Sheep team (Continued front Page D 6) brother-in-law designed the ' , wagon's running gear. V F ‘ v ® a B°> Etzler ’ Etzler has a six sheep worked with a team, and did (three teams) that are teach them to pull a wagon, trained to pull the wagon and The wagon and harnesses a team that is just learning are all custom made, to pull at two-years old. The Besides raising sheep for 22 lead teami featuring years, Etzler works for a “Margie” and “Patty” are manufacturing corporation the or i gina i team and the which specializes in heavy mo st important, cargo-containing equipment. “These two ewes are five Etzler persuaded the years old and Weigh about business to make his 175 pounds each/' Etzler harnesses and made the explained. “The wheel team wagon bed, while his jg important too, as they Read Steel Products announces an Inventory Clearance of a selected number of discontinued model Farm Grain Bins. During this special sale, Read Farm Grain Bins are available to you at substantial savings. New model bins will soon be available through authorized Read Dealers at regular prices, so don’t miss this opportunity to save on bins currently in stock. You can buy a Read Grain Storage system at special prices direct from our factory warehouse at Gamer, North Carolina. Call Barry Hoke, your Read Division Sales Manager COLLECT at (717) 685-2009 for Read’s Special Offer! HURRY —BOy now while supplies last! ATTENTION AREA FARMERS! control the wagon. The wheel team consists of “Debbie” and “Manan”, four year old twins,” The swing-, team features Jacqueline and Jenifer who are three years old. The spare team, two years olds, also make up the eight team hitch. The spare team carries the f<miu> addition as Deborah is the daughter of Debbie who is in the wheel team, and Tabitha is the sister to Jacqueline, of the swing team. Etzler trains only females to pull, starting them off when a year old. “The ewes look better when performing and to date they have par ticipated in more than 35 parades and six county fairs.” The team has also per formed at the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville, Kentucky for the last two years. Etzler breeds the ewes each year, and their lambing record has been quite good. The lead team is not bred, however, because Etzler likes to always have them in driving condition. Etzler and his wife Marilyn, who have three children, live on an eight acre farm, just outside of Van Wert, Ohio, with a flock of 31 Hampshire and Dorset ewes. Their youngest son Dan, is an active participant of his family’s hobby, as he helps with the teams and does some of the driving himself. Marilyn enjoys working with the sheep too. “I help with the sheep - but, I’m more of a behind the scenes person,” she said. “Sheep are very personable animals. Our’s are a little Pork producers ask revision in food safety standards WASHINGTON, D.C. - The government’s recent reversal of its two year campaign against nitrites has led the National Pork Producers Council to call for a major overhaul of food safety evaluation procedures. Testifying before the House Agriculture Com mittee Nitrite Review Tuesday, NPPC President Bill BuUer stated, “With tile Nitnte-Newberne Study controversy being put in perspehve, it is imperative that we deal with food safety procedures. Errors as we have just expenenced do not spoiled, however, because they don’t like to mingle with the rest of the sheep when we put them in the barn for the winter. “We enjoy travelling to different areas of the country and watching the reactions of people who have never seen sheep pulling a wagon. The sheep are so gentle that we allow people to pet them when they are not performing,” she said. “We’re looking forward to coming to Harrisburg Oc tober 3-4 to help celebrate Pennsylvania Livestock Month, and to kick-off the Keystone International Livestock Exposition. We hope that everyone will be able to come and see the team perform without any use of bits in their mouths. Even the Clydesdales can’t do that.” Read’s Authorized Dealers are fully aware of this special warehouse offer. They will be offering Read’s 1981 model Farm Grain Bin in the very,near future! Steel Products Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 27,1980-D9 only cost industry, they cost consumers. That’s bad government that cannot be condoned.” The hearing was called to review the Food and Drug Administration’s and United States Department of Agriculture’s treatment of nitrite. Nitrite is used in the curing process to protect consumers from food poisoning. Nitrite -is especially important to the pork industry where 70% of all* pork is cured, with a value of $l3 billion. On August 11, 1978, FDA and USDA proposed a phase out of nitrite based on a rat study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two years later, on August 19, 1980, the agencies announced that the pivotal MIT study had been proven wrong and nitrites were not show to be carcinogens. Since the an nouncement, there has been growing momentum among Congressional leaders for reform of food safety laws. Calling the current system “outdated” and incapable of preventing mishap and abuse, the pork producer stressed, “now is the time to mandate proper per formance monitoring and adequate review of results before an investigator’s tentative . conclusions are publicized or used as the basis for regulatory initiative.” “Congress should make clear that food safety, like transportation, en- Agn Products for ,*gn Industry RO. Box 7343-A Birmingham, Alabama 35253 (205)595-2181 , ' RO. Box 325, 1308 Bobbit Drive, Garner, North Carolina 27529 (919) 772-6130 vironmental or any other kind of safety, is a matter of reasonableness,” said Buller, “the discovery of an infinitesimal trace of a suspected carcinogen should begin rather than end the regulatory inquiry.” Although the government retraction regarding nitrites overcomes a major hurdle, the National Pork Producers Council has not closed the door on the way agency officials handled the nitrite situation. The Council is researching damages done to product image and is calling for government to make every effort to remove the cloud of suspicion left hanging over the red meat industry. Buller said, “We have communicated with President Carter, Health and Human Services Secretary Patricia Harris, and USDA Secretary Bob Bergland asking that they inform us of their plans to repair damage done and rebuild consumer confidence m nitrite cured products. We have not heard from them yet.” “Producers and con sumers deserve an answer,” concluded Buller. JOIN /II B itl
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