e Named
gates to
er Meet
■ee delegates f< (5m Lancas
'ounty early last week at
[ the state conventions of
Pennsylvania Farmers Asso
m, and at the meeting where
were named, the County
, stated it favors termina
of daylight saving time on
Day.
ier policies adopted at their
ing in the Landisville Fire
included:
usions in the labor service
am; opposition to legisla
requinng titling of self-pro
' farm machinery; reduction
•m truck registration rates;
iition to further restrictions
dd labor on the farm by
legislation, local taxation
Turnpike Commission on
association also' urged a
aggressive advertising pro
to recapture lost markets,
domestic and foreign, and to
about production of higher
ty crops in an effort to solve
•oblem of farm surpluses.
directors elected include
Miller, Landisville; J. Roy
;r, Mount Joy; Fred Sel
idge, Narvon; and Lewis
Paradise. Those remain-
the boaid from previous
itment are Wiliam Jacobs,
A- Milton Ranch, Ranch,
•w Providence; Joseph Les-
Oxford, and Paul H. Herr,
'ood
;m Financing” was the sub
if a talk by Lee Brobst, as
secretary of the Lancaster
;y Production Credit Asso-
,E TROUBLE
lON, Wis. Not too long
town ordinance was passed
ibiting dogs from runnning
. It seems, however, that
the dogs have been con
id, the rabbit population
ised so rapidly that rab
are more of a problem than
dogs were- The rabbits are
gmg more garden stuff and
•cry than the dogs ever did'
guad with
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Ladle-Up Memories With .This Old-Fashioned^CornjSoup
WfARMS the heart as well as the tummy these blustery
’’ early winter days—good, old-tashioned corn syrup.
Served with croutons, tuna salad sandwiches and a bowl
of fruit, it makes a fine main luncheon dish. And it’s a
grand entree ior a light supper, too.
Com Soup (4-5 Servings)
One and one-half tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca, 1% cups
"(17-ounce can) canned, creamed corn, 2 l h cups milk (part cream,
if desired). 1 teaspoon salt, dash of pepper, Va teaspoon sugar,
% teaspoon minced onion, H' 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
Combine tapioca, creamed corn, milk, salt, pepper, sugar and
onion in saucepan Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture
comes to a boil
Remove from heat Add butter Serve in cups or bowls
Suggested garnishes Thin silvers of ham, cheese croutons, a few
chopped-chives a thin slice of lemon in each bowl, sprinkled with
finelj cut parsley
And here's another fine "ladle” dish, for serving while the wind
howls around the house and all is snug and warm in the'kitchen
Two tablespoons quick-cooking tapioca, 1 cup milk 1 cup* water,
Vs cup light cream, 2Vs cups strained, canned tomatoes, 1 table
spoon sugar, 2 teaspoons salt. Vs teaspoon pepper, 3 tablespoons
butter-or margarine, 4 drops Tabasco sauce (optional)
Combine tapioca, milk, water and cream m saucepan, mix well
Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil
Remove from heal and let stand about 3 minutes, stirring once
or twice
Meanwhile, combine tomatoes, sugar, salt and pepper Bring to
a boil Add butter oi margarine and pour slowly into tapioca mix-
Milk and Egg
Production at
Record Levels
HARRISBURG Production
of milk and eggs continued at
record levels for the month of
October when above normal tem
peratures prevailed, the State De
partment of Agriculture reported
today.
Milk production, at 525 million
lbs, exceeded any previous Octo
ber and marked the 25th consecu
tive month of record high out
put, Federal-State surveys reveal
ed.
The 376 million egg total for
the month was the highest of
record for any October- It was
the 54th consecutive month with
production exceeding correspond;
ing months in previous years.
Egg Production Up 7%
Egg product’on for the first
ten months of this year stands at
3.713.000. and compares with
3.475.000. eggs for the same
period in 1954 an increase of 7
per cent.
January-October milk output
comes to 5,452,000,000 pounds or
almost 5 per cent above the 5,-
211.000. pounds for the same
10-month period in 1954.
October milk cow numbers at
950,000 showed no change from a
month earlier V>ut exceeded Oc
tober 1954 by more than 1 per
BY DOROTHY MADDOX
Hi * j>
Tomato Bisque (5-6 Servings)
cent, the Depaitment said. In
creasing size of herds continues
to offset declines in the number
of herds.
The drop m number of dairy
herds has been especially pro
nounced in Western Pennsyl
vania counties, observers noted.
On the egg front, the rate of
lay per bird showed little change
from September but the number
of layers climbed seasonally. At
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 25, 1955—11
Corn soup is the “something different” you’ve been wanting
as a replacement for everyday fare on your winter menu agenda.
ture, stirring constantly Add Tabasco sauce Serve at once In cups
01 bowls Garnish with finely chopped parsley, if desired
Note. If desned, on place of 2Vfe cups strained, canned tomatoes,
use 2>'j cups canned tomatoes (broken up with fork), or 2 Vz cups
tomato mice
24,442,000 the total of layers m
farm flocks exceeded Sept by
5 per cent and-also Oct 1954 by
5 per cent.
Pullets continued to join lay
ing flocks but culling of poor
layeis was slowed by improved
egg prices. The proportion of
hens to pullets in laying flocks
was higher than usual for Nov 1.
Cost of feeds for both dairy cat
tle and poultiy were down from
a year ago-
H Phone: Quarryviile 378
I Lancaster 4-3047
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OVERCHARGE PROBE
PRATT, Kansas County
commissioners, thinking they had
been overcharged in the news
paper’s rate for county legal ad
vertising, didn’t know how well
off they were When they wont
to complain, Robert Cnbb, pub
lisher of the newspaper, found
the paper had been billing the
county eight per cent below the
State legal rate. Now the county
will be correctly billed at the
higher rate
report, a
a.