24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 27,1971 Ida 5 Notebook Wintertime is vacation time to me There is not the pressure of planting seeds at the proper time, getting out into the gar den and weeding at the right tune, and then gathering the vegetables for freezing. As we have 16 summer cottages on our farm, I often feel like I’m working sur rounded by vacationers Others are swim ming and canoeing while I pick bushels of beans. Of course, they can be picked while wearing a bathing suit so I’ll be ready for a dip m the creek after the work is done So it is with a bit of reluctance that 1 get the seed catalog and 01 der a new supply of seeds. It is the stait of another flourish ing season, I hope It is an added burden when the crops must be continually water ed m ordei 10 S r °w d ß “g,j We Pennsylvania's lole in science «re very glad ior a good well J chnology The children like the expen- My husband started a blue- nients they can tn with various berry hedge several years ago kinds of telephones The plants aie now as tall as if you visit the museum, be he and in summer have clumps s ure to see the floor on natural of berries the size of a dime history The birds and mam- They need an acid soil and so mals are shown in their natural he uses lots oi sawdust They habitats are the ingredient of his favor- ——— ite pie so we have no trouble 5J Lancosfer Co. using the extra ones that are Continued irom Page 17) frozen The William Penn Memorial Museum at Hamsbmg has such a variety of exhibits that I’m sure you’d find something to in terest you there Weiler, bionze, Gaiden Spot. _ Robert Campbell, bionze, Gar- There are period rooms, ciaft > shops and folk aits for those den bpot who enjoy history The history Six Enterpnses Winner of transportation from the Groff, silver, Manhemi Centr, , Indian canoe to the airplane is Tom Bollinger, silver, Ephrata depicted in another galleiy Seven Enterprises—Jacob Mus- There are .exhibits showing sei, silver, Garden Spot By Ida Risser “i, honorable mention, Ephrata Five Enterprises—Scott Mull, silver, Solanco. Nelson Martin, silver, Garden Spot, Mailm 80l- linger, silver, Ephrata, Dale Special Child Milk Program Endangered, Federation Says grown at the jggg over 17 million children enrollment and added partici- The pro g rain has received nation The number of schools overa u public acceptance, and and child-care centers participat- lt wl n continue to grow if -Con ing has grown rapidly. gross will provide the needed In 1955 the program reim- funds, Healy said. The National Milk Producers Federation warned recently that the Bureau of the Budget has instructed the Department of Agriculture to prepare for the elimination of the Special Milk Program for Children in 1971 This action closely follows Con gressional passage of a bill mak ing the program permanent for man the first time in the 17-year history of the plan “When a program works as veil as this, it should be con tinued,” asserted Patrick B Hea 1\ secretaiy of the National Milk Producers Federation He announced, “Administiations have pieviouslj tried to dump tins program, but for 17 years Congress has looked upon the school milk piogiam as the cor nerstone of its child nutrition programs It is inconceivable that Congress will allow the Ad ministration to scuttle the one feeding plan which has proven us worth over so long a tune ’’ This program is recognized on fauns and in cities for its im portant contribution to national objectives of better health and physical fitness While this pro gram is primarily a nutntion program, encouraging children in schools and other nonpiofit institutions to improve their diets by drinking more milk, it has aiso helped dairy faimeis by providing a market for fluid milk In the Special Milk Pro gram more than 15 billion pounds of fluid milk were con sumed m 1970 in the Nation’s schools Due to the fluid milk market this program provides, the ac quisition of dairy products by the Commodity Credit Corpor ation is decreased, therefore de creasing the cost for purchas ing and storing dairy products under the price support pio gram, Healy said. Since its inception, the Special T LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HAVE LEARNED THAT COWS WHOSE HEADS ARE AIR CON DITIONED PRODUCE NEARLY 20% MORE MILION THE SUMMER MONTHS THAN THEY WOULD NORMALLY." KEEP ’EM COOL WE CAN’T AIR CONDITION THE HEADS OF YOUR COWS, BUT WE CAN INSULATE YOUR BARN, MILK PARLOR, LOAFING SHED AND OTHER AREAS WHERE ANIMALS CAN ENJOY COMFORT FROM BROILING SUN AND HIGH HUMIDITY. We insulate with SPRAYABLE URETHANE FOAM and all we need is a clean, dry and moderately warm surface to apply our foam spray which sets in a matter of minutes. We also insulate potato and apple storage facilities, chicken houses, steel buildings and whatever else you can think of. CONESTOGA CHEMICALS & PLASTICS, Inc. 1278 Loop Road, Lancaster, Pa. JAMESWAY POWER CIRCLE DRIVE FEWER TRIPS UP tHE SILO YOU R. D. #3 Phone Bus - nMSMW# (from Chemical & Engineering News, Dec. 21, 1970) Affiliated with J. C. Ehrlich Co., Inc. No Bull Wheel to Manhandle * Doesn't Depend on Silage * Positive Drive * Fast Feeding CAN COUNT ON Reliable Products - Installation - Service WHAT DO TAKE TO THE HE US 397-3721
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