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District approves 11 new conservation plans to reach 1984 total
Monday night the district directors accepted 11 new cooperators for free conservation plans, bringing the total approved since formation to 1984. District secretary Henry Givler noted a conservation tour by the Louisiana Bankers Association of Lancaster County on July 21 to three farms and a manufacturing plant before traveling to Hershey. FHA county administrator Richard Hoover reported about 14 million dollars loaned last year to farmers for conservation practices, eight to ten percent of which supported conservation. New cooperators include Scott R. Strickler New Providence R1 Providence 20 acres Ivan W. Redecay Denver R1 Brecknock 113 acres Robert Hossler Manheim R1 Penn 105 J Herbert Brubaker Mount Joy R2 Rapho 70 Reuben Martin Lititz R4 Warwick 40 Martin S Zimmmerman East Earl East Earl Two 71 George M Butt Blue Ball East Earl 5.5 John S Ewell Narvon R1 Carnarvon 50 J Harold Balmer Manheim R4 Rapho 65 Ammon E Reff Lititz R4 Warwick and Jerome H Rhoads Quarryville Eden 123 acres.