WOOSTER, Ohio - More and
more U.S. cities are disposing of
municipal waste by applying
stabilized sewage sludge on crop
and pastuijeland.
' In Ohio, where an estimated 30
percent of all municipal sludge is
disposed of through land ap
plication, a study has shown that
plant uptake of polychlorinated
byphenyls (PCBs) is very small.
The research indicated little risk of
human or animal health hazard
from PCB-contaminated sludge
materials applied on cropland if
published guidelines for ap
plication are followed.
Robert H. Miller, research
agronomist for the Ohio
Agricultural Research and
Ueveloment Center and Ohio State
University,, reported results of the
Ohio investigation during the
annual meeting of the American
Society of Agronomy.
Miller said the study was
established because of concern
that animal and human health
could be affected by consumption
of feed or grown -on soils
which had received applications of
sewage sludge containing PCBs.
Although the carcinogenic PCBs
are no longer used in electrical
transformers, plastics, and other
manufactured goods, the com
pounds have persisted in the en
vironment in some areas.
There have been no problems of
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BRED GILT SALE
Sale to Start Promptly at 1:00
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Located 18 miles south of Lancaster,
Pa., 6 miles south of Quarryville, take Rt.
272 toi Little Britain, turn north,, follow
Little Britain Road to Jackson Road, 2nd
farm, OR take Rt. 222, out of Quarryville
to Cedar Hill Road to Little Britain Road
to Jackson Road. Watch for sale arrows.
50 to 60 Head
Now selling our new hybred gilts
representing mostly York &
Landroce cross. Bred for easier &
less trouble over farrowing.
Qualified Pseudorabiei' Negative
Herd N 6. #55. Validated
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Due to farrow 3 days to 4 weeks after sale
date. Now everything vaccinated for both
Lepto & Erysipelas, wormed and sprayed for
lice.’
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R.D. 2, Quarryville. Pa
JOHN B. STBLTZFUS
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa
Abe Diffenbach, Auctioneer
NEXT SALE DATE FEB. 19
Plant uptake of PGBs from sludge
PCB contamination in municipal
sludges produced in Ohio, Miller
said. The highest levels of PCBs in
any Ohio sludges have been in the
range of only 3 to 5 parts per
million (ppm). However, Ohio
scientists wanted to determine
stability of PCB’s in the soil and
detect any contamination of plants
grown on land which had received
various levels of PCBs in amended
sludge.
Miller reported that any PCB in
soil is very stable. The study
showed that less than 1 percent of*
PCBs biodegraded over a 16-week
test period. The rate of
biodegradation of PCBs ih soil was
greater without the presence of
sludge. Miller reasoned that the
PCBs were apparently protected
by the organic matter supplied by
the sludge. /
The study checked two possible
mechanisms for plant con
tamination from sludge containing
PCBs—uptake by the plant or leaf
contamination from sludge applied
when the plants were growing.
Miller reported that three rates
of PCB contamination were
studied-the lowest approximating
the 3-5 ppm level which might
occur m Ohio sludges and the
highest rate well above any level
likely to occur anywhere.
Stabilized sludge was applied to
Kentucky 31 fescue, a common
forage grass used for pasture and
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poses little health hazard
hay. The studies showed that PCB
uptake by the fescue from soil
incorporated sewage sludge was so
little (less than 1/lOOth of 1 per
cent) that it posed no health hazard
tor animals or humans.
It was a different story when
contaminated sludge was surface
applied during the growing season.
Foliar application of sludge to
established growth of fescue
showed 350 to 1,000 times greater
PCB contamination of the leaves
than occurred through root uptake
Grain prices require close marketing look
WASHINGTON - Record U.S.
feed grain crops and "sluggish
economic conditions here and
abroad are hurting feed grain
prices. Here are average farm
prices expected this marketing
year
1981/82 Last year
Com(|/bu.) 12.55-2.80 3.10
Sorghum 2.35-2.55 2.95
Barley 2.45-2.60 2.91
Oats 1.80-1.90 1.82
With prices this bearish, fanners
will want to take special care to
choose a marketing strategy that
will yield the best possible Returns.
Also, recent changes in the tax
laws should be taken into account.
National average loans rates for
1981 crops are: com |2.40 a bushel,
sorghum $2.28; barley $1.95, and
oats $1.24. Rates for individual
counties are likely to differ
somewhat from these averages.
faneester farming, Thursday, December 24,1981-A9
Even if the sludge particles were
washed of the plant (as if by a
rainstorm) the level of PCB’s
remaining on the leaves was still 50
to 100 times greater than would
[i om root uptake.
To avoid this additional .risk,
Miller said sewage sludge should
be applied to pasture or hay land
before any regrowth has started
after the crop has been closely
grazed or harvested for hay. The
Ohio scientist reported that land
application of stabilized sewage
Loans are available' from the
county ASCS office through March
31 for barley and oats and through
May 31 for corn and sorghum.
The interest rate is 14.5 percent
through January 31. On February
1, the rate on existing loans and on
new loans may- be adjusted to more
accurately reflect' .costs of
borrowing from the U.S. Treasury.
Regular price support loans may
be repaid any time before
maturity.
Regular loans provide im
mediate cash and allow time to
assess the market or to hold grain
for feeding later on. You may want
to consider investing the cash at
today’s relatively high rates of
interest, or pay off bills and loans.
The interest you would pay on
the CCC loan would be a possible
deduction on a tax return. Of
course, interest earned from
money invested may be taxed, but
it could be well worth while to put a
pencil to the various options and
combinations.
Farmers can immediately enter
their 1981 com, sorghum, and
barley crops into the farmer
owned reserve. If 1980 crops of
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sludge to cropland in the Buckeye
State has become acceptable and
safe because cities are carefully
following the guidelines developed
by scientists and Extension
specialists.
Miller was assisted in • the
research with PCB-amended
sludge by Iraida Robledo, a
graduate research associate from
Puerto Rico, who was completing
the requirements for her M.S.
degree from the Ohio State
University,
these grains are currently under a
regular price support loan, they
may be put into the reserve right
away too.
Reserve loan rates for 1981 crops
are higher than regular loan rates:
corn is |2.55 per bushel; sorghum
|2.42; and barley $2.07. Farmers
placing grain in the reserve
receive annual storage payments
of 26-1/2 cents a bushel, payable in
advance.
Interest on the 3-year reserve
loans is 14.5 percent, but interest
charges are waived after the first
year. As on regular nine-month
loans, the interest rate may be
adjusted on February 1. Current
release levels at which grain may
be removed from the reserve
without penalty are $3.15 a bushel
for com, $3.00 for sorghum and
$2.55 for barley.
"e look forward
serving you again
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