—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dec. 28, 1974 28 HADIES HAVE YOU HEARD? By Dons Thomas, Extension Home Economist Buying Fabrics On Sale This is sale time, that time of year when stores are daring out Christmas merchandise and cutting down on inventories. It’s a time when you can get good bargains, especially in clothing and 'fabrics, Now is a good time to buy quality items you might normally feel you can’t afford. Here are some suggestions for buying fabric on sale. Don’t get carried away by a big markdown. Nothing is a bargain unless you have a use for it. Remember, sale merchandise is usually not returnable. Money spent on a readymade garment you will wear only once or a fabric you will never use is a poor investment compared to the W.1..1M.W Lancaster Farming's Annual PA. FARM SHOW ISSUE Featuring . . . ADVERTISERS: Plan Now to be represented in this Special Issue. Deadline December 30. same amount spent for something you will use often. Party dresses and glamour fabrics are often on sale after the holidays. It could be a good time to buy them for use next year but keep in mind that styles could change. Fabric for party wear might be a safer bet if you know how much to buy and can store it properly. But be careful about stocking up on velvets and other crushables unless you can store them properly. Also buy the fabrics that were new this season because they are likely to be around next year. You can buy some fabrics to use next year if your storage is adequate and if you can store woolens t prevent moth damage. But Saturday, January 4 Special Farm Show Stories DHIA Reports Keystone Farmer Degrees Complete Farm Show Schedule And Many Extra Features before you get too en thusiastic, remember that the new fabrics next fall will tempt you too, and you may wish you didn’t have to make up that bargain. Some bargains get pushed to the back of the “to make” drawer for a long time until they are out of style or you no longer like them. If you never use the fabric it’s not bargain. Most seamstresses have drawers full of such bargains, so before you add any more, take stock of how much you have on hand. Tips on Smokeless Fireplaces If tears run down your cheeks every time there’s a fire in your fireplace, make sure the room is well ven tilated, the damper open and the flue unplugged. Poor ventilation will cause the fireplace to smoke. Avoid burning wet or green wood. This wood gives off more tars and wood extracts that may condense in the chimney flue. These could result in a chimney fire in time. Unseasoned wood plus poor ventilation or an ob structed chimney can lead to all sorts of irritation. Eye, nose and mucous mem branes, even at nontoxic levels, are first to react to and wiring-mostly in relation to work an energetic homeowner might do him self,” Secretary But? con tinues. “The Equipment section smoke. Some modern covers kitchen appliances, homes, expecially those with laundry facilities, lighting electric heating, are con- fixtures, and furniture, structed so air-tight that an among other things. Gar air vent may have to be dening ranges from buying installed to let the smoke go seeds to trees and shrubs, up the chimney. roses, cacti, ground covers Also, if you burn wood or and vines, and fruits, charcoal without enough ‘‘the Services section oxygen, some carbon includes how to deal with monoxide is released. Glass movers, shopping for credit, fireplace doors offer a and having appliances and possible means of regulating y9 ur car repaired or ser a draft, and may reduce the viced. The Recreation amount of moke that escapes section is angled mainly to into the room. If, however, vacation activities tha{ don’t the chief reason for poor involve much use of fireplace performance is gasoline.” faulty construction, the only Secretary Butz notes that safe solution is to rebuild the “Shopper’s Guide”, the 1974 whole fireplace. Fireplaces Yearbook of Agriculture, is a are wonderful - when they companion volume to the work properly. 1973 Yearbook, “Handbook I] VSDA Publishes Shoppers Guide “Shopper’s Guide”, the new Yearbook of Agriculture, is designed to help the shopper buy the right product for the best price. The 368-page illustrated hardback, published this month, is packed with in formation useful to con sumers. It has six sections- Food, Materials, Equip ment, Gardening, Services, and Recreation--and is written in popular style. In a foreword, the Secretary of Agriculture says that “Shopper’s Guide” lays down guidelines to help shoppers make their own decisions, and do their own brand comparisons. Practical information in the Food section includes a chapter that tells how many servings you can expect from a package of food, and We at Hershey Equipment Company would like to take time out of this busy holiday season to thank all you, patronage in the past year. We look forward to serving you even better in the coming year. To all of you we wish a healthy and prosperous new year. From the employees and management of Hershey Equipment Company Inc. how many of those packages a family will require, the Secretary notes. The chapter also helps you compare the costs of food in varioius forms--fresh, frozen, or canned. Other information in the Food section includes ways to combine foods to provide a desirable diet, tables which help you compare costs of foods you might use as replacements in meals, nutrition labeing, food grades, and unit pricing, Secretary Butz says. “The Materials sections covers concrete and con crete block, brick, lumber, plywood, and other wood based material, insulatng our customers, 215 DILLER AVE. NEW HOLLAND, PA. 354-4576 AUTHORIZED Siij Dutchman, distributor for the Home.” Both books are based mainly on Federal or state research. The Yearbooks are devoted to a different subject each year. A copy of “Shopper’s Guide” may be obtained for $5.70 at government bookstores in various parts of the country or by sending a check or money order to Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govern ment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20401. In addition, each member of Congress has a limited number of copies of the Yearbook for free distribution to constitutents. The Agriculture Depart ment has no copies of the book for public distribution or sale. Consumers’ Corner Door-to-Door Sales A recent ruling by the Fed eral Trade Commission is now in effect The purpose of the ruling is to allow consumers a cooling off period to protect themselves from the high pressure tactics employed by some salesmen. Following are the major pro visions of the rule —Consumers may cancel their purchase of goods or services bought from a door-to-door sales man if the price is $25 or more and if he cancels in writing within three business days —Salesman must produce a sales contract and give an oral explanation of the consumer’s right to cancel. Salesmen must also provide a completed “Notice of Cancellation” form Both the notice and the original contract must be in the same language that the salesman uses in his sales pitch. —After cancelling, the con sumer must have the merchandise available for pick-up Consumers may keep any goods not claimed within twenty days —Salesmen must pay all ex penses for return of goods —Salesmen must return any payment fo consumer within 10 business days after receiving the cancellation notice for your terrific
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