V
.n old proverb *ay« that you can’t judge a tree by it* bark
„ FARMERS
Now is the time to think about your sprayer
needs for the coming year We have any type
sprayer you may need high or low pressure,
tractor mounted or trailer type, boom or
boomless, with Myers PTO PLUNGER TYPE
PUMPS THAT WILL HANDLE ANY MATERIAL
New and used sprayers and pumps of various
sizes in stock now.
Lancaster County’s Only Dealer Specializing in
Sprayer Sales & Service.
LESTER A. SINGER
RONKS, PA
687-6712
What can
buy today?
One kilowatt-hour oS electricity, that’s what!
BU
It is a measure of how much electricity you use Kilo means "one
thousand ” Therefore, a kilowatt is 1,000 watts. A kilowatt hour is 1,000
watts of electricity used in one hour It is measured by your electric
meter.
THEN WHY IS MY BILL SO HIGH?
Twenty five years ago, if you were an average residential customer, you
used about 150 kilowatt hours of electricity per month Today, if you’re an
average residential customer you use about 500 kilowatt hours per month
. . . more than three times as much An inventory of all the electrical ap
pliance and entertainment items you’ve accumulated over the years quickly
tells the story.
Yes, rates have changed, too During the 1950's and 60s PP&L had
been able to make several rate reductions Starting in 1970 however, rates
began to rise ... primarily due to rising fuel costs and inflation
The point is, when you’re talking electricity, 3 3 A cents still buys a lot.
Capturing the sun
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WASHINGTON - New
sources of energy, foods and
chemicals from natural
processes linked to the sun
will be reviewed at a world
conference in Washington,
D.C. on March 10-12, 1976.
Devoted to the science of
bioconversion, the con
ference will bring together
for the first time govern
ment, industry, en
vironmental and consumer
organizations broadly
concerned with global
energy sources and
processes based on
photosynthesis.
The conference is spon
sored by a wide range of
federal agencies in
ATT
WHAT WILL IT DO?
A kilowatt hour (less than 4 cents worth of electricity) can do many things,
Here are just a few.
All four of these items can be accomplished with a total of 4 kilowatt
hours or a cost of about 15 cents. And, believe it or not, the price PP&L’s
average residential customers pay for electricity today is almost the same
as it was 25 years ago. In 1951 it was . . . today it is about —
and that includes your fuel adjustment charge and Pa. Tax Surcharge.
Bioconversion conference slated
• Light ten 100-watt bulbs for one hour'
• Or, run your frost-free refrigerator-freezer for more than three hours!
• Or, bring you an entire Super Bowl game on your TV!
• Or, operate a dishwasher to wash and dry two loads of the
cooperation with industrial,
professional, environmental
and civic organizations
concerned with future U.S.
and world demands for fuels
and related products.
Bioconversion is the
process by which solar
energy is stored in land and
water plants and tran
sformed into strategic
products through bacterial
or chemical action or
combustion.
The field includes con
version of field crop and
forest residues and manures
and plants grown
specifically for energy.
Conference participants will
review how biomass from
A Public Service Message From
PP&L
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan. 17,1976
these sources is converted
into natural gas, alcohols,
oils, solid fuels, animal
feeds, human foods, fer
tilizers and industrial
chemicals.
Current or potential
developments to be covered
include dairy-farm and
chicken-farm digesters,
major field-crop-feedlot
forest-waste conversion,
large-scale “energy plan
tations” and conversion by
products.
Principal speakers will
include Russell Peterson,
Chairman of the Council on
Environmental Quality, and
Mike McCormack, Chair
man of the House Science
and Technology Sub
committee on Energy
Research, Development and
Demonstration. The con
ference chairman is William
D. Carey, Executive Officer
of the American Association
for the Advancement of
Science.
Registration applications
are available from the
Washington Center for
Metropolitan Studied, 1717
Massachusetts Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C.
20036. (Phone: 202-462-4874).
Plenary and workshop
sessions will be held at the
Shoreham Americana Hotel.
Registration fees are $9O for
the three days or $3O for just
the final day.
FFA’ers
win
honors
Several members of the
Eastern Northampton VT
FFA were awarded honors
for their participation in
events during the State
Farm Show. Ken Fabian
showed cattle at the event
while Kevin Williams placed
4th in the safe tractor driving
contest.
The chapter’s window
display placed 4th in com
petition with other schools in
the state.
Among upcoming events,
the chapter will be donating
22 cases of fruit to the
Eastwood Convalescent
Home in Easton.
Diane Liiro
News Reporter
4-H Notes
Members of the Virginville
4-H Club recently won top
honors in the Berks County
Bowling Tournament.
Members of the winning
team included" Jeff Miller,
Sandy Miller, Christine
Adams and Lenny Sanner.
Second place went to the
Baby Beef 1 team with
Shartlesville 1 team placing
third.
Diane Myers, representing
the Fleetwood 4-H and the
Eastern Berks Dairy 4-H,
was the high individual in the
female division with Jeffrey
Miller taking top honors in
the boy’s contest.
The contest was held at the
Laurel Lanes with 26 teams
competing.
Planning a party that
includes sausage? If so,
remember that the many
fine American wines now
available complement and
enhance the flavor of
sausage dishes. If your menu
includes a dry or semi-dry
sausage such as salami or
cervelat, select a red wine. A
Burgandy Chianti or Claret
would be nice. White wines
like Chablis, Sauterne or
Rhine wine bring out the nest
in cooked, smoked sausages
including knackwurst,
bologna and skinless franks.
Capsule history of the
modern married couple:
apartment, small house,
bigger house, small house,
apartment.
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