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Newly elected directors to the York Pork Producers are,
standing from left, Steve Wilson and Dave Holloway. Seated
left is Don Sunday, secretary-treasurer; and James Parlett,
vice president. Absent from photo is Larry Seitz, president.
Ash rust treatment given
NEWARK, Del. - Last year’s
outbreak of rust disease has many
owners of ash trees wondering how
they can protect these tall shade
givers from further injury this
season.
Ash rust is a disease caused by a
fungus—Puccinia spanganioides.
When green and red ash trees are
affected by this condition, their
leaves become distorted and leaf
stalks swell. The yellow spores of
the fungus are produced in small
cup-like structures over the
swollen leaf areas.
University of Delaware ex
tension plant pathologist Bob
Mulrooney says the disease caused
considerable leaf loss among many
ashes last spring to find out how
they can help their trees recover.
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or protect them from further in
jury.
“I recommend you fertilize last
year’s victims now with a KWS-4
grade fertilizer,” the specialist
says. “Apply a pound of fertilizer
for each inch of trunk diameter.
Punch holes m the ground 6 to 8
inches deep every 2 feet around the
drip-line of the tree and distribute
the fertilizer equally m them.
“Most years I don’t feel it’s
economically feasible to spray for
ash rust,” he says. “But there may
be situations where spraying
might be considered.” In these
cases, he suggests spraying with
maneb or zineb at budbreak, and
twice more at 10- to 14-day in
tervals. This may give some
control.
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Yet discusses hog diseases
DALLASTOWN - York County
Pork Producers met last Saturday
at Blymire’s Church for their
annual dinner and meeting.
Program for the evening in
cluded a film presentation on the
hog disease mycoplasma
pneumonia and speaker Dr. Dean
Snyder, a veterinarian who works
closely with the pork industry.
- Dr. Snyder cited two factors that
most greatly affect feed utilization
and efficiency in a production
operation. Management is the
first, and included the total en
vironment in which the animal
lives, as well as the capability of
the working equipment within the
feeding setup.
Disease is the second greatest
factor affecting hog production
efficiency, and Dr. Snyder told
pork producers that vet costs now
run approximately one dollar per
hog per year.
At least a dozen feed additives
are on the market, approved for
use by the Food and Drug Ad
ministration. According to the
veterinarian, all are proven ef
fective for disease control and will
result, if used properly, in
economic gains.
Their use, he noted, should be
viewed not as a cost, but rather as
an investment.
However, Dr. Snyder em
phasized that all antibiotics are not
the same, not even those drugs
closely related in makeup. Each
has a particular purpose, and any
producer incorporating than into a
feeding program mast be
knowledgement of which antibiotic
works for each problem.
He added that antibiotics only
kill bacteria, and do not “cure”
disease. Once the treatment has
eliminated the bacteria, it is the
animal’s body that actually cures
itself. To prevent disease
problems, an antibiotic must be
present in the tissue before any
bacteria arrive there.