But Muscle Quality Drops Off in Some Herds
Pork —More Meat, Fewer Calories
With swini' Ic.stins and belter hot* carcase. you might Hunk
selection techniques, pioducm poik would .uitomatieallv taste
have greatly modernized the better Bul tOO flcqui . lU | v . lhis
pork they oiler consumess. isn't the case
Todays hog has less backfat V R Cahill, meal specialist at
#n ? a Pocrmage of lean Ohio State Univeisily. s.ivs (he
cuts than ycsteidav r In fact, r-enctic iclationship between
todays hogs yield just half the meatiness and quali(\ appeals to
lard of those -0 yeais ago. and b c shghtlv unfavoiable. What's
Eugene Allen. Uimcsity of Min- needed, he says, is selection that
nesota meat specialist, says a , ,
3%-ounce poik shop now has " emphasize flavor ol poik. as
only 240 caloues, compaicd with V ' C H as l c «m-to fat lalio
377 two decades ago. “Muscle quality slips in our
With such vast impiovcnient ccitification pi oyiams because so
in the quality of lean meat on a much emphasis is placed upon
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501 E. Main Street. New Holland. Pa. 17557 \s\J
Phone 354-2184
Purina Dairy Conditioner Special can prepare
cows for good production
John J. Hess, 11, Inc.
Ph 442 4632
Paiadise
West Willow
Farmers Assn., Inc.
Ph 464 3431
West WJlow
If you’re not among the many good local
dairymen who have started mixing
Punna Dairy Conditioner Special with
your own grain to build a reseaich
proved diy cow ration, it can pay you to
check into this low-cost way of feeding
diy cows.
Purina Dairy Conditioner is a 16 pei cent
protein ration, foitified with extra Vita
mins A and D plus phosphorus to help
guard against milk fever.
To help you save on diy cow feeding,
Punna Reseai ch recommends vaiymg
feeding levels, depending on cow condi
tion and the quality of youi loughages
For example, if a cow is in good condi
turn and your loughages aie of excellent
quality, you would feed less Punna diy
cow lation than if the cow weie in only
fail condition and if the loughages weie
of only fair quality.
*Ref. Trid»m»rk— Ralston Purln« Co.
Ira. B. Landis
Ph 394 7912
1912 Cieek Hill Rd , Lane
James High & Sons
Ph 354-0301
Goi donville
This lepoil on mini ou-d
poik quality .md some lactois
deteim.ning quahiv appealed
in a icccnt edition of The
Fanow, a John Decie publi
cation
nicatv ca. casses,'
plains
He tells of one faimei who
jcmed the Ohio Poik Imple
ment \ssocialion in 1960 and m
cieased leanpoik q nullity bill
elec leased quality
His held went fiom 53 96 per
cent lean cuts to 58 33 \\eiage
loin-eye aiea incieased fiom 4 04
to 442 But coloi latinos
diopped fiom 2 38 to 188, on a
scale on which 3 means daik, 2,
noimal. 1 pale
On similai thiee-point scales,
fumness diopped fiom 275 to
217 and maiblmg diopped liom
258 to 230 Such alaiming
bieakdowns in poik-muscle qual
ity have been noted in a few
othei meaty heids
Mress
Some scientists studung the
pioblem aie looking 1c possible
connections between stiess and
pooi-tasting poik.
lowa State Univeisitv's vet
eunaiv clinic, among otheis. has
noted an mciease in unexpected
deaths of maiket-sized hogs
David G Topel says animals that
die fiom tins stiess svndiome
have the same pale, soft, exuda
tive (wateiyl meat that means
ti ouble in muscle quality tests
like the one in Ohio
PSE poik. as the pioblem
meat is called loses a laiger than
normal amount of meat fluids
and juices before and dunng
cooking.
Overall, PSE poik affects the
entire industry One U S packer
says it gets 17 to 20 pei cent
at low cost
PSK po k eaicas'cs it fiituics tlnough slaughlei lists dm ini'
its loss fiom c\lia shunk alone uililUalion. ami ku p only good
at $2 million a yeai. quality hoi’s foi bleeding
The sihei linin' in the poik
quality cloud is that we can woik
it out with selection and bleed
mg
The e\pei ts say thoio aie
main hogs with both quantity
and qtialih of muscle, all we
h.,\e to do is identify these
Call il 1 e\-
FARM WOMEN
SOCIETIES
Mis Roy Holhngei was elected
pi esident of the Society of Fai m
Women 24 foi the coming yeai
dining a lecent meeting oi the
gioup held in the home ol Mis
Leo Snadei outgoing pi esident
Othei ofliceis include Mis
Glenn Shultz, vice piesident;
Mis Joseph Gieinei, secielaiy,
and Mis Geoige Ebeisole, ti ea
se lei
In othei business, membeis
appioved a $lO donation foi
items foi ditty bags foi seivice
mcn and women The project
is being held in coopeiation with
the Amencan Red Cioss Pio-
gi am
Plans weie announced foi a
i ununage sale Oct 6 ti om 8 a m
to 6 p m, at the Baievllle Fne
Hall
Following the business session,
Mis Roy Haitmann, Intel com se,
demonstiated the making and
auanging of Flemish floweis in
a woik-shop-type piogram
Members of the gioup will
visit Embieeville State Hospital
Sept 18 wheie they will seive
lefieshments and play games
with the guests This visit wall
take place of the legulai month
ly meeting
Using Punna Check-R-Mix* formulas we
can build you a low-cost diy cow ration,
combining Puuna Dairy Conditioner
with youi giam Or, if you’ie feeding
low-piotem roughages, it may pay you
to feed Daily Conditioner "‘stiaight’'
just as it comes fiom the bag.
