Wasp Foreign Wasp vi. Bean Beetle After the first suceasful year of watching Pcdiobius foveolatui, a beneficial wasp from India, spreading through Maryland’s soybean fields, entomologist Allen L. Stelnhauer can see lower insecticide costs for growers this year. Dr. Stelnhauer, of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, is PUBIIC SALE SATURDAY. MAY 31,1975 2:00 P.M. Located in Cumberland County, PA, 4 miles North oi Newville alone Highway 233 140 ACRE DAIRY FARM Large brick house, bank bam 50 x 72 stanchions for 46 cows, implement & com shed 34 x 50, 3 concrete stave silos, large milk house, chicken house & pig stable, 112 acres tillable land, 28 acres pasture with springs and streams. Owner is 72 years old and wants to retire. Terms: 10 percent down sale day. Possession can be had Sept. 1 or Dec. 1. Owner will take mortgage up to 65 percent of the purchase price at 7 percent rate of interest. Open for inspection May 17 - 24 - 30. For other information, call: PAUL E. SANGER, REAL ESTATE AUCTIONEER Phone 717-272-1025 Lebanon, PA John A. Chestnut, Owner ERWIN (BUTCH) WILKINS COMPLETE DISPERSAL Lakeside Lathrop Twp. Susq. Co The following personal property will to sold at Public Auction Located 5 miles East of Springville or Oimock on the macadam road leading to Union Church & Lakeside. five miles Northwest of Nicholson & Rt. 11. Watch for Bunnells Auction Arrows. SATURDAY, MAY 3, ‘75 11:00 A.M., Rain or Shine 41 HI-GRADE HOLSTEINS 9 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS All 30 day TB & blood tested free herd. Penna. & interstate health charts on sale day. Majority calfhood Vacc. Pregnancy examined. This Susq. Co. herd consists of 38 milch cows, 8 Regi, 10 fresh recently, 6 bred for spring, 10 bred for late summer & early fall. Three 2 yr. old hfrs. bred for fall, Brown Swiss heifer calf, cross-breed heifer calf, 8 Hols, started calves, a real nice Reg. calf out of a Peters Farms ABC Ivanhoe and a Tidy Burks Forty-Niner dam. Mr. Wilkins purchased for his coundation animals from Margaret Peterson, Floyd Jacques and has always used NEBA & ABS sires. This herd offers a choice of Ist, 2nd & 3rd calf cows from A-l proved sires. Your personal inspection in vited. Attend this sale where every animal sells exactly as represented. 1973 Ford 5200 Diesel Tractor Like new, wide front end, wgts., P.S., independent PTO, only 400 hrs. John Deere 620 gas tractor, P.S., LPTO, A-l, ready for spring work; tractor chains, New Holland 477 haybine, like new; NH 512 PTO manure spreader, new fail 1974; NH 5 ton wagon with silage box, Papec PTO field chopper with corn head, JD snow plow, JD No. 24T baler with thrower, A-l; 24 ft. portable hay elevator, 2 baler hay wagons, Papec endless belt blower, JD Tr - A or B cultivator, Sears 6 hp. ride lawnmower, Semen nitrogen tank & breeding kit. 1000 bales of ea?ly cut mixed hay, 10 ft. corn silage, IHC 2 row corn planter, JD side rake, gram drill, 2 JD harrows, 10 & 12 ft., A-l; JD No. 810 3 pt. h. 3b. 14 in mounted plows, JD 3 pt. h. 3b. 16 fii. mounted plows. Solar 650 Gal. Bulk Tank, Complete, A-l 4 Surge SS milker units, SS vats, SS strainer & pads, 52 gal. water heater, loading jack, endless belt, feed cart, fourteen bales of twine, seed corn, set of bobsleds, dog tread, 2 cast iron butchering kettles, copper kettle, grease cartridges, % drum roller grease, barb wire & many other items. Terms - All Settlements on Day of Sale Lunch Served Erwin & Dianna Wilkins, Owners Hop Bottom, PA, R.D.I MERTON L. BUNNELL, Auct. & Sate Mgr. Springvllle, Pa. Ph. 965-2375 Kills Soybean Pests In Maryland project leader for a 3-year stlidy on alternative controls for Mexican bean beetles under an ARS cooperative agreement. The Mexican bean beetle is a primary pest of soybeans in the Middle Atlantic states. Both the pest and the price of soybeans have been on a steady rise for 3 years, giving farmers more reason to use insecticides: protection of a more valuable crop. Last year the cost of chemical controls averaged over |5 an acre. Enter P. foveolatui. In the summer of 1973, Dr. Stelnhauer