AlB—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 29,1980
Farm exports to
LTTITZ In fiscal year
1981, exports of U.S. farm
products arc expected to
increase about 20 percent
from last year’s $40.5 billion,
resulting in the 12th con
secutive year of record
export values
Agricultural imports are
also expected to set a record
at $lB 5 billion, leaving the
agricultural trade surplus at
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Poison Possibilities?
A reader asks
Could you please fill me in
on various poison l to
livestock, like prussic acid
from sudangrass, black
cherry, and any other plants
or trees that would be
dangerous? What are the
symptoms and antidotes for
the; e poisons 9
Chris Bonner
105 S Straits Comers Road
Candor, New York 13743
Dr. Sheaffer comments
Looking at the first poison
on your list, prussic acid or
hydrogen cyanide, there are
several plants that are
capable of producing this
compound They are
sorghum or sudangrass
hydbnds, Johnsongrass and
arrow grass, black cherry
and wild cherry,
chokecherry, pmchberry,
and flax
The content of cyanide in
these plants is increased by
anything that damages the
plant parts, such as heavy
fertilization, frost, wilting,
trampling, plant disease,
r.nd herbicide application
An animal that has con
slined any stressed plant in
the above list will show
sudden distress, usually
within five to fifteen
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$3O billion $7 billion larger
than in fiscal 1980
Export volume is forecast
at a record 1 7 0 million tons in
fiscal 1981, up from 164
million last year Feed grain
shipments are expected to
increase about three million
tons to 74 million, while
wheat shipments could rise
four million tons to more
than 41 million Small gams
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minutes Symptoms are
muscle tremors, rapid heart
beat, collapse and ultimately
death The mucous mem
branes and blood may be
cherry red m color
If the animal is seen within
the first few minutes of
distress, treatment is
possible But immediate
action is vital because death
generally occurs within a
short time
One treatment calls for
sodium nitrite to be ad
ministered intravenously
slowly and carefully This
should be followed by
sodium thiosulfate, also
intravenously
Methylene blue therapy is
another antidote
Another potentially
poisonous plant is Brachen
fern, which grows in wooded
areas under large trees,
especially evergreens. This
plant is poisonous to all
classes of livestock, but is
most severe in ruminants
and horses
Pork producers
to fund scholarship
KUTZTOWN - The
Pennsylvania Pork
Producers Council has
decided to establish a
scholarship in memory of
Dwight E. Younkin to be
awarded annually to an
outstanding undergraduate
student at Penn State
University.
The award will go to a
student whose primary
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hit record for 12th straight yea
are forecast foi nee exports
Export volume may
decline for soybeans, cotton,
tobacco, and vegetable oil
U S export volume and
value this year will be
shaped primarily by the
following 1) the drought
reduced U S harvest of feed
grains, oilseeds, and cotton,
2) reduce wheat production
and export prospects in
y
Edgar Sheaffer
Tim Trayer
iii uoiocs, llit- signs ot
poisoning are loss of ap
petite, weakness, and in
coordination There may be
blood in the urine, but this is
not a common symptom
The poison destroys all the
Vitamin Bj in the horse’s
system Treating the horse
with high level doses of B
vitamins, especially
thiamine, and moving it to
another pasture should
counteract the poisoning
In sheep, cattle, and other
ruminants, Brachen fern
ingestion causes a bloody
diarrhea, with manv large
blooa clots in the manure
Sheep that ingest low levels
of Brachen fem develop
bladder tumors and are
blind m bright light
Death is due to rapid blood
loss, weakness and anemia
Treatment consists of
changing pastures and
feeding a good quality diet,
high in protein and
energy Severely anemic
animals should be given
blood transfusions
interest is in the neiu or
swine industry
For further information
write to Herb Schick,
Secretary-Treasurer, Penn
