A3O-Lancastar Fannins, Saturday, Oacember 15,1984 Sollenberger and Russell re-elected at Lehigh Valley LANSDALE Norman W. Sollenberger, of Fayetteville, and H. Carlyle Russell, of Rome, have been re-elected to the board of directors of Lehigh Valley Far mers. Lehigh, headquartered in Lansdale, is one of the leading dairy cooperatives in the state, with over 1320 milk producers. The Look (or signs of cattle scabies WASHINGTON - The return of cold weather means it’s prime time for cattle producers to look for signs of cattle scabies, said Bert W. Hawkins, administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Hawkins said fewer scabies cases are found during the spring FISHER AND STOLTZFUS TRAILER SALES 717-768-3532 717-768-3832 East of New Holland, Pa. <m~, . (1) Dion Forage Wagon Flatbed and Norman W. Sollenberger cooperative collects nearly 000 million pounds of milk a year in Pennsylvania. Mr. Sollenberger, secretary of Lehigh Valley Farmers, has been on the board of Lehigh and predecessor organizations for 11 years. Mr. Russell is entering a second three-year term. and summer months because mites usually are less active during warmer weather. . However, he cautions this decline is only temporary. “If ranchers fail to look for and treat scabies, the mites will become active and spread due to cooler, damper fall and winter tem peratures provide a more USDA insect researcher named scientist of year , WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s research agency has named USDA chemist James H. Tumlinson 111, “Scientist of the Year” for his research on the chemistry and biology of insect behavior. Tumlinson and three regional award winners were honored in ceremonies Nov. 19 at the USDA Administration Building in Washington, D.C. “Tumlinson won this honor for his individual research and for heading a USDA team in studies to identify and synthesize the pheromones of several major insect pests,” said Terry B. Kin ney, administrator of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. Pheromones are hormone-like chemicals that insects release to communicate with and attract others of their species. As a result of Tumlinson’s work, these chemicals are being used com mercially to lure insects into traps and to confuse the pests so they fail to mate. The boll weevil, Japanese bettle, peachtree borer and corn rootworm are among the insects he has studied. “Tumlinson’s two decades of pheromone research greatly ad vanced the science of insect control,” Kinney said. “His hospitable environment,” he said. 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Last year, Tumlinson’s research team identified and synthesized the queen-recognition pheromone of the imported red fire ant-the first pheromone of its kind to be chemically identified. “His research also helped several industries develop pheromones for use in agriculture and home gardens,” said Kinney. “And, under his leadership, USDA developed new analytical methods that purify and identify minute amounts of these chemicals.” A supervisory research chemist at the agency’s Insect Attractants, Behavior and Basic Biology Research Laboratory in Gainesville, Fla., Tumlinson is the third winner of this annual award. “The agency established the award in 1982 to encourage superior basic research on critical issues in food and agricultural sciences,” Kinney said. The regional award winners are; - S.M. (John) Mircetich, plant pathologist, Crops Pathology and At the close of fiscal 1984, there were 75 cases of scabies nation wide, compared with 107 at the same time last year. 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