AlB-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 22, 1991
Lehigh Co.’s First Farm
Preservation Approved
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh
Co.) The Pennsylvania Agri
cultural Land Preservation Board
lias approved the purchase of
Lehigh County’s first agricultural
conservation easement on a
54-acre farm in Lower Milford
township for $184,985.
The farm, owned by Wilmer and
Erma Graber, will be preserved in
perpetuity under the state and
county’s farmland preservation
program.
Seventy-five percent of the cost
Pennsylvania
Livestock Auction
Waynesburg, Pa.
Thursday, June 20, 1991
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 174. COMPARED WITH
LAST THURSDAY’S MARKET; SL.
COWS .50-1.00 HIGHER. BREAKING
UT. & COMMERCIAL SL. COWS
51.00-55.50, FEW 57.00-59.50, CUTTER
& BON. UT. 49.00-52.50, CANNER & LO
CUTTER 40.00-48.50. SHELLS DOWN
TO 30.00. YIELD GRADE NO. 1 11/2130
LBS. SL. BULLS 60.50-70.75. FEW
29-1160 LBS. 57.00-61.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS (FEW) &
M&L-l 3/400 LBS. 85.00-105.00, #1
550/800 LBS. 80.00-90.00. HEIFERS
MED. & LGE. #1 M&L-l 3/450 LBS.
80.00- BULLS M-l 250/500 LBS.
85.00- COUPLE 330 @ 113.00.
CALVES: 25. CHOICE 124.00.
STAND. & GD. 80-115 LBS. 79.00-90.00.
NO. 1, HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-135 LBS.
130.00- BEEF CROSS 80-140
LBS. BULLS & HEIFERS 10000-155.00.
HOGS: 21. US 1-3 120-140 LBS.
52.00- COUPLE 108.00 @ 69.00.
US NO. 1-3 3/780 LBS. SOWS
39 75-44.00. COUPLE BOARS
37.00-
FEEDER PIGS: 6. US NO. 1-3 50/80
LBS. FEEDER PIGS 47.00-49.00.
SHEEP: 150. H. CHOICE & PRIME
64/96 LBS. 65.00-72.00, CHOICE 75/90
LBS. 61.00-66.00. GOOD/CH. 47/60 LBS.
FEEDER LAMBS 42.00-48.00.
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of this purchase will be paid by the
state and the county will contribute
the other 25 percent.
The Lehigh County agricultural
land preservation board is in the
process of finalizing agreements
with six additional landowners for
the permanent preservation of
another 800 acres of farmland
within the county. The county
board will soon be submitting
proposals to the state board for the
preservation of the additional
farms.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP 14.00-22.00.
GOATS: 22. LARGE 40.00-55.00,
MED. 28.00-40.00, SMALL 18.00-30.00.
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Thursday, June 20, 1991
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CATTLE: 252. SL. COWS .75-1.25
LOWER; COUPLE SELECT 66.00-69.75,
STAND. & SEL. HOL. 59.00-66.00.
BREAKING UT. & COMMERCIAL SL.
COWS 50.50-54.50, COUPLE 56.00,
CUTTER & BON. UT. 48.75-54.00, COU
PLE 57.10, CANNER & LO CUTTER
46.00-49.00, SHELLS DOWN TO 43.00.
YIELD GRADE FEW NO. 1-1745 LBS.
SL. BULLS 58.50-64.00.
CALVES: 451. FEW GOOD
85.00- STAND. & GD. 70-95 LBS.
74.00- UT. 60-85 LBS. 60.00-74.00,
NO. 1. HOLSTEIN BULLS 85-130 LBS.
160.00- NO. 2 80-125 LBS.
125.00- FEW DOWN TO 85.00.
NO. 1, HOL. HEIFERS 105-125 LBS.
170.00- 80-100 LBS.
120.00- BEEF CROSS 75-125
LBS. BULLS & HEIFERS 120.00-187.50.
HOGS 6. FEW US NO. 1-3 350-420
LBS. 41.00-41.75. BOARS ONE 36.00.
FEEDER PIGS; 27,
SHEEP: 18. FEW GOOD/CH. 60-95
LBS. SSL 48.00-56.00. SLAUGHTER
SHEEP FEW 9.50-16.00.
GOATS: 4. FEW MEDIUM
2200-28.00.
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UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) One of the most mysteri
ous insects in the world is about to
invade the skies over central and
eastern Pennsylvania, but a Penn
State expert said it’s not a cause for
serious alarm.
Residents of affected counties
soon will see an emergence of per
iodical cicadas, commonly but
mistakenly called 17-year locusts.
“These insects are harmless to peo
ple, but they can damage fruit trees
or high-value ornamentals,’’ said
entomologist Gregory Hoover.
Any damage caused by cicadas
occurs during egg-laying. Using
the blades of a saw-like device on
her abdomen, a female will cut
several small pockets in the bark of
a twig, depositing 400 to 600 eggs.
This process can cause small limbs
or seedlings to wilt and may pro
vide an opening for disease.
“Periodical cicadas are some
times called nature’s pruners,”
said Hoover. “Nursery owners or
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Periodical cicada populations
called broods are assigned Roman
numerals and are classified by the
year in which they emerge. The
cicadas surfacing this year are
members of Brood XIV, which last
was seen in 1974. Brood XIV dis
tribution encompasses as many as
22 counties between the New York
and Maryland borders, ranging as
far west as Clearfield County and
as far east as Lehigh County.
Cicada nymphs spend 17 years
from 2 to 24 inches underground,
sucking nutrients from plant roots.
In April, they burrow to within an
inch of the soil surface, where they
await the undetermined signal for
emergence. If the ground is too
damp, they often build small earth
en turrets over their holes to pro
tect their escape routes from 100
much moisture.
When the time is right, usually
in late May or early June, the
nymphs exit the soil through half
inch holes and climb a foot or more
up trees or other objects. Within an
hour, they shed their nymphal
skins and become adults.
The adult cicadas are clumsy
flyers, often colliding with objects
in flight The males begin their
constant singing shortly after they
emerge, but the females are silent.
When heard from a distance, the
cicadas* chorus is a whirring
monotone, sometimes described as
eerie-sounding. On rare occasions
when an adult eats, it sucks fluid
from small twigs but does not feed
on leaves. Ten days following
emergence, mating takes place.
The adult cicadas live up to four
weeks above ground. Six to seven
weeks after the eggs are laid, the
nymphs hatch and drop to the
ground. There, they enter the soil,
not to see the light of day for 17
subterranean years.
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