—Lancaster, Farmini
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Cereal leaf beetle
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some confusion does exist.
The program to fight the
gypsy moth which, ac
cording to recent newspaper
reports, is expected to cause
some damage in ~isolated
areas in the county, par-
ticularly in Cumru Town
ship, is bein|'conducted by
the state, Haldeman pointed
out, and should not be con
fused with the control' ex
periment for the cereal leaf
beetle.
The function of the Co-
Operative Extension Ser
vice, he further commented,
is primarily an educational
one. Regarding spray
programs, “if people call, we
tell them how to proceed,”
he said.
“Spray programs, have
been operated at the federal,
state, and county levels in
the past, but the county has
not been active in them for
the past couple of years,”
Haldeman continued.
He expressed confidence
that some of the parasites
which have been put out in
similar pest control
programs have been ef
fective. Although
acknowledging that the
cereal leaf beetle control
experiment “is something
which requires close study”
to determine its ef
fectiveness, he pointed out
that the pest does not pose an
immediate threat to crop
yields in Berks County.
In addition to the county
farms in Bern Township, the
infected larvae received at
the Agricultural Center will
be distributed to two other
farm locations in the eastern
and western sections of the
county.
Other educational
programs planned by the
Extension Service during the
coming summer months
include methods of com
bating problems created by
blackbirds and the
Multiflora Bose.
!, Saturday, June 26, 1976
The Berks County Penn
State campus has become
infested with blackbirds,
Haldeman said, “and in the
latter part of July or early
August, we will be out there
using distress bird calls,
noise makers, and the like, to
disturb the flocks coming
into the winter roost area.”
He added that his office
will “also be working with
fanners in an educational
way on the problem of birds
in their feed lots." Although
a date has not yet been set,
an informational meeting
dealing with this problem is
planned for later in the
summer.
The Co-Operative Ex
tension Service and the
County Agricultural
Stabilization Conservation
Service (ASCS) are
cooperating in the program
aimed at combating the
spread of the Multiflora
Rosev The ASCS, whose roll
in the project is cost sharing
with the fanner, said thatA
because of limited funds this
year, five farms in the
county have been selected
for “demonstration only” of
the Tordon 10K Pellets, a
highly effective brush killer
which is applied to the soil
for the control of undesirable
woody plants. The exact
dates, times and locations of
the demonstrations will be
released on availability of
the product which is ex
pected around July 1.
The ASCS is hopeful that
next year funds will be
available to assist all far
mers who wish to enroll.
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Meat imports up
WASHINGTON U.S. ' at only3Bo,622for a n of
cattle imports continue to w ®£® “I® lowest sm ce S
On hog imports th* !
zoom. April total, at 78,492 "total, at 4,637 head
head,-is more than eight- that of year earlier t l *'
times the April 1975 total. April total, at 12,545 h i
That brings cattle imports one-third from a 'V
for the firstfour months of earlier. But, hog imnnp* ye,r
1976 to 290,551 —nearly nine- all of 1975 totaled onhrw fot
times the Jan.-April total of head, down from if’ 7611
a year earlier. But last head In 1974— and the 1 ,3l?1
year’s total cattle imports, since 1969.
Parity unchanged
WASHINGTON Dairy said the current $Bl3
price support prices remain C wt. price for manufacture
unchanged. Secretary of milk would Continue fori?
Agriculture Earl L. Bute, Sept.. quarter. Level ,
noting that milk production support was 80 pet. of nJ,
has been increasihg at a m He estimates' S
greater than seasonal rate, stm be 80 pet. on July \