sylvania Pork Producers
Council, R 2 Kutztown, PA
19530
Checks should be niade out
to the Dwight E Younkin
Memorial Fund and sent to
Herb Schick
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Australia and Argentina; 3)
a second consecutive year of
poor gram crops in the
Soviet Union; 4) a decline in
Chinese gram production
and a substantial increase in
total Chinese imports. 5)
continued slow economic
recovery in the major
developed markets, 6) a
sharp deterioration in the
current trade accounts of
most developing countries,
and 7) slower growth in
foreign livestock production
Higher prices will likely
account for four-fifths of the
increase in the US farm
export value this year, with
volume increasing about
four percent
Although foreign gram
production is up somewhat
this year, the 12-percent
drop in the U S gram har
vest in the face of record
export demand has driven
up export grain prices
Wheat prices are expected
to be five to 10 percent
higher than in fiscal 1980,
while corn, sorghum, and
soybean prices are projected
up about a third
also recognized foi their
achievements during the
year
In the Women s Activities
Department, chaired bj Ella
Bachman, following
were recognized Sewing
Class-D - Sandra Dietrich,
non-member, Log Cabin
Quilt - Dorothy Fritz, Bern
ville Grange, Crewel Pillow
- Sally Burkhart, Gougler
sville Grange, Bar Cookies -
Dons Hoffman, Virginville
Grange; and Macrame -
Sally Burgert
State Bowling Tournament
winners included Woman’s
Hi Triple - Ruth Miller,
Marion Grange, Men’s Hi
Triple - Gary Moyer, Marion
Grange, Woman’s Hi
Average - Sandy Manbeck,
Marion Grange; Men’s
Handicap Single - Dennis
Wagner, Virgmville Grange,
Men’s Handicap Triple - Jeff
Dreibelbis, Virgmville
Grange, Men’s Hi Triple
Roll-Off - Oscar Manbeck,
Marion Grange, Champion
Berks Grange
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Soybean export volume
may decline five to eight
percent due to higher prices,
increased supplies in Brazil
and Argentina, and reduced
U S production
Rice exports increased
sharply in fiscal 1980
because of unusually large
shipments to Korea of
725,000 metric tons, and
exports to Korea may be
even larger this year
because of a sharply smaller
nee crop there
Cotton exports, which
showed the biggest increase
of any U S crop m fiscal
1980, will experience a
dramatic decline m the
current fiscal year as
reduced supplies, the
resulting higher prices, and
a weak world economy
dampen demand for U S
cotton
The recently signed grain
accord with China i Jan
1981-Dec 19841 will establish
China as the largest U S
wheat market (about 6
million tons t
Annual exports of six to
Team - Nanci and Ralph
Kiefter and Sandy and Oscai
Mannei k
Robert Salta/ahn, Master
ot Mai ion Grange, aaepted
an award tor Open House
Class 2 wth 100 to 200
members and Leon Kirkhoff,
past master of Pomona
Grange presented a plaque
to Feryl Treichler for being
the recent past Master of
Berks Count> Pomona
Grange
Non-member Community
Citizen Award was
presented to George M
Meiser IX, of Reading
Meiser has been preserving
the history of Reading and
Berks County and is
presently working towards a
research project to record
the history of Berks County’s
smaller communities
Entertainment was
provided by the Dreibelbis
Brothers, Virginville Grange
and Pomona Master, Ernest
Miller made the closing
remarks
eight million tons-of whwu
and com were agreed
with wheat accounting for 30
to 85 percent of the total,
China may import up to nine
million tons- of U S grains
without prior notification
The USSR has already
completed purchases of 8
million tons of wheat and
com allowed under the
terms of the U S-U S S K
gram agreement, which is in
its final year The Soviet
gram crop is now estimated
at 185 million tons - the
second consecutive pooi
har' est - portending anothei
year of aggressive Soviet
buv mg on world markets
U S agricultural imports
are expected to increase
more than $1 billion go $lB 3
billion in fiscal 1981 Sugar
imports are expected to rise
aoout $1 5 billion, the result
of anticipated increases
eight percent in volume ami
nearlj 80 percent in unit
values
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