•jjasa# Ladies, * <s\ Have You Heard? By Doris Thomas, Extension Home Economist Economy Meals lettuce, a weed now scattered For over the globe. Columbus brought Good Eating lettuce to the New World, and it’s sttuce as we know it today a good thing that he did! For iably developed from wild lettuce is'now among our leading read: STORAGE BINS SHOW’S FARM SERVICE RD 4, Lititz, Pa. ARM, Doris Thomas BULK FEED TANKS GRAIN THEY'RE TIME SAYERS! WORK SAVERS! MONEY SAVERS! READ ST EE L PRODUCTS are designed by engineers who are thoroughly familiar with the high cost problems of feed storage and feed handling. That is why each READ pnit is designed and carefully built to give you extra years of trouble-free performance. Don’t take chances with inferior designs and materials!— Get the full facts from READ before you invest in BULK FEED and STORAGE TANKS. Ph. 626-4355 41 1 W. ROSEVILLE RD. f LANCASTER PH. 393-3921 vegetables, because of the growing popularity of salads in our diets. It’s available throughout the year but is plentiful and more economical right now, as are all fresh vegetables. When buying lettuce, it’s best to select carefully since a bad choice can mean a damaged product and consequent loss of food cents. Avoid heads of Iceberg lettuce which are very hard and which lack green color (signs of overmaturity). Such heads sometimes develop discoloration in the center of the leaves (the “midribs”) and may have a less pleasing flavor. Also avoid heads with irregular shapes and hard bumps on top, which indicate the presence of overgrown central stems Check the lettuce for tipburn, a tan or brown area (dead tissue) around the margins of the leaves. Look for tipburn on the edges of the head leaves. Slight discoloration of the outer leaves will usually not hurt the quality of the lettuce, but serious discoloration or soft decay definitely should be avoided. The four types of lettuce you should know are Iceberg, butter head, Romaine and leaf. Look for signs of freshness in all of them; for Iceberg and Romaine the leaves should be crisp, for other types soft but not wilted. Look for a good bright color, medium to light green in most types. Be sure to include lettuce in your menus while it’s plentiful and inex pensive. c vi NEED MONEY AS BIG AS YOUR PLANS? We think farmers should have growth and profit plans. Sound plans. And we’re ready to help. Not only with money, but with financial counsel, like income projections. Long-term loans may be arranged through the Federal Land Bank Association, and short-term loans through Production Credit Association. We’ll provide money when you need it, and let you pay it back on a realistic schedule. You see, our only business is helping farmers, and that makes all the difference. HERE'S THE ALFALFA FOR A BIG CROP. W. L. 210 ALSO OTHER VARIETIES. REIST SEED CO. Mount Joy, Pa. Phone 717-653-4121 (Since 1925) H CALL FARM CREDIT. AGWAY BUILDING, PH. 273-4506 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 5,1972 Art of Making Jams And Jellies being Revived by Young Homemakers Time was when making jams and jellies was one of the very few ways a homemaker could provide her family with any kind of variety in fruits during the winter months. Now there are many and varied ways of preserving fruits. But the tradition of making jams and jellies is still strong because of the pleasure they provide topping off the morning toast, swirling through a jelly roll, or putting a glaze on a pork roast. And instead of waning, the tradition is undergoing a revival, especially among younger homemakers—many of whose mothers didn’t make jams and jellies themselves. They are making a fresh discovery for themselves of the joys of making jams and jellies—and often doing it in small urban apartments or surburban kitchens without much cooking or storage space. As with all homemade preserves, you can often save money on your food budget when you take advantage of fruits at the peak of the season—when they are highest in flavor, lowest in cost. If you would hke to try making your own jam or jelly and do not have any recipes call or write your County Extension Office and ask for your free copy of How To Make Jellies, Jams and Preserves at Home. We’re your kind of people. LEBANON Fix-It Tip Plumbing systems gener ally are guarded against the problem of water banging within the pipes with air chambers which absorb the shock. An air chamber can be nothing more than a length of pipe two feet long or a little longer, capped at the upper end and connected at the other end to the cold water line behind the faucet. A column of air is on the in side and when you close the faucet the water instead of banging moves upward into the air-filled pipe since air can be compressed. Farm Women Calendar Tuesday, August 8 7:30 p.m. Farm Women Society 22, home of Margaret Lefever. Thursday, August 10 1:30 p.m. Farm Women Society 14, home of Mrs. Howard B. Combs, Paradise. XXX Respect the danger of elec tricity. When operating large machinery, keep an eye pealed for power lines above and below. MUNCY CHIEF HYBRID SEEDS IAWCASTIR SUPS Starline Labor Savers Feed Lot Construction SALES & SERVICE I. Samuel Sherer ML Joy R. 2 Phone 717-653-5207 or 717-653-5208 25
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