ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Sec. of the
Md. Department of Agriculture
(MDA) Wayne A. Cawley, Jr., has
announced the imposition of a
quarantine on parts of Cecil,
Harford, Kent and Queen Anne’s
counties to control or retard the
spread of the corn cyst nematode.
The quarantine has been im
posed to avoid spread of the pest
until more positive informal
Lawrence
will get
USDA post
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Secretary of
Agriculture John R.
Block reports he intends
to appoint Kathleen
Lawrence as deputy
under secretary of
agriculture for small
community and rural
development.
Lawrence, who had
been deputy director of
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Office of
Rural Development
Policy, would succeed
James H. Johnson who
will leave the ad
ministration for a
position in the private
sector.
“As deputy under
secretary, Kathleen
Lawrence will bring to
this position not only an
excellent grasp of the
rural policy problems
facing us today, but the
kind of management
background we need,”
Block said. “As
someone who knows the
workings of Washington
and government, she
has a reputation for
getting things done.”
As deputy under
secretary, Lawrence
would share respon
siblility for general
oversight and policy
development of the
Farmers Home Ad
ministration, Rural
Electrification Ad
ministration, Federal
Crop Insurance Cor
poration and Office of
Rural Development
Policy.
Lawrence also would
serve as Block’s
representative to the
Pacific Basin
Development Council,
which is charged with
planning and assisting
with the development of
the United States’
Pacific territories.
Prior to joining
USDA, Lawrence
served as president of
the Lawrence Company,
a management con
sulting firm. Her
previous government
experience includes
four years in the White
House Office of Public
Liaison.
. quarantines corn cyst
concerning its danger can be
acquired. It will remain in effect
until the nematode has been
controlled in the quarantine area,
or has been determined not to be a
serious plant pest.
Since 1961, scientists with MDA’s
Office of Plant Industries and Pest
Management have been con
ducting surveys in an effort to
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counties containing 75,373 acres
have been sampled. Twenty-five
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of the nematode or until they have
been cleaned and treated in a
manner to ensure destruction of
infestations. Once this is done
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The quarantine area includes
those portions of Harford and Cecil
counties south of U.S. Route #1 and
the Pennsylvania State Line and
those portions of Kent and Queen
Anne’s Counties west of U.S. Route
#3Ol and north of Maryland Route
#304.
For additional information
contact the Plant Protection
Section of MDA at 841-5920.
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