—Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 24, 1965
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From Where We Stand...
Diet-Heart- Disease Controversy
Still Rages
It has been said that, by over
eating. the average American adult
adds several pounds to his already
overweight bulk between Thanksgiving
and New Year’s. This is rather a damp
ening thought at this gala time of the
year: but of course, we can now put off
worrying about it until after the first
of the year.
Diet has continued to be a contro
\ersial subject since it was spotlighted
by the American Heart Association
statement last June At that time the
Heart Assn recommended a significant
ly reduced intake of the so-called satu
rated fats (derived primarily from ani
mal fats), and suggested substituting
polyunsaturated fats (primarily vege
table fats) wherever possible.
Milk, meat and eggs, once believed
to be the basics of an adequate diet,
have been the foods most maligned.
This has been largely because of the
big bug-a-boo they have in common
Cholesterol.
Dr F A Kummerow, an authority
on dietary fats, wrote recently in Food
and Nutrition News that to state
that one should eat significantly less
saturated fat, or cholesterol, could lead
to serious deficiencies in protein, iron
and B-complex vitamins.
“The unknown factor in such a
recommendation rests on whether the
term ‘significantly less’ represents a
drastic or a slight decrease in con
sumption of the basic meat-milk-egg
foods.”
Kummerow says that if a growing
child is drastically deprived of these
essential protein, mineral, and vitamin
supplements he will suffer from mal
nutrition Substitute proteins cannot
meet total needs, he said.
So the debate rages on. and its
outcome could be of great economic
importance to the farmers who produce
the meat, milk and eggs But the heart
researchers are not in total agreement
themselves on this question of animal
fats Tons of data have been analyzed,
and certain tentative conclusions have
been drawn, but thousands of tons
more data will have to be reviewed be
fore we have the clear-cut answer to
• investment Credit
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investment ciedit pi or ides
apply lust as much to tann
ing as to anv othei tvpe ot
business
Since investment ci edit is
a (ompdidiiicli now pi ovi
mou ot the tax lans many
iaineis have overlooked its
bcne/its McAllistei explains
thoe lienehts bv the illustia
-1 on ol one laimei who ones
.M)iO income tax and a sec-
ond funnel who owes a smii
3ai amount ot tax hut who
pm chased a new nactoi in
I'll)", foi }■) 00 0 He detoi
nunes that the tiactoi will he
tiselul loi eight u.us He
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itz, Pa.
Of course there is no paralleK?),
but let us reflect upon the fate of the
greatest vegetable eaters of all time
the dinosaur. As a species, they never
made it beyond prehistoric times, while
a fellow old-timer, the meat-eating
saber-toothed tiger, has survived in a
modified form to this day. In fact,
tigers have become so plentiful that
practically everyone carries one some
where about his car these days it
may be in the tank, in the tires' or
the car itself may even be in the tiger.
Wherever, the fact remains that tigers
are very much “In”. Perhaps there’s
still some dim hope for the survival of
us human, meat-eaters.
And Speaking Of Meat . . .
Can you imagine any self-respect
ing tiger confusing Hot Dogs with
steak?
Recently one of the nation’s larg
est meat packers, Armour & Company,
was ordered by the USDA’s Packers
and Stockyards Division to stop referr
ing to the lowly hot dog in steak-like
terms
According to P&S, Armour had
advertised nationally to the effect
that its franks were “as nourishing as
steaks”. The ads inferred, P&S said,
that the company’s frankfurters con
tained the same grade, type, or quality
beef normally found in pot roast, chuck,
round, flank and minute steaks.
And as nourishing as the high
priced meat! Just as butter will always
be the standard of comparison for
“spreads”, so will steak be the standard
by which all meats are measured. With
the higher prices attached to some of
the “better things of life” these days,
it is not unnatural that an imaginative
manufacturer will try to upgrade his
product by associating it, at least in the
consumer’s mind, with the real McCoy.
