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HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Agricultural Land Preser
vation Board recently approved
easement purchases for 20 farms
across the commonwealth.
Agriculture Secretary Samuel
F. Hayes Jr., who chairs the board,
said, “Gov. Tom Ridge is commit
ted to ensuring the strength of
Pennsylvania agriculture through
a vigorous farmland preservation
program designed to protect our
agricultural tradition.”
Created in 1989, the Pennsylva
nia Agricultural Land Preserva
tion Board is responsible for the
oversight of the state Farmland
Preservation Program.
The program allows the state
and counties to purchase develop
ment rights, referred to as ease
ments, to guarantee that farms will
remain as agricultural land.
Including four county owned
easements accepted most recently,
the Farmland Preservation Pro
gram has protected 927 farms in
39 counties encompassing
117,934 acres.
Following is a list of the 20
properties, including owner.
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Ag Land Preservation Board Approves 20 Easements
township, acreage and purchase
cost
Harold C. and Lillian M. He
trick, Oley Township, preserved
ISO acres, receiving $300,400.
Bucks County
Douglas W. and Wendy C.
Kale, Solebuty Township, sold
rights on 79 acres, for $692,427.
Leroy and Kathleen Herstine,
Bedminster and Tinicum Town
shipps, sold development rights
on 111 acres, for $387,800.
Carbon County
Frank'T. Gabovitz, East Penn
Township, 62 acres, $112,000.
Robert and Joyce Reichard,
East Penn Township, 74 acres,
$139,000.
Cumberland County
F. Glenn Peffer, South Middle
ton Township, 151 acres,
$400,000.
Ronald G. and Janice K. Metz
er, Weisenberg Township, 70
acres, $153,448.
Richard P. and Thelma L. Sei-
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Luella V. Snyder, Lynn Town
ship, 90 acres. $143,488.
Luella V. Snyder, Lynn and
Weisenberg Townships, 84 acres,
$117,257,
Monroe County
Homer and Ester Beers, Chest
nuthill Township, 121 acres,
$205,924.
Virgie A. Frailey, Jackson
Gratz To Host 6th Annual Farm Machinery Show
GRATZ (Dauphin Co.)
Mark these dates on your calen
dar, July 18 - 19. Why? That’s
when the Gratz Area Antique
Machinery Association, Inc. will
hold its antique machinery and
tractor show. July 17 will be
show set-up day.
Machinery parades will be
held Saturday, July 18 through
town at 10 a.m. and Sunday at 2
p.m. in front of the grandstand.
Fordson, Ford is this year’s
feature tractor, the feature
engine is Associated.
Some events scheduled for
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Township, 91 acres, $172,767.
Kenneth and Helen George,
Eldred Township, 73 acres,
$132,116.
Franklin D. Longenbach, Ross
Township, 122 acres. $182,944.
Steven and Annette Murphy,
Polk Township, 51 acres, $95,911.
Smith Brothers, Polk Town
ship, 67 acres, $127,079.
Montgomery County
Gary R. and Betty Jane Schuler,
Franconia Township, 45 acres.
both Saturday and Sunday
include threshing, stationary
baling, tractor games, and
blacksmithing, just to mention a
few. Come and see steam
engines, trucks, cars, and of
course tractors and implements.
Come test your tractor’s
strength with the tractor pulls
on Saturday at 2 p.m., featuring
“the small sled” and at 6 p.m.
with the “large sled.”
Don’t own a tractor or you
want to add to the collection?
Register to win a John Deere
Farm Tractor MT, plus other
great prizes. Last year’s winner
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$318,702.
Schuylkill County
William H. and Kathleen G.
Romberger, Eldred and Upper
Mahantongo Townships, 122
acres, $121,700.
Susquehanna County
Robert S. Warriner, Dimock
Township. 267 acres, $185,697.
Westmoreland County
Frank E. and Suzanne M. Ska
cel, Derry Township. 157 acres,
$314,068. .
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Dale Diebert from Sacramento.
Don’t forget all this
walkin’ and talkin’ tractor stuff
can make a person hungry. A
variety of good food will be avail
able Friday evening and all day
Saturday and Sunday. Breakfast
will be served Saturday morn
ing.
Donation for each day is $1
per adult. Flea market spaces
are available at a cost of $1 per
foot for Saturday and Sunday.
Gates open at 9 a.m. each
day. For more information, call
(717) 365-3285.