Standards On . School Lunches Set Secretary of Agriculture Or ville L Freeman this week an nounced procedures and stand ards under which the Nation’s schools will be guided in provid ing free or reduced-price lunch ei and breakfasts to ncedjt cliil dien. The Secretary said the major objectives aie “to see that all needy children are piovided meals on a consistent, unifotm basis in individual schools and in all schools within th" same school districts or juusd etions” The guides also provide for pio tecting the anonymity of young sters getting the special help “These standards n'a’k a ~n Fall Application + @ Anhydrous Ammonia =Good Farm Business Management J * 4 * f v >- *•* .jir Jr o/ A> Consider these facts about USS Anhydrous Ammonia: • Economical, 82% Nitrogen • Convenient to apply • Available to root zone next spring when applied in fall; gives crops early start (UsS) Anhydrous Ammonia mondous step toward our goal study of the National School of enabling every child to obtain Lunch Progiam sponsored by nutritious food at school, regaid- five national women’s orgnni/a loss of his parents’ income,” tions, lelcascd in April, also Secretary Freeman said called for a uniform national ' , , , policy for evaluating need, and Many of our State school £ 0) pro t ec ting needy children lunch coopera ors have long roc- bom l being identified ocmzsd that leaving the delei m-nation of need to individual In general, the standards and school officials without giving piocedures and icvisecl tegit thom some measuring sticks was Illtlons un(ie , thc fc atlonpl un'atisfpclory In a National Sehool Lunth and child Nutn- Workchon last Mai ch. the Sta e tlon Acts l 0 mlp i ement thcm _ school lunch directors fomally cal , upon each Slate t 0 ploVKie lecommended that the L S Dc- po i, cv gU! dance and assistance to paitment of Agriculture take j oca j sc b o ol boards in deielop the action announced today, he in o their standaids Local boatds S2ltJ will be expected to make public He noted th n t a r nd«n’nr'?ntannouncement bv Februar 1 tor information on USS Anhydrous Ammonia see Bill Brubaker ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO.. Grofftown Road. Lancaster, Pa. Phone: 392-4963 or 392-0374 VC/*** • Speeds decomposition of residue Include the application of USS Anhydrous Ammonia this fall in your management plans for next spring’s crops. See your USS Fertilizer dealer. Lancaster Farming. Saturday, October 26.1968— f 1969. of the standards they aie applying in schools under their jurisdiction. The Secretary noted, however, that many local jui isdictions have alieady taken these steps The piocedmes outlined will enable each Stale and commun iu to jud-'e need in the light of local conditions, cost of living, income levels, and sinnlai eco nomtc factors Childicn fioin families eligible foi USD A food assistance undei the commodity distribution 01 food stamp pio giams. and from families iccciv •ng pubbc assistance mil gen exally be consideied eligible foi the fiee o- leduced-pnce lunch es and bieakfasts Organic Plant Food Company Lancaster Pennsylvania , SEE Bill ■ RUiA-KEA The Secretary said that tr added funds available this ye. —some $5O million more tha last year specifically to he. r.cedy-area schools meet th • cost of providing high perccn - a','es of free or icthiced-pm* meals, aie a sign ficant factoi 1 enabling imp!»menlation of tm foim stanclaicis The same pioccdures a" slandaids will be applied t USDA-assisled food smite pi • sums in pie-school child ca centeis, oiganued iccieatioi activities and similar non sthoc groups The complete piocedmes ai amendments to the school kmc and child nutution icgulalion were published in the Fedei.’ Eegistei on Wednesday, Oct 2Z Top Round In Beef Highly Heritable Certain beef and dairy catt> have a “built-in” ability to pio dace heavier meat from the top lound muscle, and more of it than other cattle of the sam a tvpe, accoidmg to John D Sink associate piofessor of meat sci ence at Penn State University. These findings aie among th' first in animal science to show that progress can be made in sc lecting beef and dairy cattle fo, supenor top round, both . i weight and quantity Di Sin' says such muscle piopertie. geneially are moie highly hent able in dauy cattle than in beef cattle Di Sink and associates found that weight of the top round was 58 peicent heatable in a.l beef cattle evaluated at Pena Slate and 76 peicent hentabi j in dauy cattle Ratings of ingi - ly heritable” are given to scene, cl 50 peicent oi above The leseaich lesults vail b? useful in impiovmg efficiency of selection pioeeduies used m breeding both beef and dan, cattle The studies were earned cut by the Agncultiual Expei ment Station at Penn State Rated modeiately heutabb was the ability of cattle to pic cluce top round muscle expies ed as peicent of the iound Thu factoi was 34 peicent hentab.e for beef animals studied and 43 peicent hentable among daily animals Model ate heiltabihty, 30 per cent, was obsened foi weight and cncumfeience of the bot tom iound among dany cattle This was not round to be an im portant hei liability factoi among beef cattle The eve cf the iound and the snlom t ;■ weie also examined but wen found to be low in hei liability Pesticides Since the glowing season v nearly over 101 this year, th impoitance of stonng all type of pesticides is very timely, fiom the small vegetable o. flower gardener to the comme cial farmer, most folks liar. some spiay materials left ove' from one yeai to another In most cases these materials m?/ be used next yeai, if they a. a pioperly stoied and kept idem 1 fied It is strongly advised t' keep materials in the origin 1 container in Older to reta. proper identification and spra mg instructions Extreme ca. > should be exeicissd to store pe. ticides away from children an i livestock Also weed kille, should not be stored in the sam ' loom as any left ovei garden c, farm seeds the genninatio may be lowered or ruined A 1 tention to the safe storage c these materials befoie the win ter season ai rives is mong.y
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