. I
JFly Is Reported In
rtheastern States
•e fly. known in on- according to entomologists
gtates before 1959, of USDA’s Agricultural Re
j to Pennsylvania, search Service.
[her states, and in at The nine other States in
of these has be- which the fly was found last
annoying pest of summer for the first
the U. S Depart- were: Wisconsin, Michigan,
Agriculture reported Delaware, Massachusetts,
> New Hampshire, New Jersey,
known scientific- Vermont, and West Virginia.
Musca autumnalis, The fly was originally
i for the first time found in the United States in
inuner in 12 north- 1953 (on Long Island) and
( d north central up to this year has been only
-s reported most known in New York, Maine,
1 abundant in and Virginia.
’ Illinois. ARS scientists think face
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flies may have been in many
States undetected before last
summer, but were not collect
ed and identified because
small numbers of the pests
cause little annoyance, and
bcause they may have been
mistaken for house flies,
which they closely resemble.
ARS entomologists say the
face fly has apparently found
conditions suitable in the
United State* for rapid mul
tiplication and spread. Pests
that are new to a country,
they point out, often cause
more damage than they
would in their natural habi
tat because natural enemies
may not be present in the
new environment. The ento
mologists also believe the
■face fly may be a potential
carried of eye disease of U.
S. cattle.
time
Reports from the States
where the face fly was most
abundant during' the past
summer suggest it may as
sume the role of an economic
insect pest.
Some Ohio farmers report
ed a marked decrease in
milk production and said the
face fly was the. most abun
dant species noted around
cattle in midsummer.
The flies accumulate prim
arily in the faces t»f cattle,
under and around the eyes,
in and around nostrils, and
at the lips. They apparently
feed on mucous secretion
and on blood from insect
bites and other wounds. An
abundance of flies interferes
with livestock feeding and
this might account for a de
crease in the milk output of
dairy cows or weight loss in
beef cattle. Although face
flies are primarily a pest of
cattle, they will also attack
horses and sheep.
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The face fly, first reported flies in homes and farm buil
in North America in Nova dings during the fall.
Scotia in 1952, is common in be jj the traiS
Europe (on both the conti- mission of an eye worm, not
nenfand the British Isles) found in the United States,
and Asia, particularly in that can cause blindness in
Israel, Kashmir, and China, cattle.
where it is regarded chiefly
as an indoor, nuisance. The
flies seek the shelter of build
ings in order to hibernate
when cold weather comes.
Housewives and farmers in
affected areas may notice the
Annual Feeder Calf Sale
Is Scheduled At Yards
The Fifth Annual Feeder
"Calf Sale will be held at the
Lancaster Union Stock Yards,
Lancaster, at 1 p. m. Satur
day, October 31, 1959.
In order to get top quality
calves and heifers the fol
lowing rules and regulations
will be enforced;
Consignors will be breed
ers of beef cattle. All calves
will be vaccinated and from
clean herds under supervis
ion. Calves must be sired by
purebred registered bulls, be
of beef type out of beef type
cows. Calves will be tagged,
weighed and graded. Grading
will be under the supervis
ion of a committee of four
consisting of a representative
of the Dept, of Animal Hus
bandry, Penn State Universi
ty; County Agent; Member
Lancaster Livestock Ex
change; qualified Breeder.
As in the past years some
high Choice and all Fancy
Calves will be sold in single
lots to give club membeis
and people desiring show
calves an opportunity to bid.
The Lancaster Livestock
Exchange will offer a prize
for any calf bought at the
sale and placing among the
first five in the Garden Spot
Baby Beef Show, August,
1960.
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2 YEARS
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CANADIAN CENTRAL
RANDOM TEST
Ist QUARTILE IN 1953
MISSOURI RANDOM
TEST
This year, as ast year, the
persistent Shaver Starcross
288 takes top honours as
outright champion at the
1959 Canadian Central- Ran
dom Test. Ar other repeal
performance was our first
Quartile entry at the 1959
Missouri Random Test.
In both Random Tests the
Shaver Starcross 288 com
peted against leading fron
chised layers from the Unit
ed Ssasjes.
Starcross 288 is the result
of Shaver Research and Test
ing, the size scope and qual
ity of which can be equal’-ed
by few competitors anywhere
in the wor d.
For full information and ill
ustrated booklet on this top
Leghorn Layer, call your
Shaver franchise Hatchery
or write direc to.
n -j SHAVER
Grader
leghorn
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288
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Phone OL 3-34 SS
Larvae develop in fresh
cow dung or other excre
ment. Pupation occurs in the
soil around the excrement.
No effective means of con
trolling the flies have yet
been developed.
With last minute commit
ments still coming in there
are 300 Angus, Hereford and
Shorthorn Steers and Heifers
registered for the sale.
Among the Consignors are
Melvin F. Wood, Avondale,
Pa; The U. S. Penitentiary
at Lewistown; J. Goldhaber-
Girdletree, Md R. W. Waltz,
Limerick, Pa ; C. E. Beshore,
York Co.; Miss Mildred
Strickler, York Co, and W.
P. Campbell, Center Hall, Pa.
Stauffer Homestead Farms
will consgn 12 Angus calves
and Jacob K. Hershey, Lititz
E D, 10 Angus calves
The consignor of last years
top money calf, Robert G.
Caples, will again have An
gus calves Mrs. John B.
Hannum 111 Mrs William S.
Ellis and Mrs. Hardie Scott
all from' the Philadelphia
area will consign Angus and
Polled Hereford calves An
other well known Polled
Hereford breeder, Mr Leon
Falk Jr, of Falkland Farms,
near Pittsburgh, will have 5
calves.
The Sale is under the spon
sorship of the Lancaster Live
stock Exchange and the Un
ion Stock Yard Co. Coopera
ting is the Pennsylvania
Livestock and Allied Associ
ation James Dunlap is Show
Chairman.
100 Million Meat
Animals Approved
Nearly 100 million animal
carcasses received during the
past fiscal year the Govern
ment’s familiar purple stamp
of approval—‘’O'.' S. Inspect
ed and Passed”—as disease
free, clean, and wholesome
meat, fit for human consump
tion, the U. S. Department of
Agriculture reported.
Inspectors of TJSDA’s Agri
cultural Research condemned
236,760 animal carcasses and
millions of parts of slaught
ered animals as unfit for con
sumption. ARS meat inspec
tors examine Cattle,, -calves,
sheep, swine, goats, and oth
er meat animals before' am?
after slaughter in ~order to
detect and eliminate diseased
and otherwise unfit meat.
Although USDA inspectors
permit slaughter of only
those animals that appear
normal, long experience has
demonstrated that apparent
1y healthy animals may har
bor disease or otherwise ab
normal conditions For this
reason, each carcass at the
tune of slaughter is given .a
thorough examination by an
inspector.
Inspection after slaughter
points up the fact that in
spite of the Department’s
best efforts to aid growers in
the control of livestock dis
eases, food animals are ex
posed to a great variety of
environmental conditions
which may affect their health
or prysical condition. Each
animal and each carcass is
therefore a separate problem
for USDA inspectors.
Only when a carcass has
been found disease free is it
given the official purple
mark of inspection that as
sures the consumer a clean
and wholesome product.
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