Women’s Page CANDA APRICOTS Make some Christmas candy for your children. Prepare a syr up toy boiling one cup water with, two cujps sugar for five minutes. Drop dried apricots into hot syr up. Remove at once. Drain and cool. Bofll in 'granulated sugar elhoritly before serving, suggests Marjorie J.Wormeck, Penn State extension nutritionist- PRESS WOOLENS Don’t push the iron over wool garments ibhe way you do when ironing cot tons. Touchi it lightly to the dampened pressing cloth It’s the Steam, not the weight of the iron that presses wools, reports Mae E. Barton, Penn State extension elothling specialist. > HELP CLEAN A young child wants to help wlhen Moth ier 'is cleaning- He can dust low rungs and table legs, reminds Marguerite L- Duvall, Ptnn finite extension family life specialist- FLOCK FRITTED Fabrics (that are “fktok: notated” have istoort fibers massed or held up right in a paste or rubber cement. These designs go in one direction (and the fabric must toe treated like velvet or ocmluroy when pla cing a pattern, romts out Bernice J. Tharp, Penn State extension ttathing specialist. FRESHEN LETTUCE Fres hen lettu'ee and other salad greens in cold water if they are not orislp. states Louise W. Ham ilton, Penn State extension nu tritionist. PREVENT BURNS Lift -the thd from cooking utensils so steam dosent rise in your face or (hands, Sanna Black, Penn State extension home management RATS ARE EXPENSIVE If you think rats have been eat ing you out of house and home, you may well he night- Rats cause (agricultural losess of more than $8,000,000 annually, according to John Pepper, Penn State exten sion entomologist- The new pois ons, Warfarin and Pival, are ef fective tollers of these costly ro dents FEED WILDLIFE Winter feeding (programs for wildlife, if properly planned and conducted, (have consideraiMe merit, says Ro bert Winsard, I*enn State exten sion wildlife management spe cialist- Farmers, sportsmen's groups, 4-H Clubs, other organ izations, and individuals have done good service in such wild life activities. ledtora of heifers from his own (herd is semouiS business for the dairyiman-' Normally about one fifitfh of the herd 'has-to be re placed annually This means that only calves from the best cows should Ibe considered as replace ments, reminds Horace Mann Penn State extension dairy spe cialist- You see PROOF of fuel savings with ASHLEY A M< FOR EVERY HOME JBamr 24 HOUR THERMOSTATIC DOWNDRAFT WOOD HEATERS Open Thur*. & Sat. till 9 KAUFFMAN’S HARDWARE Phone 4-0951 NEW HOLLAND Short Courses in General Farming Will Begin Soon The College of Agriculture at The Pennsylvania State Univer sity will again offer four-week short courses for persons inter ested in general farming, dairy farming, and livestock farming Any person 16 years of age or older and interested in these agricultural fields may enroll. The Geiieral Farming short course will be offered from Jan uary 4 to February 1, 1956-The Dairy Farming and Livestock Faming short courses will run simultaneously from February 1 to 29, 1956., These short courses, which are taught by the faculty of the Col lege of Agriculture, have proven very popular over the years both lor persons experienced in farm ing and for those who were just starting to farm. Classes are made as practical as possible and much instruction is conducted in the laboratories, shops, and barns of the University. SUBJECTS EMPHASIZED* <,agjnoD pwauaf) aqj ui the following subjects are empha sized: Farm Machinery and Tract ors; Farm * Management; farm Mechanics; Forage Crops and Pastures; Grain Crops; Poultry Farming; Rural Economics and Social Problems; and Soils and Fertilizers- The five breeds of cattle in the University dairy barns and the laboratories in the dairy building provide excellent facilities for making the Dairy Farming short course interesting and profit able- The following topics receive emphasis in this short course: Animal Diseases; Dairy Cattle Breeds and Selection; Dairy Cattle Feeding; Dairy Herd Man agement; Milk Secretion; Pasture and Grassland Management; Gram Crops and Fertilizers; and Re production of Dairy Cattle. PRACTICAL APPLICATION The subjects offered in the Livestock Farming short course acquaint those interested in general livestock production with up-to-date information on live stock breeding, feeding, and man agement The practical applica tion of the information given m this course should aid farmers in all phases of livestock fanning. Subjects emphasized in the live stock course 'are: Animal Diseas es; Barn Practice; Farm Slau ghtering; Feeding of Farm Animals; Livestock Breeding and Selection; Livestock Judging; Livestock Management; Pasture and Grassland Management; and Gram Crops and Fertilizers. A leaflet describing these and other agricultural short courses offered by Penn State, or an op plication form for use of those who desire to enroll, may be secured by writing to - WHAT’S NEWS ? us a letter - if you have farming news to sale coming up, if you schedule a coming event. bur columns are for you. Please sign all items. Can’t He? A quiclkHthinikinig saulor came up with a new one when his dh’ef /demanded, “How come you’re (sleeping on the jo(b?” “Goodness,” replied the sailor, “can’t a man dose his eyes for a Red Rose Dairy Improvement Reports Listed Seventy eight Lancaster County dairy herds are on test to find out primarily which cows should he culled and which are produc ing satisfactorily. Here is a 'brief re-ort on some of the high individual cows and herds being tested by the “own er-sampler” procedure of the Red Rose 'Dairy Herd 'lmprovement Association. Oarl Diller, Refton, is the cow-tester in charge. High herds in Ibutterfat (production for November moulder -1 .Herbert, and Rhelda Rover. R 5 Lancaster, 13 cows, avg. 985 lb milk, 38-4 butterfat: 2, Henry B. « l » i ' I Give LANCASTER FARMING a call - or drop Leaman, R 4 Lancaster. 12 cows, 798 lbs milk, 38.2 ibutterfat: 3, Darnel IS Stioltzfus, 20 cows, 1,000 libs milk, 37 0 butterfat; 4,Daniel S Erb, Manheim Pike. Lancaster, 7 caws, 885 lbs milk, 352 ibutter fat- High individual cows of 80 lbs butterfat or more include Dora, '■lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllll iiuiiiaiiimiiiiuuiiimiitummuiiiiiuiiimiuiimmiuiiitHUiimmuntimimmuiiinimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimfn; 4 • J* I Wm* 1 Q uarr y ville 378 I Lancaster 4-3047 Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 30, 1955—7 DAVID’S OPTICAL CO. FITTING ADJUSTMENT REPAIRS 114 N. Prince St.—Lancaster Ph. 4-2767 Open Tues. and Fri. Evenings To our many friends in this community... ~-£1956 Quarryville, owner Elmer H Rohrer, R 2 Lan caster, 1783 libs milk, 107.0 fat; Nellie, owner Artihur D Wenger, R 1 Bareville, 2118 lbs milk, 89 0 fat; Jenny, owner Henry B Bea man, R 4 Lancaster, 1824 lbs milk, 87.6 fait: Bizz, owner Clarence Neff, Miltoont Road, 1599 lbs milk, 83.1 fat Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllt When we stop to think we realize our everyday living depends on our eyes. Take goocj care of them. If you arc in doubt visit your eye doctor. Doctors Prescriptions For Glasses Filled. report, a a. L » I, I bn- V V f'l