—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, August 31. 197 46 Penn State Researchers Go Fishing for Science Insights into heart attack, stroke, bone diseases, malnutrition, and aging may be in the catch taken by Penn State researchers bound for a fishing expedition in the ice-blue waters off the British Columbian coast. Dr. Stuart Patton, Evan Pugh Professor of Agriculture; Dr. Richard L. McCarl, professor of biochemistry; Or. Harald Schraer, professor of biophysics, and Dr. Rosemary Schraer, associate professor of biochemistry, will be fishing for facts aboard the research vessel, Alima Helix. What they will be seeking, specifically, are clues to the mysterious changes that take place in the Pacific salmon, a fish that ages the equivalent of 20 to 40 man-years in the three to four weeks it takes to leave the ocean and spawn in the fresh waters of its birth. Dr. Patton, a biochemist from the Division of Food Sciences, savs that the salmon’s rapid aging provides an excellent model for a host of problems that plague man. For example, salmon do not eat during the entire spawning period and, instead, use up deposits of fat. One such deposit was discovered in the salmon heart muscle by Patton and a colleague during a previous expedition. During the spawning period, Dr. Patton explains, the salmon could be said to be suffering from the exact op posite of atherosclerosis where fats accumulate in the blood vessels, eventually clog them, and lead to stroke or heart attack. He believes that further study of the ways in which the fish uses its stored fats may tell us something about how to save ourselves from heart disease. During the trip, Patton will try to discover how im portant the fat deposits are to the salmon heart beating mechanism. Dr. Richard McCarl will also be studying the salmon’s heart, but with a view to learning more about the aging process. A specialist in energy use in heart cells, McCarl has for years studied the aging process in isolated rat heart cells which he has been able to keep beating in the laboratory for up to six weeks. He andhis co-workers have found that the hormone cortisol will reverse many of the changes observed as the cells age and will reinitiate cell beating when it stops as the result of aging. McCarl will conduct metabolism studies of salmon heart cells while on the Alpha Helix. Husband and wife researchers, Harald and Rosemary Scfaraer will be focusing, among other things, on the kfmtk. I Some people believe that if a baby looks in the mirror be fore it is a year old, it will become cross-eyed. PUBLIC SALE DAIRY COWS & FARM MACHINERY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13,1974 12 o’clock Noon Located 3 miles West of Buck off of Route #372, turn left on to Susquehannock Road, Martic Twp., Lane. Co., Pa. 50 HEAD DAIRY COWS 31 Head Milk Cows all Holstems except one Guernsey. Some fresh and some springers and all stages of production. 28 Head Holstein Heifers 6 to freshen soon 22 bred & open heifers 30 day health chart with each animal. All cattle checked for pregnancy by vet. This is a good young herd of 2nd & 3rd calf cows 500 gal Esco vacuum milk tank Walker Stamp, milk transfer system, 3 Surge milking units, 52 gal. electric hot water heater. Farm machinery consists of T 9 International N crawler tractor with front end loader, New Idea manure spreader with P.T.0., J.D. chuck wagon, N.H flail chopper, Kasten forage box wagon, Kasten plow rake for 5 bottom plow, flat wagon, rubber tired wheel barrow, 20 Ton feed bin, 2 wagon loads of hay, lot of small articles 1969 Ford 2 door Galaxie car (No 302 motor - cheap to run) Lunch Available Kersey A. Bradley, Auct. Kirk & Bradley, Clerks Sale by ABRAM W. METZLER changes that occur in the salmon during its movement from salt to fresh water. Dr. Harald Schraer expects to spend part of his time on board the Alpha Helix preparing material for examination with the electron microscope. He wants to see if there is a difference in the ultrastructure of the salmon heart muscle and bone before and after spawning. A cell biologist interested in the movement of calcium, he will also work with other scientists on board who will be studying calcium metabolism. Dr. Schraer hopes to compare bone samples from the salmon to see if the grotesque changes in the fish's skeleton could be the result of demineralization when the animals move from salt to fresh water. Dr. Rosemary Schraer will be analyzing the salmon’s blood to see if the change from sea to fresh water affects an exzyme (carbonic anhydrase) that helps to control the acid-base balance in the animal. She has previously studied the substance in birds, who are near relatives of fish, and found that the enzyme is a possible target for the harmful action of DDT in certain species that appear to be affected by the pesticide. Drs. Patton and McCarl will join the expedition on Aug. 31. Drs. Harald and Rosemary Schraer will catch up sometime after Labor Day. All will return on or about Sept. 19. The Alpha Helix, a 133-ft. ship especially fitted with biochemistry and physiology laboratories, is supported by tiie National Science Foundation and operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego. The expedition is being led by Dr. Andrew Benson of Scripps. CONSIGNMENT SALE] WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 * 9:30 A.M. i Location: Vz mile north of Route 23 on North Maple Ave. in Leoia, Lancaster Co. Pa. Melrose Bobcat; New Lumber 2x4’s and 2xs’s; trailer load Plywood, Paneling, Peg Board, Homesote, Asbestos Board, etc. etc. Tractors, Farm Machinery, Horse Drawn Implements, New Tools. We have buyers for hay' and straw. 