16—Lancaster Farming,
Saturday, March 30,1968
Jopon Relaxes Test
Restrictions Against
U. S. Poultry Imports
Secretary of Agriculture Or
ville L. Freeman-announced re
cently that the Department has
been successful in gaining re
laxation of Japanese Govern
ment test restrictions against
imports of U. S. frozen poultry
Since March 1. the Secretary
said. Japan has been admitting
U S. poultry under normal cus
toms procedures without special
testing for Newcastle disease.
The Japanese Cover nment
originally announced in August
1967 a sanitary certification re
quirement that would have had
the effect of banning U.S frozen
poultry imports completely
Quick action by the U.S agri
cultural attache in Tokyo and
follow-up by USD A veterinari
ans removed the threat of the
ban, but testing of each U.S
shipment of frozen poultry by
Japanese officials was required
before entry This delayed ship
ments up to 10 days and placed
U.S. poultry at a disadvantage
in the trade.
The Department worked with
Japanese officials on a solution
to the problem, including an on
the-spot evaluation by the Jap
anese of this country’s poultry
inspection system This work,
plus the fact that no disease was
found in U S imports, has now
resulted in complete lifting of
the test restriction.
Japan is a sizable market for
U S poultiy and has consider
able potential fqr expansion U
S exports of chicken and other
'poultry to the Japanese market
totaled about 10 million pounds
in 1967
GARDEN SPOT YOUNG
FARMERS HOLD FINAL
INSECT CONTROL COURSE
The Garden Spot Young Farm
ers will complete a three week
study on insect control with a
class on Safe Handling of In
secticides and A Calibration of
Sprayers
Guest speakers will be C B
Hoober Jr , of International, In
tercourse, and Dr. Little from
Agway Agricultural Chemical
Division, Syracuse, New York
The meeting will be held at
730 p m in the Garden Spot
High School Vo-Ag room Tues
day, April 2 Previous classes
included Insect Identification
presented by Dr Henry Menu
sen, Extension Entomologist
from Penn State and Latest
Control Measures presented by
John Beideman of Geigy Chemi
cal Co.
Mr Robinson, advisor, stated
that there are still a few open
ings in the corn growing con
test and farmers can sign up at
this meeting
Beef And Lamb Meet
Secretary of the Lancaster
County Red Rose 4-H Baby Beef
and Lamb Club, Sharon Weaver,
announces their next meeting
for next Wednesday. April 3 at
Bpm in the Farm & Home
Center
The program will feature a
panel discussion of the method
of distributing steers
WATCHING BIRDS
If you like to watch birds, re
member there are certain plants
that attract them, remind exten
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Penn State Some trees birds
like are oak, hornbeam, larch,
maple, mountain ash, flowering
crabapple, and hawthorn When
planning landscaping to attract
birds, also consider berrj bush-
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