—Lancaster Saturday.' Jan' *4* *1975 8 Keeping Warm Al ACost That's Cool "Osgood l Just turn your side of the blanket on and get back where you belong l '' Warn to reduce the cost of heating your home this win ter' 7 Of course you do' Earl\ this year the cost of home heating reached heights un dreamed of in the affluent Sixties and for the cold season ahead they re certain to be ev en higher So the practical homemaker will make a list NOW of ways to keep those costs down The first step is to make sure your house is properly insulated Next, close off any room that’s not in use Then check to see that storm doors and windows are in good order Carpets also keep the house warmer, and by lower ing your thermostat from 73 to 68 degrees you 11 effect a fuel reduction and savings of 15% You can further reduce those fuel bills by using an automatic electric blanket by Fieldcrest Yes, an automatic blanket Its reliable warmth will let you turn your home heating unit all the way down to 60 degrees during winter nights thus saving 13% more fuel during an average eight hours of sleeping time (The average cost of electric ity used by an automatic blanket is less than three cents a night 1 Furthermore, it provides a comfortable, convenient kind of warmth - which is whv over 30 million people in the U S use them thermo static heat control responds to changes in room temper ature, thus automatically reg ulatmg the blanket to give vou the amount of warmth vou want all night long Because the automatic blanket is lightweight vou can use it all vear around representing a considerable saving in monetary outlav to sav nothing of closet space' Plus an automatic is made from svnthetic fibers which makes them completelv machine washable as well as moth and mildew proof, and all automatics made by Field crest are listed bv Under Agriculture 1975 I Continued from Page 71 sell their own birds He secs a very good year for that kind of operation Fertilizer - Pesticide Outlook William Brubaker, president of the Penn sylvania Inland Fertilizer Association, told us that fertilizer supplies will continue tight, especially nitrogen “I wouldn't be surprised to see nitrogen writers Laboratories Ml but twin sires are a\ailable with dual controls for individual settings No more bedroom battles be tween wives who like to cuddle up m cozy warmth and husbands who prefer to sleep cool And toda> auto matics can be bought in a broad range of high-fashion decorator colors too It's been almost 30 tears since automatic blankets were put on the market by Field crest and the\ ve grown in popularity ever since Now adays. there s no smarter wav to save energy and keep warm at night than bv using an automatic blanket Thousands of h\es even \ear are lost because there aren t enough donors of kid ne> s or other organs A do nated organ successfull> trans planted is literalK the gift of life For more info-mation write to Kidne\ Foundation of N\ 432 Park Ate South New Wk NV 10016 Call Your HUSKEE-BILT MAN! Huskee Gives You More! Full 6x6" Poles American made steel or aluminum Spacious Doors Factory Assembled Trusses* Top grade lumber throughout Eave heights to 19' Also Ask About Our CWmOUHI BWffiONMaiT BWLMNG * T*"** eontro*#d anviroomaear was .10 cents f.o b the storage tank Just a few jears ago, the same material sold for 12 to 18- cents, and that was applied." Brubaker said farmers would be well-advised to talk their needs over with their supplier as early as possible Prices for phosphorous and potash should continue firm at their present levels, which are up over the preceding year’s prices, but Brubaker expects the tight supply situation for these materials to ease up somewhat. There will be some shortages of better in secticides, especially those for rootworm control, Brubaker predicted. “And the market isn’t exactly flooded with the better corn herbicides,” he added. Seed Supplies Adequate “We’re optimistic that seed prices will only be slightly higher than last year,” we were told by Floyd Imes, Manheun. Imes is president of the Penn sylvania Foundation Seed Cooperative, and seed plant manager for Agway’s Manheun operation. “Dealers should be able to give farmers as much seed as they need, but they might not have the selection of varieties that some buyers would want. We have a good supply of seed oats. jThe wheat and barley seed or ders have already been filled, of course, and we experienced a good supply situation there.” It Pays to Know Your Banker 'Lenders will continue to take care of their present farm customers,” we were told by Hubert B. cher, Commonwealth National Bank’s farm loan officer. "But there’s not going to be much of a scramble after new business in l'J75 ” Bucher expects interest rates for short term farm loans to continue around the 10 percent mark, but he doesn't see them going any higher There’s no sign of interest rates going back down to six percent, he said. Not ever Lower Farm F.quipment Prices’’ "Farmers might have trouble early in the year getting equipment orders filled, but after that things should loosen up a little. Prices might even start going down, possibly in the spring,” said Robert Hart ford, executive director of the Pennsylvania Farm and Power Equipment Association, Phoenixville Harford said the supply situation will continue tight however, on larger tractors mostly because manufac turers can t get component parts. Used prices should stay up even though new equipment will be easier to get, „ Hartford said “Dealers are pretty well sold out of used equipment because that’s all they had to sell this year. So I don’s expect used pnces to come down ’’ Parts availability has been a big problem for many dealers in the past year. “I hope our problems with parts are over,” Hartford said. “Some parts will be plentiful, some won’t be. But all parts this year should be easier to get.” it-