816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 11 1998
SMOKETOWN (Lancaster
Co ) Longaberger baskets,
antique glass and ceramic bas
kets, handcrafted baskets, class
theme baskets, basket motifs on
wallhangings and art, gift bas
kets, and even French fry bas
kets highlighting the 24th annu
al Locust Grove Mennonite
School Country Auction and
Chicken Barbecue on Friday,
Precautions Can Deliver
Homeowners From Flies
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co ) - If you think your house is
plagued with flies this year, con
sider this If a pair of houseflies
began mating on the first day of
summer and every member of
every generation of offspring
survived and reproduced at the
maximum rate, the resulting fly
Penn State Pointers ► Fighting Flies Year-Round?
J^Jhappenings
Progressive Clovers 4-H
Club
The monthly meeting of the
Progressive Clovers 4-H Club
was held May 11, at Baust
Parish House in Tyrone, Md
The program for the evening
was on poultry The program
focused on your favorite way to
fix eggs, followed by the follow
ing 4-H’ers who brought in then
chickens and gave a brief
description of the breed and his
tory Matt Carman, Cornish
Bantams, Amy Ridinger, Buff
Brahma Bantams, Jason
Ridinger, Brown Leghorn, Lau
ren Hams, Rhode Island Red,
and Heather Hams, crossbreed
Dr Ediger from the Maryland
State Lab in Frederick, Md.,
spoke about poultry diseases
and breeds
Members of Progressive
Clovers 4-H Club recently took a
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Baskets Highlight Locust Grove Country Auction
July 17 and Saturday, July 18.
This year’s auction offers an
array of baskets, an original
painting by David Brumbach,
and the annual variety of art
and handcrafts, quilt and wall
hangings, antique and col
lectibles, and more. On
Saturday at 10 a.m., basket
making will be demonstrated by
population would cover the
Earth three feet deep by the first
day of fall!
So Charles Pitts, professor of
entomology in Penn State's
College of Agricultural Sciences,
Pitts, an expert on livestock
pests, says that flies seem to be
getting worse in the eastern
United States.
field tnp to Catcoctm Mountain
Growers to a large greenhouse
outside of Detour, Md ; They
have four acres under roof The
last greenhouse they put up
came from Holland and was put
up by a crew from Holland It’s
the only greenhouse of its kind
in North America.
Jackson Pin Thimblers
4-H Club Meeting
Abralyn Stone opened the
June 17 meeting of the Jackson
Pin Thimblers 4-H meeting.
Tami Glover’s pet hedgehog,
brought for show-and-tell, greet
ed each member.
A thank-you note from
Shannon Wallace was read con
cerning the pillows that the club
gave her for college. The mem
bers reached the decision of
attending the firemen’s parade.
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Sharon Weinhold, patron of
Locust Grove, followed by the
auction of specialty baskets.
The Country Auction begins
at 7 p.m., Friday, July 17, fea
turing class theme baskets,
patron and business gift certifi
cates, beanie babies, and select
ed antiques.
Saturday, July 18, the
Country Auction begins at 8
Pitts explains that the life
cycle of a house fly is perfectly
suited for life as a summer pest,
"Their cycle is temperature-dri
ven," he says. "The warmer it is,
the shorter the time it takes for
the fly to develop. In the sum
mer, a new generation can devel
op every 10 days."
Each female fly lays about
300 eggs, half of which will be
female. "If conditions are right,
a fly population can explode
rapidly," Pitts says. Flies also
can survive the winter in all
stages of development In fact,
flies continue to develop during
winter although at a much slow
er rate
Certain flies can become
active in homes during winter, if
there is a warm-temperature
breeding area around the house
"This can occur if the homeown
ers has horses or other animals
near the house," he says.
For example, the cluster fly
and the face fly will seek winter
shelter in houses as adults. The
cluster fly is a particular nui
sance in fall, when large groups
of the insects seek out homes to
wait out the winter. "They usu
ally stay in the attic, but these
flies will come down into the
house if it gets too cold," Pitts
says.
