6—Lancaster Farmim THE OLD ||Naw««: AUGUST 6-12,1973 Sit out this wet air, playing solitaire. Hay fever season begins ... Fulton's first trip SS Clermont 1807 . . . Average length of days for week, 14 hours, 10 minutes .. . Keep young children and dogs apart during hot sultry weather . , . USS Skate under North Pole Aug. 11, 1958 ... Thanksgiving legal all states 1863 ... Look to your enemies to learn your faults. CMd Fanner’s Riddle: Where is generosity always to be found? (Answer below.) bright an piece of day when it wat permissible for a man to tilt up his soup bowl to get the last spoonful. The handle on the side was for giving it a lift in order to get the last drop. Horn* Hint*- Scorch lpots on linen may often disappear when placed in hot sunlifrht all day ... To remove coffee stains, pour hotline water onto the stretched fabric from a heicht of 2 feet . . . Riddle anatocr. In the dictionary. OLD FARMER S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: First half of week rainy and cooler, remainder of week clear and hot. Greater New York-New Jersey: Cloudy and cooler to start, then rain by midweek; partial clearing and hot latter part. Middle Atlantic Coastal: Light rain and cooler through mid week ; end of week rainy and hot. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Rain at first, then clear and hot; rain latter part along coast. Florida: Cloudy and hot to start, then rain by midweek con tinuing through end of week. Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto &„ Montreal: Most of week partly cloudy and cooler; rain on weekend. Greater Ohio Valley: Cloudy and cooler to start, then clear and hot; light rain over weekend. Deep South: Rain at first, then clear by midweek; showers and cooler latter part. Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Week begins very hot, then rain by midweek; end of week cloudy and cooler. Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: First pkrt of week clear and hot; end of week cloudy and cooler, then rain. Central Great Plains: Most of week cloudy with scattered showers; rain on weekend. Texas-Ofclahoma: Cloudy to start, then light rain, rain con tinuing off and on to end of week. Rocky Mountain Region: Rain and hot all week; rain heavy by midweek. Southwest Desert: Week begins with temperatures near 110, then by midweek cloudy and slightly cooler. Pacific Northwest: Cloudy and cooler through midweek; re mainder of week clear and very hot. California: Light rain to start, then clear by midweek; light rain latter part. (All Kiehts Reserved. Yankee, Inc.. Dublin, N.H. 03444) Potato Regulation Announced The U S. Department of Agriculture (USAD) announced that current shipping requirements will continue for potatoes grown under certain federal marketing orders, and said that imported potatoes must meet the same regulations. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) said federal law requires imports to meet the same or comparable requirements as those for domestic potatoes which are in most direct competition with the imports, and are covered by a federal marketing order. Import requirements for long varieties will be based on the Idaho-Eastern Oregon order through July 31, 1974 They must be at least US No. 2 grade, two inches in diameter, and four ounces in weight, or be Size B if US No l or better grade. They must be at least “fairly clean,” and not more than “slightly skinned.” The White Rose variety may not be more than “moderately skinned” through Dec 31 Imports of red varieties must meet requirements' in effect under the federal order for Washington State through Aug. 31 They must be U. S. No. 2 or better grade, 17/sl 7 /s inches minimum diameter, at least “fairly clean” and not more than “moderately skinned” in maturity Saturday. August 4. 1 Ask the Old Farmer: I just From September 1, 1973, through June 30, 1974, they must meet the requirements in effect under the federal marketing order for the San Luis Valley, Colo., which are U.S. No 2 or better grade, IV2 inches minimum diameter. Round white varieties im ported through July 31 must continue to be U.S. No. 2 or better grade, IV2 inches in diameter, with no maturity requirements, as under the Southeastern States potato marketing order. From Aug 1 through June 4,1974, based on Area No. 3, Colorado marketing order, round whites must grade US. No 2 or better, be V/b inches minimum diameter, or Size B if they are U.S. No. 1 or better grade. They must be not more than “moderately skinned” in maturity. AMS said these requirements are intended to continue to help producers in the orderly marketing of the potato crops and to keep low quality potatoes off the market. Summaries of the import requirements are being mailed to importers, customs officials, and other interested parties. Copies are available from the Fruit and Vegetable Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. A shortage of medical per sonnel and facilities in rural areas indicates a need to increase efficiency in providing health care, according to a report issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. As the nation has become in creasingly urban, health per sonnel and facilities have tended to become concentrated in larger towns and cities. This has left America’s 54 million rural people in the care of a declining number of doctors and with fewer and fewer medical faculties. The report by the Depart ment’s Rural Development Service notes that most rural doctors are general prac titioners, not specialists. 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