments among the last-term gover nor and a number of southeastern Democrats holding some House leadership positions apparendy were over welfare cuts and busi ness tax cuts. However unusual the machina tions of those who created and approved the budget, the plan has received the somber approval of the majority party chairmen of the House and Senate Agricultural and Rural Affairs committees. “I think it’s a reasonably good budget,” iaid Sen. Noah Wenger, R-Stevens. “Ag programs are going to be funded fairly well. The New Bolton Animal Center got an increase. The Center for Animal Health and Productivity got an increase,” adding that these increases were ”... despite trying to pass a frugal budget “I think it was a budget obvious ly done on time, a few weeks ahead of time. I think it was a good budget about the best we could anticipate because the governor worked with the General Assemb ly this year. The ingredients that made it possible were welfare reform and the other side of it was the business tax cuts. “I felt good about it and it’s a reasonably good budget and agri culture did not get singled out, as in other years, for cuts.” Wenger said he was specifically pleased with the number cf small. QUALITY PRODUCTS AT FAIR, AFFORDABLE PRICES We Do Not Have It, WE’LL GET IT! r . fomJm 1 SPEED MOTOR itl SUSPENSION MOUNT _ , 18qqq CIRCULATORS Under w High-volume circulators with totally $159.99 enclosed, split phase motors. SUPER SALE PRICE $149.99 Each (4) Or More eam BELT • 36” - * hp DRIVE Sale t \ \ AGRICULTURAL $229.99 | = \ , 1 FANS * 4B ”sa.e HP !#\/ Feature at) grounded construction for corrosion " alc t protection, and llakeboard mounting frame 5369 99 SPar. 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According to a budget compari son distributed by the Senate Appropriation Committee, the Department of Agriculture’s total budget was increased by just more than $3 million, from the cunenty year available budget of $40,712 to $43,787. The governor’s budget actually called for the agriculture budget to increase to $44,119. The General Government Oper ations for the department went from $18,700,000 to $20,111,000. Those funds are used to operate the department of agriculture. The Farmland Preservation Administration received an increase from $139,000 to $183,000. State Food Purchase program received a $1 million increase from $l2 million to $l3 million. And, the state Organic Food Program received $50,000. There were cuts, however. The specific line item that was reduced was the animal indemnities prog- EAIHBRR gmtk mmmm* For Agriculture, r Construction, Marine Rt. 272 South 14 Harrvllla Road «HP| AwUc Willow Slraat, PA 17E84 'mSm Hmrdwmn Ph; 717-464-3321 or Mil Toll Fraa 600-732-0053 ™B Stora Houra: Gijaffl Mon.-Sat 7:3OAM to 6:00 PM ram, a program in which the state pays compensation for ordering diseased or susptected diseased animals destroyed. In the past, the program was funded to more than $200,000, its current-year level, and is slashed further to $50,000. Budget allocations for agricul turally related agencies include an increase of $500,000 to Conserva tion Districts. funding offche conservation dis tricts increase of $500,000, to a $1.5 million budget. According to Wenger, with the nutrient management fund, a sepa rate fund, set to get $250,000, the total increase to the districts is actually an $750,000 increase over what they got last year. Wenger also said that Penn State Ag Research which had received a reduction, was ”... restored to $18,300,000. The Ag Extension would get the same as last year too.” Sixth-term Rep. William Lloyd, D-Somerset, who is current major • V/i HP B&S, 2" S&D $199.99 $179.99 • 5 HP B&S, r S&D $239.99 $219.99 Shlpplnf Palm 125 King Court/ Hollander Rd. New Holland, PA 17557 717/354-9611 full line op exhaust FANS Including Efficient Belt Drive Units With W AWW Housing And Shutter r 24", 30”, 36" And 48” 36” or 48” P SPECIAL! 36” Portable Economy Model With y 2 HP High-Efficiency Motor C.B. HOOBER & SON. INC Intercourse, PA (717) 768-8231 WE SHIP PARTS DAILY Via FED. EXP. - UPS - PPSH - BUS - AIR FREIGHT. ETC iiwys Mon.-Fn. 7 AM-5 PM, Sal 7 AM-Noon CALL US... If CouU Be Vh Hm If ity chairman of the House Ag and Rural Affairs Committee, also said the budget came through fairly well for agriculture. He said the GGO increase the state Department of Agriculture received should enable Ag Secret ary Boyd Wolff to hire several people to fill key positions in some programs. “Essentially, I think it*s a good budget for agriculture. While the appropriation for the General Gov ernment Operations was some what lower than the governor had initially requested, I believe that... (it) will enable the department to hire the additional personnel that they had been proposing to hire. “They were given the money to hire people to implement the nutri ent management program; given money to implement the federal milk safety inspection order. (State Secretary of Agriculture Wolff) and I went through all the vacan cies he had, but based on a conver sation I had with the budget secret ary, (the agriculture department) RTABLE CIRCULATING FANS 48" Fan With 1 HP Motor iHMIRFII HOOBER EQUIPMENT. 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