ft—Lencaiter Farming, Saturday, Feb. 1, 1975
THE OLD
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FEB. 3-9, 1975
Think of the violets under the snow.
Go tobogganing now for the most fun you'll have this month
. . . Vessel Normandie caught fire then capsized Feb. 9-10,
1942 . . . Last quarter of the moon Feb. 3 . . . Northern
thunder now, as strange as it seems, means fine fail crops
~. Average length of da>s for the week 10 hours, 10 minutes
. .. Price of sperm whale oil in New Bedford, Mass, soared to
$1.30 per gallon Feb.!), 1857 ... 200-400 fireballs just missed
NYC Feb. 9, 1913 ... Ease makes for a poor conscience if it
be not well-earned.
Riddle:
want to go fishing?
(Answer below.)
Years ago people
" r ' L ~apples” forecast
weather. What are
oak apples and how
do they forecast the weather? F. 8., Lincoln, Nebraska.
An oak apple is what tree folks call a “gall" that grows on a
leaf after a fly has stung it. It’s green to begin with and
■grows a little larger than a horse chestnut. After a while it
turns brown and the inside is full of brown powdery junk.
Old timers need to soak them in vinegar to make ink, and all
kinds of folks figure that their size, color, heft, and so-on,
indicate the kind of winter to come.
Home Hint* To make the job of varnishing easier, place the container of
varnish in a pan of hot water. The varnish flows on easier and dries faster
. . . Riddle antucr. He liked to go haunting instead
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Fair with thaw to start, then 1-3" coastal snow
and up to 12" snow in north; end of week clear and very cold.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Week begins cloudy and unsea
sonably warm, then rain changing to snow and colder; par
tial clearing and cold with flurries latter part.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cloudy and mild at first, then light
rain; week ends generally clear and cold.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Warm spell with light ram to
start, then clear and cold; mostly clear and cold latter part.
Florida: Week begins warm with scattered showers, then
clearing and cool; end of week mostly sunny and mild.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Rain at first, then
rain changing to snow, 3-5” in north; light snow latter part
in central and north.
Greater Ohio Valley: Heavy rain to start, then rain mixed
with snow; week ends partly sunny and moderately cold.
Deep South: Light to moderate rain at first, then clearing and
cool; latter part fair and cool in north, rainy in central and
along Gulf.
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Week begins rainy, then cold
and cloudy; end of week clear and seasonably cold.
Northern Great Piains-Great Lakes: Mostly clear and not so cold
to start, then light snow in east; clear and cold latter part.
Central Great Plains: Snow in north and rain in east at first,
then clear and warm; week ends generally clear and mild.
Texas-Oklahoma: Week begins cloudy and cool, then showers;
end of week rainy in central, clear and cool in north and
partly cloudy along Gulf.
Rocky Mountain Region: Snow to start in northwest and cen
tral mountains, clear and mild elsewhere; end of week gen
erally sunny and mild.
Southwest Desert: Clear and mild to midweek, then slightly
warmer; cool with light showers in east latter part.
Pacific Northwest: Drizzle or freezing rain in north and heavy
rain in south to start, then light rain; sunny and warmer
by weekend.
California: Early week clear and mild in south and cloudy in
north; latter part cool and clear, then warmer in south but
rainy in north.
(All Right* Reierved, Yankee, Inc., Dublin, N.H. 01444)
Recently the Warwick
FFA Chapter held a Citrus
fruit sale, selling about 350
cases of Florida's oranges
and grapefruit.
The chapter sells this fruit
annually as a money-raising
project. This year the
chapter made a little over
$5OO.
The top 3 FFA citrus
sellers were David Derr,
Discussing the year's upcoming Grube - vice-president. Standing from
events are the newly elected officers left:'Mike Gross - secretary: Jim
of the Warwick High School FFA Shirk - treasurer; Tim Grube -
chapter. (Seated from left) Lee reporter and Tony Grube - sentinel.
Witmer - president and Richard
MARVIN J. HORST
R.D. 1, (Iona) LEBANON, PA.
Warwick FFA Gives Awards
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ZERO MILK TANKS AND PIPELINES.
SOLD A SERVICED DYi
selling 75 cases; Ken Sonnen,
60 cases; and Steve Marks,
55 cases. Each of them
received an award.
The chapter also visited
the 59th Pennsylvania Farm
Show on Monday, Jan. 6.
Some of the most in
teresting displays they saw
were the 4-H baby beef
cattle, Duroc and Yorkshire
hog Judging, the modern
prmg-tensioned power cutter trims all silage from
,ilo walls. . high capacity blower handles maximum
ulage volume easily hardened steel claw-type
gathering chain delivers any silage ready-to-feed .
optional tripod is available foi lifting silo, unloader
when refilling silo
EW ON STOCK AT 74 PRICES
tractors, and - the many
modem implements that go
with them, and of course, the
good food served throughout
the building. Later that
evening, everyone enjoyed
the exciting Police Rodeo.
In the future, the chapter
will be holding their annual
Donkey Basketball game,
where the Faculty of the
Warwick High and Middle
Schools will play against the
Warwick FFA members.
The chapter officers arc as
follows: president, Lee
Wltmcr; vice president,
Richard Grube; secretary,
Mike Gross; treasurer, Jim
Shirk; reporter, Tim Grube;
sentinel, John Grube; and
advisor, Clifford Grube,
Warwick High School Vo-Ag
teacher.
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