—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 17, 1973
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*281,000 Paid for 234-acre Co. Farm
A 234-acre farm
Christiana, the largest farm in
Sadsbury Twp., was sold
Saturday afternoon at public
auction for $281,000 or ap
proximately $1,200 an acre.
The farm had been in the
Pownall family for 170 years and
was purchased by three
Quarryville area real estate men.
They said they haven’t decided
definitely what they will do with
(he property
The tract, which consists of 130
acres of tillable land, 50 acres of
meadowland and the remainded
m woodland, was sold by Jean
Lithgow Pownall, trustee for
Dorothy Gest Pownall and the
What About Herbs?
The terms herbs and spices
arc frequently used interchange
ably In fact, most of us, if given
a list of common heibs and spices,
would be haid pressed to tell
which is which.
The traditional distinction has
it that spices grow in tropical
regions, wheieas herbs originate
in temperate zones. Too, spices
aie defined as aiomatic vegetable
substances including seeds,
leaves, stems, bark, roots, and
othei plant parts—in which the
volatile oil or flavoring agent re
mains intact.
Herbs, on the other hand, con
sist only of aromatic leaves,
stems, and flowei heads. Since
seeds are excluded, most of the
spice-type seeds grown in tem
perate climates are simply dubbed
“aiomatic seeds.”
The 1960’s were very good
years for herbs, as borne out by I
a doubling of herb consumption
to 14 million pounds. In 1963,
U.S. impoit statistics for the
fiist time gave individual listings
foi basil, mint leaves, parsley,
losemary, savory, and tarragon.
At the same time, imports—of
lauiel (bay) leaves, marjoram,
and thyme were once again re
ported separately, reviving an
eailier senes.
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I Wash Vats
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CLUDING BATTERY,
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MIEN ROAD
REPAIR
Box 67, Intercourse, Pa. 17547
24 Hour Service
Phone 717-768-8408 from
7:00a.m. to5:00p m.
John D. Weaver 656-9982 after
5:00p.m.
or Answering Service 354-5181
near
late Levi Bernard Pownall,
The purchases were Emory D.
Wagner and Paul E. Bucher, both
of Quarryville, and T. Pyle, of
Kirkwood, all affiliated with the
Wagner’s real estate firm. The
buyers, however, bought the
property under the name, Pet Co.
Wagner said the property has a
stream through it and could be
converted easily into a golf
course.'
It also may be split up, he said,
Apply lime often for best results
To keep your soil neutral, liming every 2 or 3
years is recommended, because of the new
higher-analysis fertilizers being used today.
Martin's
LIMESTONE
IVAN M. MARTIN, INC.
Blue Ball, Pa. 354-4125
Pa. 442-4148 -
with a section sold foi' farming
and the remainder for residential
or industrial development.
The farm is located 2Vfe miles
southwest of Christiana near the
well-known Chester-Couqty
“Hunt Country.”
More than 200 persons were at
the sale. Household items were
sold in addition to the farm. In
cluded on the tract is a frame
colonial-style house, a stone and
frame tenant house, a large bank
barn and a silo. Eight bidders for
the, property came from
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
West Chester area.
The sale was conducted by
Lewis S. May, attorney.
Farm Income
Below Average
Last year’s net farm income
is expected to average about
$5,900. That means farm
people earn Only about three
fourths as much a's non-farm
workers. On an hourly wage
basis, the latest figures show
that factory workers earned
an average $3.57 in 1971 and
food marketing employees
$3.24. At the same time,
farmers were earning $1.68
an hour for all their labor
and management.