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character as evergreens and little attention 'to these
Santa are, poinsettias are warnings
common plants in the Milton Nelson of Maryland
Mexican and South County’s extension offices
American areas says Dr. Conrad B Link, an
This popular plant was Extension floriculture
named after an American specialist at Maryland since
diplomat, Joel R. Poinsett in 1948, notes that “false ac
-1851 It was he who helped cusations about the pom
introduce the plant to our settia have circulated each
country, and from there it year at Christmas time since
turned to tradition to have 1919 - unsubstantiated by
them at Christmas tune. medical and scientific fact.”
But despite their beauty The source of these ac
and history, every year cusations. appear to be an
somebody with believable unfounded story about the
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two-year-old child of a U.S
Army officer in Hawau
whose death was attributed
to eating a poinsettia leaf
(bract). As a result, the
poinsettia was added to
somebody’s list of poisonous
_ plants And this list has been
copied countless times by
book and article writers
without thoroughly checking
its accuracy
Dr. Gerald W.' Ward is
director of small animal
care for the Division of
Agricultural and Life
Sciences at the University of
Maryland in College Park.
He notes that some text
books and manuals in the
field of veterinary medicine
still show the poinsettia on
lists of plants which are
poisonous to animals
“But those books or
manuals which are most
respected ,n the err. —'
S Gilead daughter brings $2400
FLEMING I’ON, N.J. -
Top-selling female at the
annual Garden State Polled
Hereford Classic Sale, held
here recently, went to Ron
May of Asbury, N.J. for a bid
0f52400.
This high-selling heifer is a
daughter of the Gold Trophy
Sire, S Gilead 115. She was
consigned by Dunwalke
Farm, Far Hills, N. J.
During the presale
grading, two heifers tied for
the top spot. An Oakswitch
BTF2 ESF32 daughter
health field do not list
pomsettias in the toxic plant
category,” Dr. Ward
comments
Specific research on the
toxicity of pomsettias was
done 10 years ago at Ohio
State University by two
entomologists, Robert P
Stone and W. J. Collins. Their
study showed that rats
exhibited no ill-effects
whatever, even when fed
unusually high doses of
various portions of poin
settia plants.
This research should be
especially valid, notes
Maryland’s Dr. Ward, since
rats and other rodents don’t
have the ability, which cats
and dogs have, to vomit
poisonous materials out of
their stomachs before they
can be absorbed into the
digestive system -D K
PVGA is a non-profit
organization dedicated to the
At Garden State Polled Hereford Classic
consigned by Jayama
Ranch, Skillman,' N.J. sold
to Mike Novak of
Flemmgton, N.J. The other
heifer, a PRL7 Bet 5178
daughter, was purchased
from Samuel Hunter of
Smithsburg, Md. by Alyson
Neuberger of Pennington,
N.J.
The eighteen registered
heifers averaged $798 under
the gavel of Mike Jones of
LaGrange, Georgia.
Forty-five steer calves
sold for an average of $573.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 27,1980-Al7
Vegetable growers
to sell soup at Show
FARM SHOW - Penn
sylvania grown vegetables
will again be featured as the
basic ingredient for the
vegetable soup served by the
Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association at the
Pennsylvania Farm Show
this year.
The rich vegetable soup,
according to Soup Booth
Chairman, Rudy Grob, will
be hearty and delicious, as
always, and will be
enhanced by meaty stock.
The Farm Show officially
opens on January 11, 1981
and the vegetable growers
will sponsor the soup booth
for the third 1 consecutive
year
The high-selling con
signment was a steer sired
by Vindicator, a Superior
Sire. Jeff Fabijanic of
Stockton, N.J. purchased the
steer from Metch Polled
Herefords, Flemmgton, for
his 19814-H project
A sale of Polled Hereford
semen and certificates was
held during the auction for
the benefit of the Junior
Polled Hereford Association.
Semen was donated by
Dunwalke Farm; Jayama
Ranch; Lammgton River
improvement of vegetable
production ui the state.
PVGA president Warren
Thompson, said that the
growers have a - close
working arrangement with
the Horticultural depart
ment at Penn State
Umversity and through the
years have actually im
proved the quality and the
quantity of -Pennsylvania
grown vegetables.
The booth will be operated
by volunteers during the
entire Farm Show from
January 11 through the 16th.
All those in attendance at
the Farm Show are invited to
stop at the PVGA Soup Booth
to see the improvement in
vegetable quality as
demonstrated in the
vegetable soup.
Farm, Far Hills, N.J.; and
Raynham Farms, Hopewell,
N.J.
Buyers from three slates
bought 63 head of Polled
Hereford cattle.