Spread OfGyjwy Moth Big Worry
For Ag Department’s Henry Nixon
Lately Henry F Ni\on. the To make maiteis wotse. male
usually bj.the dncctoi of. the gvpsy moths Ime been found in
Ptnnsyixjj.na ucpai intent of Ag- * ox- baitcd Maps in Mifllm. Peiry,
£“>?» *. sr, * p i a "' ss r
fJT as’ a'moon-bound I-tiVmuit h ‘‘ S bcen fOU,lli 111 thCse tounllus
who’s discovered his space ship
“VVc don t hue enough man
powei 01 a bu enough budget to
, , . fight the g'Ps' moth on two
The ie. on o, vs gloom is f , .. th d tecl sU ,. iC offi .
t'e gyps, moth infestation dis- cial f iets
coveiecl ‘.os summei neai \ai.
i- out of el
onsburg. Centie Countv which The first fiont o; comse is
i' nist abeit the exact centei of eastern PennsjUanu (Beiks,
t.'e state Bucks. Cat bon Momoe Pike,
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Schu> Ikilt and Wav no) where
the State Agriculture Depart
ment assisted by the federal gov
eminent, has been slugging it
out with the moth foi 37 veais
Nixon's peiplexed as to how
the g.vps.v moth, a feeble llvoi at
beat, sot as far west as Centie
Counlv He speculates the moth
was blown in on a stiona wind
stoim 01 hitchhiked as an ess
mass on stones tnnbei mavbe
or a campei-tiailei
The moth didn t spiead into
central Peniisvhania because the
State Asnculture Depaitnient
was a docile opponent The De
partment has thiown left jabs,
uppeicuts and light ciosses at
the gypsv moth
At one stage of the game
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THE MYSTERY FARM at Lancaster Farming's Latr
peter Fair booth shown above is owned b\ Glenn Heir,
Lampeter Winner in the contest was Merle E Groft. Lar
caster R 4 See story Page 1. L F Phot)
when the Department was using
DDT, the moth appealed to be
exterminated None of the in
sects was seen in the state fiom
1959 to 1962
The stoim ot cuticism which
followed publication of Rachel
Carson’s book. “Silent Spun®.”
was a factor in the Department’s
decision to stop using DDT and
to begin using short-lived, less
effective sprays
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we are now using is that ram
washes them off leaves or they
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the moths’ cateipillais hatch
out.' N'ixon explains
In addition to using shortly ei
sptajs, the Depai Intent is mass
iearing and releasing paiasite-s
which attack eggs and pupa*.
Sterile male moths are another
of the methods used in the De
partment’s total waifaie against
the insect which was brought to
the US. a century ago bj a
French scientist who attempted
to cross the gyps> moth witn a
silk moth
Lampeter Swine Sale
The champion pen of tw*
market hogs at the Lampeter
Fair commanded the top price
per pound last Friday night in
the annual FFA sale held at the
fair grounds
Shown by Paul Eckman, the
hogs sold to the First National
Bank of Strasburg'for 92 5 cents
per pound Their total weight
was 355 pounds
The champion pen of four
shown by Bob Weaver sold to E.
W Martin Co, for 49 cents per
pound, and the individual cham
pion shown by Glen Livengood
went to Kunzler and Co , for 70
cents per pound
The total receipts of the sale
was $21,5 92 20 on 31 head and
the combined weights totaled
6,505 pounds Howard Shaub
was the auctioneer
Other buyers included John
Hoobei and John J Hess, Inc
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