Food Additive Helpful In Treating Viruses A common food additive may be useful in treating virus-caused diseases ranging from cold sores to rabies, according to Penn State biophysicists. EXCAVATING LOADER SERVICE TILING AND DITCHING BACKHOE SERVICE DUMP TRUCK HAULING GRADING FOUNDATION FOOTERS COMPLETE SEPTIC SYSTEM BINKLEY & HURST BROS. A Phone 626-4705 Utitz R.D.4, Pa. Rolhsville Station Road SILO KING APPLIED TO HAY Southeastern George F. Delong Ben Greenawatt Regional Manager RD2 Conestoga Pa 17516 PO Box 683. Lititz Pa 17543 Ph 717 872 5686 Call Collect 717 626-0115 Pastern Lancaster Ccl Melvin Herr Lebanon Co RR2 New Holland Pa 17557 Marvin Meyer Ph 717 354 5977 RD2 Box 157 Annville Pa 17003 Ph 717 867 1445 Worth Western Earl B. Cinder RD2 Manheim Pa 17545 Phone 717-665 3126 Lehigh Co. Area J. H. Moore n . , r 1213 Zorba Drive Pa !7>sfi3 Whitehall. Pa 18052 RD2 Peach Bottom, Pa 17563 otcioocnoT Ph 717-548-2580 ™ The team ot four researchers' has discovered that the additive known us BHT (for butylatcd hydroxytolune can inac tlvatc or kill certain viruses Roy says ... "I feel hay is a very important roughage in my dairy's diet. I'm interested in getting more leaves in the bale and less left in the field. By using Silo King and baling hay between 20 and 25 percent moisture I can save most of the leaves and still not get mold or mow burn. I can bale my hay a day earlier with Silo King and once in a while even save a whole field of hay that otherwise would have been lost to rain. Once in a while I'll find a moldy chunk where the hay was bunched in the field and the moisture was much higher, but outside of that I have a mow full of top quality hay. The third week of July 1974 I mowed about 4 acres of hay (half orchard grass and half Alfalfa). I started to mow it after the dew was off at about 8 A.AA. It was a real good drying day. I started baling it about 7 P.M. the same day. I fed this hay in February 1975 and it was as green as when I mowed it and had no mold at all. It tested 20 percent protein which was as good as my straight Alfalfa hay. After a dairyman makes good roughage, he should follow through with a balanced feeding program. With the economy the way it is a farmer can no longer afford to buy something he already has enough of. I started the Agri- King feeding program in February 1974 and by December 1974 I shipped 1,500 lbs. more milk per cow than the year before. I hope to increase this year by more than 2000 lbs. of milk per cow, because my cows are in better condition than ever before. I never had cows to hold production like they are now. I think net profit is determined a great deal by how your cows peak and hold production." Southwestern Lancasti on contact. The researchers arc Dr. Wallace Snipes, professor of biophysics; Dr. Stanley Person, professor of biophysics; Dr. Alec Keith, associate professor of biophysics; and James Cupp, a doctoral candidate in biophysics. The study is detailed in the current issue (April 4) of the Journal, Science, in a paper titled Butylated Hydroxytoluene Inactivates Lipid-Caontaining Viruses. They write that in their tests at the Penn State laboratories, viruses with a fatty outer membrane called a lipid coat, such as herpes simple;, the cause of cold ROY D. MOYER LEBANON COUNTY, PA Testimonial: Montgomei Cy Arnold 739 Rosewood Drive Douglasville Pa 19518 Ph 215 385 6249 Chester Cn William Wmdle RDI Atglen Pa 19310 Ph 215 593 6143 Northeast Berks Co. Roger Heller RD#l Robesoma Pa Ph 215 6936160 Belleville Area Louis S. Peachy, Sr. RD#l, #5B-C Reedsville Pa 17084 Ph 717-667 3291 KEY TO PROFIT A6RI KING, • PERSONALIZED FEEDING PROGRAMS & SE Berks Co sores, were readily inac tivated by BHT. Viruses withour lipid coats, such as polio virus, were unaffected. The scientists reason that BHT inactivates the virus by disturbing the fatty mem brane and believe that other lipid-coated viruses, such as those that cause