AlO-Lancaster Firming, Saturday, February 23, 1991
OPINION
Drink Milk
It Does A Body Good
Did you hear this? According to the Medical Tribune News
Service, a pint of milk a day may lower the risk of heart attack.
This from a new British study.
Once considered forbidden for people on low-fat diets, milk
may actually lower the risk of heart disease. A 10-year study of
5,000 British men between the ages of 45 and 59 found that only
one percent of men who drank at least a pint of whole milk a day
suffered heart attacks. In contrast, 10 percent of the non-milk
drinkers in the study had heart attacks, said lead researcher Dr.
Peter Elwood of the Medical Research Council’s epidemiology
unit at Llandough Hospital in Penarth, South Glamorgan,
Wales.
Milk may contain an ingredient that has a cholesterol
lowering effect, said Ann Fehily, a nutritionist who worked on
the study.
The results of the study are scheduled to be published in the
March issue of the American Heart Association’s journal.
According to the association, as many as I.S million Americans
have heart attacks each year, resulting in 500,000 deaths.
The results of this study run counter to earlier studies, but cer
tainly confirm what the dairy industry has been saying all along.
Drink milk! It does a body good.
Farm Calendar
National Direct Marketing Confer
ence, Parsippany Hilton, Par
sippany, NJ„ thru Feb. 24.
Berks Co. Pa. Holstein Conven
tion, Sheraton, reading, thru
Feb. 23.
Berks Co. 4-H Extravaganza,
Berks Co. Ag Center, 9 a.m.-2
p.m.
Potter Co. Holstein Club annual
meeting, Penn York Camp,
Ulysses, 8 p.m.
Penn State Engineering open
house, University Park, 10
a.m.-3 p.m.
Mercer Co. Com Day, Mercer Co.
Vo-Tech, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
EPD Workshop, Penn-State Fayet
te Campus, Uniontown, 9
a.m.-3 D.m.
National Direct Marketing Confer
ence, Parsippany Hilton, Par
sippany, N.J.
Mondiu. l ehruary 25
York Co. grape meeting. Holiday
Inn, Fogelsvillc, 9 a.m.-3:30
p.m.
ISA Shade Tree Symposium, Hcr
shcy Convention Center, thru
Feb. 26.
McKean Co. Dairy Nutrition
School 11, Port Allegany, 9:30
a.m.-3 p.m.
Schuylkill Co. .Beef Producers
meeting, Line Mountain High
School, Mandata, 7 p.m.
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Berks Co. ag zoning meeting,
Berks Co. Ag Center, 7
p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Jefferson Co. Dairy Nutrition
School I, UNILEC Building,
Dußois, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Lancaster Co. dairy bam meeting,
Ncvin H. Homing Farm, Lititz,
1 p.m.
Lancaster Co. dairy bam meeting,
Mark Wells Farm, Quarry ville,
7:30 p.m.
Westmoreland Co. Crops Fair,
Extension Office, 7:30
p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Fayette Co. Crops Day, Fayette
Campus, 12:30 p.m.-4 p.m.
Cumberland Cooperative Wool
* Growers, South Middletown
Fire Hall, Boiling Springs.
Hazardous waste incineration
informational meeting, Union,
Northumberland, Montour,
Snyder and Lycoming counties,
The Country Cupboard
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Farm Forum
Editor,
In regards to Keith Eckle’s let
ter of Jan. 19, 1991, I still have
some serious concerns regarding
PFA and Farm Bureau policies
along with Major COOPS and
farm economists on dairy issues.
Also our college economists. Mr.
Eckle says they listen to member-
NOW IS
THE TIME
By Jay Irwin
Lancaster County
Agricultural Agent
To Keep Good
Pesticide Records
The arrival of March means the
beginning of a new growing sea
son and wanner weather. And, the
use of various spray materials and
chemicals will be a common prac
tice. They’re all intended for a
special purpose, if used correctly.
In order to protect the producer
from the danger of having excess
residues in food and feed crops, it
is very important that accurate
records be kept. This is true with
crops as well as with livestock. In
case the producer is charged with
excess residues, these written
records may save your business.
Don’t rely on your memory or oral
statements; they will not stand up
at a hearing. Be sure records list
the name of the material and the
rate and date of application.
To Use Caution
Near Manure Pits
No doubt many bams, liquid
manure pits and poultry houses
will be cleaned out in the near
future. I would caution you to be
very careful because of the poi
sonous and inflammable gases
that develop in these pits. Some
cleaning methods require the agi
tation of the liquid manure in the
pit before pumping starts. Good
ventilation is needed over the pits
at this time, otherwise animals,
poultry and people can be suffo
cated. Also, smoking should be
prohibited and all flames kept
away. In addition, anyone going
down into the manure pits, after
being emptied, should wear a gas
mask. Don’t take chances on the
presence of toxic gases.
