Pennsylvania Among States
Placed Under Beetle Quarantine
Because of the large area now search Service. Evidence pres
infested Auth the cereal leaf ented at the hearing led to the
beetle, Illinois, Indiana. Mic- conclusion that a Federal cereal
higan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania leaf beetle quarantine could be
will be placed under Federal enforced more effectively than
domestic plant quarantine by the separate State quarantines.
United States Department of Under the provisions of the
Agriculture effective April 1. Federal quarantine, movement
All five States are now re- of ‘toms such as hay, straw,
gulated under State quarantines fodder litter, small grains, corn,
because of cereal leaf beetle in- soybeans, sod, and used harvest
festations The impending chan- >ng machinery from infested
ge from State to Federal quaran- areas will be regulated Articles
ties were to be in the Federal Shipped from noninfested areas
Register March 27. of quarantined States must toe
The decision to change from a ccompanied by shipping papers
State to Federal regulation was showing their point of origin,
made following a public hearing All of Ohio and all of Michi
held by plant pest control offi- San, except the Upper Peninsula,
dais of USDA’s Agricultural Re- the northern two-thirds of In-
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diana, and portions in western
Pennsylvania are infested with
the cereal leaf beetle. Limited
infestations have been found in
Illinois
Anyone moving materials from
these areas is advised to con
tact the local plant pest control
office or county agricultural
agent for details The regulations
vary with the item to be moved
and may vary with the season of
the year. For example, some
commodities such as hay and
straw are regulated only during
those months of the year when
beetles can be spread into new
territory by those commodities.
Other commodities such as grass
and forage seed and sod are
regulated the entire year Treat
ments required to eliminate the
pest hazaid also vary the the
commodity
Regulated items moving from
ANOTHER PEACE OF-MINO PRODUCT FROM
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 5.1969
SECOND SECTION
Twin Valley Chapter Of Young
Farmers 'Hold Annual Meeting
The Twin Valley Chapter of
the Pennsylvania Young Farm-
ers Association held their third
annual banquet last Friday night
infested areas must meet quar
antine requirements for elimin
ating any pest hazard. Any
found to be moving in violation
of quarantine regulations must
either be retured to infested
areas for disposition or treat
ment, or be treated in transit
(usually at higher cost), or
destroyed Persons knowingly
violating regulations are subject
to prosecution
(Continued on Page 24)
at the High School cafeteria at
Elverson
In the awards and recognition
program Andrew Stoltzfus won
the Corn Contest with the high
est net profit, ($153.76) highest
yield, ($165.81 hu.) and the high
est feed value (37% TO.N.)
Stoltzfus also had 172.5 bushels
per acre in the Five-Acre Corn
Contest.
Other winners in the Five-
Acre Contest were: Ralph H.
Stoltzfus, 1501 bu.; Wilmer
Kraybill, 118 bu. and Ben S.
Beiler, 136 3 bu
In DHIA for Berks County,
Andrew Stoltzfus had 13,946
pounds of milk and 571 pounds
of butterfat. In Chester County,
Elmer Hertzler had 14,075
pounds of milk and 565 pounds
of butterfat and Lancaster
County, Reuben Smoker had 13,-
673 pounds of milk and 533
pounds of butterfat
The officers for the 1969-70
yeai were named as follows:
Omar Beam, Elverson Rl, presi
(Continued on Page 24)
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