22—Lancaster Farming,
Saturday. November 9,1968
Animal Birth
Abnormalities
Not Related To
Pesticide Use
The use of pesticides cannot
be considered responsible for
undesirable genetic changes,
birth abnormalities, or reduced
performance in animals if the
pesticides are used as recom
mended by the manufacturer
and approved by various state
and federal regulatory agencies.
Tills was the main conclusion of
Dr. Lowell L. Wilson, associate
professor of animal science at
The Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, in recent testimony before
the Pennsylvania Senate com
mittee studying the use of pesti
cides in the Commonwealth.
The report was based on a
comprehensive review of scien
tific literature dealing with dif
ferent factors that have pro
duced “mutations, which are
changes in the genetic material
carried by plants and animals,
or abnormalities at birth.
Among the non-chemical agents
having these undesirable ef
fects are radiation, age of par
ents, and temperature.
Several chemical agents, in
cluding some rather common
pesticides, have also reportedly
caused birth abnormalities. In
practically all research studies
in which these chemicals were
used, the amounts of the chemi
cals were many times greater
than the amount to which an
animal would be exposed under
normal conditions of pesticide
usage.
Dr. Wilson also cited studies
in which common salt, butyl
alcohol, caffeine from coffee,
and carbon tetrachloride clean
ing solution had leportdely
caused the same undesirable
effects.
Several studies were conduct
ed by injection of chick em
bryos with the test material
According to Wilson, many of
the birth abnormalities may
have been caused by physical
damage to the embryo tissue
rather than by the chemical
nature of the materials
There is practically no pos
sibility, he concluded, that the
use of pesticides at approved
levels, and applied by recom
mended methods will result in
undesirable effects. Without
proper pesticide usage, the level
of agricultural production would
be greatly reduced and certain
natural resources, such as
forests, could be ravaged by in
sects
ELI F. KING
Ronks R. D. 1
Pond Road
REGISTERED HOLSTEIN SALE
Located 6 miles South of Lancaster along Route 222 on
the farm of Carl Dlller, Lancaster County, Penna.
FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1968
45 HEAD FRESH AND SPRINGING HEIFERS
AND YOUNG COWS
Including some Osborndale Ivanhoe daughters, 1 classified
VG 86 points. Several granddaughters of Ivanhoe with dams
of over 18,000 lbs. milk.
• Skokie Marathon Boy with a 4 year old record 15,791 lbs.
milk, 3.9%, 603 lbs. fat,
• Irvington Pride Admiral daughter with 3 year old record
of 15,527 lbs. milk, 3.8%, 586 lbs. fat. She is bred to
Woodbourne Lass Reflection.
• Dibble Ideal Dictator with 2 year old record of 14,662 lbs.
milk, 4.9%, 614 lbs. fat.
• Marquis daughter from a 20,000 lbs. Lucifer dam.
• Kingpin heifer from a dam with 4 records of over 19,000
lbs. milk.
Severed grades included in this sale. Your inspection of this
fine selection of cattle is invited.
Health charts, all vaccinated. Catalogs at ringside.
Sale at 12:45 P.M. Sharp by
CARL DILLER and
JOHN J. STOLTZFUS
Diller and Kreider, Auctioneers
Lunch Available
PUBLIC SALE
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1968
20 to 30 TRACTORS
MANY MAKES & MODELS
International, Ford, John Deere, Allis-Chalmers, Case, Massey-Harris,
Massey-Ferguson, Oliver
Harvesters, mowers, cornpickers, hay balers, blowers
Some Lawn and Garden Equipment
Attention DEALERS & FARMERS:
Bring your own surplus equipment in to be sold on consignment.
We buy, sell, trade, whplesale-daily.
Used Parts for most make & model of Tractors & Farm Machinery.
Wenger’s Farm Machinery, Inc.
So. Race St.
STARTING AT 10 A.M.
FARM MACHINERY
717 866-2138
Myerstown, Pa.
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