{ ■ M -K* i •f , ■ , , „|T| l*>ka I W^ST" t' ”, «Uk »i>;«8«aK~!. Leo M. Zomory, Architect ‘ House No. A-130 end (?.omfaZCt Planned for your present needs, and with built-in space insurance for your future, this ranch house has many, outstanding features. It’s the ideal choice for.a narrow lot but by no means could you call it a “little” house. Everything you’d want is here: spacious livings room with fireplace 'and a ten-foot picture window; separate dining room with double exposure; a fifteen-foot “U”-shaped kitchen, a guest closet at the front entrance,'and a bathroom on the main floor level.'On the first floor, there are two bedrooms with double exposure and plenty of closet space.' The upstairs, area can exnand into two additional bedrooms and a second bathroom. The full basement will take care of your ’aundry center, plus your hoßby activities and a play area for youngsters. For the convenience of readers who wish to study this house in greater detail, we have prepared a complete sketch-plan which can be obtained by sending 25 in coin to Modern Flan Service, Department 130, Lincoln Building, Mount Vernon. New York. Area- 1,448 sq. ft. About Y< By FRANCES DELL If your house is beginning to look old, shabby and drab, it is time to paint it. Whether or not you give it a full baseraent-to roof job or just touch-up work, you will find you can give your home a complete new personal ity. Knowing what paint and equip ment to buy is half the battle The first, and most important step is preparation of the sur face to take and hold the paint- For this you will need rough sandpaper, steel wool, or a wire brush or a-scraper. You’ll want ladders and cross planking for the upper reaches of the house. More Cans Needed In addition to the "paint, you will need extra cans for mixing, paddles for stirring, strainers for removing lumps and cloths for 1 H & NEW HOLLAND " J • New and Good Used FARM MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS D, L. Diem & Sons ■ LITITZ Ph. 6-2131 LANDIS STONE MEAL CO. Consult Us For The Best WHITE LILLY ALL PURPOSE MINERALS Agricultural Ground Limestone Hard Poultry Grits Feed Mixing Calcium Calcium Stable Grits Lime Spreading Service RHEEMS, PA. Call Elizabethtown 7-2901 Night Calls 7-2906 Cubaget 37,648 cu. ft. iur. Home wiping up spatters. If possible, have some drop cloths for pro tecting your shrubbery and porch rooC ' (Buy only good brushes. A brush four-and-one-half to five inches across is best for paint ing large, areas. A sash brush is needed for narrow strips and a brush one-and-one-half to' two inches wide is best for-the trim. Surface Absolutely Dry You will need some paint thin ner to clean your brushes and some linseed oil to break them m Surfaces to be painted must be absolutely dry. Check to see if any wood re placements are needed under the eaves, around window heads and sills on postsvor_ steps, etc- - Find- out about the many new kinds of paint and choose one that is made to meet your needs. >' S> w th Cigar Tobacco Value Exceeds $ll Millions Based on an average of 27 2 cents per lb; Pennsylvania farm ers last year received an estim ated $11,790,000 for their crop of filler tobacco, according to the Pennsylvania State Depart ment of Agriculture. Hay led in value, with all types worth - $95,788,000, with corn next at $88,554,000. Corn led in 1933 through 1952. Highest Since 1950 Gross returns on tobacco were the highest since 1950, despite, lower per-pound prices The va lue in 1954 was in 1935 —with a smaller cr0p— 59,438,000 This made a per acre 1955 value of $4OB on 1500 lbs. The 1954 value was estimated . Wheat placed third at $30,592,- 000, oats fourth at $23,187,000, and vegetables fifth at $18,185,- 000 for both fresh market and processing. Others by-Value Others by rank were: potatoes, $12,948,000; tobacco; commercial apples $10,260,000; barley $7,- 930,000, and peaches $5,062,000- Hay averaged 147 tons per acre, corn .for grain 44 bu shel led. Pennsylvania placed 15th in corn production, 12th in corn value nationally- Safety in Masks Gas masks are said to be un expectedly popular with" small school children in Europe The youngsters' have disvovered a salfe method for making faces at the teacher.—Worchester (Mass ) Gazette. ' May! Those who r say these “straw votes” don’t m-dan anything are burning their bridges behind them; the next report may show things going their way.— Lynch burg (Va.) News- Ain't It So? Barnacle Bill says: “Ten per cetn of the people in the United States suffer from hay fever. The other 90 try-to grin and bear them.”