11l ♦ DAVID H. GOOD i ♦ 717-656-9024 J tT F. Snyder, R. Martin, C. H. Wolgemuth, Auct. + Next Sale Wednesday, October 2 4 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS j PUBLIC AUCTION OF 118-ACRE DAIRY FARM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1974 AT 2:00 P.M. Location: 5 miles East of Pine Grove along Sweet Arrow Lake Road. Take Route 125 North from Pine Grove to Sweet Arrow Lake Road turn right 5 miles to Farm, in Village of RoedersviKe, Washington Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; 118-ACRE DAIRY FARM Approximately 78 Acres Tillable, 10 Acres Pasture. 30 Acres Woodland Thereon erected a 2'/2-STORY FRAME HOME Containing on First Floor. Large Eat-m Kitchen with lots of Cabinet Space and Built-in Range, Dining Room. Living Room. Second Floor contains 4 Bedrooms and Full Bath. Third Floor, Storage Basement contains Laundry Room. l h Bath, Furnace Room. Cold Cellar. Coal Stoker Hof Water Heat with Summer-Winter Hookup 2-STORY SUMMER HOUSE LARGE FRAME BANK BARN with 34 Stanchions. Tile Trough. 2 Heifer Pens, Pab Barn Cleaner BLOCK MILKHOUSE with 500-Gallon Zero Milk Tank, Sputnik Milk Transporter. Automatic Washer and 52 Gallon Electric Water Heater. Universal Vacuum Pump 16'x52’ Star Silo with Badger Unloader 44’x60’ Cement Block Implement Shed 2 Small Buildings for Heifers or Calves. 4'x4B’ Corn Barn 1-CAR GARAGE Lot of Old Shade Well with Myers Pressure System, Stream, 200 Amp Service to Farm All buildings are in excellent condition This is a very well kept Farm A level Farm with Soil in high state of cultivation Sate time. 2:00 P.M. Sale by LESTER S. and DORIS E. MARTIN R.D.2, Pine Grove, Pa. - 717-345-3189 Richard A. Adams, Attorney iohn E. and Paul E Martin, Auctioneers 717-733-3511 - 733-3305 - R.D.I, Ephrata, Pa. NOTE Inspection of House by appointment or from 12 00 Noon to 4 00 P M . Saturday, August 31 1974 Inspection of balance of farm anytime For appointment call 717-345-3889. We sell on Commission. Pork Leader Discusses Problem The most serious problems which pork producers faced last year were the rapidly fluctuating prices received for live hogs and the ever increasing production costs paid by pork producers. That’s the opinion of Gordon P. Cooper, Chairman of the Pork Industry Group of the National Live Stock and Meat Board. Cooper, a pork producer from Lambert, Miss., is in Seattle to attend the S2nd Annual Meeting of the Meat Board, where P.I.G. held its annual business session on August 19. “To say the least, everyone in the hog production business over the past year has learned a few lessons. For some, these lessons cost them their livelihood and their hog enterprise. Today’s pork producer just has to be a * n Supermarket* [ ™ J . , . The male shopper, though in better manager m order to the m i„ o rity, more often than survive,” said Cooper. not is the primary shopper for He said not selling the hogs his household, according to a re when they reach market « nt f™*- 0n average he is a 43.7 year old high school weight only increases the graduate with a family income supply of pork, futher of $12,285 per year and he depressing the market. makes 2 3 shopping trips a week Despite the problems for his family of 3 2 persons. PUBLIC AUCTION For the Heirs of Jennie N. Gustafson, 333 acre farm, located on Quaker Neck Road, Route 219, just past the Chester River Yacht & Country Club, 2 miles South of Chestertown, Md. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1974 At 1:00 P.M. REAL ESTATE; 333 ACRE DAIRY FARM 333 Acres with about 275 tillable. Approx. 6500’ road frontage. Improved by frame house. 8 rooms & bath, central H/W heat 28 stall dairy barn, concrete paved area and large loafing shed. 2-12x40' silos w/roofs. chicken house. Metal gram storage and corn cribs ideal for gram farming, dairy farming and hunting "A fine farm with future potential ” TERMS: 10% deposit, settlement within 60 days, possession by Jan. 1,1975. Sale subject to confirmation by Heirs. information and plot plan available from: HARRY RUDNICK & SONS, INC., Auctioneers Galena, Md. Phone |3ol] 648-5100 i. H. BROUGHER HOLSTEIN MILKING HERD DISPERSAL nmSMY, SEPT. 5.1974 ll:OOA.M. Located in Cumberland County, 7 miles West of Carlisle, Pa., or 3 miles East of NewviUe, Pa., jus) South off Route 641, on Goodyear Road, opposite Vloscnrille Road. 59 HOLSTEIN COWS 6 REGISTERED—S 3 GRADES BANGS AND T.B. TESTS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF SALE Only a few over 6 years of age majority are 3 and 4yr. olds. 1-3 the herd fresh between June and sale day. A good number bred for November and December. Balance are bred to freshen thru the year. Majority are by Curtiss sires including Astronaut, Chief, Forty-Niner, Arlmda Chief Royal, President King, etc. This is a real good herd to choose from, with - size and good udders. LUNCH TENT FOLDERS J. H. BROUGHERfOwner R.D.4, Carlisle, PA 17013 - Terms: Cash Not Responsible for Accidents RALPH HORST. Auct. FRED NAUGLE, Announcements which plagued the industry last year, Cooper found there were some things to be proud of, especially in regard to control of hog diseases. He said the federal government will probably declare the American pork producing industry u cholera free” by spring 1975, due in large part to dedicated industry efforts. Progress was also made toward eliminating other diseases such as trichinosis, brucellosis and tuberculosis. Cooper pledged that the Pork Industry Group would continue to work on promoting pork and the pork industry, gaining greater acceptance among con sumers. He also cited the special promotion work now being done to encourage foodservice operators to add pork to their menus.
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