14—Lancaster Farm ng, Saturday, January'3l, 1959 USDA Claims Success All-Out Fight in Florida Controls Fruit Fly One year ago on Nov. 26, 1958) field workers of the last fly was trapped in Nov- U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Florida Sta’e ember of that year, only 13 Plant Board trapped the last Mediterranean fruit fly in the flies were found. Um'ed States m Manatee County, Florida. Once before, in 1929, this For these workers and for the fruit and vegetable dreaded fly invaded Florida, industries of the Southern United States Hov. 26, 1957, At t!lat t . me was erad i ca . will long be a landmark in man's continuing fight against ted by an m tensive program insects. Since that date a comprehensive happing pro- w>thln a year>s operation . gram has been continued to make sure the Medfly has USDA . state cooperative ef not sil-vived in some isolated sec ion of Honda, the only mcludinß the destract- State m which it was found in 1956 and 1957. Not a single ’ Jf Med fly has been trapped. . Jon of j host plant J an <* Entomologists term the Medfly the world's worst fruit thousands of tons of infested pest It algo attacks many vegetables. Dunng the period thyh, were respons-ble for April 13, 1956, to Nov. -26, , c ~, . the quick success. 1957, it not only menaced an mals and and wildlife Such measures would not Florida’s $4OO m Ihon annual were effect vely protected. have been feasible in 1956-57 fruit and vegetable crops but During the month of July because of high labor costs also those across the south- 1956 a t the height of the ae- an( t the large number and em half of the Nation. ■ . * Jt)erations ' almost variety of ornamental and The Medfly invasion began 1 5 m P m^n a P cres ’ t t . nat ve host plants growing m entomologists believe when J d 5 B^late March 195 7 ab . the - area ’£hich were the pest sneaked into Flor da out 650 000 acres ha<J been not affected m 1929. in baggage arriving at a Mi- treated one or more fmesfor Furthermore, development ami area water port or air- a total of some e% m . U ion of safe-10-use bait insecticide field It was first discovered acres over 46 000 traps bai- mixtures perm tted eradica by a Miami home owner, m- ted Wlth a USDA research- tion without the destruct on festmg his backyard grape- d o VP i ODed attraotant were in of millions of dollars worth fruit trees. The pest was id- to £p coun? of of ruits and vegetables that entified promptly ana with- the dimmshng fly - popula- accompanied the 1929 Gam in ten days a full-scale at- hons and spot P ai S a tack was under way. State Nations. Modem - day eradication quarantnes were mvolked By tbe Prld 0 f j une 1957, was achieved with modern promptly and road blocks . n t ens i ve trapp ng indicated day weapons aerial, appli- to P ravent ®P read of the insect had been elimin- cations of bait sprays, soil infestation through move- ated 21 0 f the 28 infes- treatment under heavily in ment of products. . ted count'es in southern and fested trees, plastic traps, at- Survey teams af trained cerdra i pj or da Eradication tractants and various fum - - mspectors searched out af- opQr ations had greatly gants many of them devel fected areas and measured ced tbe num ber of flies in the oped by the Agricultural Re and intensity of each rema mn g seven- counties. search Service laboratories infestation. These early sur- From June 1957 unt .j the in Hawaii, veys showed the Medfly to be infesting a thousand squa re-mile strip along the south eastern Florida coast. Accel erated surveys and trapping operations quickly revealed its presence on the Florida west coast and in central Fl orda - the main citrus pro ducing area of the State. By April 30, just 17 days after the pest was first re ported the heaviest infesta t ons were under spray treat ment with ground equipment and oh* May 18 with small a By June 15 aerial spraying had begun over metropo’itan areas with mu- Iti-engned aircraft. At the height of the program scores of aircraft were used to lay down a ba t spray newly de- bv th° Department’s Agricultural Research Ser vice scientists. The program was surrounded by appropri ate safeguards so that man, Pa. Honey Crop