Manheim Ff A Points Project Toward Vacation By: The Reporter Manheim Chapter FFA Each year the senior FFA boys of the Manheim chapter take a trip to the western part of the United States with money earned on chap ter projects. The chapter has seven ac res of tobacco, four acres of corn, four acres of wheat and one acre of hay. The chapter also earns some money by mowing lots and other odd jobs with the chapter-owned tractor and mower. Each member must work at least 200 hours at the chapter project during the J The normal tour takes a course of his four years route west through ■ n DAIRYMEN— How to Get the Most Milk For the Lowest Cost That’s the Problem.... In your cows diet, good roughage is the foundation. Pro duce all of it you can. It will show better returns than most any thing else you may do in your dairy operation It is the basic feed for your herd- Now, what about your dairy feed what do you expect from it? Basically its function is to make up the deficiencies in your roughage of proteins, vitamins, minerals and energy. It should furnish the "Plus Values" to balance the feed intake with the milk output. To supplement your roughage economically with the high est possible return per feed ■ dollar expended use MILLER & BUSHONG’S GREEN PASTURES DAIRY PELLETS Green Pasture Pellets are a high energy ration (this means a substantial saving in quantities required) Substantially low er costs per cow per day than with most mixes. Bulk delivery saves costs and LABOR—No waste. No Fines. More Uniformity. FOR ASSISTANCE IN a complete explanation of the economy and effectiveness of our program ask any Miller & Bushong service representative to make an appointment for you with our Dairy Specialist Mr. Robert "Bob" Gregory, or call us direct at Lancaster, EXpress 2-2145. n the globe. Approximately 1 out of every 2 Americans weighs more than he actual ly should. 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Norrjhold On January 18, 1962, at 10 p m-, CJBS Reports pre sented a' factual, “The Fat American.” Such eminent men as Dr. Paul Dudley- White'and Dr Ancel Keys startled the televiewing audience with positive state ments about the overweight problem in the United States The American people ARJS overfed and ARE under ex ercised They not only eat too much, but they put the wrong foods into then stomachs As a result, one out ot every three adults m this country is overweight They emphasized and sup ported their declarations with the following tacts The yearly food consump tion of an average American family of four members tal lies at 1 ton of milk pro ducts, 871 lbs of meat, fish, and poultry, 1404 eggs, 572 lbs of flour, 442 lbs pota toes, 1760 lbs ot fruits and 136 lbs of fats PLUS pounds and more pounds of other produce. Twenty per cent of an in come (after deduction of in come taxes) supplies a house hold with this superior diet. Money PLUS more money is expended for food the $lB billion spent in restau rants by the United States population, the $5 billion on baked goods, the $2 million, spent on pizza pies, the money spent on 11 billion hot dogs and 454 million gal lons of ice cream every year And because this food is so easily available to the public, the public wastes, every day each person wasts 1600 calories The coinciding factor to overeating is under exercis ing Mechanization has play ed a vital pait in putting on (Turn to page 11) 5