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-c 7 Tl /O 1 ivicixx I xxcto XXV^ ¥V The Agriculturist-April 13, 1982-Page 15 ng author in rntal Insenii- re Ant, Sole- he perfected echnique k how a single famous. :hing all out s. He then itification. covered for nothing was : mound, lie y had repra- existed. Dealer’s engine sales fill gap in the oilpatch By KITTY FRALEY In the fall of 1980, L.L. Kadi was delivenng some equipment to a farmer when he noticed an oil well on the side of the high way. He drove up and asked the production foreman when he expected drilling to be gin. The foreman told Kadi there would be no oil produced out of the well because he couldn’t find an engine to run the pump. Kadi, who works for Twin City Farm Equipment, Inc., sold the production foreman two In ternational Harvester engines for about $5,900 each. “Ever since I sold those first two engines, my company has continued selling engines to oil field companies,” Kadi said. “We’ve sold about 100 engines the past two years.” The problem that oilfield companies had with engines in the past was getting electricity to the well for electric engines or diesel fuel for diesel engines, he said. “The biggest advantage of our engine is that it burns gas from the well,” Kadi said. “And if the pressure in the well drops too low for the engine to use, then butane from a nearby tank can be used.” Kadi sells the engines directly to the production manager of the oil company. “I go to the site ,and get va rious information, then I find the right engine for that particu lar well,” lie said. The information that Karli needs is the depth of the well and the number of strokes per minute. The number of strokes per minute is very important, he said, because it helps him deter mine the pulley sizes and belts necessary to attach the engine to the pump. The engines have a six-month warranty, and International Harvester services them whenever needed during that time, Karli said. ion and in- iall hopes lo lireant col accident to •esearchwi said Green- ccident.and 1 U.S. salt intake By THERESA SCOTT Most Americans eat too much salt, say the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. De partment of Agriculture. To make more people aware of this, the agencies may soon require industry^ to label the salt content of processed foods. Salt is an essential nutrient, but eating too much can be harmful, especially to people with high blood pressure. Besides being added during cooking or as a seasoning, salt is naturally present in food and water. It is'also added during food processing, vyhich accounts' for the largest amount taken into the body. Adults need a minimum of 200 milligrams of sodium daily. This is about one-tenth of a teas poon of salt. The Food and Nut rition Board of th National Academy of Sciences considers a daily intake of 1,100 to 3,300 milligrams (1/2 to 1 1/2 teas poons of salt) to be “safe and adequate” for the healthy adult. However, daily sodium con sumption averages between 4,000 and 10,000 milligrams (2 to 5 teaspoons',of salt). This is 20 to 50 times more sodium than the body needs, the National Academy of Sciences reported. The FDA and USD A want manufacturers to state on labels TflMU FOfl€STRV CLUB Meetings: every other Tuesday 7:30 p.m. room 115 Forest Science Bldg. Ph. 845-5033 high the amount of sodium in proces sed meats. Industry is not trying to en danger the public by producing a product with an extremely high sodium content, said Shawn Brammall, vice president of Food Management, Inc. in Indiana. “Industry would reduce salt if they could make a favorable product with the taste and perservation value the public would go for,” Brammall said. Industry . is concerned with the cost of enforcing tho propos al, Brammall said. “It would cost industry $1.6 million to change to labeling for sodium on the package of pro cessed meats,” Brammel! said. “The cost would come from label conversion, lab research and monitoring progress of the program.” AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AT TEXAS A&M §3 Power and Machinery Soil and Water ^ Electric Power and Processing £^j"| Structures and Environment Food Engineering American Society of Agricultural Engineers Dept, of Agricultural Engineering Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843 AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING “Profession with a Future” <*> < I ^UNIVERSITY EJVtv # k. % r* O o V A&M UNDERGRADUATE ENTOMOLOGY CLUB Meetings: 1st Tuesday each month, 7:30 p.m. Room 102, Soil & Crop Sciences & Entomology Building Pres. Michael Lidell V. P. Kelli Brown Sec. Bob Breene Treas. Bob Sprague Ag Council Rep., Jody Gladin 693-0018