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USDA Broadens Attack
On Insecticide Usage
The U S Department of Ag
riculture today canceled feder
al registrations for all uses of
aldrin and dieldnn insecticides
in acquatic environments in an
cffoit to further reduce pollu
tion of the nation's water re
sources and potential conta
mination of fish and other aqua
tic life.
Today's action is in line with
a directive issued November
13, 1969, by Secretary of Agi i
culture Clifford M. Hardin, call
ing for increased emphasis on
protection of the environment
in the registration of pesticides.
He reported to the President’s
Environmental Quality Council
that the Department would re
view pesticide registrations on
a use-by-use basis anct limit per
sistent pesticides to essential
uses only.
The cancellation action is
similar to that taken in Novem
ber by USDA’s Agricultural Re
search Service to limit the
amount of DDT in the enviion
ment Aldrin and dieldnn are
both persistent pesticides fiom
the same chemical family as
DDT Deildnn is the most wide
ly found pesticide in the en
vironment, after DDT, and is a
breakdown product of aldrin
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Lancaster Forming, Saturday. March 14.1970
Corn Growers Should
Know Soil Capacity
Corn growers should know Not all corn varieties will tol
their soil's ability to support crate thick planting, he points
various plant populations and the out. Some varieties will stand
characteristics of the hybrid seed high populations, while others
they are using before deciding produce the best yields at much
on a particular planting rate, lower rates
says Dr. William H. Mitchell. „ . „
extension agronomist at the Uni- Mitchell suggests following the
vcrsily of Delaware seed producer's recommenda-
The soil pioductivity of a field tions Most seed producers have
is very impoitant Mitchell notes jested then vaueties over time
that the soil productivity for , . ,
corn varies fiom above 150 bush and undei v *‘ ,,ous P lant P°P ula '
els per acre to less than 30 tion conditions Exceeding their
Matching the seed to the soil recommendations may lead to
potential is also necessary for P’ oblems breakage, lodging and
efficient yields I other yield ieducing situations
Penn Dairies Announces
Appointment of Rohrer
John A Mullineaux, general
sales manager of Penn Dairies,
Inc, has announced the appoint
ment of Clement J. Rohrer of
2274 Lititz Pike as assistant gen
eral sales manager
Rohrer joined the company
in 1948 as an ice cream sales
man and has served as manager
of the dairy’s ice cream bran
ches in Harrington, Del and
Lancaster He was manager of
the company-owned Delecto
Dairy Products Corp, selling ice
cream products to dairies in
eight eastern states. Rohrer was
most recently the manager of
Penn Dairies’ milk department
Mullineaux also announced
the selection of J. Newton Jones
as sales manager of the milk de
partment to replace Rohrer
Jones, of 1839 Edenwald Lane,
was assistant sales manager be
fore his appointment and had
previously served the company
as milk branch manager in Eph
rata and Lancaster He joined
Penn Dairies in 1964
William R Culp, 1833 North
brook Drive, has been anmed
sales manager of Penn Dairies’
ice cream department Culp pre
viously was assistant sales man
ager for this department Join
ing the fum in 1963, Clup has
also been the company’s man
ager of the Lancaster ice cream
branch located at 1801 Hemp
stead Road
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