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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1976
Page
5
The Agriculture Department reports the May 1 to June 1 survey shows winter wheat prospects down 3 percent to 1.416 billion bushels. Despite the decline the crop remains ample to meet next year’s needs, with 1976 output still well above last year’s record.
State and federal agencies launch a biological control effort against the cereal leaf beetle in Indiana. A Field Day announced the parasite release from Kingsbury State Fish and Wildlife Area into preselected fields. The report also notes the 1976-77 wheat and overall grain supply outlook and anticipated modest retail price gains.
In Greene County southwestern Indiana army worms appeared in a Goose Pond farm where a corn field suffered extensive defoliation while a nearby wheat field showed light damage. Extent and timing suggest early larval activity and cautions on spraying. Toxaphene and Levin are used with restrictions.
Wildlife biologist Alger Van Hoey explains newer pesticides like Sevin and Malathion are short lived and less likely to move through food chains yet dangers persist when field borders receive heavy applications. He urges following directions and reducing frequency to minimize wildlife mortality while noting improved regulations and declining persistent residues.
Washington hearings on Capitol Hill heard broad sympathy for helping young farmers but opposition to government purchase and resale of farmland. Critics say support should come from existing credit channels, not federal land purchases, to avoid inflation and market disruption.
The Warren County grain drying facility Grain Dryers Inc owned by Carl and James Wright John Byers and Harold Ohl opens the 1976 Indiana State Farm Management Tour with a 1 30 p m tour at State Line near Warren County The two dryer plants can remove 10 points moisture at 1 700 bushels per hour The Wright brothers conceived the venture after delays at commercial elevators and plan to expand storage and drying capacity later this year The tour moves to James Moseley farm near Clarks Hill two hours later and Purdue University Loeb Playhouse hosts an evening program with Richard Bell as speaker Three additional farm visits follow July 15.
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