. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. EXTENSION OFFICE SAYS CRANBERRY MEN STILL NEED DDT FOR OCCASIONAL USE Cranberry growers in the Wash- ington area will not usually be affected by the recent ban of DDT by the Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific County Extension Agent Azmi Shawa has reported. But, he added, growers are likely to have serious problems occasion- ally if adequate substitutes for DDT are not found to control the cut worm and root weevil. Shawa said that the use of DDT in this area has been "quite mini- mal" recently compared to use in the
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. EXTENSION OFFICE SAYS CRANBERRY MEN STILL NEED DDT FOR OCCASIONAL USE Cranberry growers in the Wash- ington area will not usually be affected by the recent ban of DDT by the Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific County Extension Agent Azmi Shawa has reported. But, he added, growers are likely to have serious problems occasion- ally if adequate substitutes for DDT are not found to control the cut worm and root weevil. Shawa said that the use of DDT in this area has been "quite mini- mal" recently compared to use in the past. He said that he didn't know of any grower who had put any on his bogs yet this year. But he said that DDT is still the only known way available to control the cut worm and root weevil. "We are going to have some troubles if we find nothing to replace the DDT," Shawa said. "We don't use it every year. There is no continual appHcation. But when we need it, we need ; Shawa said he has been told by Richard Maxwell, an assistant agricultural scientist in agricultural chemistry at Washington State Uni- versity, that growers should not count on using DDT again. The Environmental Protection Agency announced an almost total ban on domestic use of DDT ef- fective December 31 of this year. The decision has been appealed. The only exceptions to the ban were for public health purposes under the auspices of the Public Health Service, the Department of Agriculture, the military services and physicians; possible appeals for specific uses on sweet potatoes, green peppers and onions in storage; and products to be exported from the United States. Continued on Page 16 LONDON FAMILIES ENJOY FRESH N. J. BLUEBERRIES Fresh blueberries from a Ham- monton plantation were recently enjoyed by several London families and diners-out, following a sample air shipment of top quality berries to the English Fourteen 12-pint trays made the trip from harvest to destination in
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