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Eggs With Built-In Maid Service
And now you can buy eggs in
plastic!
We wonder what Grandpa would
have thought of a store that carried
cooked eggs in a plastic wrapper.
_ Grandpa’s chickens lived a catch
as-catch-can existence most of the year
living like wild birds more than do
mesticated livestock. And in the spring,
when Grandma could find a hen’s nest
before the incubation process had pro-
gressed too far, Grandpa was likely to
have eggs and bacon for breakfast. If
she found a couple of nests, there
might be a dozen eggs to tote to the
store. There they could be exchanged
' for salt, sugar and -spices. The grocer
would put them in a big basket behind
the stove, but where'they went frorrf*
there was sort of a mystery. -
Well, it wasn’t long before the,
towns began to grow, and the merchant
’and banker wanted eggs for breakfast in
. the summer and fall and evert in the
winter. And furthermore, they -began
to demand that the eggs smell like
eggs when they were broken out.
So the hens moved indoors and the
eggs got hunted every day. They some
times went to the store as often as once
every week, and Mother learned that
the celler was a better place to store
them than behind the stove as Grandma
had done. But the eggs still rode to the
store in a basket and never saw a case
until the store keeper packed them for
shipment to the city. Sometimes sever
al weeks passed before the eggs ever
got to the breakfast plate, and even
with the improved handling, many of
them left something to be desired.
Now production is almost com
pletely automated. The “hunting” is
done many times a day by pushing a
button and watching the eggs roll into
- the- refrigerated packing room. They
may reach the consumer twodays later
as Afresh as the hen can make them.
All the housewife has to do is
crack the sanatized shell and fry up a
“country fresh egg” any day of the
year
Now, we have taken it a step
farther.
Now Mrs. America can serve an egg
sandwich to her family without even
soiling her hands or running the risk
of spoiling her manicure on egg shells.
She can go to the store (in some areas)
and buy her eggs already cooked and
ready for slicing. They even come
mixed with bacon or cheese.
We just can’t help wondering
what Grandpa would have thought of
all this built-in maid service we can buy
in "the stores today.
that’s all.
Well, he just wouldn’t believe it
At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
Co Holstein
Ass’n. Elects
Everett Newswanger, Kmzer,
•was elected president of the
Lancaster County Holstein. As
sociation at a recent reorgani
zation meeting of the board of
directors.
Other officers elected were
When fruit trees are dorm- To Control Household Ants
ant, they may be safely pruned Even -during -the muter
for next year’s -crop el, fr,uit. months we " often find 9,* lew
One of the best times to do black or red ants anyplace
Established November 4, thlS ’ “ tlm ® .' W 0 d TT permit ’ where there is food or tied.
1 t, r - Pll .. , would be, next March. However, These small insects usually
1950. Published every Satur- mos t orchard men will not have have their nests outside-' the
Book, news reporter; Ever- day by Lancaster-Parming, Lit- enough labor supply to wait house agd travel back and
ett Kreider, Quarryville Rl, ° ffices: .. ltz - Pa - untll March for this pruning tortt ' w ' e suggest that home
milk market representative; ?? E ' Main work. Anytime between Decern- owners use -chlordane dust or
John, Manheim IRI, sales Lltltz ’ Pa. Entered as 2-nd class matter her Ist and Aipril Ist wild be S p ray - along baseboards, wm
representabiye- Arthur^ Winger, Phone - Lancaster . L , slw at Lititz, Pa. under Act of satls^a< '*- or^- _ spread dowsills, and around -winks,
Mai&tefiidairy herd inT- ’ 394-^3047^0r J 4 1 March 8, 1879. ~ labor dezpand-and give_ yin- drains, and other areas o'f'juois
proyement association director, Lititz 626-2191 t i fS- ' etopJoyment of the ture or food. A few treatß&nts
and‘*fsivs:&* Hess Jr., StraslJurg* ' ' ,l '* ' * ' men. Home-owners with only a throughout the year
Roy H. Book, Ronks Rl, vice
president; Donald S Eby, Gor
donville Rl, secretary, and
Daniel L. Mai tin, Manheim Rl.
Other association appoint
ments were;
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He said it himself, “Ask not what
your country can do for you, but what
you can do for your country.”
Just less than three short years
ago the star of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
blazed bright in the American sky, and
now it is no more.
Whatever history may do to this
man whatever our feelings were
when he' directed the fortunes of this'
nation we can do no less than ask
what it is that we can now do for our
country.
We can do no less, than seek to
advance those good and right things to
which he devoted his life and "to which
he sacrificed himself.
We can do no less than seek to
root out of our national life the hate,
and bigotry, and greed, which fused to
gether to produce the ghastly deed and
leave the nation in mourning.
We can do no less than dedicate
ourselves to the task of making of this
nation a repository of the highest ideals
embodied in the philosophy of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-fifth presi
dent of the United States of America.
He asked, “What can I-do?” Thejiation
demanded that he give his life and he
gave it. Now the nation mourns.
We can not mourn forever. We can
not turn back the hands of time. We
can only ask, “What can we do for our
country?”
' At least that’s how it looks from
where we stand.
Mull This- One Isn’t one of the
great sources of world trouble that the
uninformed are so sure about things
and the informed are so full of doubts.
Teen-Age Boy Heavy Eater A
teen-age boy costs more to feed thgn
any other member of the family. A
survey shows the expense at about
$11.40 a week for a moderate cost
balanced diet for a youth 16 to 19 years
old, $1.60 more than calculated for the
13 to 15 age bracket. The top food bill
for girls comes in the 13 to 15 year
bracket, but it is only $8.90 a week.
