SAM S. STOLTZFUS
Amish Farmer
MILLCRLFK (Lancaster Co )-
Lancaster County fat mens in the
Millueck Valley have thiee mam
concerns this (all Will milk and
cattle puces stay at pi of liable
levels, will hay and gram puces
stay at the low levels, and will the
new Rt 23 cut thiough then (arm
Folks scan then newspaper this
last while and say, many m their
native tongue (net vidda un study
ton dem ma veg) not again a
study ot the new road Yes,
another study made, more tax
dollars spent to study the county’s
traffic situation really a
population pioblem It’s hard to
sell a by-pass plan to anyone m
eastern Lancastei Co Look at the
highway department’s well laid
plans back in 1967, when Rt 23
project was started, first the right
of way purchased, then grading,
bridges built and m the late 1969
The equipment and men took off
like a run away horse and what do
we have, and still so today A
16,000-ft long, goat, cattle, horse
and mule pasture Probably lots
easier to sell a 3 legged mule or a
5-cylmder tractor than a new Rt.
23 corridor to Earl Township
farmers
Though we grow weary of all
these studies and tiatfic problems,
let’s be thankful for what was
done Traffic lights installed
many roads widened, and a big
thank you to the highway
department for providing the
buggy lanes along Rt 340, 772
Do We Or Don’t We Need A Rt. 23 By-Pass?
and Rt 23 Moie mads will get
such lanes next yeai Let’s all be
thankful to our good Lord tor a
toad piogiam -ihat is sensitive to
oui county’s traffic needs, this
hoise and buggy and bicycle
Hattie
Let’s think about what a new
Rt 23 will bung Suie then we all
can gallop oft to work, no tiatfic
jams and perhaps moie safely,
and downtown Leola and New
Holland may be more peaceful
How much faster would folks get
to work, studies vary at the most
15-20 mm quicker Seems we’ie
gonna sacrifice a lot to gam a
little speed, of course it will be
safer but folks will still drive too
fast, and there is the pioblem
But our Dutch-man common
sense knows otherwise, cut a new
road thiough the country their
farms cut up pieces of land
isolated, soon sold Gas stations,
McDonald’s, banks spring up like
weeds in the garden Soon tax
assessments go up, more farms
sold Developments grow taster
than pioneer corn. Zoning is
changed variances granted and
dot geht da alt nachbaschaft (theie
goes the old neighborhood)
You don’t believe it, look at
the Rt 222-corndor look how
icsidential and industrial
development escalated all the way
to the Berks County line See how
Wal-Mart bulldogged into the
countryside Changing zoning and
inteisections to meet its needs is
this what will come in the
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life will theie be loi oui childien
and giandchildien m eastern
I ancastei ’ Co
We must be thankful foi oui
robust Lancastei County
economy Businesses flout ish,
unemployment at an all time low
Look at all the shops and lactones
m the Rt 23-322 corndoi
Suppose 3000 oi more if they
have an avciage of 5 shipments
and leceivmg a day that is already
15,000 vehicles Then theie’s all
the folks going to work, the UPS
tiucks and ot couise the tounsts
All this is just local tiaffic
Left) be senous, we must live
with this traffic, taimers, shop
men, factory operators and tourist
places alike. if we want
employment foi the next
generations And consider how
the county’s population doubled
since 1946, 221,000 to today’s
448,674 Thus more people will
create more tiaffic Let’s utilize
our Old Dutch philosophy of use
what we got to ease the traffic
flow Make the PA Turnpike an
interstate highway so through
traffic travels on that, consider the
New Holland Railroad, get moie
freight shipped by rail car Use
the bus lines, form car pools
Land use is the key word, the
land is our birthright, oui lifeline,
use it to grow food it can produce
forever Put in a road or
development then we can get
there faster but food production
ceases
We all need to think about how
our Lancaster County farmland is
“The CHI MACHINE”
Over 150,000 CHI MACHINES
being sold
The Fullers of Leola & Belinda Clark
93 W. Main St. (Rt. 23), Leola, PA 17540
