WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S.
Department of Agriculture of
ficials are proposing to add 25
noxious foreign weeds to the list of
weeds that are prohibited from
entering the United States by
federal regulations.
Paul Sand, a plant protection
official of USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service,
said the expanded list would triple
the number of species that would
be regulated and include five
species of aquatic weeds, all of the
parasitic weeds known as dodder
and 43 species of terrestrial weeds,
including 25 mesquite.
"These weeds could severely
damage agriculture, wildlife or
water resources «or injurs the
public health if they were to
become established in the. United
States," Sand said.
The proposed USDA action
would also change the existing list,
where necessary, to update-the
technical names to those currently
used by the scientific community,
and to add common names where
they would be helpful in iden
tificationV
Regulations mandated by the
Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974
require an unporter to have a
written USDA permit to'import or
move'mterstate any weed, its
seeds or plant parts, if it is on the
list. Permits, which specify con
ditions for each importation, are
issued only after USDA has
determined the weeds cannot
escape and cause an infestation.
Comments on the proposal may
be submitted through Dec. 1 to T. J.
Lanier, regulatory support staff,
Plant Protection and Quarantine,
APHIS, USDA, Rm. 63S Federal
Building/ Hyattsville, Md., 20782.
Requests for a public hearing must
be received by Nov. 2.
mm mmm oa m
cow averaged 1,020 pounds in
September, up 40 pounds from a
year ago and 55 pounds above
September 1979.
United States milk production
during September totaled 10.7
billion pounds, three percent above
USDA to add 25 to noxious
Species USDA is proposing to
add to the list ot noxious foreign
weeds are:
Azolla pinnata K. Brown
(mosquito fern, water velvet i;
Hygroplula polysperma T. An
derson (miramar weed;; Ipomoea
aquatica Forskal (water spinach,
swamp morning-glory;; Lim
nophila sessiliflora (Vahl; filume
(ambulia;; Sagittaria sagittifolia
Linnaeus (arrowhead;.
WASHINGTON D.C. - William
F. Matson, general manager,
Pennsylvania Rural , Electric
Association, and executive vice
president, Alleghany. ■ Electric
Cooperative, Harrisburg, has been
chosen to receive the Cooperative
Cmmumcatiuns Award which is
presented annually by the National
Cooperative Month . Planning
Committee.
The committee, including
representatives of 13 national
cooperative organizations and
government agencies, plans and
coordinates the national ob
servance ot October as
Cooperative Month.
Matson was selected fur the
Communications Award because
of his successful pioneering of
many member and public relations
activities for rural electric
cooperatives and their member
consumers, and his persuasive
communication ot
advantages and principles.
He was chosen as the first
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September 1980. Milk production
per cow averaged 974 pounds, 19
pounds above last year and 45
pounds more than September 1979.
Milk cows on farms averaged 10.9
million head, up one percent from
last year.
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Parasitic Weeds:
Cuscutta spp. (dodders), other
than those found m the United
States.
Teresstrial Weeds:
Alternanthera sessilis (Lin
naeus; R. Brown ex de Candolle
(sessile joy weed;; Avena sterilis
Linnaeus' (including Avena
Ludoviciana Durieu; (animated
oat, wild oat;; Borreria alata
(Aublet; de Candolle; Chrysopogou
aciculatus (Hetzius; . Trimus
Matson wins nad co-op
communications award
general manager of the Penn
sylvania association and led in the
organization of a generation
transmission cooperative to
produce electric power for that
state’s electric distribution
cooperatives. He developed a
state-level publication to keep the
coop members informed, and
encouraged participation of the
local electric cooperatives in that
communication activity.
Matson stimulated organization
of a credit union to serve the
saving-borrowing needs of rural
-electric members. He is credited
with leadership in negotiating the
first, wholesale power contract
with the Power Authority for New
York state, a purchasing
arrangement that has saved more
than 1100-million for Penn
sylvania’s electric cooperative
consumers.
He is a well-known electric
cooperative spokesman in state
and national legislative matters,
and is recognized as a convincing
and articulate public .speaker. He
has been vigorous in defending the
rights of consumers, and has
served as vice president of the
Consumer Federation of America
for a number of years.
Charles B. Gill, governor,
National Hural Utilities
Cooperative Finance Corp., is
chairman of the 1981 national
committee, and Harold V. Hunter,
Admuustator. is chairman of the
1981 Awards committee.
Organizations and agencies
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24,1981—C5
foreign weed list
(piliplliiita»; Crupina vulgaris.
Cassini (common crupina);
Digitana velutina (Forskal)
-Palisot de Beauvois (velvet
fingergrass); Euphorbia
prunifolta Jacqum (painted
euphorbia); Galega officinalis
Linnaeus (goatsrue); Neracleum
mantegazzianum Sommier &
Levier (giant hogweed); Ipomoea
triloba Linnaeus (little bell, aiea
morning-glory); Nikania cordata
(Burman f.) B.L. Robinson (mile-
represented on the national
committee are:
Agricultural Cooperative Ser
vice, U.S. Department of
Agriculture; American Institute of
Cooperation; Cooperative League
of the USA; Credit Union Natonal
Association; Extension Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture;
Farm Credit Administration;
Natl Angus meeting
set for Nov. 16
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Angus
breeders nationwide will travel to
Louisville, Kentucky, in .mid-
November for the 98th annual
meeting of the American Angus
Association and several other
Angus activities in conjunction
with the North American In
ternational Livestock Exposition,
reports Dick Spader, executive
vice president of the American
Angus Association.
Some 325 delegates from 48
slates have been elected by
members of the national
Association to represent their
respective home stales at the
annual meeting set tor 2 p.m.
Monday, November 18, at the
Kentucky Fair and Exposition
Center. Delegates will cast their
votes tor an Association president
Hnrt vo** 1 and will elect
a-minute); Mimosa invisa Martins
(giant, sensitive plant); Pen
nisetum clandestinum Nochstetter
ex - Chiovenda (kikiyugrass);
Penmsetum pedicellatum Trinius
(kyasumagrass); Pennisetum
pplystachion (Linnaeus) Schultes
(imssiongrass, thinnapiergrass);
Prosopis (mesquite) 25 species
listed; Saccharum spontaneum
Linnaeus, (wild sugarcane);
Solanum lorvum Swartz
(turkeyberry); Tridax prociim
bens Linnaeus (coat buttons).
National Consumer Cooperative
Bank; National Council of Farmer
Cooperatives; National Milk
Producers Federation; National
Rural Electric Cooperative
Association; National Rural
Utilities Cooperative Finance
Corp.; National Telephone
Cooperative Association, and
Rural Electrification Ad
ministration.
five new directors to serve three
year terms. Only official delegates
or alternates may vole, but the
meeting is open to all Association
members and the public.
An open Planning and Industry
committee meeting also is set tor
Sunday, November 15, from 2A
p.m. to solicit input and ideas from
Association members about
various programs and activities
that will influence the future of the
Angus breed.
The North American Angus
Show will start with female
competition at U a.m. Monday,
November 16, and bulls will show
at 9 a.m. the next day.
The National Angus Reception
will be at 6 p.m. on Monday,
tollowed by the National Angus
Banquet.
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