AlO-Umcaster Farming, Saturday, May 24,1986
OPINION
A Call To Rewrite The Book
Diet and health/nutntion books
seem to sell without much effort
these days and apparently it
doesn’t matter if correct in
formation is contained in these
books. We recently read about one
such book that has been on the New
York Times’ best sellers list for 35
weeks. The book sells for $16.50
and contains an incredible
misrepresentation of facts about
eggs.
From this one paragraph >ou
can see the low credibility of both
the authur and the publisher. We
print it here only to remind you
again of the importantance of
promotion programs operated
under the direction of farm
producers in todays market place.
Here is that paragraph from
“Fit for Life” by Harvey and
Marilyn Diamond. “You may be
wondering if eggs fare any better
than flesh foods as a source of
protein. Actually high-quality
protein is not what we should
search for. High-quality amino
acids are what we need to produce
the protein we must have. Unless
eggs are eaten raw, the amino
acids are coagulated by heat and
thereby lost. Even if they are eaten
raw, eggs are laid by hens that are
fed arsenic to kill parasites and
stimulate egg production, and you
ingest some of that virulent poison.
Also, eggs contain much sulfur,
which puts a heavy strain on the
liver and kidneys. The beautiful
human body does not require
anything that stinks for its sur
vival. Eggs stink. Just drop one on
your driveway on a hot day, and let
it sit there for about eight hours,
then take a big whiff of the ef
fluvium. There’s no difference
between that and putting eggs in
your body at 98.6 degrees for eight
hours. The next bowel movement
after the consumption of eggs will
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, May 24
Rural Preservation in Penn
sylvania Conference, Stahr
Hall, Franklin and Marshall
College, Lancaster.
Bradford County Dairy Festival
and Dairy Princess Pageant,
Troy High School.
Wyoming-Lackawanna County
Dairy Princess Pageant, Moose
Hall, Tunkhannock.
York County 4-H Beef Club
Preview Show, York
Fairgrounds, 9 a.m.
Sunday, May 25
NW Keystone Jr. Beef Classic,
Crawford County Fairgrounds,
Meadville.
Pa. Flying Farmers Meeting, 1
p.m., Rover Airport, 3 miles
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certainly bear tlus out. Excuse me
for being rude, but the facts must
be acknowledged. ’ ’
This paragraph is so bad that it
probably should not even have
been reprinted, here. United Egg
Producers board members now
are looking at options and con
sidering what can be done about
such abuse.
The book’s lack of credibility has
not gone unnoticed. A story in USA
Today said nutritionists were
calling the book “bizarre” and the
the male author’s “doctorate in
nutritional science” came from an
unaccredited correspondence
school.
The American Dietetic
Association is working to institute
a book review program triggered
in part by inquiries about “Fit for
Life,” the newspaper report says.
Recently we were treated to a
realy good egg promotion treat
when Howard Helmar, known as
the “Omelet King”, gave his
humorous, inspiring and in
formative presentation about eggs
at the Twentieth Anniversary
Celebration Banquet of Plain and
Fancy Egg Ranch. Before the end
of the evening all of the 180 guests
had made their own delicious egg
omelets.
We can assure you Howard
Helmar’s eggs don’t stink. And
with his knowledge of the
nutritional benefits of eggs and his
persuasive way of presenting the
facts it would be a good turn of
events if sometime we could get
the Diamonds into one of Helmar’s
presentations.
After they ate one of those
delicious egg omelets so easily
prepared under Helmar’s in
struction, the Diamonds might
even make a public retraction of
their erroneous facts. They may
even rewrite their book.
south of Millard’s near Ann
ville. For information, call 717-
867-2384.
Wednesday, May 28
Tree Evaluation Seminar, Cook
College, Rutger’s University.
Hearing on labeling artificial dairy
products, 1 p.m., Room 202 Pa.
Department of Agriculture,
Harrisburg.
Farm Women Spring Rally, York
Fairgrounds.
Thursday, May 29
Lancaster County dairy goat
meeting, Farm and Home
Center, 7:30 p.m. Program:
feeding dairy goats and how
nutrition affects herd health
and milk composition.
NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County Agriculture Agent
To Be Aware Of Rabies
Pennsylvania has had cases of
animal rabies for many years but
the last several years have seen a
real increase. Rabies is tran
smitted through a bite of a rabies
infected animal, also through
exposure of an open wound, a fresh
abrasion, scratch, or mucous
membrane to virus infected saliva
from a rabid animal.
The symptoms of rabies in
animals may vary from a quiet
depressed state to a furious erratic
behavior pattern. If you are bitten
by any animal, wash the wound
thoroughly with lots of soap and
water, then iMriiitily see your
physician for medical treatment.
In cases of human exposure, the
suspect wild animal should be
humanely killed and the head
taken to a laboratory for
examination. Be sure it’s packed in
Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program Advisory Board
meeting, Room 309 Ag Building,
Harrisburg, 9:30 a.m.
Friday, May 30
Potter County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Ulysses Community
Building, Ulysses.
Saturday, May 31
Chester County Dairy Princess
Pageant, West Fallowfield
Christian School, Atglen.
Tioga County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Mansfield High
School, Mansfield.
York County Dairy Princess
Coronation, York County 4-H
Center, York.
S.C. Beef and Lamb Preview
Show, Shippensburg
Fairgrounds. For information
call Diane Conaway, 486-5423.
Tuesday, June 3
Cedar Crest Young Farmer Award
Banquet, Schaefferstown Fire
Hall.
