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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 26,1978
Conf. committee approves CFTC bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A
Senate-House Conference
Committee Thursday
reached agreement on
legislation extending the life
of Commodity Futures
Trading Commission for
Unwanted mushrooms
NEWARK, Del.
Mushrooms are fine for
soups and steaks. But when
they pop up in one’s lawn and
garden - that’s a different
story.
Mushrooms, or toadstools,
are the fruiting bodies of
certain fungus organisms.
These fungi grow on rotting
wood, leafinold and other
organic matter in and on the
soil. The recent rainy
weather has favored their
development and they’re
suddenly springing up all
over the phce.
Chief objections to
Conn, seed firm settles
NEW YORK, N.Y. -
Derby Seed Co., Derby,
Conn., has paid $1,050 to
settle a case involving
alleged violations of a
federal thruth-in-labeling
law. U.S. Department of
Agriculture officials had
charged the firm with
violating the Federal Seed
Act, a law intended to
protect farmers and con
sumers who buy seed.
Clyde R. Edwards, seed
official with USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing
Service, said the firm, in
agreeing to the settlement,
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four years and strengthening
regulation of the $l.l trillion
commodity futures industry.
Senator Herman E.
Talmadge of Georgia,
chairman of the Senate
Committee on Agriculture,
appearing now
mushrooms are their
poisonous reputation, un
sightly appearance and
damage to turf grass. Few of
them are really poisonous,
but one should play it safe,
and warn children never to
eat wild mushrooms.
Mushrooms vary in size,
shape and color. Though
interesting in themselves or
in a woodland setting, they
don’t add much to the lawn
of other garden areas. And in
large numbers they can
make it pretty slippery
underfoot.
Most mushroom fungi are
actually beneficial, serving
neither admitted nor denied
the charges.
The case involved three
shipments of perennial and
annual ryegrass seed to
Massachusetts, New Jersey,
and Rhode Island in 1975 and
1977
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greater safeguards for the
investing public and fop
producers of agricultural
commodities, which make
to break down organic
matter into soil-enriching
humus. Among the ex
ceptions are those that cause
fairy rings m lawns. These
are circles or arcs of dark
green grass - sometimes
with an inner area of
weakened or dead grass.
Mushrooms often appear in
these rings during wet
weather.
A person can eliminate
unwanted mushrooms by
mowing, raking or hand
picking. When practical, one
can dig up the bits of buried
wood or other organic debris
from which they grow.
Fairy rings are harder to
control than other types. A
person can often disguise
them simply by keeping the
lawn well fertilized and
watered. Sometimes,
however, it’s necessary to
replace the infected soil with
fresh, fungus-free earth.
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drench the area with z
solution of Captan fungicide.
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up a substantial part of
futures trading.
The Conference-approved
bill now goes to the House
and Senate for final
Congressional action.
The
Conference
eliminated a provision added
on the House floor that would
have required all export
sales of any commodity
(except onions) to be
reported within 48 hours to
the Commission. Agriculture
Secretary Bob Bergland and
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a number of commodity
groups strongly opposed the
reporting provision. Under
existing law, major export
sales are reported on a
regular basis to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
The bill contains many
new provisions designed to
strengthen regulations of.
futures trading and to
protect investors against
fraudulent activities. It is
also intended to provide
greater stability in futures
trading, which frequently
significantly affects prices
farmers receive for
agricultural commodities.
The - measure provides
much stiffer criminal
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penalties - both in fines an
prison terms - for persons in'
tiie futures industry who are
convicted of embezzlement,
false representation, theft,,
fraud, market manipulation
and other unlawful ac
tivities.
The bill as agreed to by the
Conference calls for a study
by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture of potato
marketing and potato
futures trading, including
rules and regulations of the
Commission over such
trading. Recommendations
for legislative or regulatory
changes growing out of the
study would be submitted to
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