We received the following vis a penod when crop fcrlili/a
Hews release recently from the t ion increased 35 to 100 fold.
The Fertilizer Institute, Wash- T h» aiea mchirips
l” 8 “V > .5-. wh .,' le "'“ c , s m, l hl 000 .rite nS;
be inclined to dismiss it as be- con( Mesilla and El Paso Valievs
lag from a b,ase <* source, other 0 f x ew m OXICO and Texas The
reports we have been getting in- re p 0 rt. issued by the Agiicultur
dicate that blaming farmers for a j Reseal ch Seivice, US. Dcpait
high nitrate content in streams me nt of Agriculture, says the
and rivers may be premature, three-decade study was conduct-
The primary factor in high m- e d jointly with the U.S. Bureau
trate water may be urban areas, 0 f Reclamation and International
particularly indudmg (he par- Boundaiy and Water Commis
tially treated sewage fiom cities Slon
P p states. During the period, says the ic-
A. U.S. Govei nment 30-ycar port, the Rio Grande’s average
study of the upper Rio Giande annual flow gradually has de-
River has shown no rise in over- creased, while the nitrate level
til stream nitrate levels, indicat- remained stable or even deci eas
ing no significant stream pollu- ed In only one base, at a point
tion from use of nitrogen fertil- near the El Paso-Hudspeth Coun
izers in the irnagted and heavily tv line in Texas, did the liver’s
cropped valleys. The study cov- nitrate level rise slightly US.
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Public Health officials say that
up to 45 ppm nitiatc is s.ife foi
human use
Greatly-increased feitilizci use
may have conlubuted to the
small mil ate level use at that
point, say the rescaichcrs How
ever, they account for most of
the rise by the markedly decreas
ed amount of irngation drainage
letumed to the rivet However,
they added, the drainage at that
point includes El Pasotieated
sewage, which may contubule to
the slight mtiate level inciease
At one monitoring point in the
Rincon Valley, the mtiate level
of the Rio Grande had always
legisteied higher than the other
points, noted reseaicheis How
ever, the nitrate level at this
point actually decieased during
the 30 years while fertilize! use
increased gieatly.
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Mav 9. 1970 2a
Penn State Issues Food
Science Careers Guide
Seeking to close the gap on
the increasing needs for food
the College of Agiicullure at
Pennsylvania State Univci.sily
has picpaied a guide foi poi
sons interested in caiecis in
food science
The guide desu ibes Penn
State’s foui-year program in
food science, begun in 1965
Food science is a scientific ap
proach to processing, packag
ing, and development of foods,
accoidmg to Dr Ronald V
Josephson, chan man of the Di
vision of Food Science and In
dustry at Penn State.
Listed are 28 firms and
agencies wanting to hire gra
duates of this i datively new
major at Penn State. The food
processing industry, for exam
ple, needs graduates in plant
management, quality control,
research, sales, and technical
service. Othei opportunities ex
ist with manufacturing of food
processing equipment, universi
ties, and at all levels of govern
ment.
Published in mimeographed
form, the guide is entitled “Op
portunities for a Career in Food
Science” It was distubuted re
cently to high school guidance
counselors, science teachers,
county Extension Service Pei-
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surance supei visor, pioduction
management tiamce, leseaich
chemist m food science, and
giaduale school
Moie than a cloven laboia
toncs in the College of Agucul
luie aie icbeived exclusively
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of four depaitments animal
science, dany science, hoiticul-
Une, and poultiy science.
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