NEW YORK, N.Y. - States in 1959, from Screwworms were Puerto Rico in 1976 and eradicated from the they may be eliminated southeastern United soon from the south- ADVANCE NOTICE THATCH MEADOW COMPLETE DISPERSAL Located just off Rt 6 at East Troy, Pa. Watch -for auction arrows off Rt. 6 by Warner Co. Case Dealer. Due to a heart operation we have decided to discontinue our farming operation and will sell the following on: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1981 70 REGISTERED & HIGH GRADE HQLSTEINS 70 5 tractors including A C 200 diesel w/only 1280 hrs nice; Oliver 1555 gas tractor w/hydro power only 2054 hrs nice & 40 other pieces of good farm equipment & numerous small items Reserve this date for one of Bradford County’s largest dispersals. You will find a good head of cattle & large line of like new & well cared for farm machinery Watch for full listing. THIS 260 ACRE FARM FOR SALE Nice home, barn w/cement block basement and lamenated rafter roof, 50 tie stall for cows, 15 hfr stalls & box stalls, 18 by 55 silo, bulk tank, bam cleaner, tool shed, com cribs, large pond & springs, 200 acres tillable, nice long fields can be made into a show place Just off hard road close to 2 parks, 4 miles from Troy Very good producing farm Hay & Silage in bam stay w/farm, possession early spring, you must see to appreciate Partial financing available to approved party Contact owner after 8 PM. 717-297-3160. Owners FRANK & LORRAINE DOMDROSKI Sale Mgr. GORDON WOOD Mansfield, Pa. Phone 717-549-4901. For the most in advertising coverage and preparing your sale call Woods Auction Ser vice Lawrence, Leon and Thomas Arnold 17th PRODUCTION SALE Yorkshires AUCTIONEER, Harry Bachman, Annville, Pa. ★ 50 BRED GILTS (All gilts are hand mated) Due March & April Pick due dates to fit your farrowing schedule Saturday Afternoon, February 28. 1981 1:00 P.M. Sale To Be Held At The LEBANON AREA FAIR GROUNDS Cornwall & Evergreen Roads, IVz Miles South Of LEBANON, PA Size Lot 525 - Top Choice . $3BO. Lot 524 - Explorer ... 310. Wayne G. Strite, Chambersburg, PA Lot 527 - Top Choice . 410... Kevin Brown, Klingerstown, PA Lot 528 - Explorer ... 380... Quinton Hackett, Elmer, NJ Lot 530 - Explorer ... 260...Catelinn Farms. Rexville, NY THANK YOU TO BUYERS OF OUR YORKSHIRE BRED GILTS AT PA FARM SHOW 1981 Lot 525 - Hustle CATALOGS AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 15 Screw worm eradication prospects look good * 40 BOARS (Ready for heavy service) 25 Yorkshire, 15 Duroc 7 to 8 months old Ready for Heavy Service Feed efficiency & test station information .David Glass, Birdsbcro, PA Richard Leiberman, Pen Argyl, PA 450. **** LEON L. ARNOLD RD 7, Box 705, Lebanon, PA 17042 Phot (717) 273-5680 western United States. “There were only two cases of screwworms found in the United States this past year,” said James E. Novy, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Screww orm Laboratory at Mission, Texas “This compares with 86 cases in 1979, 7,230 m 1978 and over 95,000 in 1972, the year with the highest number of reported cases,” he said. “The two 1980 cases occurred in Texas in April and August. Both were 250 to 300 miles from the nearest known wild screwworm populations in Mexico.” Novy is a veterinarian with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health In spection Service' Screwworm flies are native to the American tropics In Mexico and until last year in the United States, they migrate northward with warm weather in spring and summer “Larvae of this fly feed on bve flesh in wounds of warmblooded animals,” Novy said. “Odors produced by feeding larvae attract more flies, which lay additional eggs Repeated infestations, if left untreated, have killed cattle within ten days ” In 1972, the United States and Mexico agreed to jointly eradicate the pest from all parts of the continent north of Mexico’s narrowest point, the 125- mile-wide Isthaus of Tehuantepec, he said “Most of northern OF Durocs ★ 40-50 OPEN GILTS (Ready to breed) Yorkshire, Ouroc crossbred All animals vaccinated for Erysipelas & Lepto Negative tested for Brucellosis & Pseudorabies Mexico is now free of screwworms,” Novy said. “However, there is continued reporting of a large number of cases about 250 miles south of the lower Rio Grande valley. ‘‘Fly traps are maintained along the Rio Grande to find any wild screwworm flies that approach the border, but primary reliance for detecting screwworms lies with sample submission of all screwworms larvae m wo"" J ~ Poultry waste helps corn NEWARK, Del. - Farmers need to maximize yields and minimize cost outlays in order to grow profitable crops. Large amounts of poultry manure and solid waste are produced each year in this area. If growers could use these more effectively in crop production, would they be able to increase yields and reduce production costs? Agronomist William H. Mitchell and soil chemist Donald L. Sparks of the University of Delaware’s Agricultural Ex periment Station have been investigating the possibility on field corn, and the results look very promising. Sparks reported on their fin dings during recent national agronomy and soil science meetings in Detroit, Michigan. Five years ago Mit chell took a shredded, Visit With Us At Our Booth At The KEYSTONE PORK CONGRESS February 19 Host Corral, Lancaster, PA warm-blooded animals