84-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 6, 1994
Consuming
Thoughts
Fay Strickler
Penn State Extension
Home Economist
For Berks Co.
If you want to grow up big and
strong, you need to eat your fruits
and vegetables! Most of us heard
our mothers give this advice and
as usual Mom was right!
It turns out that it is more than
just a mother’s good idea, because
now there is solid scientific evi
dence that a diet rich in fruit and
Virginia Championship
Apple Butter Contest
WINCHESTER, Va. - The
Virginia Championship Apple
Butter Making Contest will be
held on Saturday, September 17,
in the Winchester Recreation
Park. The annual event is held in
conjunction with, the Rotary
Club’s Apple Harvest Festival
and affords the participants an
opportunity to win more than
$7OO in prize money.
The contest is sponsored by the
Frederick County Extension
Office and the Winchester/
Frederick County Chamber of
Commerce in conjunction with
area apple producers and support
HThe Tradition __
Continues
Bringing farmers and businesses
together to invent their future
Farmers and their supporting businesses have
long been stewards of the environment.
Visit this year's show and get a glimpse of the
ways and means to continue to meet this
ever changing challenge.
HOST FARM FAMILY:
Rodman Lott & Sons
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SPONSORED BY
Empire State Potato Club, Inc.
IN COOPERATION WITH
American Agriculturist • New York State College of
Agriculture St Life Sciences • New York Equipment Dealers'
Association • New York State Farm Equipment Club • Cornell
Cooperative Extension • New York State Electric Sr Gas
Corporation • Rochester Gas Sr Electric Corporation
vegetables, and the nutrients they
provide, leads to a lower risk of a
number of major diseases.
Fruits and vegetables are rich in
vitamin C and carotene but
they are also important sources of
vitamin E, folate, and fiber.
So, if these foods are so healthy
businesses. The apple butter must
be made in the park on the day of
the contest and can be sold on
both Saturday and Sunday during
the Festival.
If you are interested in trying to
unseat the 1993 Virginia Apple
Butter Making Champion - Mt.
Olive United Methodist Church -
contact the Frederick County
Extension Service by writing to:
Second Floor, Frederick County
Courthouse, 20 North Loudoun
Street, Winchester, VA 22601; or
phoning (703) 665-5699 for rules
and an entry form.
AUGUST 9,10, & 11,1994
Farm Show
then why aren’t we eating more of
them? Recent studies have shown
that only 20 percent of Americans
eat even one fruit or vegetable rich
in vitamin C or carotene on any
given day. And only nine percent
eat the recommended two fruits
and three vegetables. Wjth intakes
that low, a great many people are
not getting the optimal levels of
vitamin C, E, and carotene.
To change your diet so that you
include more fruits and vegetables
(5-9 servings daily) try some of
these ideas.
• For lunch or dinner, make a
low-cost easy to prepare salad or
dessert out of fruit Don’t just
serve it for breakfast.
• Bake apples the night before
and store in the refrigerator for an
easy dessert the next night
• For vitamin A include dark
green and deep yellow vegetables
such as spinach and carrots or
serve cantaloupes, yellow peach
es, and apricots.
• Pep your morning and your
scrambled eggs with bits of fresh
bean sprouts, sliced water chest
nuts and a little chopped onion and
green pepper. Add a dash of soy
sauce, if you like. Vegetables can
be fun for breakfast!
• Want a nutritious economical
sandwich to perk up lunch time?
Mix chunky peanut butter (1 cup),
chopped raisins (1 cup), and
shredded carrot ('/ cup) for six
snappy sandwiches.
• Enjoy dark-green leafy vege
tables, raisins, or prunes and get
an extra bonus of iron.
• Add fresh or dried herbs to ve
getables during the cooking per
iod. Lima beans with marjoram or
sage, snap beans with basil or dill,
broccoli with tarragon, or cabbage
with caraway seeds are all good
The tradition continues....
What began as summer
farm show in the North
east-Empire Farm Days. The '94 Empire Farm
Days continues the tradition with more exhibi
tors and activities than ever.