Pitts says the best way home
owners can combat flies is to
make the outside of your house
as inhospitable as possible
Compost piles must be piop
erly managed "Some people
throw stuff m the backyard and
call it a compost pile," Pitts says.
"Compost piles must be turned
and tended to prevent insects
from being a nuisance."
Pick up all pet manure and
dispose of it, preferably by buy
ing it. "Manure piles are the per
fect breeding grounds for flies,"
Pitts says.
Hardware stores and farm
supply stores sell traps equipped
with bait to lure flies "Don't put
these near a door," Pitts warns.
"I recommend placing two or
three in a semi circle at least 50
yards away from the house."
Don't use an outdoor fly
spray. "Most of the time outdoor
sprays don't do much good,"
Pitts says.
Once the flies are indoors,
Pitts says you are left to the
tried-and-true methods of elimi
nation flyswatters and sticky fly
strips still work as well as they
did for grandma. If homeowners
opt for indoor sprays, Pitts urges
savvy shoppers to check the
label
"Indoor spray labels should
say 'For flies and insects' and
list natural pyrethrins as an
ingredient. Natural pyrethrins
come from the chrysanthemum
plant and are safe to use
indoors," Pitts says. "If the label
reads 'Pyrethroid' compounds,
the Spray shouldn't be used
inside."
a.m. featuring specialty baskets
at 10:30 a.m., quilts & wallhang
ings at 11 a.m., art and hand
craft items at 12:30 p.m. and
antiques & collectibles at 2 p.m.
The art collection can be pre
viewed Friday, July 17, at
Locust Grove Mennonite School.
For milk bottle collectors,
this year’s collection of antiques
and collectibles offer an excel
lent array of milk bottles such as
C. H. Harnish, Wengerts, Aaron
Stoltzfus, Glick’s/Smoketown,
Malloy’s/Shenandoah, and many
more.
The antiques category also
includes depression glass,
Fenton Opalescent Cranberry
Hobnail candlesticks and bud
vase, Wedgewood plate, Fostoria
candy dish, Hull basket planter,
a Dazy 4 quart butter churn,
mahogany veneer sleigh bed
frame, and many other items.
Other highlights of the auc
tion include; tickets for a variety
of Phillies games, a green moun
tain sugar maple tree from
Root’s Nursery, a handcrafted
dollhouse by Benjamin
Brubaker, and a handcrafted
antique car by David N.
Thomas.
As in other years, the
Country Auction also features a
delicious variety of homemade
Tiffany Ann Dunkle, daughter of Tanya and Chad Dunkle
of Mifflinburg, was named the June Dairy Baby by the SUN
Area Dairy Princess Promotional Committee. Tiffany was
bom at the Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, on
June 1. SUN Area Dairy Princess Jodi Musser and Linda
Fisher, chairwoman of the committee, made the
presentation.
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foods beginning with the tempt
ing aroma of Chicken Barbecue
on Friday, July 17 from 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.,
an assortment of foods will be
available including pork barbe
cue.
On Saturday, wake up at 7
a.m. to the taste of a country
breakfast including made to
order omelets, pancakes, fresh
fruit cups, and bagels with
gourmet cream cheese.
Throughout the day, Stoltzfus’
Meats sausage sandwiches, hot
dogs, hamburgers, pork barbe
cue, french fries, ice cream,
baked goods, and more will be
available to curb your hunger.
Children and adults can
enjoy the antics of Shenanigans,
a balancing and juggling act on
Friday at 6:15 p.m. The
Children’s Fun Festival will be
held on Friday, July 17 from 4 to
7 p.m. and Saturday, July 18
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Activities
include games, water activities,
videos, popcorn, and more.
Join the fun at the Country
Auction & Chicken Barbecue
located at Locust Grove
Mennonite School, on Old
Philadelphia Pike (Route 340),
four miles east of Lancaster. For
more information, please call
the school at (717) 394-7107.
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