Program Planned to Aid
Chances are that many of the
toys you bought your pre
schooler for Christmas have
already ended up broken or
unusable because they weren’t
suited for your child or the work
manship wasn’t equal to your
expectations.
Joan Lucas, Extension home
economist, Lancaster County,
says that buying toys requires as
much careful thought and
comparison shopping as you
would do for a major item for
HOFFMAN PRODUCTS
Cattle and Hog Minerals with Vitamins
DAIRY SANITIZERS AND DETERGENTS
OTHER PRODUCTS
- Udder Supports - Milk Fever Aid Bolues
- Rubbers and Boots, all sizes
-SPECIALS WHILE THEY LAST-
PigdexlOOcc $4,50
Sulmet Oblets 15 gm. $12.00 box of 50
10 Per Cent Off on all Snow Shovels
AARON S. GROFF
Farm & Dairy Store
BD3, Ephrata, Pa. 17542 (Hinkletown) Phone 354-0744
Store Hours 7 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Closed Tue. & Sat, at 5:30 P.M.
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yourself. To aid mothers of
preschoolers in buying or making
appropriate toys for their
children, a program on “You and
Your Preschooler” has been
planned for February 22, 1973,
9:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and 7:00
P.M. -10:00 P.M. at Grand View
Heights Community United
Methodist Church, 888 Pleasure
Road, Lancaster, Pa.
In addition to the session on toy
buying and making, there will be
discussion and demonstrations on
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CAPACITY FROM 1700 TO 75,000 BUSHELS
SEE US FOR COMPLETE DESIGN & LAYOUT
TAILORED TO FIT YOUR NEEDS.
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E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT,
R. D. 1, Willow Street
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WE SELL, SERVICE AND INSTALL
Mothers of Preschoolers
feeding small children, buying or
making clothes, decorating a
child’s room and a child’s
behavior patterns. Educational
displays relating to the topics
presented will be on view and
handout material will be
available for those mothers at
tending.
The program is open to Lan
caster County mothers of
preschoolers. To register, call or
write the Lancaster County
Extension Office, 1383 Arcadia
Road, Lancaster 17601—Phone
394-6851. A nursery will be
available for those mothers
wishing to attend with their small
MUNCY CHIEF
HYBRID
SEEDS
LANCASTER SILOS
Starline Labor Savers
Feed Lot Construction
SALES & SERVICE
J. Samuel Sharer
Mt. Joy R. 2
Phone 717-653-5207
or 717-653-5208
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ROBLEM
INC.
717-464-3321
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1973
children during the morning
session however only a certain
number of children can be taken
so those who register first will
have this service. A $.25
registration is asked and the
mother must choose two of the
four mini-sessions, (Creative
Toys, Buy or Sew for Tot,
Decorating a Child’s Room, and
Feeding Little Folks),
Joan D. Lucas
Asst. Ext. Home Ec
Pa. Lamb
Crop Down
Harrisburg - The Com
monwealth’s 5,000 sheep farms
had an estimated January 1 in
ventory of 144,000 head of sheep
and lambs according to the Crop
Reporting Service. That in
ventory is 4 percent below a year
earlier and is valued at $2,952,000
It included 20,000 ewe lambs
and 8,000 wether lambs plus
108,000 ewes and 8,000 rams and
wethers. Pennsylvania is ranked
24th in sheep and lamb numbers
During 1972, 113,000 breeding
ewes produced only 111,000 lambs
that matured to market age for a
lambing rate of 98 percent In
Pennsylvania the rate is nor
mally above 100 percent. The
inventory did not indicate
whether the lower rate was due to
a higher mortality rate, a lower
incidence of multiple births or a
combination of both
The Nation’s January 1 in-
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and Home
Foundation Holds
Farm
Annual Meeting
Four new members were added
to the board of directors of the
Lancaster County Farm and
Home Foundation and three
directors were reelected at the
Foundation’s annual banquet last
Thursday evening at the Farm
and Home Center.
Newly elected were: Abner
Housekencht, Millersville; Mrs
Dorothy Johnson, Quarryville
R 2; Jay E Landis, Lancaster R 6,
Mrs Ruth Phillipp, Forney Rd ,
Lancaster
Directors reelected were
William L Counts, Quarryville
R 2; J Everett Kreider,
Quarryville Rl, and Larry H.
Skromme, Landis Valley Rd,
Lancaster.
Melvin R Stoltzfus was
toastmaster for the meeting A
slide presentation entitled
“World Wide Agriculture” was
given by Enos B Heisey, com
munity relations manager for
Agway, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y
ventory for an estimated 161,480
sheep farms is 17,726,000 head
and represents a 5 percent
decline during the year. The 1972
lamb crop of 12,537,000 was down
3 percent New crop lambs on
hand January 1 totaling 1,218,000
are up 2 percent from 1972.
LANCASTER
TRACTOR,
2166 Willow St. Pike
Lancaster, Pa.
Ph. 464-2746
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