Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, April 25, 1970, Image 6

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    ncnsU’f Funning. Sattirdny. .April 23. 11)70
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Virginia Knauer Says Some
Families Can’t
Although in in*. Nmeiicaii' c.m
now .ifloul ,ind demand punu'
beef iiisU.id of the cheapei ml"
of nu’.it thi \ once consideiccl
adequate many olheis in the
countiv cannot affotd to buy
steak at all. Piesident Nison’s
special assistant foi consuinci
affans decl.ped iccenth
Mis ViigimaH Knauei, speak
ing at a Meat Packets and Pio
cessois Sem.nai at Pennsylvania
State Univetsily. said "the eld
oily living on Social Sccuiity
can’t affoid i oasts and families
living in low income netghboi
hoods don’t have the money to
buy poik at todav s puces
The piesidential assistant po
inted out that housewives, how
ever, do have an alteinative
‘When the puce of beef or poik
gets too high they can buv chick
en Chucken is often used as a
‘loss leadei by the supei
inaikets ”
Commenting on icasons why
consumeis aie faced with pui
chases of unsafe pioducts, shod
dy meichandise, and shabby le
pan woik Mis Knauei emphas
ized that theie is a giowing su
spicion that we aie being tiap
ped by oui own technology
“The population exlosion
and the demand toi quantity and
variety m goods and seivices
have outstupped oui ability to
always piovide quality and safety
as well as efficiency ”
“Pennsylvania is fortunate in
1 Unless one Is born anew, he
r cannot see the kingdom of
God.—(John 3:3). i
i Day-to-day living can as
fsume new proportions if we
will but discard hidebound
; prejudice and biased judgment.
Let us keep our vision clear
land unclouded and our mind
l open to new ideas. An entire
i new vista may be unveiled, re
pealing that which may have
been hidden previously. Cast
■off the invisible shell of dull
'complacency and a bright,
■shining panorama will be re
vealed.
bqnamza
In Bags and
Bulk
Golden Acres
Seed Corn
John Z. Martin
Rirl, New Holland
354-5848
Afford Meat
having one of the best constinn i
poi !* i ion btiu ms in tin United
Static -with an adiquaU buiLet
and -uil.mnt pet sonnet to poi
pose iuw consumci pioteclion
l.W' and make ceitam that e\
Kny !..w aie enfoiced
In the field of consumer edu
cation Mi' Knauei is diicclmg
a piogiam to develop a consum
oi education guide foi me fiom
kindeigaitcn thiough the 12th
guide This will be offeted to
slate educational depai tments
with the hope that they will
adapt it and use it to stait con
sumci education classes in the
schools
The 1970 Meat Packets and
Pioce=soi’s Seminal was spon
soicd by Penn State College of
Agiicultuic. Pennsylvania Meat
Packcs Association and U S
Depaitment of
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WATEUR I F I E R
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your family can enjoy fresh purified water right from
the tap l Your coffee and tea will taste twice as good
—frozen orange juice and instant pop for the kids—
everything tastes great when the chlorine’s gone!
Feds Change Marking Sys tem for Egg Lots
The icquncd lot mat king sys
tem foi ollin.illy identified cat
ions ol shell eggs and the temp
et.iliiie of shell eggs at the
lime of official guiding have
both been changed in egg grad
me iemulations as amended 10
cenlh by the l T S Dep.ntment
of Aguculluie
The amendnicnls wcie issued
by USDA’s Consumer and Mai
ketmg Seivice. which adinmis
tcis \oluntaiy grading pro
giams foi eggs as well .is other
food pioducts Pnncipal chang
es aie
The establishment of a new
lot mat king system for officially
identified caitons of shell eggs
by deleting the present dating
system and providing for a
dailv lot marking system The
lot number will be shown as
the consecutive day of the year
on which the eggs aie packed
(Foi example, eggs packed on
Apul 1 would be mimbeied 91
foi the 91st da\ of the yeai )
Othci lot numbeiing systems
Now Adapted for Your Home Use, at a Special Low Price!
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may be used onlv with written a temperature of 70°F to grade
pei mission from the Admims- accurately. This amendment
ti ntor. allows giading if the internal
Change of tcmpeiature of temperatuic of the shell eggs
shell eggs at the time of ofil- does not exceed 80 F.
cial guiding Recent icscaicli -p| ic amendment will become
has indicated that . s not ne eflectivc July j 1870> flnd wer#
ccssaiy to icmice shell eggs to schedule(| to bc puM i s hed ia
the Api il 8 issue of the Federal
Now Peace Corps Seeks Registei.
Experienced Farmers .
Woild population is glowing at C^c . v can wtilze moie fully their
the late of two pei cent annually lLSOluCes
while international food produc- Pixley made the statement ia
non is lealizing a giowth rate of announcing the opening of aa
. intensive reciuitment program
one pei cen by the Peace Corps to encouiag*
“These figuies." said Fiank farmers and their wives into
Pixley, Chief of Peace Corps’ P eace Corps agricultural pro*
cf TcIITIS
Agncultuie Desk, “mean the °
vvoild faces the spectre of con
tinuing and incieasing stravation
—unneccessanly The reason
foi the disparity m growth rates
is simply that the ‘developing
nations’ need help with agncul
tmal skills and technology so
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your house, trailer, boat and camper. Now while the
price is so low!
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