For the Farm Wife and Family Mrs. Greider Host Soc. 18 Farm Women Society 18 ty 18 at a luncheon meeting met on December 13 at the at Paradise -high school, home of Mrs. Christ S. Grei- There will be no regular der, Route 1, Mount Joy. meeting of Society 18 in Mrs. Robert R. Good, presi- January, dent, presided. Devotions were -led by Mrs. Mans Smiths Twenty-five members were present. The society voted to give donations to the Tuberculo- ri ■ ■ on . sis Society of Lancaster now Up O Her V-Cnt Muscular Dystro- On December 1, milk pro phy Assn, and the Infantile duction per cow in crop re- Paralysis Ass n porter’s herds averaged 19.21 Delegates to the - State pounds,- nearly eight per cent Farm Women’s Convention above the previous high for at Harrisburg on Jan. 12 and that date last year, and it 18 will be Mrs, Robert R. was at a record high in all Good,'Mrs. Raymond N. Mil- regions of the country, ler, Mrs. Kenneth S. Bruba- A total of 8,856 million lbs ker, Mrs. Benjamin Greider, of- milk was produced in Nov Mrs. Jay Landis and Mrs ember, up one per cent from John N. Hess. November 1957. In tlie first ■Mrs. Martin N Swarr 11 months of 1958, milk pro of Landisville gave a demon- duct:on' totaled 116.7 million stratian of gift wrappings. lbs, below the 117 billion At 1 pm. January 10, So- during the first 11 months of ciety 7 will entertain Socie- 1957 PINE WOOD SHAVINGS For Poultry and Livestock Bedding CALL EXpress 4-5412 CONVENIENT SANITARY SERVICEABLE Deliveries Made Over Two Tons Trailer Load Prices, Bagged or Bulk HAROLD B. ZOOK 220 Lampeter Road Lancaster, Pa. When The Farmer A financial hand that Is he can alwajs get it hete. Whether you Farmers need money for a new tx actor, livestock, construction or whatever you require come in and see us. With winter coming on we may be able to work out Just what you need. You know we’ll be glad to give you a hand. ✓ Use Our Convenient DRIVE-IN WINDOW One-half block from Penn Square on South Queen Street Rear of Main Bank. “Serving Lancaster from Center Square since 1889” MILLERSVILLE BRANCH 302 N. GEORGE ST. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Maximum Insurance $lO,OOO per depositor a A U.S. Per-Cow Milk u cs? eds a Hand V FREE PARKING 25 S Queen Street— Swan Parking Lot Vine & S. Queen Sts. Stoner Parking Lot S W Corner Vine & Queen Sts. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 20, 1958—7 Yule Party Ends Soc. Farm Women’s Society No. Mrs Margie Shelly deliver -2 observed the annual Christ ed the Scripture reading and mas party at Penryn Fire the group sang Christmas Hall, Saturday afternoon, carols with Mrs John Dourte, vice With the roll call, each president, in charge of the member received the Soc program. iety’s 1959 Year Book with Keep Your Christmas Tree Fresh About 40 million Christmas trees now are used an nually in the United States. Of these trees, about 28 million are produced in the U. S., and 12 million are imported from Canada. The majority of Christmas trees marketed are, Douglas fir Balsam fir. Black spruce, Eastern Red cedar, Scotch pine, Norway spruce, Red pine. Eastern White pine, and Red spruce. How to treat the Christmas tree to make it fire-resist ant is a question that comes frequently to State extension foresters and to the U. S. Department of Agriculture every December. The answer Is: Buy a fresh tree and see that it has en ough water to keep fresh. Many chemicals have been tried for fire-proofing trees Even substances like sugar, aspirin or fruit acids have been used in water for this purpose. None has proven as effective a s plain water, which keeps the tree natural ly moist and thus resistant to flame. Some solutions tested for fire-proofing have had the opposite effect be cause the trees, unable to absorb them, have become dry and flammable, and flammable. 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Magnavox Stereophonic High Fidelity is priced as low as $149.50 CLICK'S AUDIO SALES PLACE CHRISTMAS ORDERS NOWI No. 2 Year sales lot. Keep it fresh by keeping it in water. Early shopping also offers more opportunity to select the size, shape and kind of tree you want. If the tree is fresh, the needles will feel moist as you run your hand over the boughs. If needles fall when you move or shake the tree, it a 1 ready is dry and probab ly no longer able to absorb water. As soon as the tree comes home, throw cold water all over it Then cut off the butt end about an inch slantwise to open pores for drawing up water. Set the tree in water. Keep it cool and shaded until it comes indoors for trim ming Good location for a Christmas tree is in the cool part of the room, away from rad'ators, hoarthfires, TV sets or other source of heat. The lighter the load in your automatic clothes dry er, the more wrinkle-free your wash wTI be, states Miss Helen Bell, Penn State ex tension home management specialist. It’s a good idea to put no more than two doub le cotton sheets at a time in the dryer with other smaller articles The I'ght load will give the sheets a chance to tumble freely and fluff the wrinkles out. an enclosed photo from Mrs, John Snavely, society presi dent, who is in the hospital. Officers’ and committee re ports were followed by a vote to offer donations to the Muscular Dystrophy, Multi ple Sclerosis and Infantile Paralyses Foundations. Mrs Ronald Gordley and Mrs Henry Hess were selec ted as delegates to the State Farm Women Society con vention in Harrisburg m Jan uary. Mrs. Fred Hahn arm Mrs. Earl Petticoffer were named as alternates The annual society ban quet was scheduled for Jan. 10, 1958 in Rosetown restau rant, Manheim and a com mittee of six named to super vise it. Wheel-Track Planting Saves $5 Per Acre A recent Unfv of Minn, report says that 1,400 farm ers in that state saved nearly $200,000 this year by plan ting their com in tractor tra cks directly on freshly plow ed soil, a practice commonly known as wheel-track plan ting. Since the method nates all d'sking and harrow ing normally required on com ground, and one or two cultivations due to scant weed growth between rows— M nn. soils men estimate the practice saves $5 per acre in equipment costs and labor. Even more important, they claim, is the fact it protects soil structure Moreover, tests and crop yeld reports have shown repeatedly that yields from wheel-track plan ting are as high as when com, is planted by the more com mon method in that state. Canadian Feeder Cattle Sales Up The Foreign Agricultural Service reports that sales of feeder cattle were up sharp ly m Canada during October of this year. Lloyd M. BURKHOLDER Gliick ifTV Hatchery jd Red or While f . Vantress Cross P**** fn White leghorns 8k R-B Bed Cross U. S. Approved Pullorum Clean *• Call RE 3-0613 R. D. 1. EPHRATA: PA. 1 Mi. NE of Clay on Stevens Hd May your Christmas candle h'ght a world of peace L. H. BRUBAKER LITITZ LANCASTER
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