Quarantines On Gypsy Moth To Be Changed HARRISBURG Placement of gypsy moth quarantine re strictions on four Northeastern Pennsylvania counties and the lifting of similar bans in three other counties was announced to day by State Agriculture Secre tary William L. Henning. He explained that gypsy moth quarantine controls are to pre vent spread of the highly destru ctive pest 'through egg masses on stones, junk, luihber, shrubbery, timber and similar jpatenals will be subject to inspection by Department agents Effective Sept. 10, similar quarantine restrictions placed a year ago will be removed from 24 townships and boroughs an Wayne, Pike and Monroe Coun ties. These areas were sprayed last May with DDT in a Federal State eradication program. On Sept 20, quarantine restric tions will become effective in parts of Luzerne, Carban, Mon roe and Lackawanna Counties. Secretary Henning’s action re sults from discovery in July of “an unusual infestation” of gypsy moths near White Hayen, Luzerne County. 'The discovery was several miles outside of any previously known unfested area. Approximately 500,000 acres will be quarantined including the City of Hazleton and the boro ughs of Jeddo, Freeland, White Haven and West Hazleton in Luzerne County; East Side, Weatherly, East Mauch Chunk Landsford, Jim Thorpe, Summit Hill and Beaver Meadow in Car- It’s The Law “It’s the Law” with simple an swers is offered by LANCASTER FARMING in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Bar Association. General interest questions are welcomed, and will be answered as soon as possible. Letters must be signed. Answer will not be published on a specified, re quested day. Questions cannot be answered by mail, and LANCAS TER FARMING will reject any in quiry which is not of general pub lic interest. Address all inquiries to “It’s the Law,” LANCASTER FARMING, Quarryville, Pa. (Fic titious Initials will be used to pro tect the identity of the-questions). Q I own some property and haven’t bothered with it outside of paying the taxes and cutting the weeds' About a year ago I found out the party living next to my property is using 10 feet of my lot and has been using it for a number of years What can I do about this 7 E L R. A Unless the use of the 10 feet of th(> lot by the neighbor has been open, icontmuous and no torious and without the owner’s consent for a period of twenty one years or more, the owner has the right to tell the neighbor to stop using this portion of the lot If this approach does not work,, a lawyer should be con sulted for advice as to legal steps to be taken in stopping the neighbor’s use of the property. Q A man has a judgment against me If he dues before the ■judgement is paid, do I have to pay his heirs 7 J H A If the holder of a judge ment dies before the judgement is paid in full, the judgment would become part of the judge ment creditor’s estate, and the debtor would have to pay the estate or to whomever the judg ment might be assigned by the personal representative of the judgment creditor’s estate Q A man left his entire estate to his wife They had no child ren The house they owned was bought an his name only and the deed is still in his name If his widow should die, would the house go to the heirs she has named in her will or can his two sisters claim the house’ F L A Assuming that the house was given to the surviving wife under a will, the wife would have legal title to the home upon the death of the husband. At the death of the wife, the property would go to whomever the wife may direct an her will. The hus band’s sisters would have no claim whatsoever in the house. Entomologisls Seeking Fruit Spray Harmless, to Predator Parasites Last year, parasites attacking the larval stage *of the oriental fruit moth disappeared from peach orchards after parathion had been applied Within two toi three weeks, however, the para sites were reestablished. Egg parasites disappeared for three months—from May through July Cocoon parasites were eliminated for a week longer than the egg parasites. The experiments are being re peated this summer Four or chards plots are being sprayed with parathion and four with lead arsenate (lead arsenate has little effect on the oriental fruit moth bon County, and Mt Pocono in Monroe County The spread of moths to new areas of Northeastern Pennsyl vania was determined by agents of the Bureau of Plant Industry through systematic scouting on more than 3 million acres. Plans are underway to spray DDT from airplanes over the infested area when caterpillars appears next spring Quarantines against gypsy moths were first established 25 years ago following an outbreak in Luzerne County Restrictions were lifted in 1950 when all know infestations were eliminat ed by airplane spraying of DDT. The ban was renewed in 1955 and again in 1956 when moths were carried by high winds into Monroe, Pike and Wayne Coun ties from New York Henning estimated that ap proximately $l5 million has been expended by Federal and State governments for control and er adication of the pest since it first came into Pennsylvania Gypsy moth caterpillars are capable of completely defoliating a wide variety of trees and other types of vegetation it would cost ap proximately $5 million a year if the pest became established statewide. I ATTENTION DAIRYMEN I s ♦♦ II •• X* ♦♦ B For Your :: H § H Limestone Sand For Use 0 •« H In Dairy Barns | H * H g Call H I D. M. STOLTZFUS & SON, INC. 