Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 12.1070
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On Finding Egg Bargains
Ha\e you ever looked at the different
sizes of eggs m the store and wondered
which size was the best buy?
Here’s how a U.S. Department of Agri
culture expert selects the best bargains.
He's Ashley R. Gulich. Chief of the Stand
ardization Branch, Poultry Di\ision of
USDA’s Consumer and Marketing Serucc
‘‘When I shop for the family groceries,
1 follow this rule of thumb for bujing eggs:
If there is less than a 7-cent price spread
oer dozen eggs between one size and the
next smaller size of the same grade, >ou
a ill get more for your money by bu> mg the
arger size. Thus. Large eggs at 60 cents a
dozen would be a better bu> than Medium
jggs at 54 cents.
"Comerselj, when the price spread
s greater than 7 cents, the smaller size is
•he more economical. For example, if U S.
A Lesson From Cereal
Robert B. Choate, a Conner nutrition
consultant to President Nixon, started a big
uror a feu weeks back bv attacking the
lutntional value of most cereals
One sidelight of this furor, it turned out.
.vas considerable favorable pubhcitv for
mlk. It was contended in some quaiters
hat the only good nutritional aspect of
nost cereals is that thev encouiage con
sumption of milk
All this has been termed a million bucks
worth of favorable publicity for the dairv
mdutsry without it costing a nickel
In large part this is true. But faimers
shouldn't forget that the same pubhcitv pro
cedure which gives a million bucks one dav
may take it away the next The taim com
munitj shouldn't relj on such breaks to in
sui e the success ol its products
What IS needed is a greater awaieness
within the farming community of the rela
tive nutritional strengths and weaknesses of
.ts various products and large scale cleter
nmed efforts to improve.
At the same time, the farm commumtv
nust act to insuie that its customers the
consumer, is awaie of the nutntional value
J farm products
Egg, Swine Promotion
Piograms such as the one sponsored
'ecently m Pennsylvania by the poultrv in
dustry is onh one of manv possible way-,
ne good woid foi agriculture can be smead
In that one week alone involving the
World's Omelet King, we are mfoimed.
Pennsylvania eggs lecened much fa'oi
able public exposure not only locally but in
many of the leading national urban news
papeis, the pubhcations which sene the
farmer's customer
The pei capita late of egg consumption
n the nation for main years has been rn
‘he downtrend Such effoits as that Piow-n
nere irnohing the Omelet King ha’, e the
ootential foi inoising that trend and in
stiling a sound future for the egg mdustiv
The Pennsylvania swine industry aKo
has begun a unique foi farmers cam
paign to increase pork consumption This
nrogram includes considerable promotion
of pork in the areas where it counts the
state's urban centers.
Actually, the tuning of both the egg
and pork promotion efforts is significant
Both farm products may be entering a
LANCASTER FARMING
Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly
P O Box 266 - Lititz Pa 17543
Office 22 E Mam St Lititz, Pa 17543
Phone Lancastei 394 3047 oi Lititz 626 2191
Robert G Campbell, Adveitismg Duector
Zane Wilson, Managing Editor
Subscription pi ice S 2 pei yeai in Lancaster
County S 3 elsewhere
Established \ovombei 4,1955
Published o\ei\ Saluioaybj Lancaster
Fanning Lititz, Pa
Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa
17543
Member of Newspmer Faim Editors Assn
Pa. Newspaper Publishes Association and
National Newspaper Association
Grade A Medium opgs are selling at 54
cents a dozen and U.S. Grade A Smalls at
46 cents, you would pot more for your
money buying the smaller size.” Many Inrstock pastures have
Mr. Gulich explains. “Some people *• frw wild cherry tices growing
don't realize that although eggs are sold by * ,lon B ' hcir fences These ueos
the dozen, you really buy them jh iy ue.ght. JSg
just as you do meat and other products. branchcs may bccomc sourccs
You see, there s a 3-ounce difference 0 f dt . a( j] x evamde poison. When
between each size. A dozen Large eggs thc i ea \e< wither, a noimally
must weigh at least 24 ounces. Mediums harmless substance in them
must weigh at least 21 ounces and Smalls, chances to deadly hydiocyamic
at least 18. A 7-cent price spread between acid and sugar Cattle anti sheep
sizes will give you an approximately equi- the sweet withering leaves
\alent price per pound for any size. '' u * l lt,ls h ft takes only a few
“When you shop, make it a habit to 1,1 llie P'°P el *}*& 0
. . .. J „ , . Kill a cow or sheep. The only
check the price difference between sizes ;o , liminate th P e dangci of
in the same grade so you 11 be able to spot Wl , d chenv po i So ning is to
the bargains when they’re a\ailable. d minate the t.ees
Gulich says
period of o\erproduction. Increasing sales
through promotion at the same time at
tempting to cut back on expansion is a
logical way to meet the problem positively.
