State To Survey
For Cereal Leaf
HARRISBURG —A survey to
determine if cereal leaf beetles
have invaded Pennsylvania
will begin May 17 in western
Pennsylvania, Leland H. Bull,
State Secretary of Agriculture,
has announced.
Secretary Bull said the tiny
beetle, as yet undetected in
the state, is a threat to grain
production in any area where
it has been introduced.
He said oats, barley and
wheat fields in Beaver and
Crawford counties will be the
principal targets of the survey
since these counties are near
est to two Ohio counties where
the beetle was discovered last
year.
Other counties to be includ
ed in the survey for the insect
are Allegheny, Armstrong,
Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Mer
cer, Somerset. Venango, Wash
ington, Erie, Westmoreland,
Butler and Lawrence.
Spot checks for the beetle
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Beetle Invaders
are expected to be made later
in Berks and Lancaster coun
ties.
Survey work will be done by
specialists, from the state and
federal agriculture depart
ments, who- will sweep fields
with insect nets. Findings will
be sent to state agriculture
laboratories for identification.
In counties other than Bea
ver and Crawford, survey work
will be concentrated in fields
located close to county fair
grounds, race tracks and truck
terminals where large quanti
ties of hay and straw imported
from other states can frequent
ly be found
Arthur Jeffery, State Depart
ment of Agriculture entomolo
gist who will take part in the
survey, explained that cereal
leaf beetle infestation is often
started when hay and straw
bedding from fair grounds and
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13,1967 —
SECOND SECTION
President Assigns Civil Defense
Food Duties To Agriculture Dept.
President Lyndon u Johnson
has assigned important defense
responsibilities to the TJ.S. De
partment of Agriculture, it was
announced this week These in
clude food production and dis
tribution, protection against bi
ological and chemical warfare
and radioactive fallout, and
rural fire defense, in coopera
tion with Civil Defense and lo
cal government
Every county or comparable
subdivision in the United States
is covered by a USDA County
Defense Board composed of
representatives of Agricultural
Stabilization & Conservation
Service, Federal Extension
Service, Farmers Home Ad
ministration and Soil Conserva
tion Service
Locally, the County USDA
Defense Board is Dorothy Y
Neel, ACSC—M M. Smith, Ex
tension Service Richard W
Hoover, FHA and Orval Bass,
Month
with the
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SCS Also wonting closely with
the County Board, Dr. George
Smith of Agricultural Research
Service, John Kitch, Service
Forester and Harry Myers, Civ
il Defense Director Regular
quarterly meetings are held in
the Lancaster County ASCS Of
fice, which has been designat
ed as emergency headquarters.
Specific assignments have
been delegated to each agency
as follows ASCS—Food man
agement to effect maximum
conservation of surviving food
and assure efficient use of food
and food facilities This will
include plans for continued
production, restrictions and dis
tribution of seed, fertilizer and
farm equipment and salvage
and distribution of surviving
food at wholesale level and
food in transit.
Extension Service Provide
information and educational ma
terial to farmers, rural people
and the food industry concern
ing survival, production, proc
essing, storage and distribu
tion, and to county and local
governments, and information
media to assure support and
understanding of emergency
programs and cooperation in
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