Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 17, 1973, Image 40

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    4Q'-Lannster Farmim
Farm Women
Calendar
Saturday, March 17
1:30 p.m. Farm Women
Society 12 meeting, home of
Mrs. Wissler.
2 p.m. Farm Women Society 3
meeting, Salem Lutheran
Church.
2 p.m Farm Women Society 8
meeting, Lutheran Church,
Maytown
6 30 p.m. Farm Women
Society 23 “Gentlemen’s
Night”, Bird-in-Hand
Restaurant.
Farm Women Society 18 en
tertain Society 2, Lititz
Church of the Brethren.
Monday, March 19
7-30 pm Farm Women
Society 29 meeting, home of
Patty Berg.
7-30 p.m. Farm Women
Society 30 meeting, Janice
Thomas, hostess.
Farm Women Society 19
Progressive Supper.
Thursday. March 22
Farm Women Society 26, visit
local Nursing Homes; Linda
Thome, hostess.
Farm Women Society 28, home of
Mrs George Eckman,
Smoketown.
Saturday. March 24
Farm Women Society 4 meeting,
home of Mrs. Richard Bryson,
Landisville.
PEELED For Important
Announcement To Appear
March 24, 1973
RED ROSE FARM SERVICE
GREATER YIELDS
WITH
LIQUID NITROGEN
For plow down, also top dress gram fields, liquid
Nitrogen can be applied in early Spring by our
professional service
ASK USABOUT
WEED & FEED IN YOUR CORN.
RICHARD R. FORRY
2020 Horseshoe Rd., Lancaster, Pa. 17601
Phone 717-397-0035
ALSO
DEALER AGRICO IN FERTILIZER
BAGS BULK SPREADING SERVICE
SPECIALIST IN YOUR FIELD
Saturday. March 17. 1973
I 1
The middle of March and we’re
not sure what to expect. Will we
have a gusty wind or a light
breeze; will we have a beating
rain or a soft rain?
I’ve pruned the blueberries and
the grapes earlier than usual this
year as the warm weather made
me feel like getting out and en
joying everything. We saw a wild
goose in our meadow and took a
picture of it taking off from the
Conestoga. We’ve seen a grey fox
dash across the lane and robins in
the woods. The tulips are coming
up around our mailbox. Spring is
indeed a gift from God.
Talking about not knowing
what to expect, I’m reminded of a
story I’ve always liked.
A man moved into a new neigh
borhood. He asked a farmer, who
lived nearby, what kind of people
Red Rose
ANIMAL FEEDS
QUARRYVILLE, PA.
xxx
Ida Risser j
lived in the area and if they were
friendly. The fanner replied by
asking a question of his own.
“What kind of neighbors did you
have in your former home?” The
man told him they were friendly
and hospitable. Then the farmer
said he could expect to find the
folks in the new area just the
same as his previous neighbors.
How true this is. Many a family
moves to get away from
disagreeable neighbors, only to
find that the new ones are equally
unpleasant.
XXX
The other day I read a history
of Manheim Township written
over 100 years ago. Some things
have changed a great deal and
others have not.
In 1870, there were three post
offices in the township and the
total population was only 2,603
with 2,460 being native born. I
would guess that now most of the
24,000 have not been born here.
There were nine colored folks
in the 1870 census and this figure
remains about the same. Another
similarity is the names which
were listed as “most prominent
and best practical farmers”
Landis, Shirk, Brubaker,
Shreiner, Hostetter, Graybill,
Shenk, Hiestand, Rudy and
Esbenshade.
Organized in 1729 as one of the
original townships, it still con
tinues to grow.
No-plug insurance
from John Deere
1350-1450 Semi-Integral Plows offer
5.9-square-foot trash tunnels. Plenty of
room for soil and cover to move through
without plugging. Streamlined standards
provide insurance space above and
behind moldboards. See us for the full
story. Use John Deere Financing.
WENGER IMPLEMENT, INC.
The Buck
Spring Courses Offered
Are you interested in learning
to sew? Or perhaps you have
some chairs that need caned and
you’d like to leam how to do it
yourself. Hie Chester County
Extension Service is sponsoring
codrses in both areas.
The sewing courses 'are
designed for those persons who
have had little or no experience in
sewing. Basic skills taught will
include “how to’s” in choosing
correct pattern size, fabric
selection and preparation,
layout, seams, darts, facings,
hems, etc. .The series of six
meetings will meet Tuesdays
April 10, J 7, 24, May 1,8, and 15
from 9:3fr to 11:30 a.m. at Bir
mingham Meeting House south of
LANDIS BROS. INC. SHOTZBERGER'S
284-4141 Lancaster 393-3906 Elm 665-2141
A. B. C. GROFF, INC.
New Holland 354-4191
By Chester Extension
M. S. YEARSLEY I SONS
West Chester 696-2990
West Chester. Register by March
30.
The chair caning workship will
meet May 9, 16 and 23 from 10
a.m. to 12 Noon in the West
Chester area (place to be an
nounced later.) Area to be
covered will be reweaving a chair
seat with cane. The seat must
have holes into which the cane
was woven. This workshop does
not include replacing of pre
woven cane. Register by April 4.
Make your reservations for
your choice o,f courses by con
tacting the Chester County Ex
tension Service, 402 North Wing,
Courthouse, West Chester, Pa.
19380. A small fee is charged for
each course.
EDWIN HURST INC.
Adamstown. Pa. 215-484-4391