Off; U. S. Up 9% Pennsylvania honey pro duction f n ~ 3 958 is estimated at 3 432 000 lbs , or seven per cent below the five-year ave rage It was six per cent be low 3957, and 30 per cent below the ten vcar Connies numbered 143 000 in 195° ending a decreasing trend and up six per cent from 1 DC? Average vield per colony was 24 lbs. Value of the 195 r ' honev crop totaled $872,000, with bet wax being valued at $33,000 Average price fnr honey received by state b 'ekeepers in 1958 was 25 4 c-.i s n lb, averaging more tha . $6 per hive in come The Crop R°p r - ing Ser vice s f a cr> that U. S 1953 hone’ nr duction totaled 26- 5,629 00) lbs , an increase of rane per v.ea‘ over 1057 and 13 per cent above the five year average Production av erage from 2.42 million co lonies was 49 lbs The national price average was 17 4 cents per lb Pro duction increases were 31 per cent in the West 22 per cent in the West-North Central, and .21 per cent in South- Central Decreases were 18 per cent in North-Atlantic, 15 per cent in East North- Central and 14 per cent in South Atlan-ic. The 10 leading honey sta tes which produced 61 per cent of the crop were Cali fornia. Minnesota, Florida, Wisconsin, Texas, Idaho, low® New York, Michigan and S. Dakota. 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Meets Near Parkesbu The 461 h annual Chester 4-H Club Congress, 4 County Agriculture and demonstration; Disci Home Economics Extension nevv nialeiials for f ; „ , . struction and closi Service dinner-meeting has mnrks by Ralph c been scheduled for the Up- asst. - director of th e per - Octorara Presbyterian Extension Service. Church, beginning at i.O a.m. Harold H Ireson, Feb. 3rd will preside over t) Robert A Powers, Chester mg business session County agent, and June Wil- will be reports by L< ke, home economist, have Pocopson, ci nounced the meeting will in- sociation secretary, elude the morning business C Worthington, Wes meeting, a ham dinner at cr > treasurer; Frank E noon and an afternoon pro- ass t- agent, and Mrs gram of: Reports on National W Davis, Jr, Duwoi LONG ON CORN ? Cash In On New Super MA» CO/?". POULTRY . BLENDS • We carry all BULL BRAND Dairy Rati S. O. TRUPE East EarL R. D. 1 M. S. GRAYBILL & SON B. G. MELLINGER & Bareville Willow Street, R. D. Pioneer Manufacturers of High Efficiency Poultry PUBLIC SA Fanning Implements and Livest Saturday, Feb. 7 th, 1 Located I ml© west of Brickerville on Route zdbeth Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. 16 MILK COWS 2 Young HEIFERS Holstein and Jersey (some fresh and close spi This is a good producing herd with good size With charts. Bangs and T. B. Tested within the last 30 EIGHT SUCKLING PIGS 1948 B JOHN DEERE TRACTOR with roll-o-matic powertroll 1947 FARMALL H TRACTOR with cultivators, 2 row tobacco hoers, McCormick loader. 1937 JOHN DEERE A TRACT 7 ft. John Deere #4 trailer grass mower, 4-sec. spru row (like new), New Idea manure spreader, two 11 tie Genius trailer plow, John Deere disc harrow, 7' packer David Bradley rubber tire wagon, 16’ bet Idea side rake, Ontario 13"Tibe grain drill, Judsoi drill on rubber, John Deere corn planter with f£ attachment, spike harrow, P.T.O. grass seeder, K 1 field sprayer with power takeoff pump, 50* hose w’ (high pressure), 1940 INTERNATIONAL PANEL ' 180 Amp electric welder like new, 2 air compresi 50-gal. steel water tank on wagon, 2 -tobacco wagoi ladders (18’ & 20’, one 22’ double tobacco ladder; tobacco lath, lot of outside -tobacco scaffolding,- tobacco press, tobacco shears, ' corn Shelters, 6 shelters, rubber ‘tire wheelbarrow, ensilage cart, equipment, Farm Master Surslngle two-umt Farm Master hot water heater, 6 can internation; cooler, vacuum can hoist, wash, -tubs, ftiilk-'cans, strainers, chicken nests, feeders, fountains, forks, Reo 21” Trim Lawn mower, dopper kettle, some ho' contents, and other articles too numerous to mentic Sale to begin at 12:00 o’clock Noon 'When ter conditions will be-made known bjn . - Rufus Geib &r Omar Landis, Auct's. / Hess & Faus, Clerks * < Refreshments by the. Farm :Sadety. w No - IRA B. LAND' 779 Valley Rd., Ralph B. W
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