.ancaster Farming, Saturday, .November 5, 1980 Best Food Buys Hunters Influence Meat Prices The small game hunting season is underway in Penn sylvania and game is report cd in good supply. This fact is having an influence on retail meat prices, reports Tom Piper, Penn State Ex tension Marketing Agent, who reminds shoppers to lo ok for several good buys in meats at local food markets this week-end The popular hindquarter cuts, sirloin, porterhouse and round steaks promise to lead the parade of values at the meat counter this weekend. Many markets will feature chicken at bargain prices and pork loins will likewise be reasonably priced Bacon is priced lower while lamb, veal, and smoked pork items appear at slightly higher prices. Turkey prices are firmer with the appioach of the holiday season Good buys in seafood include bass and rock fish The produce industry is currently experiencing a lull with prices, demand and quality generally unsettled; this is the lesult of the sea sonal shift from local to more distant growing sect ions as a source of supply for fresh fruits and vege tables Mushrooms, chestnuts, par The average weight for all of Agriculture’s Bureau of snips, turnips, cranberries, bronze birds is 8 5 pounds Markets, bunch radishes, pomegrana- and the average for all white Mortality for the bronze tes and avocados are plenti- birds is 8 pounds The bronze entries has been 348 percent fully supplied at bargain pn- toms average 9 4 pound and and 3 8 percent for whites Feed conversion ratios for all entries is either 2 2 or 2 3. Heaviest average weight for toms is 10 1 pounds for a bronze entry However, a white entry shows an aver age of 10 0 pounds for toms. NS »N A- v f < «MVS N N y f *V*H V •«< V. WAYME GIVES CALVES A /S£/W START/ ,W v ' / V fcvt Early Milk Production! SUNSHINE FARM ABERDEEN MILLS SUPPLY R.D. 2, Elizabelhlcwn LiJilz & Newmanslown J. K. STAUFFER & SON Lawn & Bellaire HERSHEY BROS Reinholds LIME VALLEY MILLS R ° SS C * ULRICH, JR. fI.D. I. Willow Street R>D - 2 ' Peach Botto ™ MOUNTVILI.E FEED SERVICE R. D. 2, Columbia H. M. STAUFFER & SON'S, Inc. Wjtmer - Ronks - Leola ces, Bananas, grapefruit, Em peror grapes, and apples are considered good buys in the fruit line. You Can, Make A Feather Hat Preserving pheasant feath eis for use on hats may be easily done at home. To pre serve skin and feathers, clean the skin well remov ing all fat and flesh Place skin feathers down, on sev eral layers of paper, and sprinkle generously with powdered borax. Rub the Borax gently into the skin. Let the skin stand about four days so borax will pene tratc the tissues and dry out White And Bronze Turkeys Gain Same In State Test Harrisburg —At the end the hens 7 6 pounds White of 12 weeks, there is a dif- toms average 8 7 pounls and ference of only half a pound the hens 7.2 pounds, between the average of all There are 947 bronze birds white birds and all bronze (10 entries) and 764 white birds in the Pennsylvania birds (eight entries) in the Turkey Meat Production test which is supervised by Test. the Pennsylvania Department s sv < v Headstart your calves on Wayne Calfnip Milk Replacer. Leading 1 dairymen say, “Calfnip costs less to feed than milk and helps reduce scours.” Follow with anti biotic-foi’tified Wayne Calf Stai'ter for faster growth on less feed. Or, get economical growth on Wayne Calf Supplement and grain. C. E. SAUDER & SONS R.D. 1, East Earl ROHRER'S MILL R.D. 1, Ronks MILLERSVILLE SUPPLY CO. Millersville the skin Then shake skin and brush it and feathers gently to remove borax. Rub the skin to soften it for easy shaping. If strips of feathers are desired, cut them with a razor blade on the inside skin. To preserve leathers, re move oil from quill ends with carbon, tetrachloride