(L** \ kJS VITAMIN INTERRELATIONSHIPS - 111 (Third of a four-part series of articles) What has a Florida winter va cation to do with vitamins? Or basking in Arizona, California or somewhere in the Caribbean area at this time of year? For those of us who spend win ters in parts of United States where sunshine is not so generous and because of cold weather we must bundle up in heavy cloth ing a winter vacation in sun shine relates specifically to our ability to produce vitamin D in our bodies. A sunlamp will help, too. The process involves sunshine convert ing a provitamin in our skin to vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential, JANUARY SPECIAL Model 7 used 00 OLIVER MANURE SPREADER Model 145 used OO STARLINE SPREADER Model 180 New £ 1 aqp aa HAWK BILT SPREADER Model 180 Demonstrater £ <« /V\ GEHL SPREADER Model 125-6 ft. SQO 00 LAMCO BLADE Model 1250 Oliver $ 1 650.00 GAS TRACTOR A ’ Model 1550 Oliver fro OCV\ OO DIESEL TRACTOR *O,WUAAJ Farmersville Equipment Inc. RD2 Ephrata, Pa. Ph. 354-4271 Located in farmersville FARM a *-* * • t ’- 1 "* * ,VI ” ’ trraa.fJJ^ Doctor in the Kitchen 9 by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D. Consultant, National Dairy Council primarily, for us to efficiently use calcium and phosphorus in the formation and maintenance of bone. This process is especially critical for infants, growing chil dren, and pregnant and nursing women. But it continues through out life as well. All of our bone structures must have a proper balance of calcium and phosphorus if they are to grow and maintain themselves. Vitamin D assists in getting cal cium and phosphorus from the in testinal tract into the blood and then it again sees to it that cal- A Proper Balance We think farmers should have growth and profit plans. Sound plans. And we’re ready to help. Not only with money, but with financial counsel, like income projections. Long-term loans may be arranged through the Federal Land Bank Association, and short-term loans through Production Credit Association. We’ll provide money when you need it, and let you pay it back on a realistic schedule. You see, our only business is helping farmers, and that makes all the difference. 411 W. ROSEVILLE RD., LANCASTER PH. 393-3921 cium and phosphorus are deposit ed in bone where they are needed. If this process fails, for lack of vitamin D, bones do not calcify. In the young, such disease is known as rickets. In older per sons, osteoporosis, a bone-soften ing process, results from lack of vitamin D and of foods such as milk, rich in calcium and phos phorus. Because milk and its products bring us about 75% of the cal cium available in the the U.S. food supply, nutritionists long ago recommended that milk should be fortified with vitamin D. Today, most is. Read the label. Because of this fortification of milk, rickets is uncommon today in the United States. But I do wish older people would drink more milk. It would reduce osteo porosis. In my opinion, occasional ly the hip breaks suffered by old er adults are not because of falls. The falls are caused by the bones simply fracturing of their own deterioration. In other words, the bone breaks first, causing the fall Pollution A Factor The body can store vitamin D to some extent. But, again, when the weather allows, the formation of natural vitamin D is triggered by sunlight striking our skin and activating our own production of this essential element. Clouds, dust, smog air pollution in gen eral inhibit this process. A word of warning: Vitamin D can be toxic. More than you need will not improve growth or health in any way. The results can be very serious. Thus taking vitamin D in pill supplements can be dan gerous. The daily recommenda tion for infants is 400 internation al units, the amount in a quart of vitamin D milk. Adults need less Girl Scouts More than 100 million Girl Scout cookies were sold in 1972. Girls 9 years and older practice small business — making the sale, fielding com plaints, doing paper work, and coping with the red tape —by selling cookies. In gen eral, cookie profits are split between the troops and their local Girl Scout council. NEED MONEY AS BIG AS YOUR PLANS? I* - Dauphin Deposit Names MacDonald E M Green, Chairman of the Board of Dauphin Deposit Trust Company, has announced that Roderick C MacDonald has been appointed Comptroller for the Bank. MacDonald, a resident of 3 Lantern Lane, Camp Hill, is a native of Carrollton, Ohio. He is a graduate of The College of Wooster, in Ohio, and served in the U S. Navy during World War II He was previously employed by Main Lafrentz & Co , and prior to loimng Dauphin Deposit, served for 20 years with AMP In corporated At AMP, he served in a number of positions, including Assistant Controller and Director of Management Information Services. MacDonald became a Certified Public Accountant in 1951, and he is a member of the Pennsylvania Insitute of Certified Public Ac countants He is also active in the Market Square Presbyterian Church in Harrisburg. Married, MacDonald has a son and a daughter. CREDIT 3 CALL FARM CREDIT. AGWAY BUILDING, LEBANON PH. 273-4506 Lancaster Farmim V ebo ' These winter mornings as the red-orange sun rises its bright rays reflect on many objects. It almost makes my heart stop as I We’re your kind of people. Saturday. January 20.1973 iusl notice a house on a distant hill apparently on fire; but on second glance there is no smoke and I realize the sun is playing tricks on me Next, I notice how the bright rays make a group of seven cock birds shine like bronze as I whiz by on my way to the bus stop. As I look at the bare frozen ground, it seems as though nothing would grow on it again but of course I know better. At least, I’m glad the turnips and carrots are safe in ground in our cellar They keep very well in old lard cans completely covered with moist soil. When I go to an evening meeting, I often return to find my house has a different smell. Likely the children have made hot chocolate and popcorn. Sometimes I think they wait till I go away to feast, as I chide them for eating all the time. When they ran out of popcorn the other night, they scouted around in the summerhouse and found some old tiny ears of strawberry-popcorn which Philip grew It was delicious and so very white after it popped. I’m reminded of the broom corn which my grandfather Shriner grew on his farm. He had it made into brooms which he gave away We children got small brooms which were fun to use. At least, it was fun until we got older and had to use them to sweep the rag rugs in our kitchen or the por ches. D I kilUM'in » VUJ I I am *mr«« 21 Ida Risser XXX
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