Let us hope that butter and steak
will always be the standards by which
would-be substitute products are mea
sured, and equally as important, that
there will always be folks around who
know and appreciate the difference.
figuies the investment ciedit
’s 5350 seven peicent ot
the pm chase puce Invest
ment ciedit can he substitut
ed toi tax dollais on a dol
lai-toi-dollai basis Theie
toie the tax due by the sec
ond taimei is onl>
the amount obtained bx suh
tiacimg his investment cied
il liom the tax lie owes
VhAllistei otteis a few
gc nei al i tiles
] Ciedit can be taken
toi pm chases ol depieciable
machine! y and equipment
and cejtain i eal piopeitv
such as lences stoiage ta
cihties oithaids viuevaid
and plantings
2 Investment ciedit can
be taken on the pin chase ot
new oi used equipment It
must have a life ot at least
tom veais and a 111 e ot
at least eight yeans to get
the full seven peicent credit
3 Imestment ciedit can
be taken only once and m
the \eai the item puicha < I
was .nailable tot use
4 Investment credit can
not be claimed on Inesto k
oi buildings and cannot Tie
used to elect ease the fann
ers sell employment tax
Some tanneis may ffnd it
advantageous to make a last
minute put chase in 19 65 of
inachtnety they will need in
T9i;g, ileAllistei notes In
this way the 19C5 tax obli
gation can be reduced It
they elect to do this they
must buy, pay toi the item
this problem. The American Dairy
Assn, newsletter, “Tips”, suggests the
role of diet will become a very hot
national issue in 1966.
and take delivery befoie the
end ol the year If the faim
ei w'aits and makes the pur
chase m 19 6 6 he will get
the same benefits to apply
against IhGG income ta\
Vi hethei to buy now 01 latei
is determined by mam fac
tors ot which imestment is
only one Howevei, it does
illustiate how tax planning
is an 11115101 taut consideia
tion 111 financial and manage
ment decision ol the lann
business McAllister points
out
• Turkey Test
(Continued from Page 1)
lowing that, anothei senes of
tests will be 111'ade to detei
mine the peicentage ol
change in cooking
Last yeai the de-boning
work was done only with
toms and theie w'as no study
of cooking
RRSI'LTS 1!)65 TEST
Results, of this yeai’s meat
pi eduction test were virtual
ly the same as last yeai Av
eiage weights of toms at 25
weeks were 28 2 pounds for
white varieties 'and 29 3
pounds 1 oi 'brto'adbre'asted
bionze Hens at 22 weeks av
eiaged 15 8 pounds foi whites
and 17 0 pounds for bionze.
Diessed yields were 83 0
per cent of live weight for
white toms, 84 8 percent for
toms, 810 per cent for
white hens, and: 82 4 percent
for bronze toms.
★ ★
To .Handle- Tobacco (hop
Caretully . . It’s veiy dif
ficult to leeommend how each
tobacco ci op should be
stripped because ot the many
methods of selling the ciop
However, it is important to
use minimum amounts of wa
ter in order to moisten the
crop beifoie stripping rather
than to get it water-soaked
to the point it is objection
able to most buyers Also it
is advisable to separate m
luied and infenoi leaies, all
buyeis will appieciate this
effort and have a light to ex
pert it. When the ciop is to
be sold on the giade basis,
then the farmers should han
dle the crop to satisfy the
grader and the buyer.
Public Service
lessoii for December 26, 1965
locltorouad Scripture Nehemioh 1 1
through 63, 12 27 through 13 31
D«vetion«l lUadmg: Psalm 91 9 Id.
Governor nememiah is
one of the few persons m the
Bible about whom nothing is
said to his discredit. One reason
for this may be that the infoi
mation we have about him comes
from the Governor himself, and
a retiring public
official is not ..a
man to go around
talking about his
mistakes or mis
deeds if any. But
whatever blem
ishes a sneering
critic might have
found in this
man, they would
K -iglu jmpanson with his
services to his city of Jerusalem.
