—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 16, 1977 104 4-H’ers visit Chicago Board of Trade CHICAGO, 111.-From futures contracts to hedging, the 26th 4-H Commodity marketing Symposium, held March 13-16 at the Chicago Board of Trade, gave 4-H members from 26 states a firsthand opportunity to expand their marketing vocabularies. Twenty-eight teens at tended the three-day educational program sponsored by CBT in cooperation with National 4’H Council and the Cooperative Extension Service. Most delegates were state winners in their 1976 4-H commodity marketing projects. They were in Chicago on expense-paid trips donated by CBT to study commodity marketing principles as they apply to cash and futures markets of major exchanges. hi seminars conducted by CBT members and other marketing experts, 4’Her’s heard explanations of pit trading, hedging, speculation, futures con How much milk is too much? SOUTHAMPTON, Pa. - Too much milk, some pediatricians claim, can fill a child up, thereby keeping him from eating other foods he needs for balanced nutrition. This is a valid point. Ihere is such a thing as too much of a good thing. But, you can also have too little of a good thing and that’s as bad as too much. Dairy Council’s director of Nutrition education, Terry Heller, points out that milk supplies more essential nutrients per calorie than most other foods. Nature just doesn’t make a perfect food, but three glasses of milk provide at least three fourths of daily dietary allowance for calcium, riboflavin, vitamins D and 812, phosphorus and protein to a child between the ages of six months and six years. tracts and international trade. Delegates also visited the floor of the exchange to watch the trading. Ac cording to Lloyd Besant, CBT director of education, 4- H commodity marketing delegates are the only out side group ever allowed on the exchange floor. Delegates and chaperons lunched with CBT members at the Metropolitan Club on the 66th floor of Sears Tower, took a sightseeing tour of Chicago, had dinner at The Parthenon in Greektown and attended a modern jazz concert at the Ivanhoe Theatre. - Delegates were recognized for their work in 4-H com modity marketing projects and activities at an awards banquet March 15 in the Conrad Hilton .Hotel. : Among those' honored were: Megan Shaub, Shrewsbury, Pa.; Judy Long, Carlisle, Pa.; Becky Brashear, Frederick, Md. They recieved state winner pins from William Hagerty Jr., chairman of the Chicago Boanj °f Trade. Additionally, milk is a good source of vitamins A and 86. Ihat’s why the USDA, acting on the recommen dation of the National Research Council • National Academy of Sciences, has established these guidelines for milk consumption: children up to six years-two or three 8 oz. glasses per day; children six to twelve years-three or more 8 oz. glasses per day. 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