DfrUnewtar Finning Srtuntay, July 18, 1987 USDA Commends Statisticians For Pesticide Survey HARRISBURG—Three statis ticians associated with the Pen nsylvania Agricultural Statistics Service have been cited by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their contribution to a program to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. Commended by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service were Peter J. Truckor, deputy state statistician; and Jef frey T. Bailey and Herbert D. Trice, agricultural statisticians. All three are attached to PASS, a federal-state agency which imple ments the National Agricultural Statistics Service program in Pen nsylvania and carries out many regular and special projects in association with the state Depart ment of Agriculture. The three conducted a detailed survey of pesticide use in three Susquehanna River watersheds ATTENTION FARMERS Call deck’s for quick removal of dead & disabled animals. Free of charge. 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They are among several areas assigned a high priority in the regional effort to stem bay pollution. The survey results will serve as the basis for a program to educate applicators and farmers on the proper handling and use of pesti cides and the impact of those materials on the Chesapeake Bay. Truckor, a 22-year USDA employee, was the overall supervi sor of the survey project. Trice directed the data processing for the study, while Bailey was involved in the design of the questionnaire and the training and supervision of the interviewers who collected the data. In all, 672 pesticide applicators and farmers, or 96 percent of those contacted, completed the questionnaire. W.C. Evans, chief statistician for PASS, said his office has received inquiries from his coun terparts in other states requesting information on how the survey was developed and conducted. They plan to apply that information in considering similar studies in their own states, he said. 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