released the parasitic wasps at six diverse sites. Within several weeks they were destroying bean beetle larvae in soybean fields as far as 40 miles from the dispersal sites. In the spring of 1974, the scientists increased the release sites to an average of 34 in each of 12 Maryland counties. From 200 to 1,000 wasps were freed from each site, with additional releases made later. For the summer of 1974, licenced aircraft insecticide applicators reported a drop in soybean field spraying of from 1-3 to from 1973 levels. By September the wasps had parasitized an average of 83.3 percent of Mexican bean beetle larvae sampled in all counties. The resulting declined in bean beetle numbers has been dramatic enough for Dr. Steinhauer to discuss possible large-scale control efforts. “A routine of releasing the parasitic wasps each May when the beetle larvae are in sufficient numbers could potentially control the beetles,” says Dr. Steinhauer. The program being designed in Maryland is for innoculative releases, meaning that the parasite must be rereleased each year since it does not overwinter in Maryland. “However, it is probably adaptable to any soybean growing area in the United States,” says Dr. Steinhauer, “and an ef fective control program could probably be worked out by State agencies.” The soybean plant is ideal for biological controls. It can tolerate 30 percent defoliation before flowering, and an additional 10 percent after its pods form, without a loss in bean yield. Growers can therefore afford to postpone insecticide until l7pppr<?-':- * The Romant. called the img tmgei the “medical fmgei ” because the> thought a nerve ran directh from it to the heart With this belief at hand lhe\ used the louith lingei to stir medicines FARMERSVILLE AUCTION LARGE ANTIQUE SALE HIES. EVE., APRIL 29, 1975 5:00 P.M. In Farmersville, 3 miles East of Brownstown, Lancaster County, PA High-top cylinder desk, oval china closet w mirrorback; oak bedroom suites; 5 sets chairs, including Vz spindle, oak butternut, balloon back w-matchmg rocker, Phila. comb back Windsor rocker signed W.S, Lester piano, 2 dry sinks {1 high top); 2 round pedestal tables (oak & walnut); dove-tailed blanket chests, new & old quilts; cherry rope bed, marble-top dresser & wash stand, oak & brass clothes trees, copper kettle, flour chest; mahogany carved arm chair; chip chest; Mother Goose child’s rocker, marble top wall table; oak hall rack; Heisey glass pit cher & 12 tumblers; crocks & bottles, Haviland china dinner set; depression & carnival glass; spinet desk; Kmgsrose plate, Adams plates w rabbits in center; lots of unpacked boxes, etc, etc. TERMS BY: John J. Rutt We sell on commission at 20%. Call 717-354-5095 Next Sale May 6 this 40 percent threshold is reached. In the meantime, the tiny beetle-hunting wasp can be at work against the beetle. Smaller than a gnat, P. foveolatui was discovered by entomologist George W. Angalet of USDA's Agricultural Research Service during a search in India for insects beneficial to man. The non-stinging wasps were men imported into the United States under an ARS sponsored Public Law 480 program at Bangalore, India. They were sub sequently studied by ARS entomologists at Moorestown, N.J., and declared non-injurious to any other beneficial insect. ARS tests in New Jersey in the 1960’s proved the little wasp an effective weapon in ambushing the Mexican beetle. From 80 tp 90 percent of the bean beetle populations at test sites were destroyed by P. foveolatus. ARS then provided Dr. Steinhauer with 6,754 ad ditional wasps from stock obtained from the Com monwealth Institute of Biological Control, Bangalore, India. Here is how Dr. Steinhauer’s method of distributing the wasp works. First, lima beans are planted in the greenhouse. When the plants have abundant foliage, large numbers of Mexican bean beetles are released. The beetles become established, reproduce, and their larvae feed on the underside of the bean leaves. Next, several thousand of the parasitic wasps are released into the greenhouse. The female wasps deposit