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Pa.—Peach Tree Borer is an extremely
common destructive pest of peach as well as plum,
cherry, and apricot trees.'A mass of amber • colored gum
that contains reddish-brown droppings and sawdust near
the base of the tree trunk is indicative of their presence.
Borers destroy the tree by feeding on die inner bark from
about 12 inches above the soil line to 2-3 inches below.
Gum secretions can also be caused by other injuries to
peach trees. Positive diagnosis of borers is best made by
carefully cutting away a small area of the bark where the
borers are suspected and looking for the larvae in their
burrows. The larvae have cream colored bodies with
brownish heads, and ultimately reach 1 inch length.
Prevention from now through August is the best pro
tection. An all-purpose fruit spray containing Sevin should
be applied at approximately two week intervals to provide
effective control. The trunk and lower scaffold branches
must be drenched thoroughly so that the chemical drains
into the soil next to the tree trunk.
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grain it takes to make a
million bushels?” Enstead
questioned his York County
guests, while stressing the
almost-beyond
comprehension quantities of
grain harvested by
American farmers.
“A million bushels is equal
to 11,000 acres of corn, or
40,000 acres of soybeans. A
million bushels would fill 90
big grain silos or a string of
300 hopper cars stretching in
a train four miles long,”
emphasized the grain ex
pert.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. August 6,1977
is terminal
Enstead, and Maynard
Huddleston, Canton
Elevator’s plant manager,
were reluctant to predict
prices on this year’s crops.
They acknowledge, though,
that the Baltimore port
facility cannot equal the
prices paid to farmers in the
Mid-Atlantic area by local
feed mills. Therefore, most
of the overseas sales are
filled from the Midwest
grain-belt production.
Exports for soybeans in
1977 are projected at 570
million bushels. Japan
remains the largest volume
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grain purchaser, under a
five-year agreement made
with U.S. suppliers. The
Soviet Union, too, has a
contract for 700 million
bushels of grain, mostly corn
and wheat, but has not
purchased that quantity.
Exporters are not
■ currently subject to any
shipping volume regulations
as they were during the
farmer-angering 1973 grain
embargo, when soybean
shipments were curtailed.
However, there are
numerous federal inspection
requirements that must be
met before grain is cleared
for shipping. Buyers inspect
as well for quality when the
load finally reaches its
destination.
“Grain production is a
vital part of our American
economy, when we consider
the multitude of associated
jobs it creates,” concluded
Enstead. “But we’re not
isolated, and total worldwide
production will always be the
ultimate determining factor
in the market.”
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