Upward Spiral
Halted In Size
Of Deer Herd
The upward spiral in the size
of Pennsylvania’s deer held ap
ears to have been halted this
year, according to Game Com
mission field reports and obser
vations.
High annual harvests of
whitetails, particularly antler
less deer, during the past few
years appear to have at least
stabilized the dangerously large
herd, and in a number of areas
have brought about a desired
reduction in big game popula
tions.
A deer under every tree
might be ideal from a hunter’s
standpoint, but demands for
land for agriculture, forestry,
homes, highways, schools, etc.
require a Game Commission
policy which produces a desir
able balance between conflict
ing interests. When this balance
is reached and maintained, all
of society benefits.
Although the state experienc
ed another relatively mild win
ter this year, the natural mor
tality rate was the second high
est in the past eight years and
almost four times the previous
winter’s loss. Starvation was
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6 - Use ordinary soft wood for our main Stringer and
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most prevalent in the noithcen
tial part of the state.
The 1969 winter loss was not
large enough to cause undue
concern, but it was an indica
tion that the herd was larger
than the comfortable canymg
capacity of the range.
The spring deer population in
1969 is more nearly normal for
this time of the year than in the
past few springs. For some time
the population of whitetails im
mediately prior to the birth of
fawns has been uncomfortably
high.
During the past few years the
annual production of fav/ns has
been larger than the annual to
tal mortality, leading to a white
tail herd which was steadily
growing larger.
Unusually large antlerless
harvests in the last two years
mean that fewer fawns are like
ly to be produced this year
than in 1968. Fewer whitetails
will mean less forest damage,
fewer deer killed on the state’s
highways, lower damage to
farm crops, etc.
A smaller herd will also mean
more food available for each
deer, and this in turn produces
heavier whitetails with better
antler development more
trophies for sportsmen.
In some heavily-overbrowsed
sections of the state the repro
duce e rate for whitetails has
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Pruning
We often gel the question
about the best lime of the jeai
to pi une flowering tiees and
shrubs, this depends upon the
time of the year in which they
bloom Dogwood, forsythia. spi
rea, rhododendion, deutzia, lilac
and most other spring flowering
shrubs—these plants should be
pruned immediately after flower
ing; the flower buds for next
year will begin forming in the
new growth by the middle of the
summer and should not be re
moved after that time Some of
these plants such as lilac, mock
orange, and rhododendron pro
duce seedheads after flowering;
much of the plant’s strength goes
into this seedhead and it is best
to remove them after the flow
ers fade.
dropped over 50 percent, due to
malnutrition. Where the deer
population has also dropped in
these sections, it will not be
necessary to harvest nearly as
many antlerless deer as in the
past.
The wisdom in extending the
antlerless deer season by one
day this past December is now
becoming abundantly clear. Had
there been no extension, the
winter mortality undoubtedly
would have been higher and the
overall condition of the range
would have been worse than it
is now.
And whitetails which would
have succumbed during the
winter would not have been
available to hunters this fall
All in all, the state’s deer
situation seems to be in better
shape now than at any time in
the last several years There are
still plenty of trophies for hunt
eis but not so many that other
interests are suffering unbear
able loss.
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Sales Manager Named
Willard A Krueger. Vice-
President of Maiketmg for
Ameucan Breedeis Seivice.
Inc, announces the appoint
ment of Gary A Willier as Dis
trict Sales Manager for ABS. a
subsidiary of W. R Giace & Co.
Willier will serve Southeastern
Pennsylvania, Eastern Mary
land, and the states of Delaware
and New Jersey for the Wiscon
sin-Based International Cattle
Breeding firm. He’ll be in
charge of developing this terri
tory through ABS Representa
tives local.J 1.1 : territory,
establish! ig new repiesenta
tives, anc conducting A.I. Man
agement Training Schools that
serve to train cattlemen in herd
owner A.I. programs.
Prior to his ABS employment,
he served as a summer assistant
in the Pennsylvania State Co
operative Extension Service in
1966 and in 1967.
Willier is a 1967 graduate of
Pennsylvania State University
and received his MS. Degree
from Pennsylvania State Univer
sity in 1968. He was a member
of Alpha Zeta, Omicron Delta
Kappa, and Gamma Sigma Del
ta fraternities He received the
Borden Award and several scho
larships while completing his
under-graduate work He was
a recipient of the National
Science Foundation Trainee
ship and was named Mi. Agri
culture at Pennsylvania State
University in 1967.
He was born and reared in
Pitman, Pennsylvania He has
a general farm background and
has had experience with Hol
stein cattle.
Mr. Willier is married to the
former Janet Lucas. They have
one daughter, Jenmfei Lynn
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LITITZ, PENNA.
Foreign Consuls
Sent Ag Buyer's Guide
Foieign consuls in Pennsyl
vania are being sent the Penn
sylvania Department of Agucul
ture’s buyer’s guide foi poultry
and eggs
State Agriculture Secietary
Leland H. Bull said the guide
is being sent to consuls in Pitts
burgh and Philadelphia because
of the consumer interest shown
in Pennsylvania poultry pro
ducts at food fairs held in Eu
rope last year.
The guide, which lists names
rid rdc'.::::: cf ie egg pro
ducers, egg handlers, poultry
products and poultry processors,
is also being distributed to
chain stores, food brokers and
food purchasing agents
“The buyer’s guide is an
other good way of making peo
ple aware of the high grade
poultry products available in
Pennsylvania,” Secietary Bull
said.
The guide informs prospec
tive purchasers that poultry
products inspected by the Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul
ture and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture are shown to be
wholesome, free from adultera
tion, truthfully labeled and pro
cessed under sanitary condi
tions
The guide also explains that
eggs ceitified by the Pennsyl
vania Department of Agucul
ture meet quality and weight
standards, “enabling the con
sumer to buy with confidence
and receive a product of de
signated quality.’’
The Williers reside at 68 Glen
Oaks Drive, Lancastei, Pennsyl
vania
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