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Dauphin outlines Gypsy
HARRISBURG A recent in
terview with Duayne Forsberg,
Resource Specialist with the
Dauphin County Conservation
District, outlined the procedure
landowners should follow in
Dauphin County to request
“possible” gypsy moth spraying of
their properties for 1985.
A complex cooperative spraying
program involving three levels of
government was explained by
Forsberg. The Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Resources, Bureau of Forestry,
administers and sets forth the
spraying program. The majority of
spraying funds are provided by the
Commonwealth.
Locally, the Dauphin County
Commissioners through the
Dauphin County Conservation
District, will coordinate the field
work with municipal assistance.
Municipal and county government
also provide funds for spraying.
When Forsberg was asked how a
landowner should request spraying
for 1985, he stated, “it would
depend on where the property was
located in the county.’’ According
to the Dauphin County policy,
landowners south of Peters
Mountain should direct their
request for spraying to their
township or borough office. For
sberg said, “The Dauphin County
Conservation District will not
record requests received from
landowners in the southern half of
the county.”
However, he did state that the
Conservation District will record
spraying requests from lan
downers north of Peters Mountain,
including Rush Township.
“Municipalities in upper Dauphin
County are simply without full
time office staff that landowners
can call. Our office will provide
this service for upper Dauphin
citizens.” The Dauphin County
Conservation District can be called
at 652-7048 weekdays between 8:15
and 4:30 P.M.
Requests for spraying should be
placed while the gypsy moth
caterpillars are actively feeding
from May to July. The county has
set a deadline of July 9, 1984 for
spraying requests to be recorded
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Moth plan for
for the 1985 spraying program.
Forsberg said that July 9th to
October Ist will conduct field in
vestigations of requested areas to
determine if they are eligible for
spraying. He stressed that,
“submitting a request is not a
quarantee for spraying.” D.E.R.
and Dauphin County have
developed a set of guidelines that
must be met before any area is
sprayed.”
The major “requirements” were
highlighted by Forsberg. “Only
forested residential or special use
areas can be sprayed. Un
developed and uninhabited forest
lands will not be sprayed by
D.E.R. An area must be 25 acres or
larger in size, contain 250 healthy
egg masses per acre, have a crown
UNIVERSITY PARK - Richard
E. Phillips has assumed the
position of Assistant Director for
Extension and State Program
Leader for Agriculture at Penn
State. He began his duties June 1.
Phillips was formerly professor
of agricultural engineering and
Extensions specialist for farm
structures at the University of
Missouri. He replaces Fredrick
Hughes, who will retire effective
June 30.
As Agriculture Program Leader,
Phillips will be responsible for
directing educational programs in
agronomy, agricultural education,
agricultural economics,
agricultural engineering, en
tomology, plant pathology, dairy
and animal sciences, and food
science.
In 1982, Phillips received a one
year contract from the United
States Department of Agriculture
to provide extension program
support for the Northern
Agricultural Energy Center at
Peoria, 11. He was responsible for
transferring alternative energy
technology to state program
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tree species that are susceptible to
gypsy moth damage. ’ ’
He also emphasized that,
“spraying in 1985 will only occur in
municipalities where either the
township supervisors or borough
council members have agreed to
provide municipal funds for
spraying.” Municipal officials
must notify the Conservation
District by the beginning of August
with their funding decision.
“Once field investigations are
completed and if the requested
areas qualify, I’ll submit the
county’s proposed treatment areas
to D.E.R. before October Ist. We
should know by mid January 1985
which treatment areas D.E.R has
accepted or rejected.”
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“The position gave me an excellent
opportunity to gain greater
knowledge of extension programs
in several states,” says Phillips. “I
also acquired a better un
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Down in New Jersey, a copy of Lancaster Farming gets
delivered in a special way.
Mrs. S. Jane Covert, R 2 Williamstown, N.J., sent along this
photo to show this special delivery.
You heard of the Pony Express; well, this is Pooch Express.
The Covert Golden Lab delivers mail to and from the
family’s rural box and even parcels out the mail to the proper
family member. Here, Lancaster Farming goes to Granpa
first.
We can’t help but wonder if the Covert’s Golden Lab might
not be enlisted by the CIA to deliver messages in their covert
operations in places like Central America.
Market guide available
HARRISBURG - A revised .. r
Agriculture Department The guide lists roadside farm
publication, “A Consumer’s Guide markets, open air markets, pick
to Direct Marketing,” is now your-own {aims, as well as outlets
available from Rep. Ken Brandt’s * or organically-grown foods,
' maple products, Christmas trees,
mushrooms, wine and dairy
products.
Pennsylvania is the
acknowledged leader in the direct
marketing of farm products,
Brandt said. Because of rising
prices for canned goods at the
grocery, buying fresh produce <and
canning or freezing it for future
use has become increasingly
popular in recent years.
included in the 1984 edition is a
chart indicating the best times to
purchase various products in
season.
Limited free copies of the guide
are available by writing to Brandt
at 25 E. High St., Elizabethtown,
PA 17022, or 430 Locust Street,
Columbia, PA 17512. His telephone
numbers are 367-5525
(Elizabethtown) and 684-5525
(Columbia).
tension effort.”
Phillips went to the University of
Missouri in 1971. Before that, he
was state extension specialist in
Farm Structures at the University
of Connecticut.
A native of Oswego, N.Y.,
Phillips earned a bachelor’s and
master’s degrees from Cornell
University. He received a Ph.D.
from Michigan State University in
1970. His area of specialization was
Agricultural Engineering.
Systems Science and business
management.
Phillips belongs to the American
Society of Agricultural Engineers,
and is a member of Gamma Sigma
Delta, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Ep
silon. He is also a member of the
honorary Extension fraternity,
Epsilon Sigma Phi.
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