B2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 30,1984
Cockroaches are
ITHACA, NY More prolific
than a thousand rabbits; fouler
than a filthy fly; able to fast six
weeks without a single crumb.
Look, down on the floor - it’s an
ant, a mouse. No, it’s the notorious
cockroach, a nasty pest that infests
even the cleanest kitchens and
bathrooms.
They’ve been creeping around
for 300 million years and they’re
bound to be crawling for millions
more, long after the human species
has perished. •
Today, roaches are the number
one indoor pest problem, says
Edgar Raffensperger, an en
tomologist for Cornell Cooperative
Extension.
“The enigma of cockroaches is
that they specialize in
generalizing. Tough and resilient,
roaches eat everything that
humans and animals eat, as well
as beads of grease, paper, soap,
toothpaste, stamp glue, and even
all kinds of human and animal
wastes,” says Raffensperger.
A professor of entomology in the
New York State College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences at
Cornell, Raffensperger teaches a
course on insects and man. He says
that cockroach populations are
practically impossible to conquer
and divide.
“Cut off a cockroach’s head and
it will survive for several days. Cut
off its leg and it may grow another.
Deprive a female of a mate and she
will produce a family anyway,
giving rise to new generations.
Spray them with a potent in
secticide, and cockroaches will
leam to avoid the area or they will
just develop a resistance to the
spray.”
Cockroaches are a thousand
times less sensitive to DDT, for
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dairy princesses from across New
York State will participate in this
year’s dairy princess training
seminar at Wells College in
Aurora. The seminar will run from
July 9 to 11 and is sponsored by the
American Dairy Association and
Dairy Council.
This annual seminar helps
prepare the princesses for the
challenging responsibilities of
their year-long reign. As dairy
princesses, they work as
representatives of the dairy in
dustry, appearing in schools and
supermarkets, and working with
the media.
The majority of this year’s
seminar program will be
workshops which will give the girls
practical, hands-on experience.
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tough, resilient end herd te purge
example, then they were 30 years
ago, Raffensperger estimates.
Although they have not been
specifically blamed for epidemics,
cockroaches can carry viruses or
bacteria, including the pathogens
that cause bubonic plague, typhoid
fever, dysentery, and gastroen
teritis.
They contaminate food not only
by carrying microorganisms from
sewers and garbage, but also by
dropping their own wastes along
the way.
Roaches tend to reside where it
is moist, warm, and dark - under
the refrigerator or kitchen sink, in
bathroom nooks and crannies, or in
a pile of rich dust under kitchen
cabinets.
Taking precautions such as
hanging up wet towels, keeping
floors, drawers, and cabinets clean
of crumbs, repairing leaky pipes,
and filling holes or cracks in walls,
cabinets, and window and door
frames are some ways to
discourage cockroaches from
making themselves at home.
“It’s much more difficult,
however, in apartment buildings
where cockroaches can reinfest
apartments through pipes and
walls,” Raffensperger says. “And
because they travel along sewer
and pipelines, any uninfested city
building can be invaded.”
Although the U.S. Department of
Agriculture has reported that a
new chemical spray, hydroprene,
can stop cockroaches from
reproducing, it may be several
years before this pesticide is
available commercially.
In the meantime, Raffensperger
recommends using pesticides
specifically marketed to limit
invasions of the pest.
“It may take several ap-
Several different sessions have
been planned, focusing on the
areas of: news release and speech
writing; nutrition information;
radio interview techniques; and
food store demonstrations.
The seminar also gives the
princesses the opportunity to share
ideas and get acquainted. They
will meet again August 14 to 15 for
the New York State Dairy Princess
Pageant at the Syracuse Sheraton
Inn.
The dairy princess program,
now in its 21st year, is an im
portant part of the American Dairy
Association and Dairy Council’s
milk promotion program. ADA/DC
conducts advertising and
promotion programs under the
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plications over a period of two to
three months to control these in
sects,” Raffensperger admits.
“Although you may get the adults
at first, it takes several months for
the eggs to hatch.”
A home remedy used often is
boric acid sprinkled into cracks
and crevices, along baseboards,
around and under cabinets, near
sinks and pipes, around window
and door frames, and under the
refrigerator. Don’t dust it in places
where children or pets may play,
Raffensperger stresses.
If homeowners are unsuccessful
with their own attempts, the
Cornell entomologist suggests
turning to a professional ex
terminator.
If cockroaches are found in food,
should you throw away the whole
dish or container?
“Because they march around in
such filthy places and could be
carrying any kind of germ, I would
throw out an entire salad, for
example, if I saw a cockroach
enjoying it first,” Raffensperger
responds.
More information on pest control
is available from county offices of
Cornell Cooperative Extension, a
partnership of county, state, and
federal governments helping
people put knowledge to work.
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Lancaster Society 5 meets for a
“Let’s Take A Cruise”
program.
Thursday, July 5
Lancaster Society 17 meets for
quilting with Society 15.
Lancaster Society 6 meets at the
home of Miriam Heisey for a
program by Mary and Eva
Thome.
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Lancaster Society 8
Lancaster Society 8 met at the Ruth Musser, Agnes Houseal,
Mount Joy Mennonite Church on Florence Musser and Margaret
June 16 to entertain Lancaster Heisey.
Society 2 at a luncheon. The annual picnic will be held on
Rodnie Hershey presented the August 7 at the Lampeter Fair
special feature, showing slides of Grounds,
his coast-to-coast bike trip. The next meeting will be held on
Hostesses for the meeting were September 15 at 2 p.m. in the
Vera Frey, Elizabeth Shuman, Lutheran Church in Maytown.
Lancaster Society 34
Members of Lancaster Society 34
met on June 18 at the home of
Denise Young.
Boni Gochenaur, 1983 dairy
princess, provided the program on
her year as princess and the
benefits of milk.
Members were reminded to
bring a childhood picture and two
or three white elephant items to
the mooting.
Berks Society 6 met recently at
the home of Mrs. Carl Herbein for
the June meeting.
The group is planning a bus trip
to Philadelphia for the July 29th
baseball game.
Berks Society 9 held their June
meeting at the home of Jeanne
Casner, R 2 Douglassville.
The group discussed a yard sale
during August.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnard showed
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The group will help with bingo at
Conestoga View on July 19. The
annual family picnic will be on
Sunday, July 8 at the home of Sam
and Jean Kreider.
The next meeting will be July 16
at the home of Denise Glick with
Gayle Hershberger as co-hostess.
The program will be a white
elephant sale.
Berks Society 6
The July 17th meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. David Bauer at 8
p.m. Faye Strickler, extension
home economist, will speak on
kitchen safety.
Berks Society 9
slides from Hawaii and everyone
wore a lei for the occasion.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Karen Schreier for a
Country Store demonstration.
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