Wednesday, June 4
Lancaster Conservation District
Board Meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
Hunterdon County, N.J. Board of
Agriculture monthly meeting,
Extension Center, 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 5
Lancaster County Holstein 4-H
Club Meeting, Stonehurst
Farm, Strasburg, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 6
Delmarva Chicken Festival,
Delmarva Technical and
Community College,
Georgetown, f Del.; continues
through tomorrow.
Saturday, June?
Bucks County Dairy Princess
Pageant, Richland Mall,
Quakertown.
ice and delivered within 24 hours so
as not to damage the brain. Deliver
to Department of Health and
Welfare, Pickering Way and Welsh
Pool Road, Lionsville, PA 19343.
Phone ahead for more information
- 215-363-8500. Large animals (dog
size and larger) should go to 8.A.1.
Laboratory at Summerdale, Pa.
17093, phone 717-787-8808. -
There is a danger that un
vaccinated pet animals could
contact the disease through ex
posure to rabid wild animals. Since
there is no practical way to
eliminate the potential contact,
have your pets vaccinated by a
veterinarian.
To Check Stored Pesticides
The shelf life of most pesticides,
when stored in their original
container, is usually several years.
The greatest problem with stored
pesticides comes from freezing
temperatures. Cold winter tem
peratures may cause a breakdown
of the emulsifier in liquid
materials. These materials may
not mix properly when added to the
spray water.
To determine if the pesticide will
still mix properly with water,
follow this easy procedure: (1)
place Ms pint of water in a small
container, (2) add Vi teaspoon of
the pesticide, (3) shake or stir
thoroughly (you should get a milky
mixture), (4) let stand for about
one hour. The spray mix should
remain an even milky mixture. If
an oily scum or layer forms on top,
or if a layer of curds appear on top,
don’t use the material.
To Check Water Supplies
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SPIAMS
WHO’S GOT
THE SPIRIT?
May 25,1986
Background Scripture: 1 Corin
thians 12 through 13.
Devotional Reading: 1 Corinthians
2:6-16.
It is strange what people do with
the gifts God gives them. No
sooner does he give them
something special than they find
some way of perverting the gift.
Instead of the blessing it was in
tended to be, the gift becomes a
bone of contention between God’s
children. Instead of gratitude, the
gifts often inspire pride. Intended
to enrich the human community,
the gifts often become the source of
division in that community.
Consider the gifts of the Spirit. In
the early church God blessed the
followers of Jesus with wonderful
spiritual gifts: the utterance of
knowledge, wisdom, faith, healing,
miracles, prophecy, tongues, and
interpretation. Given for the
Wayne County Dairy Princess
Pageant, SeelyviUe Fire Hall,
Honesdale.
Fleece Day, Amazing Acres,
Womelsdorf. Contact Debbie
Mikulak, 215-589-4023.
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THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
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LITTERING/
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Water is one of our most im
portant resources, and it should be
checked periodically. Many
families depend on wells for their
water supply. But they pay little
attention to the water unless the
pump fails or the well runs dry.
Your water should be tested an
nually to determine its quality.
It is important to test water
following any reconstruction or
addition to the water supply or its
distribution system. Water sup
plies should be checked whenever
a disease occurs that may have
been caused by unsafe drinking
water. If water changes in taste,
odor or appearance for no reason,
it should be tested.
There are many tests and
analyses that can be used. Two of
the most important are for nitrates
and bacteria.
To Be Aware of Ticks
The tick season is here. These
pests may be on almost any dog or
person that walks through un
cultivated fields or woody areas
from May to September.
Ticks await their victims on low
growing shrubs and on tall grass.
They attach to, and feed on the
blood of dogs and humans as well
as many other animals.
To control the American dog
tick, first clean the area of tall
grass and weeds on which the ticks
await their victims. Also treat
bushes 20 to 30 feet on either side of
paths with either Sevin, Diazinon
or Lindane. The dog should also be
treated with a 5 percent Sevin dust
at weekly intervals, or as needed,
to control ticks.
enrichment of the early Christians,
the gifts soon became a cause for
dissention and bitterness in the
church. Instead of uniting
congregations, the gifts seemed to
divide them. Instead of making
people more thankful to God, they
seemed to become more prideful.
Instead of inspiring love, the gifts
engendered hostility.
ONE IN MANY
The list of God’s gifts may not ba
quite the same today, but the.
situation is people still pervert
his gifts and thwart his will.
Therefore, Paul’s powerful
message to the Church at Corinth
is still very very timely for us and
our situation. In 1 Corinthians 12,
Paul recognized the great diver
sity of gifts, varieties of service,
and ways of working, but em
phasized again and again that
there was but one Spirit, one Lord,
one God as source of that diversity.
Instead of being separated by our
variety of gifts, we are united by
our common source.
Paul emphasized that all the
gifts given to us from this common
source are intended, not just for
the enjoyment of the few, but to
employ for “the common good.”
Thus, if you have a spiritual gift
from God it is for the purpose of
helping someone else. And, in fact,
everyone is given some gift that is
needed for “the common good.” To
be sure, some gifts are more
spectacular, some more rare, but
all of us are given something to
contribute to others. So, just as we
are one in the Source of our gifts,
so we are also one in our need for
each other’s gift.
STILL MORE
EXCELLENT
If you must contend over what is
the highest of all God’s gifts, says
Paul to the Corinthians, then
concentrate on that which is “a
still more excellent way” the
peerless gift. For, without this gift,
all the other gifts are useless. And
what is this gift that is higher than
tongues, prophetic powers, the
understanding of all mysteries,
and faith that can move moun
tains? The answer: love the love
that puts all these gifts at the
disposal of others.
For the person who has
everything else, love is still the
best of all gifts. For without it, they
have nothing.
Based on copyrighted outlines produced by the
Committee on the Uniforn Senes and used by
permission Released by Community & Suburban
Press