A36—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25,1981 State entomologist seeks gypsy moth control in U.S.S.R. HARRISBURG - A Penn sylvania Department of En vironmental Resources en tomologist is back from the Soviet Union with more than 200 parasites to prey on the gypsy moth Mark Ticehurst, a DER en tomologist serving 10 counties in central Pennsylvania, spent more than three weeks in the Soviet Union working with scientists from the Ukraman Forestry Research Institute, in the vicinity of Kharkov and Kherson Accompanied by three U S Forest Service entomologists, Ticehurst made the trip as part of a US/USSR Science Technology agreement to jointly evaluate integrated forest pest Broiler placements up HARRISBURG Placements of broiler chicks m the Com monwealth during the week endmg July 11 were 2,338,000, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service The placements were eight percent above the corresponding week a year earlier and slightly above the previous week. 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R.D. 1, MYERSTOWN, PA Located 1 Mile S. of Int. 78 & 6 Miles N. of Myerstown On Rt. 645 in Frystown PHONE: 717-933-4138 management techniques in use against defoliating insects such as the gypsy moth and the oak leaf roller “The gypsy moth problem in the Soviet Union doesn’t appear to be as serious as it is here in the United States,” said Ticehurst. “This is probably because the Soviet Union has more parasites to prey on the gypsy moth.” “Parasites are the primary agents for gypsy moth control in that country and they offer a potential for more widespread control here at home,” he ex plained “I brought back 230 specimens, several of which still are at the U S Department of Agriculture’s Beneficial Insect weeks were two percent above a yearago Placements in the 19 key poultry producing states were 81,807,000, one percent below the previous week but seven percent above the same week a year earlier Broiler-fryers slaughtered in Pennsylvania under federal in spection during the week ending July 1 totaled 2,167,000. Research in Newark, Del , to determine how en vironmentally safe they are to use and to make sure they are not hyper-parasites, that is, parasites that will parasitize other parasites ” Ticehurst added “Some already have been cleared by the research lab and transported to DER’s Forest Pest Management lab at Middletown for study and possible release. Others, still in quarantine at the Delaware facility, may be there until next spring.” Ticehurst, who was ac companied by an interpreter during his visit to Russia, said the ROHRER'S QUALITY SEEDS FOR AUGUST SEEDING • Apollo Alfalfa • Vangard Alfalfa • Redland Alfalfa • Baylor Brome Grass • Napier Orchard Grass • Hawk Hybrid Orchard Grass • Toro Timothy • Certified Climax Timothy • Timothy • Annual Rye Grass • Highland Pasture Mix • Winter Vetch Holland Extra Baler. Twine Holland Extra Binder Twine P.L ROHRER & BRO., INC. 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But, he added, this practice is not necessarily recommended here especially since the bird species in Russia differ from those found in this country During his stay in Russia, Ticehurst found the Soviet 14 FLANGED DISCHARGE AUGER Over 20 Years SHIELD scientists extremely cooperative but pointed out there was little, if any, free time allowed to just wander around. Practically every moment was accounted for, he said He said the U.S. delegation described current research and application technology, including work at the Forest Pest Management lab at Middletown to reduce the rate of insecticides used, based on mortality from natural enemies. 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