MEDIA For most of us, the
ordinary activity of daily living
simply does not provide enough
exercise to develop and maintain
good muscle tone or car
diovascular and respiratory fit
ness. Fitness programs which
require setting blocks of time aside
to go to a gym are sometimes
difficult to work into our schedules.
Why not try walking, asks Greta
C. Vairo, Extension home
economist, as it is relatively mild
exercise and medical advice is
usually not required before
beginning a walking program.
Walking falls within almost
everyone’s financial resources and
abilities, can be done any time of
day or night, can be done inside or
outside, and helps your body
systems function better. It is one of
the most efficient forms of exer
cise - the only one you can safely
follow all the years of your life.
There are many benefits in a
walking exercise routine. 1. Your
metabolism goes up and your blood
pressure may come down. 2. Blood
choleserol and sugar levels tend to
fall, especially if you lose excess
body fat. 3. Oxygen supplied to the
various parts of the body may
improve. 4. Your overall physical
condition should improve and you
should sleep better. 5. In addition,
walking slows the bone
demineralization process, par
ticularly in the legs. Bones remain
tougher, less likely to break, and
the range of motion is improved.
How should you start a walking
plan? It will be much easier to
stick to your program if you walk
at a definite time every day and
have a definite distance to cover
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Walking for Exercise
each day. Keep track of the time it
takes to complete the distance for
several weeks. This will give you a
sense of progress. But don’t over
do it. At the first sign of tiredness,
stop and rest and begin again when
rested.
You will know you are on the
right track when you begin to feel
warmed up after 15 minutes of
your walking routine. It may take
a while to reach that stage, but
don’t feel you need to rush. Don’t
feel you have to walk any special
distance during the first phase of
your program. As your physical
endurance improves you may wish
to increase distances and reduce
times.
In midlife, you tend to eat less
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in an effort to keep weight under
control. Consequently nutrition
often suffers. Daily exercise
permits greater food intake and
better blood circulation, which
improves each cell’s nourishment
while preventing obesity.
Late-onset diabetes is almost
entirely reversible by exercise if
you are overweight.
Arthritics can perhaps benefit
the most farm exercise - provided
it is increased slowly but steadily.
Exercise improves the quality
of life. Research comparing
exercise to a widely prescribed
tranquilizer found exercise to be
superior in relaxing and elevating
mood - with none of the drug’s side
effects. Start walking!!
Deadline for applications is May
1,1984.
Myers stated the grange is
always interested in maintaining
quality education and is able to do
this by offering the agricultural
scholarship program.
Members of the committee who
may be contacted for further in
formation are; Rodman Myers,
271-2104; Paul Stull, 898-9345; John
Stiles (Carroll County) 346-7100;
Winfield Archer (Harford County)
838-7353; Robert Stansfield
(Howard County) 465-3281; Harold
Wolfe (Prince Georges County)
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 17,1984-827
One reason to prune is to remove
dead, diseased, damaged, or in
sect-infested parts. Late this
winter, look for broken branches
and twigs from the accumulation
of snow and ice. Prune these back
to a strong side branch to stimulate
new growth in that direction. Don’t
be tempted to tie, tape, or prop
broken branches together in hopes
they will heal themselves, advises
C.R. Bryan, Jr, Delaware County
Extension director. By this tune,
the wood has dried and is in
capable of growing together again.
As you look for winter damage,
check small trees and shrubs for
rabbit injury. Look for telltale
shortened branches and twigs and
gnawed bark on large branches
and trunks. You may also find
mouse damage at the base of
plants where they have chewed the
bark. Rabbit and mouse injury are
most common in areas where there
has been an extensive snow cover
most of the winter.
Pruning to treat animal injury is
mostly a matter of finishing the
job. Either remove shortened
stems altogether, or prune them
back to a side bud or shoot so new
growth can fill in the gaps. If most
or all of the lower branches have
been eaten away, cut away some of
the top branches as well to
stimulate new wood and growth
from roots. In a year or so, your
plant should have new branching
close to the ground.
Where animals have injured the
bark on trunks and stems, evaluate
the extent of damage before you
prune. If more than half the bark
has been chewed from around a
branch, it may be too weak to
function nmnerlv. Cut if off
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altogether or prune it back below
the damage. If much of the bark on
the trunk has been gnawed, the
loss may affect the life expectancy
of your plant. However, unless all
the bark is gone, you may want to
keep the plant and see if it sur
vives. The greater the bark injury,
the more likely your plant will
have problems in the future.
Since the irregular pattern of
animal damage will not allow
wounds to heal properly, speed the
healing process by shaping the
wound. Cut away all irregular
edges of bark. The shape of the
“new” wound should be elliptical
and parallel to the line of the
damaged branch or trunk. You
may have to cut away some good
bark, but the clean wound will heal
much faster than if left alone.
It you have discovered serious
damage to large trees from wind,
ice or snow, let a professional
arborist help. Split trunks and
large broken limbs high in trees
need specialized equipment to
repair. Don’t be tempted to do the
work yourself. Large limbs are
much heavier than they appear
and could cause you and your
property injury if not handled
properly.
Another reason to prune is to
improve the shape and vitality of
your shrubs and trees. If you have
little or no winter damage, you
may still need to prune to change
plant density. Those that are too
thick and full can be thinned in the
center to allow more air and light
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