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Dutch Elm Disease
Breakthrough Seen
The Foic-t Set vice I S De
partment of Agnculluie has
made a distoveiv that ma> lead
to contiol of the Dutch elm di>-
case, which is killing some
400.000 Amencan elms each vear
Chief Eduaid P Cliff of the
Foiest Sei\ ice said the possibile
control facloi is a sex lure that
might be tinned agam>t the
beetles which caiiv the disease
He icpoits that a team of sci
entists fioin the Foiest Service's
Shade Tiee Research Unit at Del
awaie, Ohio, and the State Um
vcisitj College of Forestrj at
S.viacuse Univeisitv has just
made the discoveiv It teveals
that vngm female beetles pro
duce a chemical scent which is
highl.v attiactive to flung male
and female elm baik beetles
Chief Cliff says the scientists
are now woi king to isolate iden
tify, and artificially produce this
chemical atti actant They think
identification of the natural luie
can lead to a man-made substi
tute which can be used to regu
late populations of the destruc
tive beetles
Discoveied in this country in
the early 1930'5, Dutch elm dis
ease has already killed moie
than 12 million Ameiican elms,
which rank among the most
favored of shade tiees
The disease, in the foim of a
fungus, is earned from tiee to
tiee by the beetles The fungus
attacks the cndilatory system of
MHlersville
872-5503
tlu elm. liteiallv siian.lmg it
to death
In Held tests at Sviacus. \ '»
in August and Septcmbei of 1 .si
>ear and in June of this ve.n
Drs John Peacock and \
Chailes Lincoln Foiert Suviu
entomologists, and Di- John P,
Siiiieone and Robeit M Silvn
stem an entomologist and ei m
ist. icsputivelv. at State I mi
sit>, continued the vngm heel
le’s alti active scent
Thev sa.v it appaientlv vvoiks
in combination with an elm
wood alti actant pieviouslv u
ported bv a team ot scientist, at
the Univeisitv of Wisconsin The
aim is to adapt that scent so
laige numbers of the destiuctive
beetles can be luted into small
aieas and eliminated. Chief Cliff
sajs
Corn Belt Hog Supply
Is UpI3 % ,USDASays
USDA’s Ci op Repoiting
Boaid estimates hogs and pigs
on Corn Belt Faims (as of
September 1) at 50 6 million
That’s up 13 per cent fiom a
year earlier
Breeding hogs at 7 2 million
YOUR PROFITS
GROW BIGGER
WHEN YOU
INTRODUCE
FLORIN STEER
SUPPLEMENT
FLORIN
ECONO-BEEF
Ltiticitetdr'l^dVjnkikJSliiiurday. Octol)cr 1070 - II
He leports that the se\ attrac-
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Control
by USDA
l.ml studv is om oi sun,il p, ( <
on; 1 v undciwav In the Delavv.ue.
Ohio iCM.iuh l.ibn.iloiN to (le
\ilop ,m mtegi ated pi on .mi for
Hm b.nk beetle tonl l oi Hi u nt
h. Foiest Seivici entomologi-ts
Hum i \\ oi kmu coopeialively
v Uli un.viisitv ,nul otlm govnn
Hunt sountists c.itru up with
s'gnificant findings on rim hark
biotli p.u.isitcs leeding stnnu
butts and satci insicliudis to be
us' ci against the hi ellcs
Eailui this jcar also the
Forest Set vice aw aided a $5l 000
u sealch giant to Oh;o State Um
vcisity foi followup on the feed
ing stimulation studies the uni
versity has been conducting
These research piojecU aie
part of the Depaitment of \gu
culture’s continuing piogiam to
develop additional safe and effec
live insect contiol methods
aie up 11 per cent market hogs,
at 43 4 million, up 13 per cent
The states included in the re
port are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa,
Missouri, South Dakota, Nebras
ka, and Kansas
Sharpest inciease fiom a year
ago totals was in Kansas (21
million), up 25 per cent lowa,
the Nation’s leading hog pro
ducing State (with 15 5 million)
showed a 10 per cent increase,
while Illinois’ total (at 7 7 mil
lion) was up 14 per cent
Meanwhile, the June-August
pig crop in those States was
estimated at 18 1 million head,
up 14 pex cent from a year
earlier.
But, hog pioducers in the 10
States leported they intend to
farrow 2 4 million sows duung
Septembei -November, 13 per
cent more than last yeai, and
2 0 million duung December
1970 Febiuaiy 1971 6 per
cent moie than a yeai eaiher.
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Featuie white elephant
sale
Sue Powei and NEB A Open
House Tunkhannock, Octo
bei 8 -11
Fuday, October 9
—Pa Egg Marketing As
sociation, Schiafft’s Restau
rant New Cumberland RD.
Saturday, October 10
7pm
1-5 pm Milton S Heishey
Medical Centei open to
public October 10 -11
730 pm Fiftieth Anmver
saij of Lancastei County
Pomona Giange, Fulton
Grange Hall Oaknn
Gtange Photo Winners
The Fulton Grange hd_ an
nounced wirne's of the xeetnt
coloi photo contest
The winning photos will b©
enteied in the stale Giange con
test Octobei 26-20
Mrs Stanley (Dottie) Stauffer
Ji won both fust and second
place in thiee categones
animals people and close ups
Mrs Richaid (Harnett) Hollo.
wa> was first in scenes and Nor
man Wood was second
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