To Use Heat
Lamps Safely
A portable heat lamp is a useful
item around the home and farm
during cold weather. The lamp’s
infra-red rays can be used to keep
ship on policy that is adopted at
local, state and national level by
majority voles. 1.1 would ask Mr.
Eckle what percentage of mem
bers actually vote in these elec
tions. 2.1 would ask what percen
tage of dairymen actually vote on
dairy policy at both state and
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pigs from freezing, relax aching
muscles, or warm crankcases of
tractors and automobiles or trucks
so they’ll start easier. The heat
lamp can also be used in brooders
for small pigs or lambs, or baby
chicks or at your workbench to
give you quick heat.
But, I’d like to add a word of
caution. A heat lamp can be
dangerous because the lamp’s rays
can easily bum you, the same as a
sunburn.
Also, if you are using the lamp
continuously for a long period, use
a porcelain socket. Most plastic
sockets will not be able to stand
the heat. Another thing ... in a
brooding area, use a wire or chain
to support the lamp. Don’t hang it
by its‘cord; the cord was designed
to carry the current and not the
weight. Remember, a heat lamp
can come in handy around the
farm or home in cold weather. But
handle it with care.
WHEN ARE
YOU FREE?
February 24, 1991
Background Scripture:
I Corinthians 8:1-11:1
Devotional Reading:
I Corinthians 10:1-13
A woman noticed her neigh
bor’s little girl hurrying down the
sidewalk. “I’m running away from
home!” the little neighbor
announced as she sped by. A few
minutes later the little girl passed
again with the same announce
ment. As the little girl was making
her third pass around the block,
the neighbor lady asked why, if
she was running away, she con
tinued to circle the block?
“ —’cause I’m not allowed to
cross the street!” snapped her little
neighbor.
All freedom is relative, isn’t it?
Our freedom is never total; there
are always limitations within
which we must exercise our free
dom. Some times, the more we
seek to exercise our freedom, the
more we are captivated. If I want
to smoke a pack of cigarettes per
day, I have the freedom to choose
to do so. But, if 1 smoke a pack a
day, am I really consciously
choosing, or is a habit doing it for
me?
WAS JESUS FREE?
Actually, wonderful as freedom
is, it is not the highest of all goods.
Love is higher than freedom. In a
sense, we might even say that love
is the fulfillment of freedom.
When Jesus was crucified on a
cross in Jerusalem, he appeared to
be the prisoner a man bereft of
freedom. From the vantage point
of time, however, we see that
Jesus’s acceptance pf the cross
was not imposed upon him, but a
freely-chosen act of love. Even as
he hung on the cross, Jesus was
the only free man at Golgotha.
To Xpply Manure
This is the season of the year
that a lot of manure is applied in
preparation for com planting. We
need to be concerned " proper
application of liqu.d u J man
ure in such a way as to minimize
odors and avoid pollution
complaints.
Application should be made
from mid-morning to mid
afternoon to allow maximum odor
dispersion and manure drying
before the calm, nighttime hours
when neighbors are home from
work. Fields for disposal should
be downwind, rather than upwind
from neighbors, if possible.
Whenever possible the manure
should be plowed under or disked
into the soil as soon as possible
after spreading. This practice not
only minimizes odors but also pre
serves nutrients and reduces
potential for surface run-off that
causes water contamination.
So freedom is not always what
it appears to be. That is why I have
always loved George Matheson’s
hymn:
Make me a captive, Lord,
And then I shall be free.
Sometimes it is only when we
recognize a loyalty higher than to
our own desire that we can really
appreciate freedom. Back in those
days when educators were in con
flict over the amount of freedom
students should be granted in the
educative process, I remember a
cartoon in which a school boy
raises his hand and asks the teach
er, “Do we have to do just what we
want to do again today?”
A STUMBLING BLOCK
It is against this kind of back
ground that we have to put Paul’s
teachings concerning freedom in I
Corinthians 8 through 11:1. Appa
rently Paul had received an
inquiry from the Corinthian
church about food offered to idols.
Much of the meat that was sold in
the market place came from ani
mals that were sacrificed in pagan
temples. Some Christians saw
nothing wrong in buying and eat
. ing this meat because they didn’t
think of it as being “food offered
to idols.” Others, however, had
some scruples about this meat,
- fearing that because of its source it
made them participants in the
pagan rites of sacrifice.
Paul agreed that there was
nothing necessarily wrong about
Chr-nans eating this meat unless:
“On,s take care lest this liberty of
you' - somehow become a stum
bling block to the weak” (8:9).
Paul himself concludes: “There
fore, if food is a cause of my
brother s falling, I will never eat
meat cst i cause my brother to
fail” ,8:13).
In other words, Paul believed
that, althougt’ we are free to do
prcn > nuzcu •• hat we please, there
arc i. as when, if in love we prac
tice self-restraint, we experience
the highest possible level of free
dom. Only then, it would seem,
are we truly free.
(Based on copynghted Outlines produced by
the Committee on the Uniform Senes and used
by pemussion Released by Community A Sub*
urban Press)
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