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—’Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 5,1970
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Xfake the bathroom meny this Christmas with its own festive set
of tissue covers. The two covers are made of red felt, appliqacd with
green and white holly leaves. The set is turned on by stars, sequins
and gold metalic rick rack. Together, the tissure topper and box
cover are suie to be big sellers at a holiday bazaar. Free instruc
tions aie available by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope
to this newspaper along with your request for Leaflet PPE 1687.
Eastern Co-Op Holds
6th Annual 4-H Tour
Eastern Milk Producers Co- loof in the woild, the 4-H
operative Association, Syracuse, youths observed the judging of
New York, recently sponsored hundreds of the finest dairy
. , , ‘ , , cattle on the North American
its sixth annual 4-H winter tour con tment
to the Royal Agricultural Win-
ter Fair in Toronto, Canada as . ™ ere many other ex
hibits and displays, both agri
part of its encouragement to cultmal and commercial, which
farm youth program. were taken in by the youngs
ters at the exposition.
This year, for the first time, a
group of 33 4-H’ers from Penn
sylvania joined the tour along
with the usual bus load from
New York State. Because of the
success of the trip last year.
Eastern’s board of directors de
cided to expand the program to
benefit more young people in
terested in cattle judging.
The entire group attended
the Royal Horse Show on No
vember 17, and witnessed some
of the finest horses in the world
compete in various classes.
On November 18 at the Royal
Winter Fair, which is the laig
est agricultural fair under one
Chaperones on the tour in
cluded: Mr and Mrs. Alfred
Wanner, Narvon, Mr and Mrs.
Duane Duncan, Carlisle, and
Carl Miller, Kutztown Mr. Wan
ner is a member of Eastern’s
board of directors.
4-H members from Pennsyl
vania included Davis Herbert,
Kutztown; Raelene Harbold,
Elizabethtown, Kenneth Bom
gaidner, Annville; Sue Kauff
man, Elizabethtown; Scott
Whiteford, New Oxford; Alan
Zepp, New Oxford, and Steve
Cornman, Mechanicsburg
Potato Grade Standards Revised
The U S. Department of Ag
riculture recently announced a
revision of the U S grade stan
dards for potatoes that should
help improve the quality of po
tatoes marketed for retail sale.
USDA’s Consumer and Mar
keting Service said that the
main changes in the revised
standards are that they reduce
the percentage of defects allow
ed and tighten requirements for
cleanness in potatoes marketed
under the U. S. grade standards.
C&MS officials said the revi
sion is being adopted after
careful study of more than 650
letters of comment received. Of
the letters received, about 45
percent were from consumers
and 55 percent from potato
growers and shippers and or
ganizations representing grow
ers and shippers.
The change in minimum size
of potatoes for U S. No. 1
grade, and several other pro
posed changes, are not includ
ed in the revised standards
because of the preponderance
of, unfavorable comments re
ceived However, minimum and
maximum sizes are provided for
packers who wish to use such
Huge Silver Deposit
The greatest silver deposit of
all time is Cerro Potosi in Boli
via, discovered in 1544. mis
conical volcanic peak is said to
have had two billion ounces of
sliver taken from it and some
is there yet.
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size designations as “Medium ’ voluntary. Many potatoes are
or “Large.” marketed under the U. S. grade
C&MS officials believe the standards in both wholesale and
revision as adopted will en- retail trade.
courage maiketing of notatoes The revision is scheduled to
of better quality to meet con- be published in the Dec. ' 1
sumer demands, to the extent Federal Register and will be
consistent with the industry’s come effective Sept. 1, 1971.
ability to produce, pack, and Copies of the revised standards
market potatoes at a reasonable may be obtained from the Fruit
price and Vegetable’ Division, Con-
Use of the U S. grade stand- sumer and -Marketing Service,
ards and the fee-for-service Fed- U. S. Department ‘ of Agricul
eral-State inspection program is ture, Washington, DC. 2C2sti
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