by ranchers, veterinarians and pet owners for laboratory identification,” Novy said. He said the basic tools for eradicating screwworms are production and serial release of millions of sterile male flies. “Since females of this species usually mate only once in their lifetimes, any eggs produced after a mating with a sterile male will partially composted solid waste product consisting mainly of garbage, paper, and lawn and garden refuse and incorporated it into the soil in test plots at the university’s research farm near Georgetown. Initially he wanted to see if this material would help reduce soil compaciton in the sandy soils of lower Delaware. A modified subsoiler was used to place the composted solid waste deep in the soil. Over 30 tons per acre were applied m four-inch vertical bands to a depth of 16 inches. Subsurface irrigation, poultry manure, and New rapid analyses for WASHINGTON, D.C The fiber content of foods can be measured quickly and accurately using near-infrared Kennedy Complete Dispersal Located off Rt 549 on Bailey Creek Rd., 7 miles from Mansfield, Pa., 3 miles from Roseville, 20 from Elmira, NY. Watch for auction arrows off Rt. 549. Tuesday, January 27, 1981 At 1:00 Sharp 45 - Head of Cattle - 45 40 Holstems - 4 Ayrshire -1 Jersey 45 mature cows, interstate tested, preg. exam., charts day of sale. Machinery I.H.C. 966 diesel tractor w/wide front; Oliver 1365 diesel tractor w/wide front & loader; N.H. 310 baler used 1 season like new; N.H. super 717 chopper w/1 row Com head; N.H. 469 haybine; Oliver 20’ 283 transport harrows; I.H.C. 4 bottom reset plows; 2 hay wagons w/kicker racks used 1 season; Ford 2 row 3 pt. hitch com planter; 2 Grove self unloading boxes & run ning gears; J.D. 640 side rake; New Idea flail spreader: N.H. 362 barrell spreader; skelton elev. w/motor; Surge 15000 KW generator. Sale Mgr. Note: The cows are a little on the thin side have had very little gram & no silage, but most of them are the kind that will produce well with grain & good roughage, 20 cows handling calves. Terms - Cash or Good check Lunch Available Owners WILLIAM (Bill) & ROBERTA KENNEDY Auctioneer - Arlow Kiehl Sale Mgr. GORDON WOOD Mansfield, PA 717-549-4901 For the most in advertising coverage & preparing your sale, call Woods Auction Ser vice. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jannary 17, 19ii—A39 not hatch,” he said. “This breaks the life cycle.” Until late 1976, all sterile flies used in this eradication effort were produced in the APHIS Screwworm Plant at Mission. This facility is now producing about half its capacity 100 million sterile flies per week and is sending all the sterile flies to Tampico, Mexico, for packaging and distribution in Mexico, he said. lime-phosphorus trea tments were mcluded on some plots to see how they affected per formance of the waste material. Established in 1975, the plots treated with the composted municipal waste and manure are still producing 10 to 15 more bushels of corn per acre than untreated control plots. Sparks analyzed soil samples from the treated plots to find out what accounts for the continuing effectiveness of the waste amend ments. His tests show that though the waste product is still recognizable, its fiber in foods reflectance analysis, according to Karl Norris, an agricultural engineer with USDA’s Science and Education Sale Under Cover The rest of the sterile flies are currently produced at a new facility near Tuxtla Gutierrez in southern Mexico, which can produce up to 500 million sterile flies per week. “As the eradication program moves farther south in Mexico during winter and spring, we expect sterile fly production at* Mission to end,” Novy said. “Then all sterile fly production will be done in Mexico. ” grow physical and chemical compositions have changed. Each year the treated soil has become richer with roots and earthworm castings. On irrigated plots, subsoiling and in corporation of solid wastes had little effect, they say. But on non irngated plots, the treatments have resulted in significant yield improvement. This suggests that the principal benefit of the solid waste amend ments is that they permit enlargement and deepening of the com root system. This allows the plant to use water and nutrients more effectively. Administration. Norris, who in 1963 developed NIR spec troscopy for the measurement of moisture content, ex plained at a meeting here today that NIR analysis can be used to determine the amount of fiber in grams and breakfast cereals. Speaking at the American Chemical Society’s Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting, Norris said that near-infrared spectroscopy, used to identify starch, sugar, protein, water, and oil, can also be used to measure fiber in breakfast cereals. Fiber measurements can also be made on animal feeds, grams, and forages The NIR analysis takes only 20 seconds compared to 24 hours for the neutral detergent methods currently recommended by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. The NIR analysis is clean, easy to perform, and non-destructive-th erefore the same sample can be checked repeatedly. By contrast, neutral-detergent ana lysis involves the use of hazardous chemicals, requires trained per sonnel, and completely breaks down the sample being tested.
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