INSPECTING CUCUMBER PLANTS is Jay Stauffer, Lancaster R 2. Stauffer along with 38 other local farmers have tried raising cucumbers as a cash crop this year. Stauffer along with his father-in-law, Clyde K. Eshelman, have four acres of pickles planted soon ready to harvest. L. P. Photo AT FLEETWOOD • • • Buyers of WHEAT BARLEY OATS CORN ar s\. m Manufacturers of F. M. BROWN'S SONS INC BIRDSBORO • FLEETWOOD • SINKING SPRING Gram Elevator. Feed Warehouses & Flour Mill, Fleetwood. Pa. Modern Mechanized Facilities To Serve You Faster . . . # Formers Show (Continued from Page 1) tween the company and local farmer said. "I feel th.s is a cash ci op that can fit into a lot of faim piogiams Haivesl time is dm mg July and \iuust when the children aie out of school. N'o extra equipment is needed and less than $lOO per acie of investment is needed up to hal ves! time.’’ Jay Stauffer, a giovvoi West of Lancastei, also thought the cucumhei ciop could icplace to matoes as a cash ciop "It is a high feit.hty ciop that we can glow here in our good soil,” he said "With the decreasing tobac co and tomato acieage this might be a leplacement ” Stauffei who ope ales 400 aci es in paitneiship with his fathei in law Clyde Eshelman, has not stalled to OiCk ms foui acies jet They were planted latei and aie just showing small pickles and blossoms But it wouldn t be long since they sometimes grow an inch in a day Foi farmeis in the Inteicomse area where most of the aci es ai e planted, harvest started July 3 The average yield is expected to be from 400 to 500 busnels per acre. A few farmei s have ah eady snipped moie than 150 bushels Current cash price is SI 20 for A Wt V *4%/ K * • 50 ft. Dial Scale • 50 ft. Truck Dump • 1000 bu. Dumping Pit How Does The Housewife Shop? "The housewife ctiuunly doesn't shop like most egg men tnmk she does." commented Pal Myles. PENB's Diiecloi of Home Economies after reviewing a super market dauy depaitment analysis published by Pm duo L mveisily \ detailed customei tiafTic study was made by the peisoimol lepiesenting the stoie. the dauy supplier and the egg supphei. Customei shopping paths weie chailed, place of pin chase indi cated time studies uin, purchas es checked and customei s de su ibeJ The study showed that the cus tomer shopped an aveiage of 115 minutes—and the majonty shopped less than 10 minutes Eighty-thiee percent of the shop pers did not have shopping lists. Those without lists spent 30c mcie than the aveiage of S 8 25 Most of the shoppeis (42 r c) weie women alone When two a 50 pound bushel or $4B 00 per ton The largest growei in this fiist year is Bail Nolt, East Earl R 1 with five acres. The smallest growei has one-fourth acre. Xs/ 9 m Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12. KM-t) women shopped togethei they each spent an aveiage of 88e moic Men alone—obviously sent to the maiket—spent less than half the aveiage (5384) The big spender (aveiage S 1381) weie the man-wife combinations. And. as most men might might leeogmze, the “cheapest spend er” weie a man and child (SI 21) The dauy depaitment—wheie the eggs weie located—was stud ied In gieat detail Heie the average shoppei spent an aver age of 74 seconds— neailv 10% of hei shopping time Dining that 74 seconds she selected mer chandise avciagmg $ll7 But if theie weie two women together they aveiaged neaily twice as much (S 2 18) The placement of pioducts in the dany case also seemed to influence sales Oi at least, items were not selected fiom all levels equally The bottom bin, which includ ed milk, eggs, margarine and biscuits, accounted for 667 c of sales by items The thud (01 next to lower shelf) accounted for 21% of sales This may have been due to the fact that cottage cheese, some milk, and margar ine were also displayed in this position These three, plus eggs, are classified as “power” or “de mand items” by the retailer The second and top shelves accounted for only 7% and 6%, respective ly, of item sales. “It is also inteiesting to note that the retailer had milk, eggs and maigaune all displayed to gether This is a violation of good self-sei vice strategy While some milk and maiganne were displayed up out of the bin, this was only a beginning of using the nbbon or veitical display technique which inci eases sales. 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