—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, April 22, 1972
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Pork Marketing Team
Asks
Members of a special pork
marketing team, one of several
commodity study groups
organized by Secretary of
Agriculture Earl L. Butz, is
seeking the advice of industry
leaders at special discussion
sessions on April 25—26.
The pork marketing team was
set up to harness the broad
capabilities of people in farming,
industry, government and
colleges and to focus this ex
pertise on marketing op
portunities for hogs and pork.
The marketing team will seek
advice on needed action to
eliminate barriers to efficient
production and marketing and to
expand the demand for pork and
processed pork products
In addition to interviews with
individual producers and.
producer groups, the pork
marbling team encourages
representatives of other industry
groups and organizations to
present any ideas and
suggestions they believe should
be taken into consideration in the
study These ideas and
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Ideas, Suggestions
suggestions may be presented
orally or in writing. Statements
in writing are welcome any time.
The dates of April 25 and 26 are
available for those who would
like to make oral presentations or
discuss their ideas and
suggestions with team members.
The meeting on the 25th will be in
Room 2096-S, South Building,
U.S. Deparmtnet of Agriculture,
14th and Independence,
Washington; the meeting on the
26th in Room 5221-S.
Study Shows Need
For Calcium
And Milk
New importance has been
attached to the need for milk in
the diet as the result of a scien
tific report recently released in
Atlantic City.
The studies showed that the
subjects were not getting enough
dietary calcium to meet the
recommended daily allowance of
800 milligrams. “Two glasses of
milk supply nearly three-fourths
of the calcium recommended
daily for an adult,” said Dr. M. F.
Brink, president of National
Dairy Council, m commenting on
the report.
The widespread deficiency of
calcium in the population is the
primary reason millions of
people lose their teeth because of
periotondal disease, the report
continued. “Pilot studies suggest
that the bone loss associated with
periodontal disease may be
reversible by dietary calcium in
many subjects,” reported Dr.
Leo Lutwak and Dr. Ann Coulston
of Cornell University and Dr.
Lennart Krook of the New York
State Veterinary College at the
annual meeting of the Federation
of American Societies for Ex
perimental Biology.
TRY A CLASSIFIED
ADIT PAYS!
Those wishing to meet with
members of the pork marketing
team on these dates should
contact Jack Armstrong, Farmer
Cooperative Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D.C. 20250,
telephone 202-962-5010, to
schedule a time for their
presentation. Those who wish to
provide written statements to the
study team should send them to
the above address.
in Diet
Dr. Brink also pointed out that
calcium deficiency has been a
major subject of NDC interest for
some time, as evidenced by the
fact that it is one of the primary
areas of nutrition research
being supported through the NDC
program of grants-in-aid. The
studies on which Dr. Lutwak
reported at the Atlantic City
meeting were financed in part by
a 1970 NDC research grant.
Three Bulls Honored
As Gold
Three Registered Holstein
bulls in Pennsylvania have been
designated as Gold Medal Sires
by the Holstein-Friesian
Association of America.
They are: Knob View Fond
Royal 1448879 (GP) owned by
John Metzler, Christiana;
Woodbine Ivanhoe Dandy 1433885
(VG) owned by Sire Power, Inc.,
Tunkhannock; and Posch
Sovereign Ivanhoe 1402118 (VG)
owned by Paul B. Zimmerman,
Ephrata.
Only those Registered Holstein
bulls having daughters that meet
high standards in both milk
production and body con
formation are awarded Gold
Medal honors. This recognition
has been given under the revised
rules which became effective
January 1, 1968.
These bulls permanently join
the Gold Medal Sire ranks after
being designated as both
“Production and Type Qualified”
in a recently published issue of
Registered Holstein Sire Per
formance Summaries. The
Holstein Association, in
cooperation with USDA,
calculates and prints sire per
formance information three
times each year. These facts are
used by dairymen as a guide for
selecting sires for use in their
herds.
The temporary designation
“Type Qualified” is re-evaluated
each time a sire’s performance is
updated. Requirements demand
Medal Sires
a certain level of body con
formation improvement in the
daughters of the sire when
compared to their dams. Other
factors included pertain to
Holstein breed average type
scores for age and the number of
daughters considered.
“Production Qualified” is also
temporary in that the prescribed
qualifications must be met each
time the performance of the sire
is figured. USDA calculates the
production performance of the
sire’s daughters, comparing
them with their herdmates. All
DHIA production records ac
cepted by USDA from the
daughters of the sire are included
in the summarization.
Pockets Are Important
Because children play outside
more during spring and sum
mer months, they’re more likely
to find treasures to store in their
pockets. Mrs. Ruth Ann Wilson,
Extension clothing specialist at
Pennsylvania State University,
reminds you that when you’re
sorting the family laundry,
be sure to pick your children’s
pockets. When sent through the
washing machine, sharp-edged
objects, such as nails, rocks or
bottle caps, can tear your
laundry. Dryer dried crayons
usually cause permanent stains.
And paper, especially facial
tissue, shreds and clings to
everything.