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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-11-18, Page 12Page 12 Times -Advocate, November 18, 1992 One Foot in the .Ferro Fat is a four letter word these days and milk producers are com- ing to the realization that consu- mers are not going to rewm to the days of old when full -fat diets were normal. Milk, as most- everyone knows, is measured in butterfat quality. The more the butterfat content, the "better" the milk quality. In fact, producers were paid for that but- terfat quality. But a great many factors have combined to suggest that great changes must be made. So many changes in eating habits have tak- en place that no one seems to know what to do with all the but- terfat now available. It doesn't seem to matter where you go these days before some- body starts talking about dieting and when you talk about diets, cholesterol and saturated fats and dairy products get into the conver- sation. 1 have been a milk -lover for a hundred years almost. I do not have butter on my toast- I have toast with my butter. I used to drink a quart of milk a .day. Not any more. More than a decade ago, I had a left femoral artery bypass because the artery was clogged. Since then, on doctor's orders, I have been forced to watch my cholesterol count. Instead of drinking homo milk. 1 cut back to two percent. Nowadays, I'm drinking only 1 percent and use that in coffee and tea as well. 1 should, I suppose. be using only skim milk but it looked too much like whitewash. But I could not give up butter. I have teed to cut down on my in- take of butter but giving it up com- pletely was too much. At my age, there are too few pleasures left in life to give up the delicious taste of butter. I have, though, been able to cut down on my cheese consumption because it too. is said to contain too much saturated fat. However, I am happy to repon that cholesterol is getting another look by the diet experts and the health fadists. Not that it has been discounted as the great bad boy of Canadian health but it is now being considered less of a villain than it once was. Lowering cholesterol levels through low-fat diets may be doing less good than many people once thought. "What, if anything, low choleste- rol levels mean in terms of disease causation is uncertain," says Dr. John LaRosa of George Washington University. "I don't agree that it is anywhere remotely near the point where we want -to make public poli- cy based on it," but it may not be as much of a culprit as was once thought. Here's what some experts are now saying: Stop trying to lower every- one's cholesterol. Such a diet may be harmful for some adults with cholesterol levels already under 160; stop giving cholesterol- lowering drugs to people who have high cholesterol counts but no signs of heart trouble. The treatment might rause as many deaths as it prevents and finally, stop urging women to check their cholesterol levels unless they already have heart disease. So, you can see, perhaps choleste- rol is not such a bad guy atter all. There seems little doubt that saturat- ed fats are still to be shunned but that cholesterol in inself may not be as harmful as once thought. Not that this should give dairy farmers thoughts of a big increase in consumption of the high-fat prod- ucts from cows. I think the trend to shun butterfat consumption will continue as long as our population continues to age and the changing ethnic mix in Canada continues. But it is good to know that at least one big bad devil in our diets ma}' not be quite as destructive as we once thought. Hay crop problems By Dennis Martin Farm Management Specialist for Huron County CLINTON - The secret to main- taining high milk production is to maximize on harvesting and feed - mg quality roughage. However, Mother Nature does not always co- operate! Most dairy producers would agree this year was difficult to har- vest good quality milking cow hay. Some first cut hay harvested in early June got into storage with- out any ram. Many other produc- ers are faced with feeding a barn full of mostly weathered hay. So what can be done? First of all, analyze the hay that you have. Rained -on hay will be of much poorer quality. The amount of damage depends upon species, plant maturity, timing and amount of rainfall. Rainfall during the first 24 hours after cutting causes less damage than rain falling on dry hay still in a windrow. First -cut le- gume hay has ranged from 5% to 22% in protein. Since a good feeding program can directly affect profit, 1 would encourage producers to routinely test feed and balance rations ac- cordingly. Feed sample bags and input forms on feed testing are available at the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ture and Food, Clinton. A rauon can then be formulated based on the analysis of your feed. If this service is of interest- to you, feel free to contact our office. ) }' !•::};<ti . 4tiC:��>,'F"F,. �+\%s} l ::i�.:'`'FXi Eggciting Chicks meet USBORNE - The Eggciting Chicks held their third and fourth meetings last Saturday at Bev Proms. Judith Parker did demonstrations. First she showed how to stuff a chicken and then how to debone a chicken b t. Crepes with lemon filling were made and parmesan cheese chicken fingers which became lunch. The group sang 4-1-1 Clover for grace. While eating they talked about our 4H Achievementprogram. Leader Bev Prout handed out title pages and said the 41-1 pledge. Three games were played called Sale Storage, Chicken Soup and Chicken Stock. Aimee Bayer adjourned the meeting at 12:30 after everything was cleaned up. The next meeting will be on Saturday at 9:30 at Parker's house. They will be touring a chicken farm and discussing meetings five and six. Granton 4-H tours barn GRANTON - The Granton 4H Club tt 1 visited the McComb farm in London Township on Thursday evening, when they were given a tour of the chicken and egg opera- tion by Grant McComb. as well as a recipe books and other information. Later, the group returned to the home of leader Margaret Bryan for their meeting. Following the busi- ness. they separated into groups and Crediton 4-H members meet CREDITON - The fifth meeting of the Crediton Wild Bunch was held. Leaders checked books and made suggestions as to finishing them. Achievement day was discussed and the meeting was adjourned. Next meeting is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. THE BEST JUST GOT BETTER... Cub Cadet has done it... They have made the best snowthrower value on the market... that much better. For a limited time, Becker Farm Equipment has an offer that will make life a lot easier this winter. Make your best deal... and with just 10% down, make 12 interest-free monthly payments! 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In the kitchen they made "Wild West Chicken Wings" and "Mtr- crowave Raisin Pudding". While these were baking, they watched a video, "The Extraordinary Egg", about egg grading and processing from the farm to the store. Achievement day plans were fi- nalized including a skit, exhibits and snacks, before they sampled their cooking - the wings were spi- cy hot which they cooled down af- ter with the pudding and whipped topping. • A,-!ttovennerit Day for 4-M 'The -Chicken and gclubs ave a rows/ice rendition Of -the> bird dance duringtthe irll n H recognition night held fast ruesday artbe Kirfkton-Woo hem Con n►unity`Centre. the beautiful fuel of choice - LS'utlsti.) tItk DID YOU KNOW 2! The Consumers energy Council, an independent consumer group says: "Converting from oil to natural gas is one of the least effective ways to reduce energy cost. Conservation oen yield average rates of retum twice as high as convert- ing from oil to gas. 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