State Farms Get Week of Good Weather
Consecutive assaults of
Canadian air masses kept
Pennsylvania weather cool in all
areas and relatively dry in most
Help Us Serve You
If your organization didn’t make our farm calendar
this week, it’s not because we don’t like you or your or
ganization.
We may have missed it in the rush. Or maybe you for
got to tell us.
Either way, we’d like to extend our farm community
service to you.
To get on the Farm Calendar, remind us by calling
394-3047 or 626-2191 or by writing to Lancaster Farming, 22
E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543. And help us serve you better.
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AERIAL LADDER EQUIP!.
FARM PAINTERS
BRUNING QUALITY PAINT
WE SPRAY IT ON AND BRUSH IT IN,
Call Now For Free Estimates
HENRY K. FISHER
2322 Old Phila Pike
Lancaster, Pa. 17602 Phone 717-393-6530
MR. FARMER
RESISTANT TO BACTERIAL WILT, AN
THRACNOSE, SPOTTED ALFALFA & PEA APHIDS
FINE STEMMED & LEAFY
PRODUCES ‘TOP QUALITY” HAY
STRONG STAND ESTABLISHMENT
RAPID GROWING
IN QUARRYVILLE AREA
FARM SERVICE, INC.
MAIN OFFICE
N. CHURCH ST.
QUARRYVILLE, PA.
786-7361
sectors according to this week’s
summary from the Crop
Reporting Service.
The prolonged spell of good
—WL3O6 Alfalfa has all these desirable advantages
Red Rose Dealers Listed below Stocks a
Complete Selection of Alfalfas - Clovers - Grasses -
Seed Wheat and Barley TO FIT YOUR NEEDS IN FERTILIZER.
WE OFFER AGRICO WITH A WIDE SELECTION
OF ANALYSIS IN EITHER BAG OR BULK
Truck or trailer spreading service available
YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT RED ROSE DEALER
RED ROSE
Have you tried WL 306 Alfalfa
in your Roughage Program?
TRY IT YOU'U LIKE IT.
BUCK, PA.
284-4464
weather not typical of spring
and summer, 1972 permitted
farmers to turn their attention to
the repair and cleaning up of
flood ravaged fields and
property. The weather, although
excellent for field work, was not
conducive to crop development.
Wheat and oats combining was
moving along at about 50 percent
behind last year’s schedule. The
second cutting of alfalfa is
yielding a quality of fair to good,
Weaver Firm
Receives Safe
Driving Award
Vicotr F. Weaver, Inc., New
Holland, was the recipient of a
safe driving award from the
American Trucking Association
during the recent ATA Annual
Truck Safety Contest.
The Safety Improvement
Award is presented nationally to
carriers which have significantly
reduced their fleet accident rate
over the preceding year.
Weaver, whose fleet travels
throughout twenty-eight states
and covers approximately 2V*
million miles yearly, reduced its
accident frequency by 12 per cent
during the year ending 1971-72.
6. FAST RECOVERY
7. SEMI- FALL DORMANCY
8. ADEQUATE WINTER HARDINESS
9. GOOD PERSISTENCE
10. HIGH YIELDS
IN ATGLEN AREA
BROWN & REA, INC.
but prospects for the usual fourth
cutting seem dim. Due to delayed
planting the state’s corn crop can
be found in nearly every stage
from seedling to havestable
crops.
The vegetable harvest is ex
pected to be good among the late
set plants but many early
varieties are plagued by both
poor yield and quality.
In the Kitchen
POTATO PANCAKES
Z cups grated potatoes
y 2 cup chopped onions
3 tbsps. parsley
1 egg
Flour
Salt
Pepper
Combine all ingredients,
adding enough flour to form
into balls. Oil a griddle and
heat it very hot; place balls
on griddle and flatten with
a spatula. Brown each side
until edges are crisp. Serve
a scoop of applesauce and
sour cream on side of pan
cakes.
To make one pound of butter
requires 21.1 pounds of whole
milk.
ATGLEN, PA.
215-593-5149
Lancaster Farmini
Saturday, August 12,1972
Farm Women
Calendar
Monday, August 14
Farm Women Society 5, bus trip,
Ocean City, N.J.
Tuesday, August 15
Farm Women Society 23 meeting.
Saturday, August 19
1:30 p.m. Farm Women
Society 12 meeting.
Society 22
Farm Women Society 22 met
recently at the home of Mrs.
Willis Lefever Mrs Clarence
Rohrer, cohostess, led devotions.
Mrs. Carl Diller led the group m
singing the Farm Women theme
song, “Brighten the Corner
Where You Are.” Thank-you
notes were received and read.
A dontion of $650 was given to
help those who suffered losses
from flood damages. The
following organizations were
given $lOO each: Water Street
Rescue Mission; Salvation Ar
my; Mennonite Disaster Service
and Hope Fire Company of
Manheim. The balance was given
to four individual families who
were personally contacted by
members of the Society. These
donations were made possible
through the sale of the Society’s
cookbook, “The Dinner Bell.”
A food sale was held during the
meeting. Mrs. Harold Zook
served as auctioneer.
A letter was received from
Graciela Pichola Pichola, a six
year-old girl from Guatemala
who was adopted by the Society
under the Christian Children’s
Fund. The group decided to send
her gifts of toys and clothing for
her birthday and Christmas.
Society 22 will furnish six
ushers for the County Convention
November 4. A request was also
made for two original cen
terpieces from each Society to be
used at the Convention and then
awarded as prizes.
The next meeting will be held
at 9 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Carl
Diller as a workshop to assemble
the fifth edition of “The Dinner
Bell.” Hostesses will be Mrs. E.
Clair Witmer and Mrs. J. Harold
Ranck.
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