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A major breakthrough has
recently been announced by scien
tists researching methods to safely
dispose of toxic wastes.
University of California
researchers have reportedly
patented a process in which unique
bacteria feast on PCB’s. PCB’s, or
polychlorinated biphenyls, are
substances which accumulate in
the environment, and our own
bodies, and do not degrade through
natural processes of deterioration.
These substances are generally
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byproducts of modem technology.
PCB’s are found especially in
insulation in such necessities as
television sets, space heaters and
electrical capacitors. Such stuff
tossed in a dump or buried in a
landfill may live for practically
eternity, the residues gradually
working their way into our bodies
through the environment.
So, if microscopic organisms
can now gobble up and render rela
tively harmless the PCB mole
cules, reducing a dangerous and
standing ovation for those
researchers.
But, do you suppose we could
find some bacteria to devour the
molecular structure of some of the
“toxic waste” which accumulates
around the average American
farmstead?
Like glass bottles tossed in a
pasture or hayfleld by thoughtless
litterbugs, for instance.
Glass isn’t toxic? It well might
be to a cow. sheep, hog, or horse
that steps on a broken piece and
dies from the resulting infection.
Or a farmer whose blood pressure
shoots sky high when a bottle goes
flying through a forage chopper,
contaminating the entire load with
glass slivers.
Metal cans pose similar threats,
although they may eventually
deteriorate faster than glass. They
shred quite nicely - and flatten
fabulously ~ when run through
chopping and baling equipment
So how about some bacteria that
munch aluminum and steel cans?
And others which fatten off piles
of tires dumped in your woodlot by
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tors, dishwashers, stoves and
related miscellaneous large
appliances often “donated” to iso
lated areas and distant Held
comers?
There are a few other farm
residues which would likewise
beneflt from methods of fast, tidy,
bacterial-aided deterioration.
Aging, forgotten stretches of
barbed wire top my list. These
enter the environment due to heif
ers, like our Holly, who haven’t yet
found a fence they couldn’t flatten.
While barbed wire has long been
discharged here in favor or safer
fencing materials, ai .dent residues
are still occasionally resurrected
from weedy corners of old
pastures.
These are generally only found
by your best cows, recently fresh
and milking about a hundred
pounds a day. Discovery of the
results of this “toxic residue” will
come at milking time, when you’re
greeted with a slashed and bleed-
PA Egg Recipe
HARRISBURG Ten Penn
sylvanians have been chosen as
finalists to compete for $ 1,000 first
prize in the 1987 Pennsylvania
Egg Recipe Contest The finalists
were chosen by a panel of judges
who rated each recipe on nutrition
al quality, ease of preparation,
taste appeal and creativity.
The finalists are Rebecca Dono
van, Hermitage (Mercer County);
Tony DeSantis, Wilkes-Barre
(Luzerne County); Marlene
McCall, Baden (Beaver County);
Gwendolyn Gray, Schellsburg
(Bedford County); Blanche Kinch,
Dillsburg (York County); Lissy
Weirich, Carlisle (Cumberland
County); William Wilson, Marys
ville (Perry County); Deborah
Yandric, Middletown (Dauphin
County); Margaret Bittner, Ger
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Gloria Bove, Bethlehem (Lehigh
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ing udder or sliced teats.
Some days I would opt to add
baling twine to the list Except that
baling twine often self-destructs,
usually an hour or two after it’s
used to tie a gate Shut Otherwise,
the stuff lies in wait in the heifer
feed alley to snag the foot of some
farm wife in a great hurry to finish
chores.
A need also exists for rubber--
barn-boot-dissolving bacteria.
Boots with gaps big enough for a
cat to crawl through tend to accu
mulate around farms, just in case
anyone ever has a need for foot
protection on a dry day in a grassy
field.
Ditto for bam sneakers with
flapping soles, toe ventilation and
well-cured coatings of feedlot
residue.
And maybe farm shop grease
rags. Or maybe not
‘Cause everyone knows that
farm grease tags never die. They
just frayed away.
Contest
The stage is now set to select the
top egg dish in Pennsylvania for
1987, according to Ronald Gaskill,
Director of the Bureau of Market
Development, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture. The
finals will take place on Saturday,
September 12 at the Northern
Lebanon High School, Fredericks
burg, PA. Contestants will prepare
their dishes for a panel of judges.
The dishes will be judged on a
staggered basis as they are fin
ished. The winner will receive a
check for $l,OOO and will be auto
matically entered in the National
Contest sponsored by the Ameri
can Egg Board. Prizes of $4,000,
$2,000 and $l,OOO will be awarded
to the top three National finalists.
The state 1987 Egg Recipe Con
test is sponsored by the Pennsylva
nia Department of Agriculture, the
Pennsylvania Egg Marketing
Association and the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation.
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