— Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November H. 1970 4 "The Amenean farmer is an elfieienl businessman, a good customei. and a good clti/en. "For all the changes that li.nc taken place on the American farm m the veais that have passed, one thing umaiii. the same. The farms ol America aie still pto vidmg the giealeM nation on eatth w.th t !>• • finest selection of rich, nourishing food that has e\ei been known the .lineman agriculture, more than ever belou. is mu nation's most basic industry. On the Nutrition Movement The national news media in recent months has carried many inteiesting stories concerning charges and counter-charges about the nutritional value or lack of it r- of various foods. Behind all the controversy is something very basic. It's the concern of people for their own health and the health of their families. When someone charges that this food or that food doesn’t have any, or very little, food value, or that it may actually contri bute to some type of disease or physical disorder, it raises fears in people. And when various organizations and in dividuals, including highly trained medical doctors, begin contracting each other about the nutritional and medical facts of \ arious foods, confusion is added to fear. The implications of the nutrition con troversy for farmers are enormous. How the consumer feels about food in general and about specific foods is at stake. Will the consumer have confidence or w r ill there be a feeling of fear associated with food? It is obvious that where fear replaces confidence the market for a particular food can be endangered. Therefore, farmers and the farm com munity must be very much aware of the nutritional aspects of their products and guard against unwarranted attacks on these products. Bread and Cereal An example of what can happen was the recent attack on bread In nationally published articles, a researcher reported that rats stan ed to death on a diet of “en riched” biead The study indicated that bread doesn't ha\ e much nutritional i alue and that claims of special food \ alue in breads are oterdrawn Defendeis of bread, among othei things, pointed out that biead alone was ne\er meant to sustain life The \alue of bread in the diet must be consideied in i ela tion to other foods, they said This was also the argument used for cereals when cereals came under fire earlier this year Cereals must be con sidered in relation to the total diet Milk got some faiorable publicity in that in stance, because the researcher reported that the most important food \ alue of cereal was the milk consumed with it We certainly are not prepared to argue the relative nutritional merits of either bread or cereal But it would appear that it is indeed unfair to criticize any food on LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P. 0. Box 266 Lititz, Fa 17543 Office 22 E Main St, Lititz, Pa 17543 Phone Lancastei 394 3047 or Lititz 626 2191 Robert G Campbell, Advertising Director Zane Wilson, Managing Editor Subscription p' we $2 per year in Lancaster County S 3 eisewheie Established \ovnmber 4, 1955 Publisrv c! (\ < v Satui ciay bv Lanca 'ter Faimirs I itiU Pa Stcona U i" Postage paid at Lititz Pa 17543 Menibei of Fai m Editors Pa Newspapei Publishois Association, and National Newspaper Association ‘Tell It Like It Is’ ‘‘Folks, this is a great storj. Sm<i" of tln* farmer and Fin huts’ Association de pend oil how well we uni 101 l this to our legislators, our neighbors. and 0111 (nomls in town. In today's slung Lot's toll it hko U is.” That is pail of tho speech made hi John K Pit/ei. piosidint of Iho Peinisil \ ,!tna Fannoi s' lation. to .1 1. 11 g< Lan caster County audience at tho local Kami els' Association banquet recently. Wc think the remarks stand quite well as an editoi ial the basis that it doesn't proi idc all the es sential nutrients. Nutritionists for decades ha\e stressed the importance of balanced meals Very few. if any, foods can claim to sup ply most or all the essentials of life in the proper balance. Perhaps eggs, which were designed to sustain life in its initial stages, and milk, which has essentially the same function, come closest to being complete foods. But Mother Nature didn't make these foods just for humans and we don’t think anyone in the farm community, despite strong conviction about the nutritional \alue, would insist that these foods alone are enough. Wide Disagreement One thing the nutritional controversy il lustrates more clearly than anything else is the wide disagreement among the best trained scientists on just what foods and nutrients are necessary for a healthy, nutri tional meal. There is also, we understand, consider able disagreement and lack of knowledge on what nutrients and in what amounts are in various foods. This is understandable, since such factors as the type of soil in which a vegetable is grown, or the type of feed fed to an animal can influence the make-up of the finished product. What Is Known Along with all the lack of knowledge about nutrition, there’s also the possibility that much of what is already “known” may be inaccurate. Note, for instance, the cholesterol scare in relation to eggs and other farm products and the recent Framingham study which showed this scare has no scientific basis. E\en though the cholesterol scare did prm e groundless, many egg producers feel it cost the industry huge sums ot money in lost sales. This points up the importance to faim ers of knowing the nutritional \alue ot their pioduct and making sure that this value is protected in the mind of the consumer. Any consideration of diet and changes m diet should also include an acute aware ness that diet is a precarious balance. A change in one direction, seemingly for the better, can have totally unexpected and sometimes adverse results elsewhere. Nutrition and Future In the future, we think the trend will certainly be toward a greater public inter est in nutrition. This is a logical outgrowth of consumerism, in which people want to be protected against inferior products and to purchase quality products for the least pos sible amount of money. Consumerism im plies enough knowledge to products to make a distinction. While taste and habit now play a large role in food selection, nutritional v alue will certainly become more important Farmers and farm organizations which want to protect their products from un warranted attack by nutritionists and, m the long lun, lead the waj to a bettu fu tuic for both farmers and consumers can begin now. They can begin bj. learning as much as possible about nutntion and how it applies to their products. To Tost Forage I lie b -i . .iij 01 lot w .nit 1 ft t (1.11- t .eon oif Ol ill' 'Ol y In-I i ,iu ',n il.l..