bee Pictures ;■ , < Tillss Connie Nissley, an ex change student to Germany shoved slides and spoke of her experiences abroad at a recent meeting of Society of Farm Women 6 in the home Of Miss Ella Hiestand, Elizabethtown. A contribution was voted to the Lancaster County Unit of the American Cancer Society. Plans were made for mem bers to serve a dinner at Wye th Laboratories next Wednes day. Cancer pads will be made in the .home of Mrs. M, F. Eb erly on Monday. 1 Devotions were led by Bar bara Eberly and roll call was by members naming a favorite hymn. Mrs. Murial Saylor, president, was in char ge of the meeting. ' ' ■Reffeshments in the Saint Patrick's Day theme were serv fed. by the" hostess, Maria Def ier and Eara Meyer. JT 6 * 1 . 20 Farm Women 22 Host Husbands Addg Member 'Society of Farm Women 20 recently held a party for hus- Mrs. Earl Huber, Conestoga bands of members in the home Rl, was accepted as a new of Mrs. Herbert Mowery, Ox- member by Farm Women So ford R. D. The last meeting ciety 22 at a recent meeting in of the group was also held in the home of Mrs. Robeit the Mowery home last week Brooks, 505 Lampeter Road. The society voted a dona- Co-hostess for the meeting tion to the Lancaster County was Mrs. John Shenk. Mem unit of the American Cancer hers responded to roll call Society, with “The Origin of Our An- Members voted to join with cestors”. society 19 -for a visit to the Members made plans to en- Laneaster County Home on tertain their husbands at a MarSh' lfi. " ' progressive party on April 27. Devotions were conducted by The society gave $5 each to Mrs,... Mowery, Mrs. William Lancaster County Unit, Amen- Crawford, Sr. was Co-hostess' can Cancer.ans Lan and %Ifs'. Joseph Best, presi- caster Conaty .'SdJiiSty for dent, presided. re- Crippled tMldren"and Adults, sponded to roil call with “A. _ Society 5. "Will entertain So- Teleylsion Personality I Would c «i'lty r af "l:"30 p.m. Satur- Litfe'fTo “Meet". '/„ ~, in Union Hall, The state secretory of Fanil , Sjr 1 Women, Mrs. Leroy 'Bruce, The vmext meeting wiU be Chester County, was a guest, held at i:3O pm. Tuesday, Richard Hamp, a member of April 9, in the home of Mrs Lancaster Fencibles, and Mrs. R- Eugene Bare, Bird-m-Hand Hamp, a member of the Patriot Rl, when Mrs. Paul Miller will Daughters, appeared in their serve as co-hostess, uniforms and showed slides. i ™ * leetl “ g , wlll be Thomas Ferguson, Kirkwood held at 1.45 pm. Wednesday, R D Co . hoste ss will be Mrs. April 3, in the home of Mis. Blam Hesg> CUSTOM MADE STEEL GATES ALL WELDED CONSTRUCTION Featuring a safety bolt latch Why buy a wooden gate when steel is just as cheap. Frey Bros. Quarryville, B. D. #3 Phone ST 0-2285 I * * * *■ - * *■ if ELECTRIC FENCERS! A Fence Tester Is Supplied Free Eastern States Model 50 Fencer - Purchased During March 18 Thru March 30 BJSST ,FQOD BUYS Egg Mrath Promdtes Good Buys March has been proclaimed National Egg Month and econ omy-minded foodshoppers are alerted to the tact that egg production is at a seasonal peak and prices very reasonable, re ports Tom Piper, Penn State Extension Marketing Agent. Based on price per pound, lar ge eggs are the best buy now. Eggs are versatile and can be served any styje from soft cooked to souftle, in combina tion with fish, meats, poultry, cheese, in cakes and other bak ed goods, and in coups, sauces and salads. Beef production on a week -10-week basis is running- about 5 per cent above 'a '-year ago. Wholesale prices are * -below those of a year ago and some further decline is expected,' es pecially on forequarter cuts. Retail price changes have lag- ged somewhat, reflecting m part the .tendency to hold^ri- For Each Eastern States Farmers Exchange, Inc. * , . -* « « . , i. i j_! J. ■ . . . | | . |, . . . . | . , . , . « . . i . . | . « i t « i rirk'-k-. tail prices fairly stable and to place major emhasis on total department and total store margins. „ Ham, bacon, sparenbs and pork chops join beef steaks and i oasts as good values at the meat counter. Recent pork pro duction has been about 7 per cent above a year ago, and will continue above a year ago through early spring. Large supplies of seafood are appear ing in local markets as weath er conditions have improved for fishing. Best buys in fresh vegetables include sweet potatoes, carrots, celery,* escarole, mush rooms, large Spanish-type on l ions, green bunched onions, cauliflower and potatoes. Low er prices will be noted on cab bage, peppers, asparagus and