NEW YORK, N.Y. Another
infestation of khapra beetles the
world’s most destructive pest of
stored grains and cereal products
has been confirmed, this time at
two military warehouses in
Bayonne, N.J., according to an
official of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
“This infestation, which brings
the total to 19 found during recent
months, was found during con
tinuing routine inspections at the
Military Ocean Terminal
warehouses,” said Don Woodham,
technical coordinator for USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health In
g spection Service,
w The empty warehouses, owned
by the Department of the Army,
are each about 2.5 million cubic
feet. They’re used primarily for
“stripping” or cleaning military
goods returning from countries in
the Far East.
During stripping, equipment
being shipped is inspected for the
presence of any “hitchhiking” pest
hazardous to the health of humans,
animals or plants, Woodham said.
“The Army is considering
fumigating the premises,” he said.
Of the 18 confirmed khapra
beetle infestations found during
the ongoing APHIS khapra beetle
program, 15 sites have been
treated, one business is in the
process of being treated with a
high pressure insecticide spray,
and two facilities have not yet been
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HARRISBURG - Charles E.
Wismer, Jr., Pennsylvania State
Grange Master and Montgomery
County resident, was recently
appointed to the Board of Over
seers for University of Penn
sylvania’s School of Veterinary
Medicine.
The appointment was made by
action of the University’s
Executive Board of Trustees for a
three-year term effective April 1.
The Board of Overseers serves
as an advisory body to the
president, provost, dean and
trustees of the veterinary school.
As head of an organization
representing a largely agricultural
sector, Wismer has long been
supportive of veterinary research
at the University’s New Bolton
Center outside of Philadelphia.
Wismer has served as Master of
the State Grange, an organization
of some 44,000 rural persons across
Pennsylvania, since 1979. He had
previously been active in Pomona
(county) and Subordinate (local)
Granges for 30 years.
A dairy farmer owning a 175-
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tine.” he said
joins U. of Penn’s vet
County, Wismer has served as
mayor of the borough of Trappe for
the past four years, president of
the Trappe Historical Society and
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Cement kiln dust useful
ALLENTOWN - Valuable
potash in some seven million tons
of kiln dust going into landfills
annually from cement factories
could be processed for fertilizer,
according to soil chemists at Penn
State.
Such cement kiln dust, high in
alkali, could provide the neutral
soil needed to produce no-till com
and similar reduced tillage crops,
says Dale E. Baker, professor of
soil chemistry at University Park.
Baker and associates have
determined that the potassium in a
one-ton-per-acre application of
cement kiln dust would meet the
initial potash requirements for
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The khapra beetle, which is
native to India, causes millions of
dollars of damage to stored grains
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Commission.
In addition to his work with the
Grange, Wismer’s endeavors for
agriculture have included 11 years
herbicides in producing no-till
com, it was pointed out.
Currently, the cement industry
pays about $2 per ton to dispose of
kiln dust in landfills.
Carrying out several aspects of
the experiments with cement kiln
dust at Penn State are Jeffrey A.
Risser and Willie T. Doty, research
assistants in soil chemistry.
From studies at one cement
plant, Risser and Doty concluded
that a kiln dust, lime-potash fer
tilizer could be produced with a
guaranteed analysis of 35 percent
calcium oxide, six percent
magnesium oxide, five percent
potash, and four percent sulfur.
Baker noted that cement kiln
dust has the required clearance for
use on agricultural land. The U.S.
Environmental Protection
world-wide. It was first detected
recently in a New Jersey spice
company m October 1980.
school board
as Community Committeeman for
the Agricultural Stabilization
Conservation Service and three
years as Agway Community
Committeeman.
Agency, in May of 1980, exempted
kdn dust and other solid wastes
retumed to the soil as fertihzers
from being classified as hazardous
wastes.
Moreover, greenhouse ex
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of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture 20 to 30 years ago
showed that kiln dust had potential
value for liming the soil.
There are 1,298,000 beef cattle
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they account for 26 percent of the
cash farm receipts in the U.S.
Many small farms are involved,
since 84 percent of the beef
operations and half the beef comes
from herds of less than 100 cows.
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