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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1961
Page
6
Harvests begin early July with red beets available and early tomatoes showing blooms. Sweet corn grows rapidly while Lima beans near final planting in Erie County. greens peas harvest active in southern and central counties.
Penn State extension entomologists warn of a bumper crop of Japanese beetles. The insects will damage fruits and other plants, with coppery-down wing covers and shiny metallic-green bodies likely to appear in many backyards this season.
USDA summer quarantine measures target Japanese beetles as they emerge in the eastern United States. Regulation applies where beetle activity blocks movement of commodities vehicles or aircraft into beetle free zones. The District of Columbia and 18 states fall under the federal quarantine with inspectors monitoring infestations and advising proper treatment for soil borne plants. Farm real estate taxes reached 12 billion dollars in 1959 and personal property taxes on farms added about a quarter bullion dollars.
DHIA certificates were awarded by Herbert C. Gilmore dairy specialist. Association officers elected include Elwood Walters Bel ver Springs Snyder County chairman, Arthur Wert Union County vice chair, Donald Hindman Clarks Summit Lackawanna secretary, and Jan Rosengrant Bradford County vice secretary. Highway accidents nationwide show 58 000 rural deaths and two million injuries, a 26 percent rise over ten years.
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