ncisteV Va Chester County Paid Workshops A series of meetings for sewing men’s fashions, specifically knit slacks and jackets, will be featured at the Coatesville YWCA 423 E. Lincoln Hwy., Coatesville, in cooperation with the Chester County Extension Service. A small fee will be charged for each course. The meetings on Men’s Knit Slacks will meet three Mondays - June 25, July 9, and 16 - from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Techniques, fabrics, and findings for men’s knit slacks will be demonstrated in this, course. Men’s Knit Jackets, five meetings in length, will meet Wednesdays, June 27, July 11,18, 25, and August 1, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. This course will teach how to make a man’s or boy’s knit sport jacket using simplified methods, not the conventional tailoring techniques. The course is designed for the person with average sewing skills. Registration is due by June 15. For further information contact the Chester County Extension Service, Room 402 North Wing, Courthouse, West Chester, Pa. 19380. My Neighbors . .Wife’s housecleanmg, gotta protect this from the rubbish collector...” =r=fc SAFE XTORflfiE! The Butler trademark tells you so Sutler quality train bin's (Ira you the safest, most dependable Storage you can buy. They’re pre-engineered that way by the men who know grain storage best. What's more, it’s easy to convert a Butler bin into an on farm drying system, if you de cide to dry your own grain. Let us discuss your grain storage needs with you. Just give us a call or stop by. £butler> 1 ■ Headquarters for all Bailor farm structures and equipment M. K. HOKE ESTATES 148 So. Main St. Manheim, Pa. Phone 665-2266 L <f safdWfl: FARMERS' FORUM NEWS AND VIEWS ON FARMING HAVING WEEDS IS NOT CORNY / V / fl 1 The title “King Com” is more than appropriate for America’s first food. Farmers use more land for it than any other crop; it provides more food for animals and men than any other crop; and, if the more than four billion bushels of it grown annually in the U.S. were piled end to end, the mammoth stalk would reach Mars’ That’s why corn growers in America are concerned, and justifiably so, with trou blemakers like crabgrass and pamcum showing up in then fields. New grasses are costing growers more and more in lessened corn yields. In fact, it’s been estimated that weeds cost farmers about $3 billion a year! Such weeds cut yields— often drastically—by stealing essential moisture and soil nutrients from the com. Most weeds can be controlled with early herbicide treatments, but if unforeseen conditions allow weeds to get too far out of hand, they can get thick enough to stop a picker right in its tracks. A serious infestation would require several cultivations for even minimal control, and most farmers cannot afford to give up the time this would take. 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It provides effective control of a wide spectrum of broadleaf and grassy weeds such as Texas pamcum, fall panicum, crab grass, foxtails, cocklebur, vel vetleaf and a number of other problem weeds in this area. Leaf lifters or carefully ad justed drop nozzles can be used with Evik SOW to help avoid injury to corn plants So start “Evik-t'on” proceed ings right now! The use of chemicals to control weeds has a long his tory, but more has been learned about this science in the last two decades than in the entire previous history of mankind Thanks to this, corn can remain “king” forever Harvester Sales & Service Ph. 733-2283 % j/ \ M 1/ W. Europe Still a Big Farm Products Buyer U.S. agricultural exports to Western Europe totaled $3.4 billion in 1972, a 16-percent gain over 1971, according to the U.S, Department of Agriculture. In its annual review and outlook report on agriculture in Western Europe, USDA’s Economic Research Service said that the. gain was due to in creased exports of feedgrains, oilseeds and oilcake, meats, cotton, tobacco, and fruits and vegetables. Preliminary- data indicate that much of the in crease was due to higher prices. Western Europe continues to be a major U.S. market for farm exports, accounting for more than a third of total U.S. agricultural exports in 1972. The European Community (EO-- including the new members as of January 1 (the United Kingdom, Comparing Food Prices The Foreign Agricultural Service of USDA has compiled a survey of retail food prices in selected cities around the world. The results speak for themselves in showing how the American farmer and American agricultural technology compare most favorably with farmers around the world. Some of these findings are: Sirloin steak-lb. $2.45 1.88 - 1.68 2.79 1.69 City Brussels London Ottawa Rome Washington, D.C. Ireland, and Denmark)-takes most of our agricultural ship ments to West Europe. The report said that EC ex pansion is likely to adversely affect certain U.S. exports to the Common Market, including grain, tobacco, lard, and fruit and fruit preparations. Inflation and the recent currency crisis were cited as major factors contributing to uncertainty in the economic outlook for 1973. A copy of “The Agricultural Situation in Western Europe: Review of 1972 and Outlook for 1973,” ERS-F 352, is available free on postcard (please include zipcode) or telephone (447-7255) request from die Division of Information, Office of Management Services, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 20250. City Brussels London Ottawa Rome Washington, D.C Cify Brussels - London Ottawa Rome Washington^D.C. These prices are based on the week of March 3-11, 1973, and were converted at current ex change rates. Butter-lb. $1.40 .57 .72 1.98 .85 Eggs-dozen $0.94 .71 .68 .60-.96 .73
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