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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 4, 1973
Witmer Elected To
Church Pension Board
Albert F. Witmer
Albert F. Witmer, member of
the Board of Directors of The
First National Bank of Strasburg
and retired managing officer.
Gypsy Moth Lure Studied
Experimental work on a sex
lure to confuse the male gypsy
moth and prevent mating is now
underway, it was announced by
Pennsylvania Agriculture
Secretary Jim McHale.
The secretary said that an area
of 12 square miles in Somerset
and Bedford Counties will receive
aerial treatment of the sex lure
hormone during the week
beginning July 23. This ex
periment to block the mating
patterns of the gypsy moth is
being conducted by the Penn
sylvania Agriculture Department
in cooperation with the United
States Department of Agriculture
and Pennsylvania State
University.
The gypsy moth has been
ravaging forests in the nor
theastern section of the Com
monwealth for the past couple of
years. This voracious insect is
now spreading westward.
Control and suppression of this
prolific insect is handled by the
Department of Environmental
Resources. If the Agriculture
Department’s sex lure ex
periment is successful, any.
deterrent developed will be
turned over to DER.
PUBLIC SALE
120 HEAD OF HIGH GRADE
HOLSTEIN DAIRY COWS
This sale will be held at the ABERDEEN SALES CO.
INC. dairy barn arena located on Md. Rt. 22, 6 mi. east
of Bel Air, Md. and 6 mi. west of Aberdeen, Md. in
Churchville, Harford County Maryland. (Churchvilie is
easily reached from either Rt. 1 or 1-95) on
FRIDAY NIGHT
AUGUST 10, 1973
8 P.M. EDST
This sale features the entire herd of Mrs. Carolyn Fielder of
Churchville, Md. There are 41 young, clean cows; most are
coining with their 2nd or 3rd calves. Eight are recently fresh;
14 are dry, balance in full flow of milk and re-bred for fall
freshening. All have been examined for pregnancy.
We will also sell the complete herd of Mr. Thomas Hayden of
Rising Sun, Md. This is a good working herd of cows. Artificial
breeding from Sire Power has been used for many years.
Seven cows recently freshened; 10 are springers; balance in
full flow of milk and re-bred for average months. There are 15
open heifers by some of the best bulls from Sire Power; King
Ivanhoe, Charm, Transmitter, Lucky and many more. All
have been examined for pregnancy.
There will also be a consignment of 15 cows and heifers from
one local herd that are either just fresh or springing.
AH cattle are T. B. Accredited; Certified Bangs Free; tested
within 30 days of sale for interstate shipment.
ABERDEEN SALES CO., INC.
Box C Aberdeen, Md COMPLETE AUCTION SERVICE
Phone. 301-734-6050 PRIVATE SALES DAILY
734-7105 TRUCKING AVAILABLE
was recently elected as a
member of the Board of Pensions
of the Eastern Pennsylvania
Conference of the United
Methodist Church. The con
ference encompasses all of
Eastern Pennsylvania except
Dauphin County.
Witmer has been associated
with the Methodist Church and its
United Brethern affiliation for 60
years. He served as a delegate to
its annual conference for 30 years
and attended five world con
ferences. He has also been a
member of the Masonic
Fraternity Lamberton Lodge 476
for over half a century and is
treasurer and ar board member of
the Water Street Rescue Mission.
The Lancaster County native
joined The First National
Bank of Strasburg in 1943 as
cashier He was managing officer
until his retirement in 1963.
Henry Nixon, director of the
Agriculture Department’s
Bureau of Plant Industry, said
residents in and near the 12 mile
area to be treated have been
notified. The area is in Shade
Twp., Somerset County, and
Juniata Twp., Bedford County.
Nixon explained that the
treatment consists “of the aerial
application of micro
encapsulated disparlure, a
pheromone or sex lure, over a
wide area of forests and fields,”
He said the disparlure is a
synthetic reproduction of the
female attracting scent which
has been tested and proven
harmless to humans, birds,
wildlife and domesticated
animals.
It is hoped, he said, that the
disparlure confuses the males,
preventing them from mating
and thereby reducing the insect
population.
Nixon added that pre- and post
season egg mass counts will be
conducted to determine if the
treatment had any effecft.
Comparison counts will be taken
in other areas.
Sire Power-NEBA
Open House Sept. 8
SIRE POWER and NEBA have
set the date of Saturday, Sep
tember Bth for their Open House
at 0 the Tunkhannock
Headquarters. Activities will
begin at 10:30 a.m. with
educational demonstrations and
displays in the barn, lab and
office facilities. A pit barbecue of
choice beef will be served for
lunch.
