. . . BITS AND PIECES . . .
September/October 1982
By the Mother Earth News editors
A SIX-PACK FOR FIDO: A natural-chicken-flavored soft drink for dogs will soon be turning up in groceries across the country. According to its manufacturer, the product, "Arf 'n Arf", is nutritious and has been kennel-tested to assure "universal taste appeal". It's available in six-packs of six-ounce plastic squeeze bottles and, apparently, can be poured over dry dog food or quaffed straight up.
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BE AN ACID RAIN SLEUTH: The outdoors magazine Sports Afield — in cooperation with a Seattle firm — is making low-cost acid precipitation test kits available to folks who'd like to measure the pH of rain, snow, lakes, rivers, or tap water. Each package contains two data cards that can be filled in and returned to the magazine so that the information can be tabulated, analyzed, and included in the Sports Afield Acid Rain Survey, which will then be turned over to federal, state, and private research organizations. Furthermore, the cards will be submitted to Congress as proof of public concern over acid precipitation. The kits cost $2.95 apiece (ask for model No. 6545 . . . and add $2.55 postage for one to five kits, or $3.45 for six or more) and can be ordered from Early Winters Acid Rain Test Kit, Dept. TMEN, 110-DX Prefontaine Place South, Seattle, Washington 98104 (make checks payable to Early Winters).
CHECKING CHOLESTEROL: A U.S. Department of Agriculture study shows that as much as 13% of the cholesterol in eggs can be reduced if laying hens are fed fiber from such sources as corn, soybeans, alfalfa, sunflowers, rice, and wood shavings. Scientists theorize that the roughage scrapes cells from the villi — the site in a hen's intestines where cholesterol synthesis occurs — thus reducing a bird's overall output of the fatty substance.
DRAWING A FREE BREATH? A New York City publishing company, which recently moved into an elegant new office building, discovered — to its dismay — that the high-rise's ventilating system is shut off at 6:00 p.m. After that time, fresh air costs $45 an hour, and air conditioning is a somewhat hefty $75 per hour.
