ANOTHER SATISFIED USER OF
STA-RITE Milking Equipment
Lewis H. Denlinger, Paradise, Pa., says his Sta-Rite milking equipment cuts his milking time
almost in half.
Also his wife likes not carrying the buckets and they both think the Sta-Rite milking
equipment is “just great”.
See these men for expert help in designing a milking system
to fit your operation.
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AVONDALE SALESMAN
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. 12,1974
Gypsy Moth
Defoliation
Survey figures compiled
from this year’s aerial
surveillance flights by the
Bureau of Forestry of the
Department 'of En
vironmental Resources,
show that 479,590 acres were
defoliated by the Gypsy
moth in 1974. This represents
a pleasant 44 percent
reduction over the acreage
defoliated in 1973, instead of
an increase as anticipted.
The major declines were
principally in Monroe and
Pike Counties where 406,400
acres were defoliated last
year at which experienced
only 11,210 acres defoliated
this year, a 97 percent
reduction. These reductions
were expected in the
Poconos, but the rate of
spread into new areas was
considerably less than in
previous years.
The decreases were
primarily the result of
biological forces, although
various Government and
privately conducted
spraying projects prevented
defoliation on an estimated
150,000 acres. A stress in
duced virus disease,
probably resulting from
over-population, appeared to
be the principal cause of the
decline, followed by in
creasing amounts of parasite
activity.
The following indicates the
damage sustained by
counties in Southeastern
Pennsylvania:
Acreage moderately
defoliated (30 to 60 percent:
Berks 40,310, Bucks 25,130,
Montgomery 4,830.
Acreage heavily defoliated
(over 60 percent): Berks
9,150, Bucks 6,400, Mon
tgomery 0.
Total 1974 defoliation:
Berks 49,460, Bucks 31,530,
Montgomery 4,830.
Total 1973 defoliation:
Berks 69,120, Bucks 29,470,
Montgomery 4,330.
The four counties of
Schuykill, Carbon, Luzerne,
and Centre accounted for 68
percent of the total
defoliation. There are at
least five other counties
where the populations are
building to the point where
problems may be expected
in 1975. These are Chester,
Columbia, Lancaster,
Lycoming, and Nor
thumberland.
Population declines in the
older-infested counties east
of the Susquehanna River
were not shared west of the
river. The central Penn
sylvania area showed an
increase in defoliation in a 5
county area from 14,670
acres in 1973 to 95,460 acres
in 1974. Consequently, the
Gypsy moth problem is not
disappearing, but is shifting
to new areas.
Kiwi Fruit
Has Potential
An odd-looking fruit that
looks non-edible promises to
provide American con
sumers a nutritious new
taste treat and American
farmers a lucrative new
crop.
It’s kiwi, known to some as
the Chinese gooseberry.
Native to Asia, the fruit was
first produced commerically
in New Zealand where it was
named “kiwi” after the
country’s national bird.
About the size of a hen egg,
it has a brownish skin with a
covering of short, stiff haris.
When peeled and sliced, kiwi
fruit has a green flesh that
becomes a cream shade at
the center. Its taste is
described as a combination
of strawberry, rhubarb, and
pineapple.
The fruit has a higher
Vitamin C content than
citrus, is rich in iron, and its
enzymes reportedly aid in
digestion.
While most of the kiwi fruit
now being sold in this
country is imported, an
estimated 300 growers
planted about 2,000 acres of
kiwi vines in California last
year. Culture of kiwi plants
is similar to that of grapes.
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