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 25, 1999-A27
disappearing Ovei 70,000 acies
done gone since 1965, appiox
2000 acies a year taken out ot
food production 1 el’s just take
this 21 1 acies, gue or take tot the
new 23, take 213 X 160 bushels
ot coin per acre yield, over 1000
tons of corn Feed that to beef
cattle
It would furnish 250 steer pci
yeai, pioducmg 150,000 pounds
ot beef making 6000,000 lb
Big Macs laid side by side would
stietch from New Holland to
Phi Ily Suppose Vi would be in
com and '/ 2 m hay 500 tons ot
corn 1000 tons of hay, this would
feed 60 cows tor year Then milk
pioduction would be ovei a
million pounds ot milk or 50,000
gallons of ice cream
Let’s look at that 1000 tons of
corn grind it into coin meal that
would feed 2 million hungry folks
1 day
So what will be the gam it we
can get to woik 15 mm quicker,
then there won’t be enough Big
Macs and milk shakes
In our modern age we have
instant everything, instant taxes,
cell
instant .. phone calls
Computers provide instant
answers Will the new road be an
instant answer to traffic problems,
should a modern day Jonah come
and lecture on traffic safety
Perhaps we don’t really need
Farmer’s Museum
Receives Special Recognition
GLENMONT, N.Y The
Farmers’ Museum, located in
Cooperstown, N.Y., was recently
added to New York Farm
Bureau’s highly regarded list of
devoted supporters of agricul
ture.
In recognizing this unique
learning institution, New York
Farm Bureau presented Joseph
Caffrey and Craig Haney with
“Excellence” pins, which are to
be worn with honor and recog
nizes those who have worked
diligently to promote and edu
cate in the name of agriculture.
The Farmers’ Museum also
received a Certificate of
Recognition. This presentation
was part of the state organiza
tion’s annual meeting at the
Crowne Plaza in Albany, Dec. 6-
9.
“The Farmer’s Museum is one
of the best agricultural learning
centers in the state and I would
encourage everyone to stop by
their unique setting,” said Judi
Whittaker, New York Farm
Bureau promotion and educa-
EVERY MONTH!
Aft
moie new mads, |usl mote
patience. and pi iy moie about die
load problem Seems liattic goes
100 last Many IS mph Speed
limits aren't observed don't seem
to be enforced folks take big
chances passing on )ello\v lines
And then one official says
“blankly 1 don’t know where the
money is coming from to build
this new toad" If I recall
correctly that was why the goat
path was not finished and 'lts a
well-known fact big road
construction companies have
lobbyists in Washington and
Hamsburg to assist in passing
their highway building projects
This may or may not always work
m the best public interest
The question is do we want the
1 Eat Is to stay rural and a stiong
Ag economy 01 don’t we mind If
the countryside is cut up Seems
townships geai up to allow
development, put in sewers, water
lines allow big stores and nursing
home complexes etc Let's all
pray the best decisions are made
about the load building pioject
Seems the best way to save
farm land is to widen and
improve existing roads, mote
traffic lights and again a sincere
thanks to DOT tor providing
buggy lanes along the busy toads,
it is greatly appreciated
tion chair. “The museum not
only teaches the public about
farming in the past, it really
tells a story about how farmers
will continue to be a part of our
future. Thank you to everyone at
the Farmer’s Museum for help
ing spread the word about agri
culture and educating and influ
encing so many lives everyday”
Not only is the museum a
source of agricultural education,
but as part of New York Farm
Bureau’s Adopt-A-Classroom
Program, it provides hands-on
experiences and a personal
touch that enhances the knowl
edge of students.
The Farmers’ Museum was
founded in 1943 by Stephen C
Clark, Sr., as one of the country’s
earliest outdoor museums to
preserve rural history and to
promote contemporary agricul
ture. The museum is unique in
its efforts to present a view of
the past, while at the same time
looking to the present, and the
future, of rural America
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