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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1978
Farmland scarce
(Continued from Page 59)
Denmark abounds with hog feeding program using
farms. The Danish Landrace barley as the key energy
breed is long and lean ingredient,
looking, finished out on a The cradle-to-grave hog
Syrup improperly
labelled
HARRISBURG - State
Agriculture Secretary Kent
Shelhamer said recently that
recent investigations by the
Agriculture Department’s
Bureau of Foods &
Chemistry have resulted in
two seizures of shipments of
jugged syrup which was
fraudulently labelled as
“maple syrup,”
Noting that a number of
complaints have also been
received by restaurant
goers. Shelhamer warned
consumers to be sure they
are getting “what they pay
for.”
The Secretary said that
federal standards have been
set for products labelled as
“maple syrup,” outlining
just what may or may not be
included in those products.
Pennsylvania has
traditionally been one of the
leading maple syrup
producing states, ranking
fifth in the nation in recent
years. The maple syrup
production industry is a
risky business, depending
greatly on the weather and
temperatures when the sap
is running.
“I strongly urge anyone
who thinks they are being
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served table syrup
misrepresented as maple
syrup to complain to the
restaurant manager,”
Shelhamer said.
The Agriculture Secretary
suggested that “when
purchasing maple syrup in a
store, read the label. Maple
syrup must be at least 66 per
cent maple sap, and contain
no other ingredients except
water, salt, defoammg
agents and preservatives.
This information must be on
the lable.”
Beef club names officers
NEW HOLLAND - A
meeting of the New Holland
Baby Beef Club was held on
January 23, at Sperry Rand,
New Holland, Pa. Max
Smith, Lancaster County
Extension agent chaired the
meeting and gave club
members some pointers on
care of their steers.
The club elected officers
for the 1978 year. They in
clude: President, Dale
Hershey; vice president,
Kathy Martin; secretary
Jane Groff; treasurer, Cathy
Denlmger; game leaders,
set-up that we toured
marketed close to 1,000 pigs
annually and maintained a
unique confinement barn.
Bred sows were tied in toy
stanchions, very similar to
cattle housing. A farrowing
house with a constantly
maintained temperature of
68 degrees housed newly
born litters.
While we in the United
States also operate gover
nment research farms,
perhaps none of ours are as
steeped with history as the
Danish National Ex
perimental Farm. At the
16th century royal farms and
castle of Denmark’s King
Frederick 11, ongoing
agricultural research is
being earned out herds of
dairy and beef cattle, hogs,
chickens and fur-bearina
small animals. A variety
of building styles and
equipment ranged from the
original stone buildings
housing employees and
offices to an ultra-modem
milking parlor. Towering far
above the old crumbling
Glenn Yoder and Jeanne
Martin; song leader, Gerry
Eberly; and news reporter,
Vicki Bare.
New leaders were also
elected. Serving as leaders
for the coming year will be:
Bob Martin, John Groff,
Harvey High, Lester
Weaver, and Mart Yoder.
The next meeting of the
group is scheduled for
February 20 at Sperry Rand,
New Holland, Anyone in
terested in joining the club is
welcome to attend.
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THE OTHER
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Red Danish cows resemble Milking Shorthorns, and serve as dual-purpose
milk and meat animals.
wooden silos were sealed
storage haylage units.
As in other European
countries, Danish housing
and land prices were at a
record high. One fanner we
spoke with priced land, if
you could find it, at about
$3,000 per acre. An embassy
official admitted that during
the time he had been in
Denmark, he had never
heard of even one hectare of
farmland for sale. Regarded
as a precious commodity,
land is primarily passed
from one generation down to
the next. Small homes on
tiny lots carried price tags at
about $60,000.
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One sign of affluence in premium also. Even ancient
Denmark today is a house thatching techniques,
with a thatched roof. Once however, can be improved
considered the telltale mark upon. The Danes were
of a poor man’s residence, perfecting the use of a type
the picturesque tatched roof of seaweed thatch with a
cottage has become very lifetime of up to 50 years,
expensive and commands a twice the expected rye straw
monumental fire-insurance traditional rye straw
materials.
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