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Tourists Are Urged to Leave Plants
In Foreign Lands When Returning
Tourists returning to the
United States from abroad this
"surtmer should resists spur-of-
moment urges to bring back
unprocessed foods, plants, and
seeds, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture says. 1
Enticing through they may
taste, smell, or look, foods and
plant materials from abroad can
harbor insects or diseases harm
ful to the U. S. agriculture, says
USDA’s crops regulatory offici
als. Even the soil attached to
plant roots can transport micro
scopic pests.
That’s why Federal quaran
tines prohibit bringing into this
country certain fruits, vege
tables, plants, cuttings, and
seeds, and certain meats Other
plant and animals products must
be inspected or treated before
they can be imported Bringing
or mailing back souvenirs made
of or packed in materials such as
cotton waste, nee straw, and
wheat straw might also introduce
insects or diseases.
Travelers planning to bring
back such items for special pur
poses should request a permit
before leaving the States from
the Agricultural Research Ser
vice, U S. Department of Agri
culture, Washington 25, D C Re
stncted items not covered by
permit are subject to confisca
tion.
At aill important port and air
ports, and along the Canadian
and Mexican borders, USDA’s
plant quarantine inspectors are
bracing themselves for a record
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influx of returning travelers and
foreign visitors this summer. -In
cooperation with the U. S. Bu
reau oi Customs, they inspect
baggage of incoming travelers.
They also inspect mail and par
cel post from abroad.
Travel agents expect record
breaking numbers of U. S. citi
zens to travel outside North
America this year, in addition to
those heading north and south
across inter-national borders.
Plants quarantine officials expect
110,000 planes to arrives from
Overseas for inspection during
the year. If past years’ experi
ence is repeated, some 38 per
cent of these planes will contain
unauthorized plant material in
the personal baggage of passeng
ers or crew.
Last year more than 2 7 pul
lion passengers arrived by air, an
increase of 18 percent over 1955.
Well over 3 million are expected
this year, and estimates for
1958 forecast 4 4 million interna
tional passengers entering this
country by air.
At least seven international
airlines have made major con
tributions to educatin air travel
ers in plant quarantine as well as
other protective regulations. For
example, one airline has issued
an attractively illustrated book*
let on how to clear U S. Customs
the easiest way. It calls attention
to special requirements for im
portation of many meats, animal
products, fruits, vegetables,
plants, seeds and flowers, includ
ing corsages or leis. Familiarity
with such requirements may
forestall disappointment of tour
ists who try to clean Customs
with plants or animal materials
whose entry is either prohibited
or restricted.
The Mediterranean Fruit fly
was discovered last year in
Florida m an area straddling the
International Airport at Miami.
Some entomologists believe it
got in this country from infested
fruit brought in air passengers’
baggage More than a year of in
tensive Federal-State control and
'eradication work has been neces
sary to bring this infestation un
der control.
Meanwhile the Mediterranean
fruit fly has continued to seek
entry. A California-bound pas
senger arriving at New York by
plane from South America bro
ught along a half-pound of fresh
Jap'Beelles '
Expected
This Weekend
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HARRISBURG, The State
Department of Agriculture warn
ed farmers and gardners Wednes
day to be ready for an earlier
than usual arrival of Japanese
beetles
Dr. Thomas L. Guyton, direc
tor of the Bureau of Plant Indus
try, said the first beetles will pro
bably arrive this weekend. He
said the excessively warm weath
er and a change in the beetles’
habitat are responsible for the
early arrival.
Beetles can be effectively con
trolled, Dr. Guyton said, by ap
plying Chlordane or DDT to the
grass in whose root system grubs
can be found. Applications of DD
T should later be made to the
foilage of plants to control the
insects.
Japanese beetles will probably
stay around for about three
months. The majority -of them
will have died off by mid-August.
During this period two treatments
of DDT probably would be an ef
fective control, Dr. Guyton said.
coffee berries to show his family
Five berries contained living
larvae of the fruit fly. As many
as 65 larvae of these flies have
been found in oranges removed
as garbage from a plane coming
from Southern Europe and land
ing at Miami, Fla The pest is in
tercepted 150 to 200 times a year
by plant quarantine inspectors,
principally in fresh fruits destin
ed for all parts of the United
States.
Inspectors are alert also forj
free-flying insects. Last year they)
found 8 live Japanese beetles
in aircraft arriving in Hawaii
fio mJapan. About 50 live Euro
pean chafers were found on an I
overseas plane that had stopped
m Pan, where these destructive
pests of sod and pasture were
swarming around the airport
lights Some had hidden them-,
selves in baggage and cargo com
partments Prompt recognition
of the pest by inspectors and im
mediate heavy application of
aersols resutled in the death of
the chafers before they could es
cape from the planes.