General Slats
• 325-acre site • 75 acres of
displays • 500 agricultural
exhibitors • More than
1,000 agricultural compa
nies
Show Hi
9 am-5 pm Tue. & Wed,
9 am-4 pm Thur
Daily Field Demos
10:00 am-11:30 am: T illage/
Seeding (includesprimary &
secondary; seeding)
11:30 am-1 pm: MIX OFF
(Total Mixed Ration Demo)
NEW IN '94!
11:30 am-1 pm: Wheat Har
vesting & Global Position
ing System. NEW IN '94!
1 pm-3 pm: HAY (includes
mower conditioning, bal
ing, handling)
Special Events Each Da;
DemoTertt Activities, Deep
Tillage Display, Water
Quality Project,
Composting Project
Wed.: Environmental Stew
ardship Award Presenta
tion - Thurs.: Salute to
Young Parmer Day
For more information:
Empire Farm Days
PO Box 566, Stanley, NY 14561 • 716/526-5356
Antique Tractor Display
Commemorative Display
Historical Look at 61-years
of shows
Collectors' Toy Tractors Sc
T-shirts
Farm Health & Safety
Center
Live Demos: Plus Free Skin
Cancer & Spirometry
Screening, Auditory Testing
North American Farm
Show Council
Endorsed by the NAFSC for
its dedication and commit
ment to excellence.
Farm Family/ Women's
Programs
NYS Grange and NY Farm
Bureau present programs
and activities geared toward
farm families
Airport Adjacent to Show
The Finger Lakes Regional
Airport; 315/568-9139; Free
Shuttle to show.
combinations.
• Watching your weight?
Sprinkle lemon juice or herb vine
gar on boiled vegetables for sea
soning, instead of butter or mar
garine.
• Baking acorn squash halves?
Add a sprinkling of cinnamon for
new zest
• Get vitamin C from oranges,
grapefruit strawberries, canta-
Pigeon
(Continued from Pago B 3)
Skykennels are wooden, stackable
boxes divided into small side-by
side sections literally, pigeon
holes. Current flight rules allow
two skykcnnels per customer and
freight reservations must be made
ahead of time for the feathered
fliers.
Pigeons are sensitive to temper
ature changes in their environment
and are stressed by extreme heat
and cold. Angle has lost birds after
moving them from California to
southern York County during cold
weather. It may take as long as a
year for pigeons to adjust to
extremes of a new climate, during
which time they often will not
breed.
‘‘Southern states do better at
raising babies earlier in the year,”
Angle said, “But quality of
pigeons are good all over the
country, not any one particular
location."
The Avian flu poultry epidemic
a few years ago was devastating to
pigeon breeders, according 10
Angle, even though pigeons do
not get the disease.
“It just about destroyed us,” he
said, explaining that shows were
simply shut down completely for a
period of time. Exhibitors self
certify their birds health condi
tions for show purposes, but all
pigeons are checked at shows.
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loupe, broccoli, cabbage, spinach,
peppers, white and sweet potatoes,
and tomatoes.
* Turn an ordinary meal into a
party by serving attractive raw ve
getable relishes with a yogurt or
light sour cream dip, instead of
salad.
• For supper, try hearty vegeta
ble soup, along with a fruit salad
and hot rolls.
Breeding
“We can’t ‘freeze’ a flock, put it in
quarantine, if there’s a problem.
For his breeding expertise,
judging and leadership among the
pigeon industry. Angle has been
named a Hall of Fame winner by
both the National Pigeon Associa
tion, the youngest ever to be so
honored and the National Modena
Association. He spent three years
helping redo the “bible” of the
industry, the “Encyclopedia of
Pigeon Standards,” with resource
information on 174 different
breeds. He is an office holder in
five separate local and regional
pigeon organizations.
Following in his father’s foot
steps, Kevin likewise has been
honored for pigeon breeding and
showing accomplishments. At 15,
he became the youngest person in
the National Modena Club to win
a certified champion award, which
recognizes a lengthy series of top
showe accomplishments. His dad
has three of the awards to his
credit.
Both Marvin and Kevin are
now gearing up to help host an all
breed show to be held July 31 at
the York Fairgrounds. As show
secretary, Marvin is helping
organize the entries for the 40 to
50 breeds expected to be repre
sented at the event. For additional
information on the show, Angle
may be contacted at Miller Road,
Rl, New Freedom, PA 17349.
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