On Meeting The Need
But the farm community needs to avoid
the ‘‘crisis’’ approach to problems Promo
tion should not be a lost art until the in
dustry is in trouble Promotion of farm pro
ducts should be an ongoing thing
This is a time of fast change. Consum
ers ha\e many options The farmer has to
compete for the consumer's attention.
The individual faimer can do something
to help farm products He can produce
quality pioducts which will keep the con
sumer coming back for more. He can
and most local farmers do keep his pro
perty attracts e so as to present a lav orable
impression to the many potential consum
ers who travel in this area
Farmers can and do get even more
done toward promoting their products and
improving their own income by banding
together into vaiious organizations and
gioups
But in the long run. something that
mam farmeis maj be o\erlookmg could
be the decisu e factor in determining the
futuie of paxticular taim products
Know Your Product
We're leferung to the farmei’s know
ho\. How much does the tarmei know
about his products 9 What nutrients aie in
them 9 Why 9 Should the make-up be dif
ferent 9 If so. how 9
Farmers alreadv know that they have
considerable control o\ei what's in their
final pioduct The;* know that the amount
and composition of fertilize! affects the
quant.tv and quality of a crop
Thev know that the tvpe and quality of
feed influences how much and how fast the
beef animal, hog or chicken grows, or how
the milk tastes 01 the make-up of the ele
ments in the milk
Farmers need to knew much more
about these things They need to know not
only about the things which go into the crop
or the animal and why and how they pro
duce the best results; they also need to
know 7 what's in their final product, which
they sell to the consumer, and how that pro
duct can be improved.
To Insure The Future
This is important not just to meet pre
sent competition, but future competition.
The product which stands still, the product
which is just as good today as it was yes
terday is the product that's in danger in the
marketplace tomorrow. The future is with
those products which are continually im
proved
Oni.v when a broad segment of the farm
community is well-mfoimed about its pro
duct and has tnc desire to impiove is the
individual farmer and farm commumtj se
cure fur the future
Without this continual upgrading, the
product which comes under fire next may
be one more dear to the fanner's heart
Meanwhile, forget the cereal and pass
the mUk.
NOW IS THE TIME...
To Check Pastures
For Wild Cherry Trees
To Be Alert
To Silo Fillers’ Disease
Thw yea\ Coin Leaf Blight
may mciease the danger of silo
iilleis disease Com plants
clving oi this disease may con
tain excessive amounts of
nitiate and nitntes. so the
basic material necessary foi the
Try A Classified Ad it Pays!
RECOGNIZING
THE POTTAGE
Lesson for September 13,1970
Bacheraund Scripture* Genesis 25 T 9
trough 28 9, 36 1 8, Hebrews 12 15-17.
D«v«tr*nol Reading 1 John 2 12 17
Jerry Kramer, former football
star of the Gxeen Bay Packers,
tells of an occasion on which
Vince Lombardi, who coached
the Packers at the time, an
nounced to the team - “There are
thiee things that aie important to
e\ ery man in this
loom his religion,
his family, and
the Green Bay
Packeis.” Kramer
goes on to com
ment: “Vince
means what he
sajs, but some
times I think he
gets the order
Re\. Althouse confused”
i'IXSTAXT REPLAY by Jerry
Kramer, Yew - American Libiaiy,
1948).