—U.S-S. West Virginia Mountaineer. NO GUARANTEE f The label on material or a garment that says “preshrunk” without giving the percentage of shrinkage, is no guarantee against further shrinkage, Ber nice J. Tharp, Penn State ex tension clothing specialist, de clares. Hay Leads in State’s Crops At $BB Million 5i Harrisburg—ln value of total production, hay was the “King Of Crops” on Pennsylvania farms in 1955 for the third straight year,'according to revised Feder al-State figures announced today by the State Department of Agri culture Corn has reigned as the high est value crop in the Keystone State from 1933 through 1952, records show Crop Value $95 Million The value of last season’s crop of all types of hay is estimated at $95,788,000 compared with the corn total of $88,554,000, the Department said. Corn value has not exceeded that of the total hay crop since 1952 when corn came to $108,905,000 In that year hay had a "value of $95,788,- 000. t>s \ _ \ Dr. William L Henning, State Secretary of Agriculture, in com menting on the dollar value lead ership of hay, pointed to the in creasing trend of Pennsylvania agriculture towards grassland farming to assist its growing livestock and dairy industries. Third place in 1955 Pennsyl vania crop values goes as usual to wheat which is worth $3O 592,- 000 Oats is in fourth with a total, value of $23,187,000 Com mercial vegetables for both fresh market and processing, are fifth with $18,185,000 Potatoes Place Sixth Potatoes take sixth place with $12,948,000; tobacco seventh, $11,790,000; commercial apples, eighth, $10,260,000, barley, ninth, $7,930,000 and peaches, tenth, $5,062,000 Hay production last year came to 3,421,000 tons at an average of 147 tons per acre. Corn grown for grain totaled 61,072,- 000 bushels from an average of 44 bushels of shelled grain per acre. Pennsylvania ranked 12th among all the states in 1955 hay production, but was seventh m total value The State was 15th in production of corn, 12th m value T. J. MATTHEWS A. H. BURKHOLDER '1 ‘ 278R2 . 175 J QUAREVVIUE CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO. i THOMAS J. MATTHEWS, Gen. M*r. < Concrete or Cinder Block. 1 \ • i Phone Chimney Block and Lintel. < 109R2 Reel Sash, Cement Paint. J i 4 3 u* % x> 1“ * t t **/**■* 4 ,- * , i^»r^>'3> , fe- r* Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 16, 1956 New Varieties Of Potatoes, Inspection Up COUDERSPORT —New vane ties of potatoes and a new type of Federal-State inspection pro gram will combine to give Penh-I sylvania housewives a “superior' spud service,” it was learned during the annual Potato Grow ers Institute at nearby Potato City Hotel, sponsoied by the Pennsylvania Cooperative Pota to Growers Association. Dr William* L Henning, State Secretaiy of Agriculture, report ed that an experiment on official potato inspections which he ar langed with association officers last fall has been “highly sue-' cessful ” Superior Varieties Dr E L Nixon, director of the research tarms of the asso ciation at Potato City, told of several superior varieties of potatoes which he developed through cross breeding. Adapted to Pennsylvania farming condi tions, they still need field test ing before' they can be grown commercially, 'he said. Potato glowers are greatly satisfied with the new inspee tional service that centers in the Bureau of Markets of the State Department of Agriculture, Dr. Henning said Producers pay for inspections which started as-'an experiment in northwfestern Pennsylvania last fall. Since' the first of the year it has expanded to five of the.six association dis tricts, covering most of the state. In the new program, he ex plained, Federal-State inspectors grade all potatoes that the co operating grower plans to ship out-of-state Ten trained inspec tors are now assigned to 1 the program. Nearly 1,500 lots have been handled in the Erie County potato area alone.' Grade Marking Stressed Secretary Henning told potato growers that the Department of Agriculture is stressing enforce ment of the potato grade mark ing law. During the 1954-55 sea son there were 92 for violation of the law.,-. This great majority of offenders were dealers and shippers. Agents ex amined nearly 7,000 lots of pota toes on the wholesale and retail levels, including 4,235 lots from Pennsylvania farms. The institute continued with election of five association direc tors, a youth panel, review of the national potato situation, presen tation of new and experimental machinery and equipment used in growing potatoes and a dis cussion of labor management m potato production. 11
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