from 10 to 20 eggs in each beetle larva. Then the lima bean plants are lifted, and transplanted to soybean fields. Baby wasps now use the beetle larvae as food, develop into adults, and emerge to find other beetle larvae on the soybean plants in the fields. Another tested dispersal -l>9 ? fin 'j 1./i ' Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26,1975 plan, employing the same principle, involved county extension agents who supervised nurse crops of snap beans situated at the edge of a soybean field. Since the project started, publlcsale DAIRY HERD & MILKING EQUIPMENT THURS. EVE., MAY 1, 1975 AT 6:30 P.M. touted approx. Z'/> miles West of York New Salem or about V? mile West of Sloverstown near SI Paul's Union Church along the Sloverstown Rd in York Co, PA. (Watch (or arrows to sale) 30 HEAD HOLSIQN DAIRY CATTLE 30 HEAD Approx. 18 head milk cows in all stages of lactation, 2 springing hfrs., 2 bred hfrs., 2 yearling bulls, & 1 yearling hfr., and 4 hfrs. & I bull 4 to 6 mo. old. This is an accredited herd & health charts will be issued day of sale. Don’t miss this sale for good herd replacements. Milking Equipment: G.E. milk cooler; several 10 gal. milk cans; stainless steel wash tubs; S.S. buckets & strainers; Hinnman milking machine; Ig. ther mostat controlled bam fan; bam cleaner w-1 HP motor, & other misc. items. Terms; Cash or approved check. Mr. & Mrs. James Ruhland RDI Spring Grove, PA, owners Robert L Sechrist, Auctioneer Phone 382-4379 Andersons, Clerks Not Responsible For Accidents. DAVID JACK AUCTION SALE Factoryville, PA Due to my present ill health I will sell the following personal property. Located 2 miles East of U.S. Rf 6 & 11 at Factoryville, 2 miles West of Fleetwlle via Rt. 107,1 mile South of Lakeland Golf Course. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 75 10:30 A.M., Rain or Shine 1968 IHC 1800 Load Master Diesel Tandem Truck With Detroit Diesel Engine, Dump Body, Good Tires, Excellent Condition. 19701HC1800 Load Star gas dump truck, 5 sp., with 2 sp. rear axle, air, with Western snow plow, with Myers tailgate cinder spreader, A-l and a real clean truck; 1972 Eager Beaver low bed trailer, good rubber, A-l; Nova six cyl. snow or dirt conveyer with auto-clutch, H.D. air compressor with 5 hp. elec, motor, H.D. air grease gun, transmission greaser & cart, acetylene torches, gauges & hoses, eight 1000x20x12 ply tires with wheels, ten 14.5 low bed tires & wheels. 1972 JD Diesel Model 4508 Bucket Crawler With Scarifier only 600 Hrs., A-l Massey 35 diesel deluxe tractor, A-l; 1969 JD diesel bulldozer with 9Vi foot angle blade, h.d. winch, snow plow blade, lights & h.d. pads, low hrs. & ready for work; 1970 Huber 3 to 5 T. gas roller, used only 200 hrs.; 3 pt. h. York dirt rake, Dag-a-long roller, 3 pt. h. 4 ft. Roto-Tiller, Weaver commercial car washer with 650 lb. pressure, wheel calculator, Ford 3 pt. h. terrace blade, 6 hyd. jacks, 3 floor hyd. jacks, 2 R.R. jacks, set % in. socket wrenches, Tow-log & bulldozer chains. 2-Vi in. elec, drills, Wren sander & Polisher, I.R. wrench, XL power saw, Lincoln 225 amp welder, set open end wrenches, bolt cutters, 2 oil pumps & drums, Com-a-long, chain hoist, 4 Beacon warning lights, 6 chains binders, 3 pt. h. pickup, 600 gal fuel tank, 60 gal. gas tank, 3 steel beams, angle iron, cable, truck air tanks, compressors, 100 7 /s steel stakes, drum holder, hand carts, truck chains, snatch boxes, grease guns, axes, picks, shovels, brooms, anti-freeze, oil & many other items. Auctioneer’s Note: All the above machinery is in extraordinary condition and make plans now to attend this top equipment sale. Lunch MERTON L. BUNNELL, Auctioneer Springville, PA DARRYL CECCOLI, Auctioneer Maryland researchers have sent the parasitic wasps to Florida, South Carolina, Virginia and Delaware where separate studies have begun. In Delaware, experiment station entomologists released the parasitic wasps at 44 site. Benton Twp Terms-Cash or Approved Check DAVID JACK, owner Factoryville, R.D.2, PA 57 Lacks. Co
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