IT-Vear Locusts Spotted in Pa.
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Brood XIV of tbo
periodical Cicada has
checked into the aoutbern
tier of Pennsylvania right on
schedule. Better known.as
17-year locusts, a male of the
species was captured
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The periodical Cicada is
unique among all creatures
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on the earth as It haa the fruit growers,
longest .reproductive cycle, The adult Cicada neither
exactly 17 yean. Each year, eats, bites nor stings,
with another brood having However, their peculiar egg
readied an advanced pupal laying ritual takes its toll in
stage, the Cicada return the yield of mature fruit
from deep underground* trees and may kill or per
where they have wintered manently stunt young
and summered for the past • nursery stock. The females
17 years. They quickly shed cut a series of slits in the
their skins for the last time twigs of trees in which they
and emerge as adults. deposit their eggs. Thus
These annual crops of weakened, the twigs will
adult Cicadae are identified eventually wither and snap
as Broods, I through XVII. in the wind sharply cur-
Only eight of the broods are tailing! the harvest of fruit,
big enough to be catalogued However, this activity
by the Bureau of Plant In- presents no problem to other
dustry. The largest, Brood forested areas.
X, will not re-appear until
1987. But this year’s brood,
XIV, is in a close race with
Brood n, as the second
largest. The latter will be
back in 1979.
The 18-county area with
the heaviest infestations for
1974 includes Adams,
Bedord, Berks, Blair,
Clearfield, Clinton, Cum
berland, Franklin, Lehigh,
Luzerne, Montour, Nor
thumberland, Potter,
Snyder, Schuylkill, Tioga,
Union and York.
Despite the menacing
specter of the huge numbers
of the large insects and the
deafening shriek of the male
of the species, the
emergence of large numbers
of periodical Cicadae
presents a threat only to tree
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e apologize
for the inconvenience
we caused in the
process of moving.
I If you think we were confused
then. You should see us now.
The eggs hatch as nymphs
about six weeks later and fall
to the ground to begin
burrowing underground
where they’ll spend the next
17'years. Another distinct
race of the periodical
Cicada, limited primarily to
the southeastern quandrant
of the United States, com
pletes its reproductive cycle
in just 13 years.
While large numbers of the
Cicadae worry fruit farmers
and annoy everyone else, the
emergence of a brood in a
given area signals a time of
plenty for birds and other
creatures of the wild who
include insects in their diet.
Even pet dogs and cats look
upon the Cicada as a tasty
morsel.
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Some people believe that
“hot cross bunsV.si.will keep
for a year without becoming
moldy, and hang them up
for good luck!
Uncartr Ftrmii
USDA Suspends
Firm’s License
Brel’s Foods, Inc., of
Philadelphia, Penna., has
been declared ineligible to
operate in the produce
business under the
Perishable Agricultural
Commodities Act (PACA),
the U. S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) an
nounced.
According to USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing
Service, the firm’s license
was suspended May 17
following failure to pay a
reparation award of $5,707 to
a New Jersey wholesaler for
seven lots of potatoes and
onions purchased during
April, 1974.
The firm answered the
charges but based on the
evidence submitted, USDA
ordered payment of the full
amount claimed. The firm
may not resume operation
under the PACA until the
award is Satisfied and ap
proval is gained from USDA.
Also, the firm’s officers,
directors, and' holders of
more than ten percent of the
stock majr not be er ployed,
or affiliated with any
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Wenger's Feed Mill Inc.
Ph: 367-1195
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West Willow Farmers Assn., Inc.
June 8.1974-
S«turd«'
licensed firm without USDA
approval. The officers,
directors, and stockholders
of BreTs Foods, Inc. are
Liliiam Feldman, Sandra
FeldmUn, and Robert
Feldman.
PACA established a code
of good business conduct for
the produce industry. It
requires licenses for in
terstate traders in fresh and
frozen fruits and vegetables
and authorizes USDA to
suspend or revoke a trader’s
license for violating the Act.
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