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Pork Has Improved - But Consumers Don’t Know It Have you ever heard of a ics. the average hog today yields three-shammed hog? 14% pounds more lean meat—or ■ about the weight of an extra ißdbert W. Nelson has. And he ham—than did the average hog is secretary of the Pork Indus- 12 years ago.” try Committee of the National Live Stock and Meat Board in Chicago. elusion that today’s hog is just „ . , ~ , that much heavier than yester- So he should know. . , , ... ~ Nelson explains it this way: da y s h °S- consider thls addl ' "Because of tremendous strides tional information from Nelson: in the fields of feeding and genet- the total weight difference is ac- MU mm 9 MARTIN’S HARDWARE 182 EAST MAIN STREET, LEOLA, PA. m __ Daily 7:30 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. VfApA nAlli'C* Wed. & Fri. until 9:00 P.M. 1,1V,C IWM,a# Saturday until 5:00 P.M. Before you jump to the con- MARTINS HARDWARE tually less than two pounds more. Nelson explains, "... that alO percent increase in amount of lean has been accompanied by a 26 percent decrease in the amount of fat and lard.” In other words more lean and less fat, more protein and fewer calories ... just whav. the doctor ordered; and what the modern weight-conscious consumer is de manding. “As a matter of fact,” said Nelson, “pork today has 36 per cent fewer calories and 57 per cent less fat than food composi tion tables once indicated. Pork products contain as much ... or more ... protein, as other ani mal protein foods. “In spite of this, many home makers still consider pork to be fat, wasty, hard to digest and a food to be avoided in warm weather or for weight reducing. These attitudes were revealed in a recent national consumer sur vey conducted by the Meat Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture ” Research has shown, the in dustry executive said, that pork is nearly 100 percent digestible; is as acceptable in weight-reduc ing diets and for warm weather eating as other protein foods •‘And certainly it’s a nutritious and tasty food,” he added Nelson said that homemakers who deny themselves and their families the benefits of pork be cause of “old wives tales that linger on” also are missing a bet where the food budget is concerned “On a cost-per-serving basis— which is a more realistic meas ure of food expenditures than cost-per-pound—pork offers ex cellent values which have gone unrecognized by many home makers,” he said. “The home maker can get from 2V4 to five servings of ham, pork chops, pork steaks, etc., per pound as compared, for instance, with I*3 servings per pound of chick en ” As further evidence of the de velopment of the meat-type hog in this country. Nelson noted that U S Department of Agxi culture grade standards w ere changed on April 1 1968 U S.- D A made the change to pio \ ide better measures of the mar ket value of these high-quality, more lean, less fat porkers Not a Disease Color blindness is not a dis ease but a disoider of the eye in which the person cannot see cer tain colors It does not lessen or distort the vision as a disease does NDOUS SA VINOS TO YOU 6 ft. HIGH PANELS MILLED STOCKADE FREE Estimates on Installation and Planning of your entire Fencing Area Sec. Freeman Calls Sediment Number One Water Pollutant Secretary of Agriculture Or ville L. Freeman today called for intensified public and private cooperation to protect the Na tion’s land and water from the “ravages of erosion and destruc tive sediment.” In a message to the American Waterworks Association meeting in Cleveland, the Secretary said that soil washing or blowing from rural lands and suburban developments "is costing the American people $5OO million a year.” Describing sediment as “America’s number one pollu tant,” Secretary Freeman pledg ed all-out Department of Agri culture support of State and lo cal efforts to halt this “resource loss” through erosion control measures Secretary Freeman said some 4 billion tons of sediment are washed into our waterways and reservoirs each year, an amount equivalent to about 4 million acres of topsoil. An increasing amount of this sediment comes from suburban construction, where land is often stripped of its natural cover, and allowed to remain bare fo’’ prolonged peri ods, permitting soil to wash or blow aw'ay. “The Department ot Agricul ture over the years has develop ed an impressn e array of princi ples and techniques for dealing with soil erosion problems,” the Secretary pointed out “These are applicable anywhere, an sub urban housing de\ elopments as well as on the farm ” USDA scientists and techni cians, who have helped to estab lish sound conservation systems on millions of acres of agricul tural land, now are working with more and more community planners, land developers, build ers, and engineers to help assure a stable soil during and follow ing urban development, Secre tary Freeman said “But greater coordination of planning and action are essen tial,” Mr Freeman said m a statement expanding on his mes sage. He called for front rank leadership and contributions by State and local governments, and the cooperation of pm ate organizations, developers, and property owners to fight soil erosion resulting from improper use of land in tiansition fiom agricultural to urban use “We are helping about 300 RAIL FENCING 2 RAIL HIGH 656-3171 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 8.1968 INDUSTRIAL CHAIN LINK FENCING FREE DELIVERY WITHIN A 10 MILE RADIUS! communities a year to work out comprehensive development plans based on sound soil and water conservation principles.” he said "But many more com munities need to apply these principles now ” Mr. Freeman said that the costly effects of soil erosion and sediment damage can be seen in roadways made dangerous or destroyed; in reservoirs filled with silt and made useless; in severely hampered navigation on the major river’ and in streams contaminated with mine acid Secietary Freeman said stud ies reveal that in some parts of the Potomac River near Wash ington sediment is more than nine feet thick Over 50 million tons of soil is lost each year by eiosion in the Potomac Basin, and 2*2 million tons of this soil is dischaiged as sediment into the Potomac estuary According to Department of Agncultme estimates, the cost of keeping soil on the land runs about 3 to 5 cents a cubic yard, v hile it costs $1 a cubic yard to dredge sediment from the Po tomac at Washington in order to keep the channel open to nav igation At least half of all sediment comes from soil erosion on farm and ranch lands, Mr Freeman said It includes topsoil needed for efficient crop production Other serious sources of sedi ment cited by Secretary Free man include streambank and roadside erosion Streambank erosion destroys an estimated $ll million worth of land along stream channels each year. Roads and highways needing treatment annually contribute millions of tons of soil to streams harbors and reservoirs. In addition, more than 2 mil lion acies of abandoned stnp mines and their spoil areas are polluting sti earns and reservoirs with sediment and acid drain age Household Hints Old cotton g'oves make ideal cleaning gloves For instance, when vou clean a crystal chan delier v oil'll sav e time by wip ing fi\cui es w ith both glov ed hands, dipped in ammonia w ater 3 RAIL HIGH h. ■: -I , r Ss , |1 '1 We Give S & H GREEN STAMPS with all oRgENra Wooden Fencing 7