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Pollution Control Research
Tied With
Agricultural scientists at The
Pennsylvania State University
are seeking new knowledge of
pollution control to combine with
long-standing achievements in
plant and animal production. The
goal is adequate agricultural
production within a quality en
vironment
The long-range program in
volves all three divisions of the
College of Agriculture - research,
(caching and extension Heading
up the planning is Dr Milford R.
Hcddleson, Coordinator of En
vironmental Quality Affairs in
(he College of Agriculture
New environmental task
groups have been appointed in air
quality, extension programs,
land resource management,
waste management, education,
land and water quality, and
pesticides management.
Numerous faculty members are
already working in inter
departmental teams to help
identify and solve highly complex
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Children that are one to three
years of age need more good
foods in proportion to their size
than older children. The total
food intake of the younger child
will, of course, be less, but the
emphasis on real, body-building
foods must be greater.
Since their stomachs can hold
only so much, and their growth
needs are so great, this is a time
to be sure they don’t eat too
many concentrated sweets and
cookies What they eat must not
crowd out the needed variety of
foods that are high in protein,
minerals and vitamins.
The foregoing is good advice
for parents from a nutritional
standpoint. But more than that, it
offers the best means, too, for
parents to help a child form good
eating habits early in life. This,
after all, is one of the best founda
tions for health that parents can
pass along to their children.
Further Guidance
But the process needs even fur
ther guidance beyond three
years of age for it is about this
time that the child usually slows
in growth rate and his appetite
also slows down. If parents anti
cipate this, they won’t become up
set. Instead of pressuring the
child to eat, it might be better to
increase the number of meals by
introducing sensible between-meal
eating. It is simply a matter of
realizing that young children can-
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problems of protecting natural
resources and improving the
environment
Environmental problems
related to land use, water quality,
and air quality are featured in a
special issue of “Science in
Agriculture,” the quarterly
magazine of the Agricultural
Experiment Station at Penn
State Free copies of the issue,
entitled A Quality Environment
for Pennsylvanians, are
available from the Agricultural
Mailing Room, 112 Ag. Ad
ministration Building, University
Park, Pa. 16802. Teachers and
organizations may obtain up to
100 free copies.
In other experiments, scien
tists are seeking to improve
fertilizer practices and develop
nonpersistent pesticides and
other agricultural chemicals that
will not pollute the soil, air, and
water Herbicides and biological
control techniques are being
developed to control weeds and
Doctor
in the Kitchen®
by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D.
Consultant, National Dairy Council
FEEDING LITTLE FOLKS
not hold a lot of food in their
stomachs at any one time.
This causes us to reflect soberly
on how many obese individuals
there may be today because their
parents forced too much food into
them, perhaps both by direction
and example.
Studies of nursery school chil
dren have shown that when
snacks are eaten far enough be
fore regular mealtime, the child’s
appetite for the meal remains
good. In fact, if a child becomes
too tired or too hungry by meal
time, he may become irritable and
not eat properly even when the
meal is served to him.
Snack Choices
Good choices in snacks are
milk, fruit, vegetable relishes,
juices, cheese, bread and batter
sandwiches. Sweets may dull the
appetite for mealtime, as well as
interfere with good dental health.
Such nutrition recommendations,
made in Dairy Council material
published for professional health
leaders, were “reviewed by the
Council on Foods and Nutrition
of the American Medical Associa
tion and found consistent with
current authorities medical opin
ion.” I heartily agree and next
week we’ll talk more about feed
ing preschool-age children.
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\,• Insecticide. It controls both resistant and non-resistant root-
worms. And BUX corn is fit for livestock whether you feed it
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other undesirable plants.
Research is also underway to
improve systems for disposing of
plant and animal wastes and to
utilize effluent discharge from
agricultural processing firms.
Effectively designed home septic
tank systems and techniques for
revegetating unsightly refuse
banks from strip mines are of
importance to the farmer, the
rural resident, and to all citizens,
Dr Heddleson points out.
Research on trace element
accumulation in feed and food
chains is making important
contributions to the un
derstanding of environmental
problems. The protection of
natural resources is being
enhanced by studies designed to
control erosion and sedimen
tation -one of agriculture’s oldest
and most persistent pollutants.
A major study is now underway
to determine what level of en
vironmental quality is desired by
residents of the Pine Creek
Watershed area in Tioga,
Lycoming, and Clinton counties.
Consideration is being given to
programs and'policies needed to
achieve this level of quality. A
team of from various
colleges within the University are
using the Pine Creek area as a
laboratory to examine the highly
complex environmental
relationships in a “real world”
setting
“Agriculture, and the entire
rural community, must con
tinually assess those practices or
activities causing pollution
When risks outweight their
benefits, such practices must be
modified, corrected, or discon
dinued and replaced by safer
alternatives. Wien alternatives
are not available, research
should be directed toward
developing them,” Dr. Heddleson
affirms.
The plight of rural com
munities as well as farmers is an
important concern of the College
of Agriculture, Dr. Heddleson
says. A state or federal mandate
to install or improve municipal
waste treatment plants may
overwhelm rural communities
with their shrinking tax base.
Interdisciplinary research is
currently underway to in
vestigate the feasibility of
providing water supplies and
regional sewage treatment
centers in rural areas.
For Dad
A message for daddies from
the American Cancer Society:
have a checkup once a year for
your sake and the family’s.
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