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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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