—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1978
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Talent and art winners
named at Grange meet
DENVER, Colo. - Talent
contestants representing
State Granges from all
across the country competed
for national recognition
during the 112th Annual
Session of the National
Grange held November 13-20
in Denver, Colo.
First place winners in
each division were (vocal)
G.M.L. Gems, a female trio,
Nampa, Idaho, (in
strumental) Randall Wolfe,
pianist, Circleville, Ohio,
and (variety) Honnore
Kerbert, humorous
Computerized rations coming for cows
NEWARK, Del. - A com
puter program to help
Delaware dairymen
calculate feed rations for
their cows is now m the
works, report represen
tatives of the Delaware
Cooperative Extension Ser
vice. When it is ready for
use, the service should mean
sizable savings for the
state’s dairy industry.
Energy saver kits available
RONKS - Pennsylvania
Power & Light Co. is part of
a project to make available a
Mt which can help its
customers plug up energy
“leaks” in their homes.
The mail-order “Energy
Saver Kit” includes 10
receptacle plug-m covers,
seven electric outlet draft
eliminators, three electric
light switch draft
eliminators and do-it
yourself instructions.
Also included are two
shower head flow restrictors
and an energy meter
developed by PP&L to help
customers determine in
sulation levels.
Special tests conducted by
a Texas electric utility
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Mich.
Winners in the family
musical competition were
(vocal) The Johnson Three,
Lewiston, Idaho, and (in
strumental) The Arellano
Family, Yakima, Wash.
Best of show winners in the
art and photography con
tests were (adult,art) Donna
Kem, Cuba, N.Y., (junior,
art) Mark Mincey, Seymour,
Tenn., (adult,photo)
Frances Doyle, Northboro,
Mass., and (junior,photo)
Mike Copeland, Knoxville,
Tenn.
The program which was
developed by a University of
California extension dairy
nutritionist, Dr. Donald
Bath, was demonstrated at
the recent Five-State Hols
tein Breeders Seminar at
Rehoboth, Delaware. Dairy
farmers present at that
meeting were highly en
thusiastic over the idea.
Basically a technique for
least-cost feed formulation,
showed that electrical wall
outlet openings are among
the biggest culprits in
allowing outside air to enter
the home. Draft eliminator
gaskets were found to reduce
the outlet leakage about
seven per cent of its original
amount.
Flow restrictors, which
are placed inside the shower
head, are designed to save
water. By using the energy
meter, the homeowner can
judge the effectiveness of
present wall and ceiling
insulation and decide
whether or not to add more.
The kits have been ad
vertised throughout PP&L’s
10,000-square-nule service
Congress looks at nutrition labeling
WASHINGTON. D.C. -
Senator George McGovern
(D-S.D.), chairman of the
Senate Agriculture Sub
committee on Nutrition, held
oversight hearings recently
on nutrition labeling.
Testimony was heard from
several industry
representatives, and also
from representatives of
Giant Foods and the
National Heart, Lung &
Blood Institute regarding the
pilot nutrition education
program, “Foods for
Health.”
During the first half of the
hearing, representatives
from Pillsbury, Gerber,
Ocean Spray, and Proctor &
Gamble presented the in-
the program takes bovine
nutrient requirements, the
cost of available feeds, and
the price farmers are getting
for milk and from this data
determines the optimum
feed rations for a cow or
group of cows. It can be ac
cessed by remote computer
'terminals over regualar
telephone lines.
Savings from use of the
program will depend on the
area. Consumers can order
the kits by sending a check
or money order to Energy
Saver Kit, P.O. Box 2000,
Ronks, Pa. 17572. The $2.35
purchase price mcludes no
profit for PP..L.
A thick wad of plastic
credit cards earned in the
hip pocket has given rise to a
new medical malady called
“wallet sciatica.” The wallet
puts extreme pressure on the
sciatic nerve, causing thigh
and lower back pains. The
cure? A walletectomy -
removing the offending
bundle from the sensitive
spot.
dustry viewpoint on nutrition
labeling, stressing the need
for maximum flexibility in
labeling regulations. Wit
nesses called for a label that
would be useful to con
sumers, simple and at the
same time able to convey
meaningful information.
They also emphasized that
regulations should be cost
effective, so that continuing
analytical costs could be
minimized. Witnesses also
pointed out that the label
would have to be adaptable
to small labels, and that
allowance would have to be
made for natural variations
m nutritional components.
While recognizing that
consumers do want
production level of each
farm and each cow. Dr. Bath
reports savings in California
in the neighborhood of $5 per
ton of feed for low milkers in
a herd, and around $2O a ton
of feed for high milkers.
Over a year this can repre
sent a considerable
economy.
The California program
has already been converted
for use on the University of
cholesterol information, one
witness questioned its
usefulness, since new
research has left the
cholesterol question “wide
open.”
During the second half of
the hearing, testimony was
heard concerning the pilot
nutrition education program
being conducted here in
Washington by Giant Food in
cooperation with the
National Heart, Lung &
Blood Institute. Gerson
Barnett and O’Donna
Matthews of Giant Food, and
the NHLBI representative
Dr. Steve Zifferblatt
presented background
information on the program.
In a carefully orchestrated
Delaware computer. Tests
are now being run to be sure
it is working properly. Once
these are completed, it will
be made available to
Delaware dairy farmers.
The new service is bemg
coordinated by Dr. George
Haenlein, state Extension
dairy specialist, and funded
by the Delaware
Cooperative Extension Ser
vice.
presentation including slides
and posters, Zifferblatt and
Matthews outlined the
program and~tße rationale
behind it.
Zifferblatt conceded that
nutrition information,
especially in the area of
heart disease, was still
controversial. He pointed out
that the federal government
had been “silent for a long
time...supposedly because
there has been nothing
definitive to say.” He stated
that NHLBI had been given a
mandate by Congress to
disseminate information and
education, and said, “it
doesn’t charge us with
saymg something only when
there’s definitive evidence.
We should say something
regardless of the level of
agreement on the evidence.”
He went on to say that
scientists do have a role to
play in trying to help people
with nutrition information
“even if all the evidence isn’t
in.” That role, according to
Zifferblatt, 's to try to
convey “what we know, and
what we don’t know,” so that
consumers can make an
informed choice themselves.
Another hearing will be
held in February, and at that
tune producers will have an
opportunity to make their
views known.
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