Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 21, 1961, Image 10

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    10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 21', 1961
Best Food Buys
Fall Color Adds Appetite Appeal
Have you been admiring
the colorful scenery of our
Pennsylvania Countryside
and wishing vou could bring
some of those colors indoors
for use in home decorations'’
Wait no longer, says Tom
Piper, our Penn State'Ex
tension Marketing Agent,
because local markets have
ample supplies of Indian
coin, red and yellow apples,
pumpkins, squash and decor
ative gourds
Squash and pumpkins can
add qolor and zest to autumn
meals too The acorn and
butternut squash are in
plentiful supply and will add
pleasing variety to the menu.
Pick a pumpkin too, a small
one for pies or a large one
for a jack-o-lantern.
Plentiful apples—the Jona
than, Red and Golden Delic
ious, Winesap and Grimes
Golden varieties, top the
list of good fruit buys. Pric
es are about as low as ex
pected for the season be
cause storage costs are not a
factor at this early point
Mellow apples aie best held
at cool room temperature
until ready to eat Sweet ci
dei is an item in plentiful
supply too
Lower puces are in pros
pect for citrus as supplies in
crease from Florida Best
buys from the standpoint ot
consumer satisfaction would
include the red-fleshed grape
fruit, Navel oianges and the
Hamlin and Parson Brown
juice varieties Banana pric
es are up over last week
Early shipments of Emporer
grapes are beginning to re
place the dwindling Tokaj
variety. Theie are several
other varieties of table
grapes available at seasonal
low prices
Good vegetable buys in
clude cabbage, carrots, east
ern celery, repacked toma
toes, cucumbers, lettuce and
leafy greens Cauliflower, re
tarded by heat and hurricane
damage in early season, has
shown marked improvement
Spray Now
WITH
DIELDRIN
Hess Bros.
FLORIN. PA.
Ph. ML Joy OL 3-7195
The 1981
Random Sample
Results Are Coming In:
The Shaver
Starcross 288
WINS
The Western N. Y.
Test
SECOND
In the Wisconsin Test
THIRD
In the Missouri Test
In the Texas Test
SHAVER
Br *ISU»
Leghorn \ W
Farms, Inc. 1w
MOUNT JOY R. 1. PA.
Phone: OL 3-2455
and prices are reasonable
Potaoes continue as a very
good buy with wholesale
prices the lowest in many
years A big meeting in Hai
nsburg last week of over 100
grower representatives - from
all eastern states recommend
ed to government officials
that surplus purchases be
made for distribution to the
needy and for the school
lunch program, and that
quotas for limiting produc
tion should be studied before
next year.
Wholesale pork prices have
been moving steadily lower
for the past three weeks
This should provide some
lower retail prices in weeks
ahead Look for chuck
roasts of beef, fresh pork pic
nics and pork loins to ap-
PENN SQUARE
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4SI Penn Square, Reading, Pa.
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Address
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" LISTEN TO WCOY-COLUMBIA 1580 ON THE DIAL I
12:05 to 12:10 Daily For accurate up to minute data L
on stock prices.
Proper crop rotation, good farm machinery,
and every other method for making farming
more profitable has the hearty approval of our
management. Whenever we can loan you
money for some such purpose as this, come
in and give us an opportunity to do so.
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”
NELLERSVILLE BRANCH
Member Federal Denoslt Insurance Corporation
Maximum Insurance $lO,OOO per depositor
pear as promotional items
this week Turkeys and stew
ing hens are in seasonally
heavy supply and continue
as economical meat choices
Small and medium sized
eggs continue to rate a good
protein value
• Personnel
(From page 7)
was 4th place winner in the
State Plowing - 1956 - slh
place winner and 1957 mov
ed into second place
Herr graduated from the
Hershey high school and at
tended North Carolina State
College, Raleigh, N Carolina.
He will represent the firm* in
Lebanon, Berks and Lancast
er Coumy areas.
• Corn Plots
(From page 1)
heighth of stalk and resist
ance to stalk and root rot.
James Eakin, agronomist
from the Pennsylvania State
FR 5-4424
FREE PARKING
25 S. Queen Street—
Swan Parking Lot
Vine & S. Queen Sts.
Stoner Parking Lot
S. W. Corner Vine &
Queen Sts.
302 N. GEORGE ST.
University, will be at both
plots to explain the merits
of the hybrids as he has
seen them perform in various
demonstrations around the
state this fall He will also
answer questions on corn
growing
The first demonstration
will begin at 830 am on
Tuesday. October 28 on the
farm of Glenn Brubaker,
Lime Spring Farm, Running
Pump Road, between the
Marietta and Columbia
Pikes
At the same hour on the
following day, the second of
the two plots will be husked
on the farm of Glenn Wiss
ler, northeast of Clay on the
road to Gerlach’s store.
Hunting Boots
All Guaranteed Ist Quality!
Largest Selection Anywhere
At Super Low Prices!
SUPER SHOES
220 WEST KING STREET
OPEN EVERY NITE 'TILL 9 P. M,
INCLUDING SATURDAY NIGHT
FREE PARKING
‘•Bring your husking pegs
and give vis a hand m
tmg the plots ” Lueck invit
ed.
• Rice
(From page 91
ence,
The bloom will last
about 10 days or so, then tin.
red leaves—which many pco
pie think is the flower—wil,
fall off and the plant will a
gain become dormant
A poinsettia also drops iU
leaves if its roots are con
gested If the leaves of yoiu
plant are already falling, it
probably needs to be replant
ed in a larger pot.
ill Lace
in Insoles
;d Soles
Arches
ted
LANCASTER