hothouse rhubarb. Demand for apples has been relatively good the past two weeks-, • and prices have been 'Steady to slightly firmer on good' fruit. Apples, pears, gra pefruit and bananas provide a limited section of fruit but at generally unchanged prices. Imported fruit is increasing in volume and will be a big fac tor through the next six or ei ght weeks. Farm Safety Program Set By Committee HARRISBURG Emphasis on farm and home safety needs to be on a year-round basis, State Agriculture Secretary Le land H Bull said today follow ing his appointment to the chairmanship of National Farm and Home Safety Week obser vance in Pennsylvania, July 21- 27. Secretary Bull said he was particularly interested in hav ing the program get off to an early start so that its influence may be felt during the “spring rush” season on the state’s fauns. He said farm accidents usua lly reach a peak in the rush of the haying and gram harvest season, and for that reason ob- servance of safety week in Ju ly comes at an appropriate time. But he reminded that ha zards to personal safety on the farm persist through the late summer and fall, and even dur ing the winter, while in the home there may be still less variation from season to season in the pattern of mishaps. He urged that concern for safety of self and others be ad opted as a personal, individual creed to be practiced day to day-and throughout the year. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Marcjh 16, 1963—ft Insecticides Are A Necessity State Potato Growers Are Told WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., It is “unthinkable” for farm ers to reduce efforts in control of plant insects and diseases by discarding modern methods of pest control as some have sug gested, the 300 members ot the 12th annual Pennsylvania Po tato Growers Institute weie "advised here recently. A representative of a Phila delphia agricultural chemical manufacturing company, Dr. E M. Swisher, said American farmers every year lose f 3 million of agricultural crops and produce alone, and a simi lar amount to plant diseases and fungi, and again to weeds. “If we simply let nature take its course, nature would ‘take’ us, let there be no mistaken ideas about that,” he said. Before a new agricultural chemical is offered commer cially it is studied and restudi ed, Dr. Swisher explained. “When a final selection is made, toxicity studies must be conducted to provide assurance that it will be sate to the Secretary Bull invited all farm and other interested or ganizations to join in promot ing safety to reduce to a min imum all kinds of accidents and thus help to eliminate th eir attendant toll in human su ffering and grief and in econ omic losses. He was named state safety chairman by the Pennsylvania Rural Safety Council of which Robert L Arnold, Harrisburg, is president. Serving with him on the statewide committee will be Dr. Herbert Cole, Jr., of the Pennsylvania State XJm- For INFORMATION on 9 PROTEIN BLOCKS tiSM MINERALBLOCKS IP 33}$ lbs. s„ Yaur Ucal FmJ DtaUr nr Writ* 60 lb9 * O. W. Mejer Dabs., Napoleon, Ohio grower and safe to the ulti mate food consumer,” the speaker said. The pesticide in dustry is keenly aware ot its responsibilities in this regard, he added. His remarks were directed largely toward con trol of late blight of potatoes which in some years is a serious threat to the Penn sylvania $l7 miilian potato in dustry. A gioup of Penn State Uni versity agricultural extension specialists gave their recom mendations on the use ot chemicals for insect, disease and weed control on potatoes for the 1963 season. Speakers were Elmer C. Pifer, agrono mist, Dr C. P. Taylor, plant pathologist, and J. O. Pepper, entomologist. Potato growers should have potato field soil run through laboratory tests at Penn State to determine accurate fertility requirements, said Dr. A. S. Hunter, Penn State department of agronomy. versity, and Mrs. Ralph L. Smith, Miller&town, RD 1. Arnold pledged the council's full support for a -vigorous campaign in which safety is to be emphasized in all activities, partieulaily through education al programs. Carson F. Mertz, specialist in farm and home safety in the Department of Public Instruction, will be co ordinator of the program. Dairying involves about one fifth of the U.S. agricultural economy. Certified Seed Oats Gary Russel Clintland Clinton REIST SEED COMPANY Mount Joy, Pa. Quality Seeds since 1925
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