flu, rabies, and herpes strain B veneral disease, for example, may also be sensitive to the ad ditive. In a recent interview Dr. Keith pointed out that the levels of BHT needed to kill the viruses are not much higher than those already found in human body fat. Americans, for example, FULTON, ILL. South Central Penn; James L Yoder Regional Manager R R 1 Box 81 Chambersburg Pa 17201 Call Collect 717 264 9321 Adams Co. Area Menno N. Rissler RR4 Gettysburg, Pa 17325 Ph. 717-528 4849 Bedford Co . Pa Area | Kenneth 1 Sonny | Yoder RD(Y2 F V 150 Bedford Pa 15522 Ph 814 623 6856 Cumberland Co.. Pa. Area, Marlin E. Ebersole RDi¥s Carlisle Pa 17013 Ph 717 776 7324 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 12,1975 have about one tenth of the anount needed to inactivate herpes simplex. Britons have less than half that much. The BHT is accumulated from the diet. It is widely used to maintain food freshness and prevent spoilage in breads, cereals, cooking oils, and canned goods. However, Dr. Keith cautions that the early Penn State results tell nothing about how BHT acquired from food functions in the human body. It would be foolish, he says, to try to cure cold sores, say, by eating extra quantities of BHT-containing bread. If further tests prove the Pa. Area Franklin Eldon Martin RD#5 Waynesboro Pa 17268 Ph 717 762 3576 Mark H Yoder 2004 Philadelphia Ave Chambersburg Pa 17201 Ph 717 263 1808 Washington Co . Md Area Earl H Moyer RD#5 Box 277 Hagerstown Md 21740 Ph 301 739 5199 Western Washim lon Co. Area Charlie Campbell Newville, Pa Ph 717-776-7573 effectiveness of the additive as a drug, BHT will probably be used first in topical ap plications, he says. In the case of cold sores, BHT mixed with petroleum Jelly could probably be applied to the canker. Keith noted that BHT treatment for herpes strain B veneral disease looks especially promising since it too could be treated topically. PSU Ag Alumni Tq Meet May 10 The Bth annual Alumni Association meeting for graduates of the College of Agriculture at The Penn sylvania State University will be held on the campus on Saturday, May 10. Alumni may register from 8 a.m. until noon on Room 117, Borland Laboratory, the dairy science building which will be headquarters for the day’s events. the annual business meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. in Room 117, Borland Laboratory, with Ralph M. Horst, of Lebanon, alumni president, in charge. Newly elected directors of the Association will be an nounced. “Food Science—the Science for Survival,” will be the morning theme. The purpose will be to acquaint returning alumni with the Penn State food science program, a major that in volves the Departments of Animal Science, Dairy Science, Horticulture, and Poultry Science. Dr. Donald V. Josepbson, class of 1936, who is chair man of the Division of Food Science and Industry, will head up the program. A 20- minute film on food science will be shown, followed by discussions with faculty members on various phases of food science at Penn State. Display cases bought with alumni contributions to exhibit antique farm tools in the lobby of the Agricultural Administration Building will be dedicated as part of the morning’s activities. A picnic lunch in Hort Woods is scheduled for noon. Af ternoon activities will in dude a tour of the Mushroom Tfst -. Demonstration Facility, and the annual Blue-White football game slated for 2 p.m. in Beaver Stadium. The alumni banquet will be held at 7 p.m. in dining rooms A and B of the Hetzel Union Bldg. College of Agriculture Alumni Association awards to outstanding Penn State students will be presented. JDr. Murry C. McJunkin, class of 1940, who is a 1975 Penn State Alumni Fellow, will be the featured speaker. He is retired manager of market development, U.S. Steel Corp. * *— ■“ - y^’T' In Maine they say if a cat looks out a window it is 13 Li
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