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automobiles banned,” he commented.
Coat Factor
Discourages Misuse
Farmers don’t overuse chemicals, Reger continued. ‘‘Spray chemicals are so expensive...orchardists guard them with their lives” and avoid waste like the plague, he maintained.
‘‘An orchardist is not interested in killing bugs. If he could put a repellent on his trees and chase them out of his orchard, he'd^e tickled to death," Reger said.
The chemical company representative suggested a few natural pest control methods of his own. Mow an orchard in consecutive strips, he advised, leaving some of the grass long at all times. Fruit producers ought to grow all the hay they can in orchards instead of mowing down until the orchard looks like a lawn, he added.
Despite reliance on chemical controls in agricultural operations, animal life has thrived, according to Reger. Orchards are sprayed regularly and still, small birds nest in the fruit trees. "If their egg shells are thin, they don’t know it," Reger remarked. Deer herds have increased in enormous numbers with as many as 1000 animals on some farms in Pennsylvania, he reported.
"The last sad part of this whole story” is the price paid
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