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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 9,1971
Fire Ant Quarantine Extended
Imported fire ant quarantine said. “However, we can slow the
regulations nave been extended long distance spread by
to 17 new counties found infested restricting man’s movement of
this season, the U.S. Department things that carry the ants.”
°f Agriculture reports. Restrictions will be placed on
‘ The imported fire ant con- the movement of some products
tmues to spread within and originating in these additional
outside the infested area with the counties; Bradley and Lafayette
exception of those areas that are j n Arkansas; Collier in Florida;
undergoing treatment with Washington in Georgia; Bolivar
mirex,” Leo G. K. Iverson, jn Mississippi; Aiken, Edgefield,
Deputy Administrator of USDA’s Georgetown, Kershaw,
Agricultural Research Service Marlboro, Sumter, and
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Williamsburg in South
Carolina; and Collin, Harrison,
Panola, Rush, and Shelby in
Texas.
However, Dixie County, Fla.,
has been released from Federal
regulation.
Articles under restricted
movement in the fire ant
quarantined area include soil,
plants with roots, grass sod, hay
and straw, logs and wood, and
used soil-moving equipment. To
move these items legally to
uninfested areas, they must be
inspected and certified free of
fire ants by a State or Federal
plant protection official.
Imported fire ants are a threat
to urban, as well as rural areas.
Heavy infestations of the ants can
make parks and recreation areas
virtually unusable.
The ants often inflict painful
stings on man and animals and
their large mounds can damage
farm machinery and make
farming difficult.
Known infestations of fire ants
occur in nine Southern States-
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Texas.
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Pa. Banks Still Strong on Farm Loan
Pennsylvania banks have
continued to, provide farmers
with more credit and other
financial services than any other
lenders in the state, according to
the Pennsylvania Bankers
Association.
At the beginning of 1971, nearly
89 per cent of the insured banks in
Pennsylvania provided farmers
with $339 million in loans, which
is three per cent above the
previous year. This total con
sisted of $173 million in
production loans and $166 million
in farm mortgages.
Some 67 per cent of the
production credit extended by
lending institutions to Penn
sylvania farmers came from
banks.
Other sources of farmer credit
included $l4 million in farm loans
from life insurance companies;
$75 million from the federal land
banks; $74 million from
production credit associations;
and $l3 million in non-real estate
loans, plus $3 million in real
estate loans, from the Farmers
Home Administration.
Paul E. Renner, chairman of
the PBA Agricultural Committee
and vice president of the Get
tysburg National Bank, said that
“Bankers in Pennsylvania are
aware of the large capital in
vestments required in
agriculture and are attempting to
meet the credit demands of the
state’s farmers through effective
lending programs.”
The increased use of farm
credit, according to Renner, has
been accompanied by a sub
stantial gain in the total assets of
farm families. As a result, the
equity position of farmers,
contrary to public opinion, is
being mantained at satisfactory
levels.
Nationally, farm families have
$249 billion of their own funds
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