14—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Jan. 11, 1957
TEMPERATURES in the Lancaster Coun
ty area were much above the 30 year av
erage during the month of December. At
the same time, precipitation was listed as
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Florida Scientist Finds Mushrooms
Grow Well in Sawdust-Meal Mulch
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A new wajr of growing bumper
crops of mushrooms rapidly has
been announced by a Florida
scientist Dr. Seymour S. Block,
associate professor, of chemical
engineering at the University of
Florida said that his experiments
proved that 500 pounds of mush
rooms could be grown in eHeven
days on a ton of sawdust sprin
kled with oatmeal.
Today mushrooms are grown
commercially in a compost of
manure and straw which yields
two or three crops a year. The
sawdust beds, according to Dr.
Block, can produce at least a
dozen full crops annuaMy.
The mushroom raised in saw
dust looks like the Oriental mush
room, with a flat cap rather than
a button, and its flavor is half
way between that of the Oriental
and the American' species.
Block’s research came from the
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Asian century-old practice of put
ting mushroom fungus into holes
in forest logs and plugging the
holes After about 18 months,
the mushrooms sprout
The Florida scientist experi
mented with a variety of mush
room that grows naturally on
trees and seeded the sawdust
with its spawn, which turned
some of the sawdust into mush
rooms Further experimentation
showed that the addition of up to
five per cent of oatmeal speeded
and increased the crop.
Allhough present mushroom
growing methods require a tem
perature range controlled be
tween 50 and 60 degrees, the
mushrooms in the sawdust beds
will sprout at from
ordinary room temperature to
78 degrees.
Since sawdust has a more uni
form texture than compost, it
can be easily handled on convey
or belts And it is a cheaper bed
for mushroom growth in other
ways.-
“Larger yields are anticipated
as the optimum conditions for
cultivation are established,” Dr.
Block said. “This could lead to
commercial production at costs
lower than beefsteak”
On a dry weight basis, mush
rooms cost more than three times
as much as steak today. And they
are usually served to garnish
beefsteak rather than as an en
tree, mostly because the price
puts mushroom into the “fancy
food” class.
If the price can be drastically
lowered, they may well become
an increasingly favorite dish.
Although mushrooms are 90
per cent water, they have all the
amino acids required by the body
plus many of the B group vita
mins.
‘Pros’ Use Brains
Not Brakes
In Snow
Professional drivers do not
make light of a light snowfall, W.
F. Hovetter, president of PTF
Mutual Insurance Co. says.
“The ‘pros” those men who
operate trucks and cars over
shoit or long distances in all
kinds of weather appreciate
the treachery of snow or ice in
any amount,” he warned.
“Such drivers outwit the ele
ments by using their brains more
than their brakes. When driving
on snow or ice, they take very
seriously the recommendations
of the National Safety Council’s
Committee on Winter Driving
Hazards These recommendations
are;
1. Get the feel of the road.
2. Adjust speed to road and
weather conditions.
3. Keep the windshield and
windows clear.
4. Use tire chains for snow and
ice conditions.
5. “Pump” the breaks to stop.
6. Follow other vehicles at a
safe distance.
“The two main threats to win
ter time road safety are reduced
visibility and inadequate trac
tion,” Hovetter declared.
PENB Annual
Conference Set As -
A ‘Work Session’
Scheduled as a “work session”
the Annua*! Planning Conference
of the Poultry and Egg National
Board, Jan 31-Feb. 1, will cen
ter upon 1957 check-off plans for
financing PEN®, the new and
supplemental PENZ program for
advertising eggs, and food edi
tor attitudes toward PENB now
and' when publicity and adver
tising are teamed together
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The conference will be held in
the La Sa'lle Hotel, Chicago, with
Leslie S Hubbard, PENB presi
dent, delivering the address of
welcome at 930 a m on opening
day. Following Mr. Hubbard’s
talk, Harvey Steen, director of
the division 'of state services,
PENB, will outline PENB’s 1957
check-off programs.
The program for the first day
features separata panels of in
dustry leaders and food publicity
experts in the morning; talks by
William B Powell, executive sec
retary-treasurer, National Red
Charry Institute, Chicago, and
Lee Hammett,' Western Adver
tising Agency, in the afternoon,
and a banquet address by Willie
Mae Rogers of Good Housekeep
ing magazine in the evening.
The industry panel will be on
“PENB Check-off Campaign
Plans by States or Areas” Panel
members will be Henry D. Man
gun, Indiana, chairman; Df. J. C.
Huttar, New York; Blanton
Smith, Tennessee; T. A. Hensar
hng, Texas; F. H. Nyman, Utah,
and Doyle Free, Nebraska.
Three famous food editors
comprise a panel which will dis
cuss “The Attitude of Food Edi
tors Towards PENB Now and
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Washington, (USDA) Th*
U. S. Department of Agriculture
announced recently a revision
in fees and charges for the appeal
inspection of grain for export.
In addition to the present fee of
$l5O per 1,000 bushels for export
appeal inspection, a charge of
$5.00 per man-hour will be made
for all overtime of employees as
signed to handle the appeal . j
This charge is to enable the
Department to give more com
plete service on export appeals,
many of which require continuous
loading after regular hours and
an weekends and holidays.
This amendment was approved
to become effective 12:01 a m.,
Dec. 1. 1956.
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When PENB Advertises Eggs.”
They are Willie Mae Rogers,
Good Housekeeping Magazine,
New York; Isabel du Bois, Chi
cago Daily News, and Dorothy
Thompson (“Mary Martenson”),
Chicago American, r
"Mr. Powell will discuss “How
an Organization Keyed to Con
sumer Education Can Launch In
to FuH-Scale Advertising,” an* r '
Mr. Hammett will present “PE
NB’s Program for Advertising
Eggs.”
Willie Mae Rogers will be the
principal speaker at the annual
banquet which will be hefld at
630 pm. The 1956 PENS ach
ievement award, recognizing out
standing scientific effort which
leads to greater use of poultry
and eggs, will be presented to an
individual chosen for that honor
by a committee of scientists.
The PENS board of directors
will be in session on the second
day. Action on establishing a
PENS Southern Office and elec
tion of officers are among the
business items scheduled.
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