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the tick usually is found on leaf lit
ter or low branches in brushy,
wooded areas. Jacobs says people
should watch out for these ticks,
but they shouldn't be afraid to go
out and enjoy their parks and out
door facilities this summer.
Lyme disease can cause a varie
ty of symptoms, including rash,
fever, stiff neck, muscle aches and
headaches.
Left untreated, victims can suf
fer facial palsy, arthritis and even
paralysis.
The disease can be treated suc
cessfully with antibiot' Forty
percc jportcd Lyme disease
cur in children . Jcr the
age of nine, according to Jacobs.
There are several steps you can
take to reduce your risk of coming
into contact with a deer tick.
If you are planning to be in an
area where ticks might live, Jacobs
recommends that you wear light
colored clothing so you can more
easily detect the dark-colored tick.
Wear long pants tucked into
socks and use tick repellent on
your skin and clothes.
Inspecting your clothes and
body carefully when you go back
inside is a final precaution.
Jacobs also advises pet owners
Double-crop beans
after wheat calls
for weed control that only
DUAL can give
It takes a special kind of herbicide
to control weeds in double-crop beans. One that can wash through stubble
and crop residues into the soil. Some herbicides get all tied up in residues.
But not Dual.
It also takes a herbicide that will stay put, to control weeds all the
way to harvest. Dual lasts two to four weeks longer. No danger of Dual
running out too soon.
Other herbicides call for increased rates when used in minimum tillage,
But not Dual. Dual is applied at the same rate, surface applied or incor
porated. Even if you have black nightshade.
Dual performs like you expect it to. And at a per-acre cost that is
less than the competition.
Spray Dual to control grasses in your double-crop beans. Cleaner beans.
Lower cost.
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to inspect their animals if they
have been in a high-risk area. On
dogs and cats, ticks often are found
around the face and ears. Many
shampoos, sprays and dusts arc
available to eliminate ticks on pets.
Tick collars are less effective,
but are helpful as a repellent.
If you find a tick on a person or
animal, remove it by carefully
grasping it at the mouthparts with a
pair of fine point forceps and firm-
ly pulling it off.
You an minimize the risk of
Lyme disease at home by making
an inhospitable habitat for ticks
and their hosts. Clear as much
brush and high grass as possible,
remove wool and brush piles
where mice and other tick hosts
might nest and, if practical,
increase the distance from your
house to the interface between
your yard and woods.
Several pesticides are available
to eliminate ticks. Follow label
instructions carefully when using
chemicals.
How do you find out if deer ticks
are prevalent in your area? Jacobs
says you can call your local health
department and ask whether any
cases of Lyme disease have been
reported locally.
There are a couple of ways you
30 YEARS AGO
-Nestled along the east bank of
the Conestoga Creek just south of
Millersville is the 120 acre farm
operated by Mr. Jay Landis and
their three sons.
The farmstead, almost hidden
from traffic on Wabank Road, is
can check for ticks on your
property.
Jacobs recommends "flagging"
or "dragging”, both of which
involve attaching a piece of light
colored cloth to a 40-inch length of
broomstick and rubbing it across
brush or high grass, checking for
ticks every 30 to 45 seconds.
Take any tick you find, dead or
alive, to the Penn State Coopera
tive Extension Office in your
county for identification.
Penn State's College of Agricul
ture offers a video on Lyme dis
ease titled "Outsmarting the Deer
Tick". For more information on the
video and other Lyme disease top
ics, contact your county extension
office.
THIS WEEK
neat, clean and well care for.
Buildings in excellent repair and
painted a gleaming white are set
off by well trimmed lawns and
carefully pruned shrubbery.
As you drive toward the pictur
esque farmstead, you think this
must be a show place where most
of the lime is spent keeping the
grounds in order, but you soon find
out this is a real dairy farm.
With com planted and first cut
ting of hay made. Jay Landis, pres
ident of the Red Rose Dairy Herd
Improvement Association, took a
breather this week to show us
around his bam and grounds. All
the work is done by Mr. and Mrs.
Landis with an occasional assist
from a 17 year-old neighbor stu
dent. The three Landis sons are
eight, five and two years old.
-Clarence Bauman, president of
the Lancaster County chapter as
well as the Garden Spot Chapter
Future Farmers of America, was
named county winner in the state
wide Production Credit and
National Farm Loan records con-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 1. 1991-A35
test Monday by James C. Fink,
state FFA adviser.
The contest is based on the
fanning program evaluation and is
judged on farm finance and pro
duction records.
State winner was Larry Herr of
South Lebanon High School. The
Lancaster District winner was
Ronald Buffington of Upper Dau
phin school. Bauman, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bauman, Lan
caster R 7 and a student of
Lampeter-Strasburg High School,
received a $5 award.
-Com is up on most Lancaster
County farms, but the color is
poor. Most farmers feel that the
light color is due to the cool temp
eratures and will be overcome with
a few days of warm weather. Some
fields have been given first
cultivations.
Hay and silage making is well
under way in the Garden Spot with
many farmers, who did not spray
alfalfa fields last fail, trying to sal
vage the crop without spraying.
Fragmentary reports of low
temperatures on the mornings of
May 30 and 31 indicate possible
freeze damage to fruit and veget
able crops in northwestern and
north central counties, the Pen
nsylvania Crop Reporting Service
said this week.
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