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A mounted 344 is offered in four sizes for tractors delivering 30 to 80
horsepower. It’s built in three box-beam backbone lengths to ac
commodate 2, 3 and 4 bottoms. An extra bottom may be added to
each basic unit, providing a convertible plow to fit changing condi
tions from spring to fall. Also convertible in cutting width; 14 or 16
inches. Main-frame clearance is 29 Va inches. Cushion-Action trip or
shear-pin beams. Convenient landing lever. Optional rolling land
side, gauge wheel, sub-soilers.
MEDIUM-DUTY PLOW
to 5 BOTTOMS
FARMERSVILLE N. G. HERSHEY
EQUIPMENT INC. & SON
R. D. 2, Ephrata, Pa. Manheim, Pa.
0 CHAS. J. McCOMSEY & SONS Hickory Hill, Fa.
Grange Sewing
Contest Open
With pants outfits added for
the first time to the list of eli
gible garments, the 1971 Nation
al Grange sewing contest recent
ly set a new high goal of 1,200
entries
Mrs Ross Metz, AUensville, di
rector for Pennsylvama, said en
rollments began February 1 and
will remain open until April 30.
Mrs. Metz, chairman of
women’s activities in the State
Grange, said the 1971 goal is
nearly 200 above the previous
record of 1,020 set a year ago.
Traditionally an event that has
appealed solely to women and
girls, the contest will avoid any
discrimination hy admitting
members of the opposite sex
who can qualify.
j Contestants must be non-pro
-1 fessionals 12 years of age or old
er and may be non-members of
the Grange if sponsored by mem
bers They will make any type
dress or suit including pants out
fits in one or more of three dif
ferent classes
j Garments will be judged in May
,by subordinate and pomona
Igianges preliminary to state
finals in June at State Grange
headquarters in Harrisburg
where a champion in each class
and a best-of-show will be se
lected
At nationwide finals m New
York following the state judging,
Pennsylvania winners and cham
pions from the other state will
complete foi national honors
and prizes that include an ocean
cruise and $l,OOO in cash Attrac
tive prizes will be awarded also
to winners at the subordinate,
pomona and state levels
| Mrs. Metz emphasized that en
tries, to be considered for judg
ing, must conform to contest
rules. Detailed information on
the contest, she said, may be ob
tained from women’s activities
committees in all grange bodies.
Assisting her on the state com-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 6,1971
Ida’s Notebook
Already I’ve seen wild geese flying
North They were quite noisy and I humed
outside to see them
It was one of those warm days when
the ground thaws and we know Spring isn’t
far away
In fact, the same day a car became
stuck in the mud in one of our fields and
needed a tractor to get out People don’t
realize the limitations of a car on soft
ground.
In the middle of our garden is a brick
smokehouse. It’s been there for about 160
years and has been used rather regularly.
Just now we are burning hickory wood
to smoke sausage and tongue. Usually we
use green apple wood and the smell, which
clmgs to our clothes as we tend
the fire, is very pleasant. My only quarrel with this rou-
Recently my son took a picture tine is that when all these good
of the meat hanging from the ies are aro und we eat them. And
poles It will probably be a smce no t as ac tive as the
fond memory for him in years ch ii dre n I dare not eat as many
to come We even had home-made
noodles recently
My teenage daughter is a com
pulsive baker Most every Fn
day night she plans what she
will make on Saturday
A usual day gives us two loaves
of white bread, one of rye bread,
a dozen dinner rolls and either
doughnuts or sticky buns
nnttee aie Mrs j Bogan Brown
lee. West Middletown; Mrs Her
ald Pentz, Rockton, Mrs Ralph
Tau, Saegertown RD3; Mrs War
ren Drumbore, Lehighton, Mrs
Leroy Hoover, Roaring Spring,
Mrs Harry Schreiber, Newport
RDI, Mrs. Glenn Yarnell, Gil
bertsville, and Miss Ellen Gar
ber, University Park.
By Ida Risser
Would you like to hear about
a scrap of paper which I find
very intriguing 9 It is a time
worn and browned draft of a
tract of land across the Cones
toga from our faim
It is unique in that it is dated
1734 and that it shows a Dutch
Settlement where no houses pre
sently stand
Could there have been cabins
there 237 years ago 9 I really
don’t know
However, it is pleasing to
know that most of this area is
still being farmed, although one
section has become a building
development
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