10—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday,- February 18, 19B>
Best Food Buys
Lent Influences Food Promotions
. The Lenten Season, which
began on Wednesday of this
week, promises to exert con
siderable influence on retail
foodmarket activities in the
weeks ahead, observes Tom
Piper, Penn State Extension
Marketing Agent Being a
rare of the Lenten restnet
jns observed by some fami
lies, many retailers will de
velop store features around
foods appropriate to the sea
son.
Traditionally, this is the
period during which the sal
es of fishery products arc at
their annual peak. The fish
ing industry plans a concen
trated sales promotion th
roughout the Lenten Season
to further stimulate consu
mer purchases* Crab meat
• Shrimp
trroin page 9
electric mixer or rotary beat
er, beat cheese until smooth.
Add remaining ingredients;
beat just until smooth Over
heating will make dip cuo
thin) Chill. Serve as a dip
with crackers, potato chips,
or corn chips, etc Makes
1 1 'z cups
CHOCOLATE
CHERRY SQUARES
1 cup rolled oats, quick or
old-fashioned
ij cup sifted enriched
flour
y o cup brown sugar
V> cup butter or margarine
13 cherries
6 ounces (6 -squares) semi
sweet chocolate, melted
Heat oven to moderate
(350 degrees). Combine oats
flour and brown sugar Cut
in butter until mixture re
sembles coarse crumbs. Press
into ungreased 8-inch square
pan. Bake in preheated oven
15 to 20 minutes. While
warm, cut into 25 squares.
Melt chocolate over very
low heat, (may use double
boiler). Cut cherries in half
drain well. Place squares on
waxed paper; put half cher
ry on each; top„with 1 tea
spoon melted chocolate Re
frigerate Makes 25 squares
* * *
TOASTED PECANS
3 tablespoons margarine
2 cups pecan
Salt
Heat oven to moderate
(350 degrees). Melt marga
rine in a shallow baking
pan Add pecans 'and stir un
til coated with melted
margarine. Place in oven
lor about 12 to" 15 minutes
until lightly loaded Remove
from oven Cool pecans on
heavy brown '.paper Salt
lightly while still warm
FFA WEEK O
Feb. 18-25^^4^
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■ Use ■
| RAT KAKES! S
WHEELHORSE and
SIMPLICITY
Garden Tractors
Snavely's Farm Service
NEW HOLLAND EL4-2214
Miller
Construction Co.
Excavating, Bulldozing,
Pond building, land
clearing, Backhoe work,
and trenching.
Slrasburg, Pa. OV 7-G277
or Oxford 7-85J3
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continues as a good buy in
seafood, sharing this posi
tion with fish sticks and por
tions, sea bass, scallops, and
shrimp In the Chesapeake
market area.
Eggs and cheese are popu
lar substitutes for meat and
both items are *n plentiful
supply. Right now large size
eggs are the best buy and
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• Gets chicks on feed
quickly!
• Prevents “pasting* when
fed! first few hours!
'it's a “pepper-upper* for
growing birds and layers.
Joseph M.
LEOLA QUARRYVILLE
FORD PTO
MANURE SPREADERS
COMPARE, MATURE BY
FORD Oi¥iS
Rigid steel tax frame with
Penta treated wood box
Roller chain drives
Single lever control of 5 apron
speeds
Independent throw-out of
beaters or apron
■ Disc type friction overload
clutch
■ “No arch" design for easier
loading, less plugging
V Self-cleaning beater teeth and
replaceable paddle widespread
■ Quick attaching "Snap-on"
PTO coupling
GET THE LOW-COST DETAILS TODAY!
Elizabethtown
Farmers Supply, Inc.
Elizabethtown
Phone EM 7-1341
Haverstick Bros.
Columbia Pike, Lancaster
Phone EX 2-5722
Sander Bros.
New Holland
Phone EL 4-8721
the cost'per serving is lMv:--side. 3 ■ arriving from
A wide variety of meat f6a-" Somewhat lower" prices od condition and arereason
tores is expected hut at g&i- may be noted On tomatoes, ably, priced. Shipments of
erally Unchanged price le- lettuce, sweet com, broccoli green onions from Texas and
vels.' Lamb, turkey, ham ahd radishes, and leafy vegetabl- Arizona and xmmarta from
certain beef cuts are eligible es. Higher prices are In the greenhouses of Ohio may
for this consideration. store for gre'en beans, ahd add a touch of spring to
Bananas cohtmue in the cucumbers;'no change likely your wintev £ or
value spotlight at the pro- on potatoes, carrots, peppers, a good
duce counter The grapefruit i onions, and cabbage. located at the meat counter
market continues Vine-ripened tomatoes are in most markets.
with fruit being of good qua
lity and peak flavor. Orange
prices continue firm
Some early strawberries
are arriving from Florida
but prices are on the high
7 Weeks
Feed RED COMB CHICK STARTER,
for strong yellow shanks, rapid feath
ering and quick
Charge M RED COMB GRO./ER.
RED COMB SCRATCH or your own
grams “free Choice"
This combination
produces sturdy
frames and healthy
bodies for top egg
producers, and
quality fryers
Gel your supply of RED COMB «l
Good & Sons
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MORE!
YOU
Conestoga
Farm Service
Park Ave., Quarryville
Phone ST €-2597
Allen H. Mate
Denver
Phone AH 7-SSO2
GET BETTER PROFITS
FROM YOUR LAYERS!
Feed
Poultry Booster Pellets
Red Rose Poultry Booster Pellets supply concern
trated antibiotics to individual birds temporarily on
feed and help speed their return to profitable egg pro
duction Chese pellets" reduce absenteeism on the nest,
extend the laying season and maintain maximum ra.c
ol lay. Feed five pounds daily per 100 hens to pro
v.de high protein levels to step up production. Trj
them! /
A. S. Groff
118 N. Queen. Lancaster. Pa.
Chas. E. Sauder & Sons
R. D. 2. East Earl, Pa.
E. Musser Heisey Musser's
R. D. 2. Mount Joy. Pa. The Buck. B. D, 1.
Quarry-rule, Pa.
Ammon E. Shelly J. C. Walker & Co*
R D. 2 L : .ti'z, Pa. . Gap, Pa.
FFA WEEK FEB. 18*25