For Nehemiah was a true public
servant in the finest sense of that
word. On this Sunday after
Christmas it ‘is appropriate to
think about a man who saw no
visions (except as we all may
see them) and wrought no mir
acles, hut one whose religion was
expressed in the most common
place “secular” activities. Build
ing, organizing, planning (he was
pei haps the first city planner
known to us) governing these
were his tasks and m these was
bound up his religion.
What he brought to job
Seeds of success or failure are
already sown by the time a pub
lic official takes his office. What
he does or fails to do will de
pend more on the kind of man
lie is than on any other factor.
This Nehemiah was appointed by
an empeior not as a personal
whim, not because his Majesty
Artaxeixes happened to like him,
but because he had what it was
going to take, and the emperor,
a good judge of men, could see
this Nehemiah had personal
charm, political know-how (for
the position of cupbearer was a
high political post), quick and
accurate judgment, the ability
to lead and direct men, imagina
tion and initiative; but above all,
a commitment to the work he
Now
Is The
By Max Smith,
To Beware of Weed Roses
Multiflora rose is the most recent addi
tion to the list of loses that sometimes are
weeds For the last twenty years many con
servationists have gone for this plant as a
living fence and as good cover for wildlife
however, it can also be a pest to a neighbor
whose pasture, orchaid, or woodlot is becom
ing polluted with this wild rose. Conti ol is
possible in cultivated fields but not so easy
in other aieas, the herbicides that will kill
wild loses may mjme most othei plants or
trees We’d investigate all angles quite
thoroughly befoie planting this potential
pest.
had to do. Hit aim wai apt »o
much to please Artaxerxea as to
please God. His work was his
service to God,
Portrait of an executive
The modern theory of execu
tives is that they do not need
to be technical experts in any
held. The good executive is a
man who gets things done, who
can reconcile warring factions,
who can “build a team” out of
the material he has, who can
inspire all his subordinates with
something of his own enthusiasm
and dedication to the job. Ne
hemiah could qualify on all these
points.
Living example
People not only admired the
Governor, they imitated him. He
was an example of honesty, for
one thing. He took pride in not
living on “graft,” and in contri
buting to the building fund out
of his own private means, and,
he did not allow extravagance in
the running of his official resi
dence. He set an example of
courage not only in being pie
pared to fight off invading raid
ers, but of personal courage in
the face of attempts at assassi-.
nation He set an example of
optimism He might well have I
turned around and gone back
home to Persia when for the)
first time he icalized the extent;
of Ins problem: but he stayed on*
the job he had accepted. Above)
all, he set an example in Ins
icligious life and faith. He did
not spend much time in prayer,
he did not have the time, prob
ably His prayers were short
and pointed, hardly more than
a sentence long. But he meant
every one of the few words he
said He felt sure of being wheie
God wanted him to be This
gave him confidence of success.
He had a confidence in himself,
to be sure; he did not think God
would lebmld Jerusalem by any
kind of miracle. Trust God and
do your best, might have been
his motto. He did not think
prayer was a substitute for hard
woik and careful planning, but
on the ,her hand no prayer let
him out of woik For the dull
days of late December, such a
religion wears well.
(Based on outlines copyrighted by the
Division of Christian Education, National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the
USA, Released by Community Press
Service.)
Go To The Church
Sunday
Time ...
Lancaster County Agent
To Rattle Rodents , . . As.
I •write this aiticle, our fiist
snowfall of the winter is
stiongly toiecast; this wall
mean that rats and mace will
be coming to the buildings
for protection. We hope that
eveiy fanner and property
owner in the country has
ti led to keep them out of
the buildings and eliminate
all nesting places, this is the
place to begin the eradica
tion piogram; secondly, we’d
suggest poison bait stations
in order to eliminate every
lodent that comes around.
Don’t put up with them; get
rid of them! !
TO WISH EVERYONE A
VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY
SEASON AND A PROSPER
OUS NEW YEAR.
i
SMITH