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Capitalizing on Crime For 35
cents a head, tourists can inspect the
British farmhouse used as a hideout by
a gang that robbed a mail train of $7.1
million. In Pecos, Tex., the home of
Billie Sol Estes, convicted of mortgage
manipulating, also goes on display. The
tab: $5 a carload, or $2O if pictures
are taken.
• Capon Club
(Continued from Page 1)
was William Wright, Bam
bndge, a tirst year club mem
ber. Third place went to Don
ald Miller, Elizabethtown R 1
Last yeai’s winner, Larry
Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County’s Own, Farm
Weekly
P. O. Box 1524
Lancaster, Penna.
P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa.
★ ★ ★ ★
John F. Kennedy
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Brubaker, Elizabethtown R 3,
tied for fourth place-with Joe
Wivell.
To* Keep Concrete Floors Dry
Wet concrete is slippery and dangerous
to man and beast, in the milk house wet
Members of the Mount Joy floors are unsafe to the farmer and all work-
Rotary Club, sponsors of the ers; in many cases this is caused (by the lack of under-ground
roundup purchased all exhibit drains, and the wash water is allowed to run out on, the con
birds. crete floor. With proper drains this moisture can be taken out
To Start Pruning Orchard until next March
Jack Owen, Editor
Robert G. Campbell,
Advertising Director
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Giving Enriches
Lesion for December 1,1963
Bible Material: II Corinthian* 8 thiough
Devotional Readings II Coiinthians 8 8-
READERS OF the book of Acts
will remember the interesting
financial experiment that was car
ried on there in the early days
after Pentecost. All .possessions
were placed in a common fund and
were distributed to all, in propor
tion to their needs.
As an expression
of unselfish Chris
tian love, thjs-was
admirable. As a
permanent way of
life, it was bound
to fail, because
while the plan
managed distribu-
Dr. Foreman made no provision
for production. So when the pooled
gifts were all used up, there was
nothing left but starvation—un
less someone came to their rescue.
Offaring-for tha.sainfs
This was where the Corinthian
church came in. Paul knew that
there were serious differences be
tween East and West in the church
of that time, and knew also that
one cure for this would be for the
wealthier churches to help the
poorer ones. He called 'this the
“offering for the saints,” meaning
the Christians in Jerusalem. (He
speaks of this offering also in
Homans 15:25-33.) Now Paul
speaks about this in an unusual
way. Most people, if asked, “What
good will this offering do?” will be
gin to tell you what good it will do
those that are to receive it. Paul on r
the contrary speaks most enthu
siastically about what the offering
will do for those who give it. There
is nothing here suggesting the spir
it of some money-raisers: "Well, I
know money is an unpleasant sub
ject, and I hate to pass the hat.
But this congregation has been
given this quota by the Bishop and
we’ve just got to pay our share if
it kills us. Besides, remember that
every dollar you give means a dol
lar more in deductions when you
pay your income tax. So folks,
give till it hurts!!”
Now Is The
MAX SMITH
of the imilk house and the floor will be dry a larger part of the
time.
-his many expressions, all 'to‘the
same point: “reapbouhtifully-. 4
a cheerful giver (the
'means hilarious, gay) . . . every
blessing in abundance, abun*
dance for every good work . . T
multiply your resources ...sen*
riched in every way... service tq
God ... the surpassing grace of
God in you.” (And these are not
all.) Now Paul does not promise
these people that after they havq
given to the distressed brothers id
Jerusalem, their salaries are going
to be raised, or that they will find
hidden treasure in a field. He doef
not promise them any money ad*
vantage or benefit whatever. If he
did, then giving would not be gw
ing; it would be only another'
financial investment. Invest iq!
bonds, Invest in charity, what’s the
difference? That is not Paul’s vieW
•at all. This giving is-a way of
translating'money (whiehisnot
spiritual at all, and in fact a greai
temptation) into spiritual'blessi
ings. Givers, he says in effect, will
be happier and better people after*
wards. (Not that Paul thought of
this as one once-in-a-lifetimf
spasm of generosity! It was rather
a habit he hoped thev .would
form.)
Spiritual blessings
Now the land of happiness aihf
satisfaction of which Paul speaks
is not to be recognized by just any
one. If, to your mind, nothing ii
real except What can be eatenJ
drunk or sold for cash, then of
course such things as happiness,
and the grace of .'God are jua|
words. But if you know how rea|
the joy of serving God is, you caaii
experience the joys of generosity^
Now some one may complaiqi
that all this is a little hazy. How
can you prove to me, beforehand;
that God will-bless' me if I an;
generous? And how can I prove to 1
any one that God has blessed me?,
The answer to that objection is
two answers, really. Dne is that]
you can’t demonstrate beforehand
that you will be a happlei^and l
better person as your generosity,
—by contagion from Cjhrlst’f,
own outflowing heart—in abases
through a lifetime. ¥ou bale tq'
find that out for yourself. And as|
for laying out spiritual blessingoj
for others to look at, as you might
display a collection of coins, wq
must remember what. Jesus.said: I
“When you give alms, do .not let
your left hand know what your
right hand is doing, so that your
alms may be in secret.” (Matt.
6:34.) Pride in giving spoils it all.
(Sued on ontlmca copyrighted by tha
Diviuon of Christian Education, National
Council of tha Church** of Chriat in tha'
U. S. A. Bolaaiod by Community Frost
Ssrrlcs.)
tion very well, it
BY MAX SMITH
To Mulch Strawberries
Just before the ground freezes for the
winter it is recommended that strawberry
growers protect their plants with a mulch;
this may be straw, hay, or corn cobs. The -Ob
jective is to prevent the constant freezing
and thawing of''the soil around the roots, of
the plant, when this happens the roots are
heaved out of the ground and winter injury
is experienced. From two to four inches of
the mul'ch is recommended over the entire
area.-
Time . . .