A sense of values
That is a common failing with
of ns. We know the im
portant things in life, but we get
the order confused. It is the put
ting of second things first and
lettjng first things take some
thing less than first place that
make us victims of secularization.
Inis was also Esau’s problem.
His sense of values was distorted.
As the fii st-born son the birth
right was his. It entailed certain
rights and privileges not available
to the other children. It included
a double portion of the inheri
tance and made Esau both head
of the family (next to Isaac) and
heir to the covenant of Abraham
and Isaac. It could be taken
away or sold, although few men
would have been willing to give
up so precious a possession.
Esau, however, was a man of
appetites. If lie was hungry, he
wanted food MOW and it would
be at that moment the most im
portant trrng in his life. The
satisfaction of the momentary
need seemed to rule him com
pletely. He would give up any
thing to satisfy it. The sight and
smell of savoury food made him
forget or ignore his valuable
possession, Thus he sold his
By Jay Irwin
Associate County Agent
production of silo gas may be
piescnt in excessive amounts.
Inhaling; these fumes causes
iicitation of the nose, throat
and lungs and an asthma-like re
action. To protect yourself and
your cattle, am the blower for
10 minutes befoie going into a
partly filled silo Also, be alert
for irritating odors and watch
for yellowish brown fumes They
are signs of nitrogen-dioxide
gas.
To Use Slow Moving
Vehicle Emblems
Silo filling time and fall giain
planting bungs a lot of faim
equipment on our highways The
slow-moving vehicle emblem
should be used on equipment
to wain motonsts that the
vehicle displaying the sign can
move no faste • than 25 miles per
hour. This emblem is tnangu
lai and shows up a bright
flourescent oiange in daylight
and a leflective red at night.
You can see it from at least 500
feet away
birthright for "a mess of pot
tage.” He ga\e up a priceless
gift for something of fleeting
value.
Engrossed with "things"
So it is w ith many of us today.
We become so engrossed with
things of lesser \alue and allow
to slip from us the values that
are greatest of all. We are often
driven by hungers and appetites
that are allowed free rem over
us. We become obsessed with
br.ght, shiny things that glitter
and sparkle and, distract us. *'
On April 14, 1912, flfteenpjiun
dred people were drowned when
the supposedly unsmkable Ti
tanic struck an iceberg m the
North Atlantic and went to the
bottom. Yet, the tragedy need
not have taken place. Five times
in two hours the ship had re
ceived danger signals concerning
icebergs and ignored them. The
last attempt was made by the
radio operator of a nearby vessel,
the Californian. The reply from
the radio shack of the Titanic
was “Shut up, I am busy, I am
working the Cape Race ” Within
a few short minutes after that
message the Titanic collided with
the iceberg and four hours later
fifteen bundled people were
drowned
What had happened was that
the ladio opeiator m the Titanic
was too occupied with the highly
profitable business of sending
and receiving telegiams to wor
ry about icebeig warnings. The
people on boaid the luxmy liner
weie inteiested m the progress of
the Cape Sailing Regatta, not ice
beigs. So, because they were too
busy with the wrong thing, there
was a needless loss of life.
“Working a race”
So it may seem to the Esau’s
of today that there are tiresome
warnings about this or that, in
teifenng with our pleasures. To
these warnings we too want to
reply, “Shut up, I am busy; I am
working a race.” And what a
race it is that w e are working!
Perhaps we all need to heed
the lines of that old spiritual:
Slow me down, Lord,
I’se goin’ too fast;
I can’t see my brother
when he’s walkin’ past;
I miss a lot of good things
day by day,
I don’t know a blessing
when it conies my way.
That’s what we need; to be able
to iccogmze the real blessings
from the “pottage” when they
come our waj.
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