Marketing (Continued froth Page At) for more convenience food. Statis ticians expect thpre to be 62 per cent more double-income families by 1990. •Ethnic Groups - By 1990, a quarter of our population will be composed of Blacks and Hispan ics. These groups will bring their cultures and traditional foods and require specific products. •Eating Out - There is an increasing number of meals being eaten in restaurants and ordered as carry-out. By 1990, one of four, meals will be prepared out of the home. •Male Shoppers - Forty percent of the dollars being spent on groce ries are paid by men. •Convenience - Ready-to-eat meals taken straight from die stores are increasing in popularity as are microwaves. Experts esti mate that 75 percent of American households have a microwave. Some believe that by 2000 there will be microwaves in cars. These trends mean a change in packaging and food processing. •Snacking, Grazing - These are eating terms that have become part of our language and are habits that are here to stay. It is estimated that 80 percent of people eat while CONGRATULATIONS To The David Walton Family Hess Mills of Paradise and Purina Mills wish to extend their congratulations and appreciation to the David Walton family for achieving a RHA of 19,173 pounds of milk. The Walton family reached this level by feeding a ration of Com Silage, Hay, Barley, Bar Com and Purina’s North Atlantic 38 with distillers. 6 S. Vintage Rd. Paradise, PA 17562 (717)442-4183 (717)768-3301 driving to and from work. “Developing marketing (prog rams) based on facts like these will be the only way to suceed in the future,” predicted Wolff. Awards presentation The Grange presented its Gran ger of the Year Award to Thomas S. Beitel, the immediate past Mas ter of the Auburn Grange in Schuy lkill County. Beitel joined his local Rabbit Fever BY DAVID C. KRADEL, DVM Associate Professor, Extension Veterinarian Penn State During rabbit season some cotton'' ! rabbits will be harvested that have “spots” on their livers. Hunters have come to believe that these spots” mean the rabbit has rabbit fever or tularemia - a dis ease that could infect the hunter if the tissues were handled. Although very tiny spots on the liver could be indicative of rabbit fever (tularemia), the disease is not known to be present in Penn sylvania rabbits. Also the Penn sylvania Department of Health has no record of reported tularemia in people during the past 5 years. Most of the “spots” that are observed in cottontail rabbit livers Margaret, David, Nlta kssMus HLJH* [PURINA CHOWS ] • Registered trademark of Ralston Purina Company Grange in 1982 and after three years became Master. Helping to present the award was William Ringler, the state Grange Master and recipient of the first Granger of the Year Award 19 years ago. Earlier in the day Grange mem bers voted in a new slate of offic ers. William Ringler, who recently assumed leadership duties as the No Problem result from the presence in the rab bit of the immature (larval) form of adult tapeworms found in the intestinal tract of dogs, cats and foxes. The rabbit becomes infected by eating plants contami nated with carnivore feces con taining tapeworm eggs. In the rab bit these larval forms look like small fluid containing sacs or cysts. They are most commonly present on the liver, in the abdom inal cavity and around the rectum. These tapeworm cysts are harm less to people but if the rabbit is eaten by a dog, cat, or fox tape worms will develop in their intes tinal tract. Some types of flukes (another type of parasite) will also cause white streaks in the rabbit’s liver. In domestic rabbits another parasite - coccidiosis can also Rt. 82 Unionville, PA 18375 (215) 347-2377 Officers elected state Grange Master, was elected to a two-year term as Master. Rin gler, a farmer from Somerset County, owns a 180-acre farm with Ids son James that produces beef cattle, potatoes, and forage crops, and milks dairy cows. The other state Grange officers are William Buffington, overseer; Hedy Chaffee, lecturer; William Vemam, steward; Steven Mohn, In Pennsylvania Cottontails cause white spots containing a creamy white material. We have not seen liver coccidiosis in the cottontail. If abnormal livers are seen they can be presented to one of the Pennsylvania Department of Agri culture supported mammalian Diagnostic laboratories for a spe Northeast Greenhouse Seminar Planned WILKES B ARRE (Luzerne) The Northeast Greenhouse Semi- nar will be held Tuesday, Novem ber 8,1988, at the Luzerne County Community College Conference Center starting with registration ?t 9:00 a.m., according to Extension Agent A 1 Skala. Speakers will be Drs. Paul Hell- SOYBEAN ROASTING ON YOUR FARM Don't Waste It - Roast It! This Little Piggy Went To Market, ~ JrA /Tl\ This Little Piggy Stayed Home. i This Little Piggy Had... W ( i ( )( ROASTED SOYBEANS ALLEN SUMMERS 703 E Christine Rd. Nottingham, Pa 19362 215-932-4761 Real Rubber Toplace - 3 eyelet Ideal For Barn Use Insulated Not Insulated . These Boots Run Large To Fit Over Heavy Socks Order Same As Shoe Size - Available Size 6-13 Name _ Address City Size Toplace Insulated Zipper Insulated Toplace Not Insulated Sand To W-R Supply Co. Lake Craine Rd., Box 388 Earlvllle, NY 13332 800-533-1675 We Ship In 24 Houra Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 29,1988-Al9 assistant steward; Martha Eber sole, lady assistant steward; Paul Britcher, chaplain; Gerald Slick, treasurer, John Drake, secretary; Stan Gruber, Gatekeeper, Elinor Wilson, Ceres; Betsy Huber, Pomona; Ruth Osborne, Flora. In addition, Charles E. Wismer, former state Grange Master, was elected to the executive committee. cific diagnosis. Diagnostic labor atories are located at Summerdale 717/787-8808, Penn State 814/863-0837 and Tunkhannock 717/836-2181. Although none of the above parasites are harmful to people, all meat from wild animals should be well-cooked before eating. er and Dennis Wolnick both of Penn State University: Dr. Ray mond Sheldrake, Grace Co.; Jim Harkins, Penn State Seed Co.; Rob Dillon, Dillon’s Greenhouse; and Jim Garrahan, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. 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