USDA Probes
Some Pesticides
The U S Department of Agri
culture said this week it is in
vestigating some commonly-used
pesticides to determine whether
they contain hazardous amounts
of a toxic contaminant that may
have caused hath defoimities in
laboratory mice exposed to the
heibicide 2,4, 5-T
Ned D Eavley, duectoi of Sci
ence and Education, said the in
quiry was initiated after new da
ta submitted to the Department
of Health, Education, and Wel
fare, indicated that the 2,4, 5 T
used m a study conducted by
Bionetics Reseaich Laboratories
for HEW contained 27 parts per
million, of tetrachlorodibenzo
para-djoxm. compared with only
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about 1 ppm of this contaminant
generally found in the herbicide.
The new data show that pie
liminary tests of 2,4, 5-T with
1 ppm of this contaminant give
no indication of birth deformit
ies, Bay ley stated in a letter on
the subject to Rep Richaid D
McCarthy of New York It was
the Bionetics study of 2, 4. ST,
along with othei pesticides,
which was cited last Octobei
when it was announced that the
Department of Agncultme
would cancel legistiations of this
herbicide for use on food ciops
effective Januaiy I, 1970, unless
by that time the Food and Duig
Admimstialion, HEW, had estab
lished a safe legal toleiance foi
such use
“We ate awaiting advice fiom
DHEW as to whethei oi not they
intend to establish toleiances foi
2,4, 5-T befoie we decide wheth
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Wheat Loan
Program & Sale
Policy Set
Wheat from the 1969 crop
eligible for price-support loans
in on-faim storage or in com
meicial storage can have loans
extended (resealed) following
regular maturity dates in the
spung and summer of 1970, it
was announced today by the
US Depaitment of Agnculture
Concurrently, USDA announced
its CCC wheat sales policy for
the maiketmg jear beginning
July 1 Reseal loans will con
tinue to be available on 1968-
ciop wheat in on-farm and com
meicial storage, and on 1967-
ci op fai m stored wheat but not
on older ciops of wheat
Approximately 42 million
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mark of Doughboy Industries, Inc,
New Richmond, Wisconsin.
BEACO^EEDS
The Beacon Milling Company, Inc.
Headquarters: Cayuga, N. Y.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 14,1970—1'
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RECORD KEEPING
A special program to outline
an agriculture records program
developed by Penn State will be
held at 8 p m Tuesday. Feb 17.
at the Farm and Home Center
Speakei will be William H
Dickinson, farm management
specialist, who will outline the
electiomc s.vstem developed at
the university
Wives are extended a special
invitation, since manj keep the
faim records
bushels of wheal from the 1964,
1965 and 1966 crops in farm
storage and 55 million bushels
of 1967 ciop m commeicial
stoiage will not be continued
under reseal loan aftei the 1970
maturity dates These dates for
the 1966 and 1967 ciops are
April 30 in all States except
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SECOND SECTION
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Farm Briefs
No Change Made In
Poultry Inspection
There will be no
made in the long-standing Fed
eral inspection policy unde
which poultry affected with
diseases of the leukosis complex
are condemned This was em
phasized last week by Secretarj
of Agr Clifford M Hardin who
noted that his decision which
overrides a recommendation
made by a USDA advisory com
mittee was made following
receipt of a report USDA re
quested from the U S Surgeon
General
Secretaiy Hardin also em
phasized that he concurred with
Surgeon General Jesse L Stein
feld’s contention that even
though there is no known link
between the poultiy leukosis
viruses and human disease, nor
any known hazard to human
health, “it is aesthetically un
desirable and unacceptable to
pass for human food any poul
try showing visible signs of
leukosis leisons or tumors"
Thus, such poultry will continue
to be regarded as totally unfit
for human consumption.
Cattle Numbers On Farms
At Record Hieh
More cattle ana caxves, chick
ens and turkeys on farms, but
fewer hogs and pigs, and sheep
and lambs, according to USDA’s
1970 Livestock and Poultry In
ventoiy issued last week Cattle
and calves on farms on Jan. 1
totaled 112 3 million head, up 2
pet. from a year earlier and re
cord high But, dairy cow num
bers were at record lows
Daily cattle 2 and older
at 13 9 million head, were dowr
2 pet. from a yeai earlier and
the lowest since 1886 Heifers 1
to 2 years, at 3 5 million, anc
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FIMSG
SILAGE
For 3 straight years, 1967,
1968, 1969, in the annual com
petition at Pa. Forage Pro
gress Field Days, Funk’s-G
has won over all others. Dra
matic proof of Funk’s silage
superiority! Another reason
why so many dairymen and
cattle feeders are using
Funk’s-G Silage Hybrids.
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SEEDS, INC.
kandisville, Pa. 898-2261
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