or other nonflamable cleaning fluid. Dust feathers with bor ax and leave it on three or four days,-then brush lightly to remove borax. Crinoline hat forms or felt hats make good bases for making feather hats You may glue the individual feathers directly on to the felt or crinoline Some mill iners get more satisfactory results by covering the cri noline forms with a thin cotton jersey, stretching it firmly over the base and an choring it in place. Then they glue the feathers to the jer sey. Feathers may also bo hand - sewn to a foundation of net, muslin or ribbon. FERTILIZER GOOD INVESTMENT Don’t skimp on fertilizer use, says James H Eakin, ex tension agronomist, because soil fertility represents one of the best investments farm ers can make today. Farmers who try to save money, by buying less fertilizer can re duce their mcome faster than they cut out of pocket costs. Ji* . ■‘The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection ” —Michaelangelo Patronize Lancaster Farm ing Advertisers. - j:~\3 ■ Don’t Let This Happen to You! 'I : tof/ e h-n ■ ■ , "« : I i ■ Reprint from -boit o ** B Lane. New Ert > Sg IJ. C. Ehrlich Chemical Go., Inc. 5 738 E. Chestnut Street ■ EX 7-3721 Dr. George F. Godfrey (left) Honegger Breeder Hatchery, Forrest, Illinois, receives trophy for their award winning Honegger Layers in the Third Tennessee Random Sample Test, completed in March, 1960, from Ralston R. Hannas on behalf of the American Poultry Journal. This award was presented at the annual American Poultry and Hatchery Federation convention held in Memphis, Tennessee, July 19-21, 1960. Honegger Layers Win Tennessee Testl Honegger Layers win FIRST in this 560 day test . . . which is TWO MONTHS LONGER THAN MOST TESTS. Honegger Layers were FIRST with an income over feed and chick costs of $3.14 topping the test average by 57c per pullet housed. For more profit buy THE "Long-Term" Honegger Layer vappaa X<umi J. HOWARD MOORE 307 East Second Avenue LITITZ, PENNA. Phone: MAdison 6-5408 WINDLE'S HATCHERY COCHRANVILLE, PA. Ph. 'Atglen LY 3-5941 Farm Women 6 Plan Party A family night Christmas party will be the next meet ing of Farm Women’s So ciety Number six The meet ing will be held in the Eliza bethtown fire hall on Dec ember 3 at 630 pm. Mem bers, are asked to bring a covered dish and there will be a gift exchange. The last meeting was held last week at the home of Mrs. Paul H. Brandt. Mrs. Ada Shoop was in charge of devotions Hostesses were Mrs. Paul H Brandt, Mrs Martin Hoffer and Mrs. Ada Shoop. The group voted to, give donations of $2O each to the Needlework Guild and the United Fund Drive, and SlO to the Lancaster County 4-II It was reported that six of the members helped the Lancaster Tuberculosis so ciety ready Christmas seals for mailing Those helping were Mrs Elvin Keener, Mrs Bertha Keller, Mrs. Milton Eberly, Mrs. Elmer Brill and Mrs C. R Frey. Try a Classified Ad. • Future Farmers (From page i. wj'rk of the two stale p, officers who held a tn, session on chapter r .t, for the officers Trimble, State Reporter T’ Quarryville Rl and Cooke, State Secretary?? Dover, York County moderators of a panel T ing with closing and one®, 1 ceremonies. 1 One of the most lnt er* mg features of the '■ from the standpoint 0 f i Futures Farmers was tlm nel of the four Chant* Sweethearts discussing V preferences in dates w boys. The girls, Corm Rohrer, Pequea Valley q ter; J§net Esbenshade n den Spot Chapter, jJi.J Gross, Dover Chapter a Lois Osborne, Suequeh nock Chapter, were led" 'their discussion by j* Marsh, Penn Manor Kip School. 8 A welcome was extend to the boys by A Norm Rank, Supervising Pu nc n of the Penn Manor Schoo Advertising Pa> Lancaster, Pa,
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