WEEDS.AND HONEYSUCKLE were a big problem in
evergreen plantations on the Joseph Lesley farm’until
brought in the sheep. Sheep keep the weeds and vines
check but do not destroy the cone bearing trees. Much
the farm is too steep for most types,of farming Christ
trees provide a crop and help hold the soil.
rUx.'efmae Tmoc young trees must be sheared
V-nnsrmas 1 „ r . eei to* give them a desirable
(From page 6) shape and density, and the
in Poultry Husbandry, honeysuckle vines have to be
now a partner in the controlled,
iness, has moved his w.fe Part of the job of weed
two children into a new control on the Lesley farm
overlooking the ever- is ‘taken by the flock of sheep
n plantation and the grazing among the trees. The
sheep eat the weeds and the
wo other children are honeysuckle, but with very
t of the partnership, few exceptions do not dam
i and his sister Mary Lou age the conifers,
students at Solanco High About Thanksgiving time,
>ol Sem, a senior, when the Lesleys began cutting
enrolls' in college this trees at the rate of 250 to
will follow his flair for 300 trees every day. They
;ing, inherited from his wholesale many of the trees
ler, a part time teacher to dealers in suburban Phila-
English, and his love of delphia and have two retell
outdoors, handed down out’est besides the farm,
his forester father. We mll have about 600
instmas tree production customers come to the farm
year-round busmess, al- every Sunday for several
igh it does have its busy weeks before Christmas, Jos
.ions New plantings must eph Lesley said,
made in the spring, the We handle a few Canadian
ITS
Can
WE REPEATEDLY GET LAYING FLOCK
month operation (floor)
12
Four pounds feed used per doz.
eggs produced.
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Some not quite so good.
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• Weather
• And a lot of other factors are involved
Savings in food expendi
ture's this week will be larg
est for those shoppers who
plan the menu carefully and
exercise good buying habits
Weather conditions and
widely ranging prices at the
wholesale level are largely
responsible for a cutback in
retail food values, reports
Tom Piper, Penn State Ex
tension Marketing Agent.
Poultry is in good supply
at this time of year when de
mand is usually weaker.
With good supplies avai'able,
look for fryers and stewing
chickens to be in the good
buy category. Store specials
will make them even more
attractive.
—L.F. Photo
Forequarter beef and fresh
pork items, namely fresh
picnics and loin cuts, will
trees because there are a few
customers who want Balsam
fir and our climate is too
warm and dry, so we hav r
to ship in' wild Canadia
trees. Over 90 percent of th
Christmas trees in Pennsy
vania come from plantation?
but the Canadian trees arc
from natural forests, Lesley
said.
We would like to sell only
our own trees in a few
years, he said If that is an
other dream, you can be sure
that the Lesleys’ will waste
no time in making it come
true.
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Good Shoppers
be featured at attractive pri
ces in many meat displays.
Pork chops will be display
ed in various size assort
ments for your selection.
The price per pound will us
ually adjust with the pro
portion of meat to bone of
fered in each case Chuck
roasts of beef and shoulder
cuts of lamb will wear at
tractive price tags.
The weather man has a
gain entered the produce pic
ture just as reports from Ar
izona and California had in
dicated one of the best let
tuce crops in years. Freezing
temperatures in these grow
ing areas have resulted in
considerable loss and will be
reflected in higher lettuce
prices The arrival of heavy
snow is expected to termin
ate the cau’iflower harvest
on Long Island, boosting
prices on this item.
Firm prices persist for
fresh fruits as supplies are
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Large size apples are in
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FALL CHICKS PAY
Price spread between med
ium and large egg prices fti
the spring may be as little as
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m the fall.
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