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Beef has a lean future
In the years to come, when you stop
by the meat section of your favorite
supermarket, you will find a wide
variety of lean, trim beef cuts
more than today.
That’s not all. Those cuts will all be
“tasty and juicy” and many will be
packaged for greater convenience in
cooking.
That look at beef’s future is pro
vided by M.K. Cook, head of the
Georgia Extension Service animal
science department. In the decade to
come, Cook predicted, beef will
“evolve into a leaner but still flavor
ful, juicy and nutritious” food.
He also says changes in our life
styles will be reflected in beef pack
aging. For example, beef will be
packaged in smaller portions with the
microwave in mind. He said the fast
food industry’s use of poultry and
Cattle graze on better grass
Nature did a fine job of putting the
right place covering on the earth with
plants well suited for conditions.
There are over 6,000 different grasses
alone.
When the Soil Conservation Service
started 50 years ago, most of our
grazing depended on these native
grasses and legumes. Fred Hawkins,
one of the first cooperators of the
Upper Chattahoochee River Soil and
Water Conservation District, recalls
that the native grasses were not good.
They made enough growth to form a
Wine and cheese seminar planned
Did you ever make your own wine
at home? Forsyth County residents
will have the chance to learn how to
do just that through a Wine Making
and Cheese Tasting seminar this
Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Forsyth
County Courthouse Community
Room from 7-9 p.m.
Topics of discussion will include
“Making Your Own Wine at Home,”
October to beef up cattle industry
Forsyth County cattle producers
are joining with cattlemen from
across Georgia in a special effort
during October to promote Georgia’s
beef cattle industry.
With 1.75 million head of cattle in
the state, Georgia is one of the major
beef cattle producing states in the
U.S.
Gov. Joe Frank Harris recently
recognized the magnitude and impor
tance of Georgia’s beef cattle indus
try with the signing of a proclamation
designating October as “Beef Month”
Belle Green
is honored
by Shakerag
Belle Green of the Shakerag Com
munity was recently honored by her
family and friends at an appreciation
luncheon and reception at the Shake
rage Community Clubhouse.
Mrs. Green is well known in the
community for her kindness and good
deeds. Over 150 people attended the
event including her parents Bob and
Mae Wilkerson, both 90 years old.
Dahlonega
Ranger Camp
has open house
The U.S. Army Ranger Camp in
Dahlonega is holding open house Oct.
5, from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. with
events going on all through the day.
Displays of military equipment will
be on available for viewing by visi
tors and demonstrations in repelling,
hand to hand combat, ambushes,
litter repelling, parachuting, and
mountaineering will be held twice
during the day. Dinner will available
at a camp dining facility. The North
Georgia College Drill Team also will
perform.
The event is open to the public and
is free of charge.
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packaging of it for consumer conve
nience should serve as a lesson to the
beef industry.
“The need for new products is
there,” Cook said. If the supermarket
chains and packers don’t take the
lead in developing new products, oth
ers will maybe even the cattlemen
themselves,” he said.
In the future, Cook said, the cal
ories in a 3% ounce serving of ground
beef may drop from about 260 cal
ories found today to some 160 cal
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good cover, which is what nature
intended, but they couldn’t produce
much grazing.
Hawkins remembers that back in
by Dr. William Hurst, food scientist
with the Cooperative Extension Serv
ice at the University of Georgia;
“Serving Cheese to Compliment your
Wine Selection,” by Mary Wamell,
nutritionist of the Dairy Food and
Nutrition Coivicil; and “Growing
Quality Grapes” by Hugh McMillian,
Forsyth County Extension Director.
Wine samples will be provided by
in Georgia.
According to Mike Darnell, exec
utive vice president of the Georgia
Cattlemen’s Association, headquar
tered in Macon, “The cattle industry
in Georgia is a billion dollar industry.
“In terms of income, inventory
value and investment, the beef indus
try is certainly an important contrib
utor to Georgia’s agricultural
economy.”
The cattle industry is strong in
Forsyth County also. Figures re
leased by the Georgia Crop Reporting
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ones. He said the meat will have less
fat.
New technology and miracle tech
niques are not needed to raise lean
cattle, Cook said. It has to do with
feeding.
“In the fattening process of a steer,
once you feed it for 90 days, the
animal has all the red meat, or mus
cle, it is going to get. From then on,
you are fattening the animal,” he
said.
Cook added, for lean beef, feeding
would not be encouraged for longer
than 90 days.
He said consumer demand for a
change in beef is not widespread now.
But the popularity of lean beef is
growing.
“Extra-lean beef is already avail
able in some stores,” Cook said. “We
are just going to see more of it in the
future.”
those days most of the beef cattle
roamed the woods in search of food.
The few real pastures were usually
fields that had been cultivated and
abandoned because of infestation
with common bermuda.
Gleaming harvested fields were
about the best feed most heards ever
got. As late as 1941, native plants
provided 65 percent of the forage for
cattle. Talk about tough steak.
Since 1941 new graasses and clo
vers have been planted in Forsyth
County.
Larry Garcia of Almaden Vineyards
and Loretta Ann Gordon will be ex
hibiting winemaking supplies.
On Friday a tour has been sched
uled of the Chateau Elan Winery in
Hoschton. Participants will leave
from the jail parking lot at 9 a.m. and
return about 2:45 p.m. There may be
a $3 charge for the tour.
To register call 887-2418.
Service indicate there are 12,500 head
of cattle and calves in the county.
By their estimates, these cattle
have an inventory value of over $3.8
million.
“The beef cattle industry is the
largest segment of American agricul
ture, accounting for more than 20
percent of all farm cash receipts each
year,” Darnell said. “In Georgia,
three out of every four farmers own
cattle, making the cattle business one
of the most widespread farm enter
prises in the state.”
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