The afternoon program will be
highlighted by a parade of the
newest A. I. Proven Sires, some
of their daughters and the Young
Sires due to enter the sampling
phase of development in 1973-
1974.
Tickets for the Open House are
available from all NEBA
■Technicians and SIRE POWER
Representatives for $1.50 in
advance sales before September
Ist and $2.00 after that date and
at the door.
Adams and Son
John Adams was the only
president of the United States
whose son also became presi
dent John Quincy Adams was
the sixth U S president. John
Adams lived to the age of 90;
his son, John Quincy, died at
80.
BACKHOES
and
Payloaders
FOR SALE
Cat 9228 Loader
Terex Articulated loader
Michigan 125 Payloader
Case W 9 payloader
Lorain payloader
(3) Case 1537 Uniloaders
(2) Case 1530 Uniloaders
Melroe 600 bobcat
(2) Melroe 500 bobcats
2 Owattona Mustang
Universal Uniloader
Case 580 CK loader
Backhoe (150 hours)
2-Case 580 CK loader Backhoe
2-Case 530 CK loader Backhoe
Case 680 CK loader
Ford 4500 loader Backhoe
Ford 3400 loader Backhoe
Case 420 loader backhoe
2 Huber Maintainers
M.E. 2200 loader backhoe
2-Parson loader backhoe
MORE ARRIVING DAILY
WENGER’S FARM
MACHINERY, INC.
So. Race St.
Myerstown, Pa.
Ph. 717-866-2138
THE NEW OWNERSHIP OF
lANCASTER STOCKYARDS INC.
WILL CONTINUE THE POLICY OF A
STOCKER AND FEEDER AUCTION SALE
ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH FRIDAY EACH MONTH
Next Sole August 10, 1973
• ~ SALE STARTS AT 1:00 P.M.
All Grades. Breeds, Weights Load Lots Small Lots
Lancaster Stockyards, Inc.
LANCASTER, PA. PH. 717-394-2611
MEMBER DEALERS
WALTER I\l DUNLAP & SONS JOHNSON CATTLE CO T G KREIDER
.1 M IMIORKR 4-SON MERTON W MeCOY EDW L BROWN
LOUIS LYONS & SON V\M W MeCOY ' s HEILBRON & SONS
Sanitary Lid
Requirements Proposed
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) proposed a
change in regulations to require
the lids of glass jars containing
meat and poultry products to be
designed to prevent the
possibility of any dirt or insects
getting into the jar.
Officials of USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) said numerous con
sumer complaints have been
received concerning the quick
twist, screw-on, and snap-on-type
lids on containers of meat food
products.
APHIS officials said that
because of the space that exists
between the inner edge of the
lid’s rim and the container itself,
dirt and insects are able to collect
inside the lip of the jar lid. When
the jar is opened and the vacuum
seal is broken, the in-rushing air
may carry the dirt or insects into
the jar.
QUALITY DAIRY CATTLE FOR SALE
BLACK and WHITE HOLSTEIN FARMS
2220 Dairy Road Lancaster, Penna.
JJJ REGISTERED & GRADE HOLSTEINS 100
HEAD on hand at all times HEAD
CANADIAN—WISCONSIN—MINNESOTA
All cattle hand picked for type, conformation and
perfect udder development, most of them, with good
production and B.F. records. NOTE: Will deliver from 4
head to a carload subject to your approval to your farm
at anytime.
Pennsylvania’s Largest Sales Pavilion
Dairy Cattle Auction Sale 3rd Friday Night Every Month
CHARLES C. MYERS, Owner. Phone i JJJSSS
Park Myers, Sales Mgr. Private Sales Daily
SPECIAL
W SALE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17
7:30 P.M.
All Weights Steers, Calves, and Cows.
Charolais, Angus and Hereford calves and yearling
steers and heifers. No paint marks or hip tags on any of
these cattle All cattle weighed on sale day.
Beef breeds and some holstem steers-Sorted in
uniform lots
For further information, contact:
J. FRANCIS TINSMAN
LEESBURG LIVESTOCK MARKET
Phone 777-1411 Rhone 777-3521
Regular Sale Day every Monday 2:00 P.M.
Rian now to attend this sale, as quality pays in many ways
Under the proposal, container
lids must be designed so that
foreign matter cannot get to the
inner part of the lid. This can be
done by eliminating the space
between the lid and the container,
or by placing a seal over that
space.
The proposed amendment was
published in the Federal Register
July 23. Comments on the
proposal must be filed in
duplicate by Oct. 1 with the
Hearing Clerk, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
20250.
Persons wishing to be heard
orally should submit their
requests promptly to Scientific
Services, Scientific and
Technical Services, USDA,
Washington, D. C. 20250. Com
ments received will be available
for public review.