Farming, S*turday, July 6,'<1974 ,U Vwv .yw’ivios- ORGANIC Robert Rodcde STORED FOOD IS “POOR MAN’S GOLD” Disaster gamesmanship is the order of the day. Millions of people are trying to hedge against runaway inflation or economic collapse by hoarding gold coins, investing in gold mining stocks, or buying currencies of countries with low inflation rates. 'The smartest money of all, though, may go into plain old food. In fact, ordinary people with stockpiles of grain, beans and other staples may yet emerge as the real winners in the race to find security against an uncertain future. There are two important reasons why a home stockpile of food-make?more sense with each passing week: First, shortages of food are a growing problem. National food stores are at dangerous lows, especially for grain, beans and canned vegetables. Never before in recent histOiy has the U.S. faced the possibility that there may not be enough food to go around, but that possibility is in our future now. Crop failures in other countries - caused by fertilizer shortages could make the food supply outlook even more ble&k. Fertilizer, we now realize, is made largely from oil, gas and other energy sources. Without more fossil fuel, farmers are hard pressed to increase yields to meet the needs of growing populations. The second reason for storing food is purely economical. As high as food prices are now, they are likely to go higher. Since everyone must eat to survive, the consumer has no way to hedge against rising food costs other than by stockpiling. Food for storage costs less, too, because it’s bought in bulk. When you buy bread, for example, you’re paying as much as 50 cents a pound for the processed grain. But if you buy wheat in bulk, you can get it for 21 cents a pound. True, your time spent baking is valuable, but if you learn to enjoy baking you can also enjoyjbig savings. There’s also a third benefit to the kind of food storage that’s now being practiced widely - better nutrition. Modem-day food accumulators are not just stocking up on canned soup or other processed foods. The big trend is toward storing natural, unprocessed foods that are'rich in vitamins and minerals and are free of additives. A list of foods best for storage reads like an inventory of a Dutch School Natural Foods LARGEST SELECTION OF NATURAL FOODS AND VITAMINS IN CENTRAL PENNA. RT. 222, AKRON, PENNA. PH. 859-2339 BEEF SALES MONDAY 2:30 P.M. 1 THURSDAY 12:00 NOON | Sale Order - Fat Bulls, Steers, Stockers, Beef i Cows and Veal Calves. 1 NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. Phone 717-354-4341 Abe Dlffenbach, Manager || Field Representatives - Bob Kling 717-354-5023 1 Luke Eberly 215-267-5608 1 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllllllllNl ROBERT GUTSHALL (717) 933-4616 Lancaster Pipe & distributors Acorn unloaders bunk feeders tube feeders generators chute hoppers .Seif Unloading Silage Mode| 2414) — Cattle and hog feeders Model 2012,19” impeller Automatic roller mills Model 3013,27" impeller LIVING By IlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllUltlllllllllllllg If you have fat | cattle or | need feeders . . .1 THINK NEW HOLLAND I f * natural foods store. Wheat and rye grains are good. So is millet, buckwheat, and brown rice. Fifty pounds each of grain staples can be bought for as little as $10.50. Find a farmer who will sell them to you directly and you’ll have to pay even less. Seeds for sprouting are also popular with food ac cumulators. Soybeans, raung beans, sunflower and alfalfa seeds lead the list. Other seeds, just for eating, include sesame, chickpeas, split peas, lentils and white beans. Some of these are now high in price, but they will likely go higher. Dried fruits can also be saved for long periods. So can nuts, which are very rich in food energy.. Honey, which lasts in definitely, is also popular. Dried milk is also a good source of protein for storage. Essential to any natural food storing program is learning how to use the food you put away. A few hundred poundsof grain and beans won’t do much good in ah emergency situation if you-don’t know how to prepare them attractively. For that reason, buy smaller quantities at'first and learn the best way to use them. My personal favoritefood for storage is corn meal, which I use to make little corn cakes that I eat instead of bread. Twenty-five pounds of the meal cost only about $5.50, so the com cakes or pones cost only 5 cents per person per day. That’s considerably less than the cost of bread. Another.trick of successful food storers is to find a food that you enjoy eating, and that’s nutritious, then eat it regularly. Most people do that anyway, zeroing in on French Mas, hamburgers, and snack foods. Both your health and bank J ' - I' f Craft Show Planned Entries from Penn sylvania and neighboring states are being sought for the first' Lancaster Craft Show to -be held July 21- August 3 at Lancaster, Pa. Prizes totaling $5OO will be offered, including $lOO total for best of show, made up of $25 for category prize anil $75 extra. Second prize will be a total of $5O. Other prizes will be $25 for categories and judges’ choice. The show will be held as part of the annual Lancaster Summer Arts Festival, which presents art, music, plays, opera and other cultural events. Entries will be received Thursday, July 11,6 p.m. - 8 p.m., and Sunday, July 14,1 . l ,’>r «•* / * * 1 -kf ,^v p.m. - 4:30 p,m., at 16 W. King St., Lancaster, site of' theshow. Show times will be: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Monday ~and Friday, 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Further information can be obtained freon Lancaster Summer Arts Festival, Box 1253, Lancaster, Pa. 17604 Tornado Damage Buildings hit by a tornado often appear to explode. The phenomenon is caused by the sudden drop in air pressure when the storm’s center passes by, which in-effect gives normal air inside the building the force of compressed air, and blows the structure apart. New Negley-Miller Silos i silo blowers conveyors - barn cleaners calf stalls free stalls cow mats barn fans Ritchie water fountains r * *1 imiutu iwu uiat juu uuj,iu uuuL.wiU fHMC iCUuy'-It'' “ - • 'Tlowdoyou stortTiKJd??MiM'Ht^^ - diirarjrlnrf infnff oifljrtlir J hw f ■ fiiifcfal |v 11 ir Ji i cOmefrwrfißie storc.d^pij»dJmlt*p^e«^ : like rice, refrigerator that still hassoxne Ufeieftinlt Istheßestwayto get low-cost cool f; The biggest benefitofall, though, is the increased Sense # confidence and securitythat home food storage can create/ Years ago, almost everyone filled a larder m late summer and fall to insure a good supply of food through the winter,- Why shouldn’t city dwellers and suburbanites do the samp today - all year long? Having one can create a very com fortable feeding. - - . iimLii If-*}. LriVlft/j ' m " tt Stocking up on basic foods - from grains to fruit Juices?! You’ll want to\ read the 48-page booklet, /‘Make It With Natural Foods’]. It’s available for fifty cents from Robert Rodale, Organic livings in care of this newspaper. Please ask for the booklet by name, and allow three weeks for delivery. ' V (c) 1974 by Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Synd., Inc. World Rights Reserved. , ;; J. ’i ,r i. J % ■»uyo: I SCI* .Mf