38—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6, 1973 i it* Heigh, ho, and it’s off to the fair we go. There are many local fairs but we decided to take our children to the Bloomsburg Fair for a days vacation from school. Philip was"" quite enthusiastic about all the new machinery and tractors. He colledted an ample supply of pamphlets and folders to read on the way home Cindy and I enjoyed all the flowers, canned goods and fancywork. Even Allen was impressed with the blue ribbon field squash - it weighed 399 pounds! I wonder how they handled it 9 The many Grange exhibits attracted a great deal of attention as they displayed such a large variety of fruits, seeds, vegetables and nuts. They all stressed the bounteous harvest and had a Bible as the focal point My daughter was surprised to see the many kinds of meat which had been canned -- beef heart,, sausage, and chicken. We freeze almost all of our meat at the present time There was a big crowd at the Fair and it was a good day for “people watchers.” Folks sat on the benches to rest and watch the flood of humanity passing by If you were thin you could see someone thinner, if you were fat CUSTOM BUTCHERING Hogs Processed the old fashioned way. Sausage, pudding, scrapple. Hams and Bacon cured' Dried beef and bologna WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN U.S.D.A. GRADED SIDES AND QUARTERS. Call PAUL A. HESS 464-3711 or 464-3127 58 Ida Risser you could see someone fatter and if you were crippled you could find womeone who was in even worse shape After peering through the fence at a few horse races, we left for home and a pleasant drive through woods that are beginning to turn red and yellow. xxxx We think we’ve had a problem this year as we had to buy two new freezers and rent a locker due to unexpected butchering of some animals But you should hear our son Jeffrey’s story He bought an old chest freezer at a sale for $7.50 Then, he bought a side of beef and I wrapped it for him He even rolled up a BIG steak and marked it “groundhog” just to fool the guys m his apartment at Penn State. -He got a friend from Doylestown with a truck to take it to State College. The fellows earned it to the second floor apartment and then within a few weeks it quit working and was too expensive to repair. Now they must drive 30 miles to a town with a locker plant. 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