Food Production Always Needed
Regardless of what hap*
pena to the number or make
up of the world's population
in future years, food
production will always be the
number one industry, for
man cannot survive without
food and fiber, a solid waste
management specialist
pointed out during the recent
Livestock Day held on The
Pennsylvania Slate
University Campus.
Dr. E. Paul Taiganides,
professor of agricultural
engineering at Ohio State
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Attention Cattle Feeders...
University, keynote speaker
at the conference, predicted
that within the next 20 years,
we must double our food and
fiber production from our
land resources.
"To grow this food on ever
shrinking farmlands, we will
need to use more chemicals
for crop growth and
production and dispose of
huge quantities of manures
on lands which are also being
eyed as the depository of all
the urban and industrial
wastes,” he said.
Thurs., March 13
-11:30 A.M. ■ 7 P.M.
Lykens Valley Lancaster Farm
Steak House & Home Center
Restaurant 1383 Arcadia Road
Route 25 Lancaster, PA
Berrysburg Road
Miilersburg, PA
■*** SPEAKER:
Dr. S. M. Schake
Texas A & M University
Or. Schake has an impressive background in animal nutrition and research.
You will get a real lift out of his discussions and the positive outlook which he
DR. S. M. SCHAKE sees for cattle feeders.
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PENN
Manure, garbage, sludge,
and household refuse can be
natural fertilizers and soil
conditioners without
creating gross en
vironmental pollution, he
emphasized.
There has been a great
rate of development and
application of new
technology for food
production but very little
research or funding for
waste management so as to
put waste material back into
the natural cycle.
“Nothing can be disposed
of in earth’s biosphere
without affecting ecology,”
the Ohio State professor
noted. “Wastes, therefore,
must be defined as resources
out of place. Nature must
eventually assimilate
everything that is produced,
both product and by-product.
Commenting on the use of
agricultural chemicals, Dr.
Taiganides pointed out that
to grow the necessary food
and fiber for the three and
soon-to-be six million people
on earth without pesticides is
absurd. But, despite the
great contributions ag
chemicals have made to
assist in feeding the human
race, we do not have a x
license to use them in
discriminately.
“There is no danger of too
much of a pesticide in
agriculturally-produced
food,” Dr. Taiganides said.
“We are adequately
protected from acute
Cty^
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Subject:
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pesticide poisoning arising
from eating American
foods.”
Pesticide levels in humans
have not increased in the last
10 years. This is due to the
tolerance levels established
by state And federal
governments. The current
issue, therefore, is what
should be the pesticide
tolerance levels of our
wildlife, rare birds, and
other animal species
threatened with extinction,
and for our environment in
general, he added.
“We must not waste time
and effort denouncing the
accusations of ecologists.
Instead, we should support
educational efforts to make
it possible for the average
food producer to detect the
pest or weed that needs to be
controlled and select the
right pesticide. Fur
thermore, application
equipment must be per
fected so as to apply
chemicals at the right dose,
at the right time, to the in
tended target,” Dr.
Taiganides pointed out.
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Friday, March 14
-11:30 A.M. - 7 P.M.
Trainer’s Shankweiier’s
Restaurant (North of 22 on 100)
(Route 422
Stouchsburg)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8,1975
No Retail Buying
At Stanford Seed
In our Jan. 25, issue, we
reported on the newly
constructed Standford Seed
Warehouse and distribution
center at Denver Rl. Since
that time it has come to our
attention that many people
have visited the center
hoping to buy seeds on a
retail basis. To clarify any
misconception that might
have resulted from the ar
ticle we wish to explain that
the center is strictly a
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RDI, Box 4210, Grantville, Pa.
Phone 717-469-2864
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wholesale distribution center
with no means for retail
sales.
Individual persons are
invited to visit the center’s
test plots to view the various
types of seeds and their
growth, however the actual
seeds must be obtained from
local dealers.
For additional information
please consult your local
seed dealer.
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