\llit n ’ii) test tl, h.n mi '.i.i.i imps If lln ,c I' ,u' nolle\ ‘0 In - s «iu’cl dm '0 tin vo y hull qu.ilili of tbo 'Oii-.i.i-ts on hand, now Mould bt ‘hi imii to discoid this far .md , ot have to buy as much pioteni feed' Foi.ige test m2 snould bt ii'id as a guide to the nio.-‘ tcononmal main i.ilion :o u.'t Suggested cmn ulions ma> be obtained vilhout addi tional cost Mlur, lecpicsted along with the foiage test lepoit To Establish Windbreaks Fuel costs may be ieduced and dufted lanes and driveways might be kept open moie often if windbreaks aie put in place within the next month. In this pait of the state drifted lanes are common due to the level ter rain: this may be prevented in many eases through the use of PROPORTIONATE GIFT Lesson for November 15,1970 Background Scripture* demons 12 1 8, Cor* mihans 4 1-2. Cormthions 9 6 15, Jomes 2 14 17 Devotional leading 2 Corinthians-9.6-15, You w mild think that the Apos tle Paul had enough troubles w ithout getting involved in mon ov matters in the chinches' Was n’t there enough contio\ersy with the Jewish legalists, the munici pal authonties, the factions in ‘he churches, the \ganizeis, the facheis of false ictnnc, the im :Oialists“ Why lould he have icome involved , something so mtroveisial as urch money Rev. Althonse matteis? A spiritual problem Yet, jf you search through Paul’s letters you will find that he has a great deal to say about stewardship, specifically the giv ing of money, just as Jesus had a gieat deal to say about it in the gospels The reasons become quite clear if we examine what both Jesus and Paul had to say about giving, for it is obvious that they do not consider it a “money prob lem,” but a spiritual problem. Love of money and an ingener ous nature are very great spiri tual illnesses Paul could not ade quately minister to the Chustian churches without speaking about giving, specifically the giving of money. Furthcrmcr o Paul was not just concerned that Christians give, he was aPo concerned with the question of how much they give. P«’il didn’t pusiiibc specific amounts 01 pcitentages—that he left up to tno individual—hut he did say that one’s giving ought to he in some propci bon to what one receives. NOW IS THE TIME... By Max Smith Lancaster County Accnt si.ow fiiKo ;oddcr -hock*, or pi.mlmcs o! t.»( k The mini -1)U .ik oi Miou ft nee should be placed back at teas; 50 to 75 feet fiom the .n ea to be pi elected; it put ioo rIOH. the snow will pile up in tlu ai t a to be kept cloai. To Store Pesticides Safely This is not a new suggestion but continues to be a very im portant one Mo't pioduccrs are thiough with the spray piograri foi this year and those left-over chemicals must get some atten tion They should be stored in the onginal containers so the labels will not be lost and stoied away from childien and livestock. Weed killers should not be stored in the same room as any seeds to be used in 1971; germ ination may be reduced or mined Empty containers should be buried or burned. Chemical safety is important to all con cerned. A wealth of liberality In 2 Corinthians 8 Paul holds tip as a good example the giving of the church in Macedonia. These churches were poor and destitute, jet, in the midst of their extreme poverty, they were found to possess an "abundance of joy” and "wealth of liberality.’* In one sense you would say they had nothing, but in another, that they had everything they needed. Their spiritual abundance over* came their material poverty. These people actually begged for permission to participate in the offering Paul was raising and gave considerably beyond what Paul thought they could give. These people had little, yet they gave much. Often people who have 'more than they will acknowledge delude themselves by thinking of how much they would give if they ever had the opportunity. Centuries ago Will iam Law wiotc of such a man: Clemens ha> his tend full if ima ginarv piet\ He is often proposing to himself what lit would do if f\et had a great c,ta'*• He would outdo all chanlable r en . . . he loould allow himself cnl ,> necessaries, that -widows and clowns. the nek and distressed, might find relief out qf his estate. Like most of us Clemens knows what he would do. Unfortunately he ignoies what lie could do. Kow, Clemens Its at present 'a moderate estate, u hick he spends upon himself in the same vanaties and indulgences as others do. tie might live upon one-third of his foitune and male the rest the sup port of the poor; but he does noth ing of all this that is in his powe'r, but pleases himself with what he would do if his power was greater. Come to thy senses, Clemens, Do not talk what thou wouldst do if thou was an angel, but consider whdC thou const do as thou art a matt. Make the best of thy present state . Too many of us are like Cle mens - we do not make the best of our piesent state. We do nOt give in proportion to what we have received And it is the pro portionate gift which God desire*. (Based on outlines copyrighted byr th» Division of Christian Education, Nationbl Council of the Churches of Christ in tfco USA Released by Community Press Service) 1 ATTEND THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE SUNDAY
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