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12
A. G. Palmateer Named to Neppco
Turkey Division Exec. Committee
ELVERSON, Pa. A. G. Pal-'
mafeer, veteran Pennsylvania
ito&ey grower, was named to
nonexecutive committee of the
*r«J> Division of the North-
Producers Coun
cil. The organization represents
the interest of turkey growers
in a 14-state area ranging from
Maine to Virginia and as far west
as Ohio.
At its annual meeting the tur-
key growers went on record as
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favonng immediate enactment
of federal legislation requiring
the compulsory inspection of
dressed poultry moving in inter
state commerce.
“It is imperative that the con
suming public be given maxi
mum assurance that dressed
poultry is of the highest qual
ity,” Palmateer declared. “It is
our considered opinion that
strict' standards, applied by gov
ernment inspectors, would be a
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i& Farm Exports Set H
Record for Fiscal Year
For the first seven months of
the current fiscal year U.S. farm
exports set new records both
from the standpoint of value and
quantity. The estimated value for
the seven month,period is $2.75
billion, 45 per cent aboye the cor
responding months of last year,
while the increase in quantity
was 51 per cent.
major step m achieving this
goal ”
In drawing up a five-point
resolution favoring mandatory
poultry inspection, the Turkey
Division stressed the following;
1. An adequate service under
direction of the Secretary of
Agriculture, yet one with suf
ficient flexibility.
2. Adequate recognition of
the needs and rights of smaller
processors and producers, so
that they will not be forced out
-of business by cumbersome rules
and costs.
3. Administration by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture
and not linked to
a similar service in effect for red
meat.
4. Operation at public ex
pense.
5. Provision for recognition
and participation by state au
thorities so that the nation can
have a complete and uniform
program.
Other officials named at the
session included Morris Smith,
Elhcott Oity, Md., chairman;
Russell Ryor, Calcium, N. Y.,
vice-chairman, J. C. Lambert,
Ji , Trenton, N J., secretary.
William Gozzi, Guilford, Conn.,
was also named to the executive
committee with Palmateer.
Gray Squirrels
Migrate Miles
For Food, Dens
That gray squirrels always
stay near their dens, or “just run
into their holes and hide” is be
lieved by many observers. On the
other hand, pioneer tales are re
plete with reports of squirrels
“migrating by thousands.”
Until last fall, scientific evid
ence seemed to support the opin
ion tnat gray squirrels seldom
wander far from home, says
Ward M. Sharp, leader of the
Wildlife Research Unit at the
Pennsylvania Agricultural Ex
periment Station. Data collected
from hunters in a wide area, who
shot squirrels tagged by Dr.
Sharp, show that an industrious
*“bushytail” may travel long dis
tances in search of food. Sharp’s
study area is in Cameron County,
Pa., where squirrels have famine
years.
Of 15 squirrels recovered,
seven were killed within 750
yards of their tagging s tes, three
had traveled one to two miles,
but five had “left the country.”
They were collected six, 12, 22,
43 and 62 miles, respectively,
from their former dens. A maj
ority of these squirrels were fe
males, indicating that the “girls”
are not as attached to former
homes as may have been believ
ed.
Ar seven year study by Sharp
in Huntingdon County, Pa.,
where year-to-year food and dens
were constant, found that no
squirrel traveled move than three
miles from the woodland in
which it was tagged.
Squirrel food was scarce in the
woods last fall, but squirrels may
travel also in search of dens, Dr.
Sharp believes. A century or two
must elapse in the development
of a good den tree which may be
thoughtlessly cut in a forest im
provement program. Usually,
such trees are unusable as saw
timber and of small value as fire
wood, he points out, bat they add
a lot to the possibility of good
squirrel hunting.
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