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Registry averages by the follow
ing Lancaster County area herds.
Harold K. Book, Ronks
Milked twice daily for 313 days,
Roaring Maples Lucifer Betts
3457702 produced a total of 13,-
754 lbs. of milk and 535 lbs. of
butterfat as a 4-year-old.
• Conoy Farms, Bainbndge
Milked twice daily for 304 days,
Dibbson Midkiff R A Manza 286-
1776 produced a total of 12,688
lbs. of milk and 596 lbs. of but
tenfat as a 9-year-old.
Paul H. Eby, Cochranville
Milked twice daily for 359 days,
Willow Grove Acms 2680073
produced a total of 15,508 lbs.
of milk and 614 lbs of butterfat
as a 13-year-old
J. Mpwery Frey, Lancaster
Milked‘twice daily for 365 days
Wightwick Glenafton Rachel 32-
90633 produced a total of 16,232
lbs. of milk and 690 lbs. of but
terfat as a 5-year-old.
J C & Jay Garber, Lancaster
Milked twice daily for 351
days, Hi Ester Marigold Violet
3973828 produced a total of 14,-
515 lbs of milk and 547 lbs. of
butterfat as a 3-year-old.
Robert C. Groff, Quarryville—
Milked twice daily for 323 days,
Millie Tilha 3401517 produced
a total of 12,771 lbs of milk and
476 lbs of butterfat as a 5-year
old
Elvm Hess, Strasburg Milk
ed twice daily for 365 days, Wye
Oak Lucina 3414714 produced a,
total of 16,083 lb of milk and 1
676 lbs of butterfat as t 5-year
old, Milked twice daily for 323 (
days, Vista Grande Lucifer C 1
Dollv 3418752 produced a total
of 16,081 lbs of milk and 605 (
lbs of Ibutterfat as a 4-year-old
Henry M. Hess, Mt. Joy
Milked twice daily for 344 days,
Clovena Rag Apple Papoose 345-
9652 produced a total of 14,297
lbs. of milk and 554 lbs of but
terfat as a 3-year-old.
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iHenry E. Ettenng, Manheim —
Milked twice daily for 324 days.,
Ethel Man O War Sovereign 418-
1736 produced a total of 17,490
lbs. of milk and 727 lbs. of but
terfat as a 4-year-old.
J. Leter Stauffer, Manheim
Milked twice daily for 335 -days,
Lassie Designer 3736605 'produc
ed a total of 17,190 lbs. of milk
and 527 lbs. of butterfat as a 8-
year-old. i
Elmer B. iStoltzfus, Elverson
Milked twice daily for 365 days,
Irvinbrae Commander Lark 375-
2403 produced a total of 18,910
lbs. of milk and 608 lbs. of but
terfat as a 8-year-o'ld.
Job Stoltzfus. Elverson —Milk
ed twice daily for 359 days, Fril
ly Golden Desire 3372793 pro
duced a total of 14,786 lbs. of
milk and 557 lbs of butterfat
as a 5-year-old.
Mrs Mary B Stoltzfus, Morgan
town Milked twice daily for
352 days, Caernarvon Bess Dons
2711532 produced a total of 15,-
317 lbs of milk and 602 lbs of
butterfat as a 10-year-old
Steven K Stoltzfus, Christiana
—Milked twice daily for 318 days,
Smyrna View Evelyn Homestead
3066131 produced a total of 13,-
252 lbs. of milk and 496 lbs. of
butterfat as a 10-year-old
M M Wenger, Rheems —•
Milked twice daily for 272 days.
Locust Grand Imperial Beauty
,3157304 .produced a total of 11,-
284 lbs of milk and 442 lbs. of
butterfat as a 6-year-old.
A W Wickenheiser, Mt Joy—
Milked twice daily for 365 days,
Mabel Rag Apple Honey Girl
2897132 produced a total of 19,-
274 lbs of milk and 658 lbs of
butterfat as an 8 year-old, Milk
ed twice daily for 313 days, El
gan Veeman 3145886 produced
a total of 16,996 lbs of milk and
607 lbs of butterfat as a 61year
old, Milked twice daily for 344
days, Lucy Lauxmont Toitilla 33-
62529 produced a total of 16,872
lbs of milk and 645 lbs of but
terfat as a 5-year-old.
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