—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. 30. 1976
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Tobacco compared to milk
ROSEMONT, 111.
Scientists at the university of
Maryland are extracting
high-grade protein from
tobacco leaves, according to
a news dispatch from the
Washington Post that cir
culated to other papers
across the nation on Oct. 12.
“It’s as good for you as
milk,” Dr. Martin Schwartz,
the university’s Dean of
Science, was quoted as
saying. Called Fraction-1-
Protein, the tiny, white
protein crystals from the
tobacco are tasteless and
odorless, “stable, easy to
store and (are) so
constructed that (they)
can be manufactured in a
gel-like form that looks
much like soybean curd, a
staple food in many coun
tries.
Fraction-l-Protein, as it
occurs in raw tobacco, would
be hazardous if smoked.
“When you bum it, it gives
off products like cyanide and
nitrogen that are not good for
you,” said Dr. T.C. Tso of
USDA’s Beltsville Research
Center in the article. But as a
product to eat, Dr. Tso said:
“Its nutritional value is
comparable to milk and
surpasses that of soybeans.”
The protein exists in all
green plants but can only be
extracted easily from
tobacco. However, normal
methods of tobacco curing
destroy the protein. Thus,
Dr. Tso has been working on
a process known as
“Homogenized Leaf
Curing.” In this process the
tobacco leaf is chopped up
and suspended in a liquid
solution rather than being
hung up to dry to cure.
Removal of the protein
crystals then is similar to the
way sugar is crystallized
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Since the remaining
material can be recon
stituted for smoking or
Safer spraying taught
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.
- Over six thousand Penn
sylvanians have been cer
tified to use restricted-use
pesticides through a
correspondence course
developed by Penn State’s
College of Agriculture. It is
estimated by Dr. Fred C.
Snyder, -director of
correspondence courses at
the University, that over
25,000 pesticide applicators
in the state remain to be
certified. The certification
deadline is October 1977.
The course, Pest
Management and En
vironmental Quality, is
designed to assist in
dividuals in preparing for
certification as private or
commercial applicators of
pesticides. It provides basic
information on management
of common insects or mites,
weed control and herbicides,
plant disease control,
pesticide labeling, safety,
etc.
Examinations for Penn
sylvanians are administered
through the State Depart
ment of Agriculture who
estimate that only .031 per
cent of those taking the exam
have failed, attesting to the
thoroughness of information
presented in the course and
specific category from
county Extension agents.
Commercial applicators
must also b$ certified. In
formation for certification
study includes the
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may drastically change the
economics of the tobacco
industry, and have an effect
on the food industry as well.
correspondence course and
category packets, covering
* such areas as fruit growing;
plant, animal and aquatic
pest control; forest pest
control; public health pests;
seed treatment; etc.
To order a copy of the
course, write Pest
Management, Box 5000,
University Park, Pa, 16802.
Make.your check for $6.00
payable to Penn State. An
application blank for
education material packets
is also available by writing
to the same address.
Lamb
Club meets
YORK, Pa. - The York
County 4-H Lamb Club held
their annual Halloween
Party earlier this month at
the home of Laurie and Lisa
Dobrosky. That evening the
election of club officers was
held.
The new officers are as
follows: Chris Waltersdorff,
president; Charla Janney,
vice-president; Lisa
Dobrosky, secretary; Deb
Lau, assistant secretary;
Laurie Dobrosky, treasurer;
Judy Waltersdorff, news
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Livestock association dinner
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HARRISBURG - The
Pennsylvania Livestock
Association will hold its
annual banquet and meeting
on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the
Host lnn, here. It is billed as
one of the highlights of Hip
Keystone International
Livestock Exposition which
gets underway here next
Saturday at the Farm Show
Complex, and lasts through
the following Friday.
Featured at the livestock
banquet will be an awards
program and various
presentations by
agribusiness officials and
outstanding farm youths.
This year’s featured
speaker is John Chohlis,
manager of cattle chows
marketing, sales promotion
and public relations, Ralston
Purina Co., St. Louis,
Missouri. He has a masters
in animal husbandry, has
managed a feedlot, been a
range for the
U. S. Soil Conservation
Service, an editor for a
livestock journal, a manager
for a ranching investment
service, manager of a
Cattlemen’s Exposition and
a student of the livestock
industry in Hawaii, New
Zealand, Australia, South
America, Europe and Africa
- before he affiliated with
Ralston Purina.
reporter; Nancy Eisenhart,
assistant news reporter;
Linda Waltersdorff,
assistant treasurer.
After the meeting, a
hayride and hotdog roast
was held.
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program will be recognition
for the outstanding FFA and
4-H youths of Pennsylvania
as well as the “Livestock
Man of the Year”.