Moi e and more successful area dairymen
aie pro\iiig that good diy cow feeding
pa\s off m extia cow condition and
e\tia milk production in the next lacta
tion For example, 100 to 200 pounds of
additional body weight at freshening can
pa\ off in 1 000 to 2 000 pounds of extra
milk during the lactation.
Di op in soon and get \om fiee copy of
the Puinia Du Cow Piogiam folder.
We’ll be glad to point out how Piuma
Dam Conditioner Special can help pre
p 'e join chi' cows foi good pioduct.on
rt low cost
John B. Kurt*
Ph 354 9251
1. D 3, Epluata
Wenger's Feed Mill
Inc.
Ph 367-1195
Rheems
' Wtx QKj 55*5 HE pR, PT aw
”!■ i ■!■■■■ iM^iini^rr
nil ESe Tali
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 5.11)70 -
Work K Out
Society 24
In the meantime, tluic an a
1m pi act ices pmk pioduceis
should watch, such .is limited
feeding llcsliiclod feeding o\er
the ciilne feeding pciioet oi a
few weeks be foie sl.mghtci may
deeieasc poi k-musele quality, ac
ccidmg to Richaiel Eplcw meals
specialist as the Limeisity of
Missoni i
Pig Fights
Othei icseaich shows that even
emiionment can ailed poik mus
cle quahU Fighting in pens,
espcciallv in hot conditions, m
ci eases the chances foi PS E.
poi k
Slicss effects aie complicated,
howevei, and they aie among
the many factois still being
studied
Don’t Bury Trees
You may be killing your p 1 i/ed
shade liee by buiymg 't ah\e.
Valuable liees aie in dangci of
dying because excessive soil is
piled diound then bases oi be
cause they have been planted
too deeply
These piactices occm most fie
quently wheie new homes aie
built When the lots aie giaded,
tiee toots aie often buued under
the fill and the health of the
tiee declines The supply of
water and an is lestucted by
this soil covenng and the tiee
becomes susceptible to disease
and insects It is also likely to
softer die-back.
New home owneis often notice
that their tiees aie dying fiom
this condition in a penod as
shoit as six months 01 as long
as twm yeais
The piopeity ownei can tell if
a tiee is buned by examining
the base of the tiunk The tiunk
should flaie, 01 spiead out, as it
enteis the soil If it doesn t, the
tiee is buned
The following lemedial steps
which can also be employed as a
pievenlive measuie when guid
ing should take place
1 Sciape away the excess fill.
2 Place tile pipe aiound the
tiee to allow air, water and food
to leach the loots
3 Then spiead stone oi coaise
giavel and covei this with a lay
ei of salt haj' oi a similai sub
stance.
4 Finally add top soil 1c bung
up the giade level
Enginceiing Manager Named
Edwaid \ Magalski, 153 W.
Main St, New Holland, has been
named engmeeung manage! for
Victoi F Wea\ei, Inc
Duung Ins caieei he has been
it sponsible foi the design and
installation ot new machines to
eliminate laboi and pioduction
waste He duected a 4 million,
dollai plant impio\emcnt p>o
giain loi the R T Fiench Co,
Roehcstei, X Y and also imlia'ecl
numeious p’oiect studies pei
taiinng to packaging and piotes
smg equipment as well as build
ing leciUiiumnt studies
Belol e coming to AA'c i\ei'
Vagalski was cmplo.cd b\ V, il
li mi I nriei w ood C o Watci low n,
Ai ss wheie be sened as duct
0.. (he engineeiing section
In his new position as eng near
ing m nagci, he will be icspons
ible loi dueclmg the design,
tonslu.uion installation, and
nn.ii lenaiiee ot a’l piocessmg
m stems equipment inanities
mil buildings Ol A l c t o i F,
AVeaiei, Inc ana its siibsidiaiies.
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