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Some 100,000 oriental fruit moth cocoons, reared on small green apples m the laboratory, are exposed to parasites in the orchards Lots of 125 cocoons (five to each 25 trees) are exposed every seven days from mid-May to mid August The cocoons are then returned to the laboratory There the degree of paratiza tion is evaluated on the basis of the number of parasites and moths that emerge from the ex posed cocoons Oriental fruit moth eggs also are exposed to parasite attack in the orchards Twigs, each with a peach leaf containing eggs, are placed in vials of water The vials are fastened to the trees for two days, then returned to the lab oratory and kept in chambers at 80 degrees. Immediately after the normal eggs hatch, examination is made with a microscope to learn the degree of parasitization Development of insecticides that do not affect parasites but control destructive insects is a goal of USDA scientists They’re also hoping to work out better ways of applying present insecti cides to avoid harming these bene ficial parasites. Research is under way at the ARS entomology laboratory at Moorestown, NJ, with a major peach pest, the oriental fruit moth Entomologists want to find an insecticide that controls this and other insects but is not toxic to parasites or plants, or danger ous to humans And they want to determine if there is a stage in the life of the parasite when it’s less susceptible to present insecticides Experi ments are in progress this sum mer to substantiate results of last year’s study of the effect of parathion on the oriental fruit moth parasite populations in peach orchards 'kW\V\S\W\\\\S\SWsVSSVVV\VVVv\SV\V\VS\V\ , .VS\\V\SVSNW\\\\\NN\SNNN\NSN\WVVSV THRU farming SELL . Lancaster Farming, Friday, Sept. 6, 1957—13 Rats Carry ‘Crooked Snout’ Swine Disease Rats have been shown to be carriers of atrophic rhinitis a serious swine disease commonly called “crooked snout,” the U S. Department of Agriculture says Findings by scientists outside LSD A had previously indicated that cats and rabbits were earners ot atrophis rhinitis. In the USDA studies, pigs con tracted the disease under labora tory conditions after receiving in oculations from rats that had pre viously been instilled with infec tive material from pigs suffering from atrophic rhinitis. The inocu lated pigs not only developed the disease but in some instances de veloped it sooner than pigs that were inoculated directly with in fective material from diseased pigs, scientists of USDA’s Agricul tural Research Service found. Atrophic rhinitis was first re ported in this country in 1944 It is non-fatal but retards the growth of young pigs Neither cause nor cure is yet definitely known. A serious threat to the swine breed er, the disease may be transferred to clean herds with swine pur chased for breeding purposes. Persistent sneezing is an early —often the only—symptom. 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HOFFMAN SEEDS, Inc., •• -vM !,a A »s v ‘ * 'w •■ ■• ton develop in the nasal passages, and in advanced cases the snout as well as surrounding facial fea tures may be twisted and distort ed Pneumonia sometimes occurs as a secondaiy complication In the USDA experiments, pigs developed atrophic rhinitis 15 to 45 days after being instilled with infective material from rats'that had been given the disease Simi lar pigs instilled with infective material taken directly from the noses of infected pigs took 24 to 51 days to develop the disease Two-thirds of all pigs experi mentally exposed to the infection, either directly from pigs or indi rectly through the rat, developed atrophic rhinitis This research was conducted over a 3-year period at USDA’s Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Md Six years of leadership as the Highest Average Profit producers in America’s two oldest 3 and 5 year Random Sample Tests (New York and Calif ) is proof that HAN BALANCED BREEDING pays off consistently with extra egg profits for you. 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