The recent Exotic Weekend ill held
at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, spon
sored by American Breeders Service,
featured an Exhibition Hall of 16
Canadian Breed Associations and 71
pens of progeny representing 17
Exotic and domestic breeds. In ad
dition, ABS had 14 exhibits featuring*
their programs and services, and
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exhibitors. This added attraction of
exhibits proved to be very popular
with the more than 2,500 cattlemen
that attended the two-day event. As
one breed exhibitor stated at the
event's conclusion, “When we ac
cepted the invitation to exhibit, we
were expecting little, but this was, by
far, one of the most successful shows
we have been at."
India-A total of $lOO,OOO
was riased by recycling
between six and seven
thousand empty CARE
cooking oil tins and flour
bags at five and ten cents
each respectively. The
money is being used to help
support CARE food and
nutrition education projects
in India, where the agency
feeds almost 11 million
people daily.
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Speaking
by Dale Bray
Entomologist
University of Delaware
Back with the first cool
days of early autumn, many
insects started to settle down
for a long winter sleep.
Sometimes this sleep is
passed in the egg stage.
Other change to pupae, while
a few, such as the monarch
butterfly, migrate to war
mer climates.
There are records of the
monarch butterfly traveling
all the way from the Hudson
Bay area of Canada to
Mexico. The Toronto
museum of Canada has
banded thousands of them
and over the years has ac
cumulated a most in
teresting story of butterfly
migration. I was once lucky
enough to collect one of these
banded monarchs in Newark
which had been released on
the northern shores of Lake
Ontario. In the spring these
migrants work their way
north to lay eggs on milk
weeds and start a new
generation.
There is another way for
insects to pass the winter
that proves annoying to
housewives - hibernation of
the adult insect. And where
is a better place for an insect
to go to spend the winter than
in our homes?
One of the most annoying
household hibemators is the
bozelder bug. This is a red
and black bug that can ac
cumulate by dozens or even
hundreds on the sides of
homes where box elder trees
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of Insects
grow. Eventually they crawl
through small cracks in the
walls - yes, all houses have
such cracks. Once inside,
they settle down for the
winter. But they don’t count
on the tropical effect of a
modem heated house, and
sometimes their winter sleep
is broken early by this heat.
Then they wander around ■
seeking a way out, only to
end up inside the house.
Fortunately they almost
never cause any damage or
do any biting, but the
average housewife is not
receptive to bugs crawling
around the place or climbing
up lace curtains.
To control this pest, spray
them with malathion to
which some liquid detergent
is added. The insecticide
alone won’t kill them, so be
sure to use the detergent. It
is best to apply this spray
outside the house as the bugs
congregate on the tree or
foundation of the house.
Inside use a pyrethrum
(pyrethrins) aerosol spray.
This only knocks the bugs
down, so you will need to
sweep them up and bum
them or dispose of them
some other way so that they
don’t get back on their feet to
re-invade your rooms. If you
have a box elder tree that
bears seeds, get an axe and
prune the tree - at ground
level. Hie bugs don’t seem to
survive on the male trees -
these without seed.
Many other insects
hibernate in houses during
the fall and winter. They
include flies and hornets of
many kinds, elm leaf
beetles, weevils and lady
bugs. None of these will
likely cause any trouble -
except to annoy the
homeowners.
Note: Dr. Dale F. Bray is
chairman of the department
of entomology and applied
ecology at the University of
Delaware.
Open House
Set - Dec. 18
Dr. Samuel Guss, ex
tension veterinarian from
Penn State, will be the
featured speaker at the Sol-
Air Feedlot Open House and
Conference to be held on
Wednesday, December 18th.
The meeting is being
sponsored by Caleb M.
Wenger and will be held at
his shop, two miles south of
the Buck on Route 272.
Other speakers for the
conference will include
Max M. Smith, extension
agent and Ken Peterson,
vice-president of Vandale,
Inc. along with a talk on
forage to be given by John
Martin, a Madison Silo
representative.
The economics of ex
pansion planning and far
ming will be discussed
during a panel discussion
that will include Richard
Bowman, Robert Bucher,
and Lester Groff.
The event will be
moderated by Everett
Newswanger, advertising
agent for the firm. The
program beings at 9:30 a.m.
with coffee and doughnuts
and will end at 3:00 p.m. with
the awarding of door prizes.
Lunch will be free by
reservation.
Prevent Clothing Fires
Clothing fires cause
thousands of deaths and
injuries each year. And the
most frequent victims are
children and the elderly.
According to Extension
safety specialists at The
Pennsylvania State
University, trouble starts
when people fail to keep a
respectful distance from
stoves, heaters, fireplaces
and outdoor fires. If clothing
does catch on fire,
remember this life-saving
rule: Do not run. Instead,
roll on the ground or floor
and smother the fire with
coat or blanket.
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