6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Ma:
THE OLD
Fruit trees blossom now ... Mother’s Day May 13 ... First
quarter of the Moon May 9 . . . These nights are lighted by
fire flies . . . Average length of days for week, 14 hours,
26 minutes . . . Ram on the Bth means a wet harvest . . .
Two-thirds of U.S. tornadoes occur this month . . . skunks
born now . . . Germany surrendered May 8, 1945 . . . Once
uttered, words run faster than horses.
Old Fanner’s Riddle: What country are children happiest in?
(Answer below.)
“young” antiques. If they
are less than a century in age, they are “period pieces.”
If over, it depends on what country you are in. Nothing is
antique in Scandinavia if it is less than 500 years old.
Horn* Hints. To remove grease spots from carpeting, brush in baking
soda, leave overnight and then vacuum . . . Apply a half-and-half mixture
of turpentine and ammonia to remove hardened paint stains from clothing
. Riddle antwer Lapland.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Spring has arrived: clear with high tempera
tures in 60s all week.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Clear to start, then cloudy and
warm; showers latter part.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins cloudy and warm, then
rain and very warm; rain continues to end of week.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Mostly clear and warm all week;
high temperatures for weekend.
Florida: Clear and warm to start, then some showers, end of
week clear.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Clear and cool
at first, then light rain; end of week clear in west, cloudy
with showers in east.
Greater Ohio Valley: Most of week clear and very warm; hot
and showery for weekend.
Deep South: Clear and hot to start, then rain by midweek;
clear and hot latter part.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Week begins clear and very
warm, then partly cloudy and cool; end of week clear and
warm.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Very warm and pleasant
most of week; showers and cool for weekend.
Central Great Plains: Cloudy to start, then scattered showers;
ram through end of week
Texas-Oklahoma: Week begins cloudy, then rain by midweek;
end of week very warm.
Rocky Mountain Region: Cloudy and hot at first, then showery;
light rain and cool latter part.
Southwest Desert: Partly cloudy and warm to start, then clear
and hot to end of week
Pacific Northwest: Rain and mild all week; rain heavy at
first, then tapering off by weekend.
California: Light rain to start, then cool; mostly clear and
warm latter part.
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MAY 7-13
This week is lilac-scented.
Ask the Old Farmer: What is
the “youngest” antique sold
these days and how young
can one be? And I mean a
side from automobiles which,
as I understand, can be offi
cially “antique” at age 30.
J. A. S., Baltimore.
You don’t talk about
5. 1973
Game Commission Backs Amendment
The Pennsylvania Game
Commission has announced its
full support for the Constitutional
amendment concerning
agricultural land which will
appear on the Spring Primary
Election ballot on May 15.
The proposed amendment
reads as follows: “Shall Article
VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth be
amended to permit legislation for
establishing standards,
qualifications and special tax
provision for agriculture
reserves and land actively
devoted to agriculture use?”
Much of the hunting (par
ticularly small game) done in
Pennsylvania is on private,
“open” land which is rapidly
being gobbled up by housing
developments, shopping centers,
etc. When agricultural land
values skyrocket because of the
proximity of property perhaps
zoned for commercial, industrial
or residential use, the private
landowner often is forced to sell
due to unbearable taxation.
The proposed Constitutional
amendment would.permit the
Legislature to provide special
relief to private landowners so
that agricultural and forested
land could remain “open” and in
production.
As a concerned conservation
agency, the Game Commission
endorses the objectives of the
proposed amendment, thereby
favoring its passage. The
preservation of open space is of
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