sf Service I s For Record inst Fires jrt isburg The Stata , s t Service is shooting ‘the host year in history” jts war against forest fires Pennsylvania. ,rest Protection Chief 5 Rowland reported today t “with any kind of luck can top our best year, ’56 ■ng 1961 ” 1956 there were 559 ~t fires in the state and z destioyed 6940 acres, far in 1361 there have 199 fires covering 1146 (Wland credited a snowy _er and a wet Spring for record so far, but said he “keeping his fingers cros ” as far as the Fall fire m is concerned We are deternrned to set icord in fire prevention”, added, “and we are going devote a lot of attention me of the prime causes of , fires in Pennsylvania— hunters. During the Fall : the last three years •e have been a total of forest fires and 429 of CONCRETE BLOCK Quality Durability Service New Holland Concrete Products NEW HOLLAND. PA. ELgin 4-2114 PROVED for extra safety NO MONEY DOWN WITH YOUR OID TIRiSI MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON GOODYEAR TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER NINO Handling lET D *JF Cl TET D C We G >ve LtDiLELI Ell d Grefn 61 Years 237-241 N. QUEEN ST., LANCASTER. PA. Trading Stamps ■ PHONE EX 7-5161 of FREE C ****** j y j| ACCEPTING I*HE 7 GRAND PRIZE of a stereophonic, high fidelity console are Mr and Mrs Clinton Rohrer, Lititz R 2. Making the presentation is Joel Habegger, manager of Eby’s and Hempfield Mills. Scene of the presentation was the “Appreciation Day Jamboree” staged by Eby’s mill, a dealer of Master Mix feeds for 20 years. An overflow crowd ol 1,500 customers and friends of the company turned out in Lititz Springs Park to share in the 66 prizes valued at $1,500 00 In addition to the grand prize, nine other elec trical appliances and two Yorkshire gilts were awarded as door prizes A chicken barbecue exhibits, movies and con tests for everyone were included in the program them —more than half—were caused by hunters. “Obviously, our hunters must feel some responsibility for the woodland upon which the wildlife they all want so badly depends WE’VE NEVER MADE A BETTER OFFERS k this arta y )L pnces "ever £t* er i “»«ig H 77 / We'll ermSAsl °»Ass,.2S Wei k!y istomer Parking Ai The Northern Lot . . At the Rear of Our Store < i * * Whi,e tf>e su PP!y ia st / iB%Ja N 2l Num ° t nylons c/ose-out of Goodyear’s f famous 3-T f Ny,on AH-Weafhers! / Americans Eat More Vegetables Americans today eat more vegetables on the average, per person, than their grand parents did 50 years ago, ac cording to a report issued today by the US. Depart ment of Agriculture. But the report indicates there was a shift in consumption away from fresh vegetables, which “I urge, therefore, that ev ery hunter take care while in the woods and cooperate in making widespread forest fires a thing of the past in Pennsylvania ” Patronize our advertisers •tfc.l v. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 2, 1961—7 have declined in use during in rural areas High income the half century. groups are larger consumer.- This decrease in the use 0 f vegetables than those of fresh vegetables has be- Wl th lower incomes, no offset by marked increases m consumption of processed Per capita consumption of vegetables during recent potatoes, sweetpotatoes, and years, the report shows dry beans and peas is much Vegetable consumption per ] e cg today than it was 50 capita is about 15 per cent y C q rs a g o But increased greater today than 50 years use 0 f potatoes in various a §° processed forms has halted V City householders are lar- the decline of consumption ger consumers of vegetables of this product in recent than rural dwellers, though years, and the processing of the difference is narrowing sweetpotato items has slow as commercial supplies be- ed a downward trend of the come more widely available past .years. * i] BIRD-IN-HAND i it A FLORIN ARE DESIGNED FOR YOU, THE COMMERCIAL Put Your Laying Flock On — k FLORIN EGG-PRODUCER TODAY AND GET THE FULL DETAILS. Wolgemuth Bros., Inc. by letting us spread your fertilizer and lime GRANULATED stone with our modern FERTILIZER equipment. FEEDS CROPS EVENLY RESULTING IN GREATER YIELDS ® BULK SPREADING SERVICE • SOIL TESTING SERVICE SMUCKER BROS. LAYING FEEDS POULTRYMEN WHO ARE STRIVING FOR; I. High Consistent Production 2. Superior Egg Quality 3. Excellent Feed Conversion 4. Low Cost FLORIN LA-MOR Call Mount Joy OL 3-2411 FLORIN, PENNA. SAVE TIME and MONEY 'T' r ~ Leola OL 6-2223 OR
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