—Lancaatar Firming. Saturday, March 6, 1976
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Farm family
IConttaust trow Pag* 4 2)
enrolled In (be FFA program at Penn Manor High School
and Kay and Scott belong to the Baby Beef 4-H club
Kathryn Shertzer finds time and the desire "to try
almost anything new in the homcmaklng and crafts
area," she explained Among her interests arc bargcllo,
dccoupage, ceramics, crocheting, baking especially
yeast breads gourmet cooking and quilt making. She
says she gives away her handiwork as gifts, but several
projects in progress arc evident throughout the home. She
shares several of her family's favorite recipes here-
S LAYER DISH
Place in layers as follows:
Thick layer of raw potatoes
cup rice over potatoes
Cover rice with 1 pound Hamburger
Thick layer sliced onions
layer of carrots
1 quart canned tomatoes or less
1 tablespoon salt and 1 tablespoon brown sugar
Sprinkle with pepper
Bake m 3SO-degree oven 2<6 hours.
PORK CHOP SUPREME
2 green peppers
6 pork chops
6 slices Bermuda onion
6 Tablespoons ri9e
1 No. 2 can tomatoes
Slice onion and make 6 pepper rings. Brown chops. (Use
large skillet with cover.) Place onion ring on each chop,
then pepper ring on each and IT. rice in each. Add 1 can
tomatoes. Spoon some juice from tomatoes into each rice
cup. Cover and simmer 45 minutes to 1 hour until pork is
thoroughly cooked.
6 whole chicken breasts, skinned, boned and pounded flat
Vt pound butter, cut in strips
6 green onions, chopped fine
2 T. parsley flakes or 6 T. fresh parsley, chopped
2 whole eggs, beaten until frothy
2 Cups Com Flake crumbs
Flour
Note: Pound breasts skin side down
Salt breasts on inside; Combine parsley flakes or
parsley, and onion. In center of each breast, place a strip
of very cold butter and one-twelfth of parsley-onion
mixture. Fold short sides of breast toward center, long
ends over, envelope style, to make a tight package. Dip in
flour. Breasts may be frozen at this point, if you wish to
use at alater time. Dipbreasts in beaten egg, then in com
flake crumbs. Roast, uncovered in 325-degree oven for 40-
45 minutes. May be basted with melted butter. Yield: 12
half breasts.
OSHA office opened
The U.S Department of
Labor’s Occupational Safety
and Health Administration
(OSHA) opened its new
Harrisburg Area Office on
March 1, at Progress Plaza,
49 N. Progress Ave.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
According to David H.
Rhone, regional ad
ministrator of OSHA in'
Philadelphia, the Harrisburg
Area Office, with field
stations in Lancaster and
State College, will serve a 33-
county area in central
Pennsylvania
CHICKEN KIEV
Rhone announced the
appointment of James W.
Stanley as area director of
the Harrisburg office. A
Florida native, Stanley was
raised in Harrisburg and
attended local schools. Prior
to his latest appointment, he Will Rp?
served as safety operations Will D 6 I
officer with the Pittsburgh _
Area office of osha. Read the Farm
The Harrisburg Area ...
Office will have a staff of 16 WOITISn
compliance safety and
health officers, five in- l6liQ3r.
dustrial hygienists, and
three secretaries.
Food marketing alert
As of mid-February, the supply situation in March la
expected to look like this ...
RED MEATS -
Beef... plentiful. Production i-io percent above a year
earlier and IS percent mora Ujtn the 1973-76 Mar.
average. Sharply increased fed beef output accounts for
most of larger supplies.
Pork ... adequate, due to seasonal increases above
Feb. levels but still S percent below year earlier level
and 12 percent under the Mar. 1973-76 average.
POULTRY 4 EGGS-
Broiler-fryers ... adequate. Production expected to be
record, about 10 percent above both year earlier and 1973-
75 averages.
Turkey ... adequate. Expected record high off-season
marketings will be more than offset by 26 to 30 percent
lower cold storage holdings; supplies will be about 25
percent less than last year.
Eggs ... adequate. Production about the same as a
year ago, but under the most recent 3-year average.
MILK 4 DAIRY PRODUCTS -
Milk and dairy products ... adequate. Output above
both year earlier and the latest 3-year average. Butter
production in Dec. was 7.3 percent below year earlier
levels, but above the 1972-74 monthly average for the first
time since April 1975. American cheese output up 8.5
percent from a year earlier and 5.5 percent larger than
the most recent 3-year average. Nonfat dry milk
production continues below previous levels, Dec. ’75 being
19.5 percent less than a year earlier and 5.7 percent below
the 1972-74 monthly average. Early Jan. commercial
stocks remained below both a year earlier and latest 3-
year monthly average: butter, 84 percent under a year
earlier and 76 percent less than 1973-75 average;
American cheese down 27 percent and 6 percent; nonfat
dry milk, 66 and 44 percent.
FRUITS, VEGETABLES, NUTS
Fresh applet... plentiful. Dec. 31 cold storage stocks 16
percent greater than a year earlier and 28 percent larger
than 3-year average.
Fresh pears... plentiful. Dec. 31 cold storage holdings
(mainly D’Anjqus) 5 percent less than a year earlier, but
24 percent greater than 1972-74 average.
Frozen red tart cherries ... plentiful. Dec. 31 supplies
about one-fourth larger than both a year ago and average.
Fresh citrus fruits and juices ... plentiful. Early, mid
season, and Navel orange production about same as last
season and 7 percent ahead of average. Grapefruit crop
record large, up 14 percent from last season and 9 percent
larger than average. Florida frozen concentrated orange
juice stocks Jan. 31 were 21 percent above a year earlier
and 39 percent more than average.
Canned non-citrus fruits... plentiful. Jan. 1 inventories
of most canned fruits were considerably heavier than a
year earlier. •
Raisins... plentiful. 1975 production 18 percent greater
than the heavy 1974 output. Dried prunes ... plentiful.
Production in 1975 about 6 percent larger than in 1974.
Processed vegetables... plentiful. The Jan. 1 earners’
stocks of 12 principal canned vegetables were 27 percent
Starting March 1, 1976,
workers and employers who
have questions about job
safety and health matters
may call the Harrisburg
Area Office at (717) 657-0100.
Know Where the
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USED MACHINES USED SPECIALS:
FROM SAVE J lOO
*35 Viking reg. *s6so Now $55 0
...... .._ “ Riccar reg. $389 Now $289
AND UP Singer reg. $519 Now $419
JIM STROBEL’S
OF MYERSTOWN Open Daily 9to 9
Sat. til c.
414 S. Railroad St
717-866-6274
larger than a year earlier and 29 percent more than 1973-'
71 average.
Fresh potatoes ... adequate. Feb. 1 stocks 8 percent
below last year's record level.
Dry onions ... light, until late Mar., when new crop
marketings from Texas will augment shipments from
storage.
Peanuts... plentiful, with Dec. 31 stocks slightly higher
than 1974. The 1975 crop was record high by 5 percent.
Almonds ... plentiful, because of large carryover from
record 74 crop. Walnuts ... plentiful, as record 1975 crop
exceeds 74 by about 25 percent. Pecans... plentiful, with
1979 output about 68 percent greater than the small har
vest of 1974.
GRAINS & LEGUMES-
Rice... plentiful. Record high forecast for 1975 crop
14 percent above the 1974 output and 32 percent more than
average. Dry beans ... plentiful, substantially heavier
output of certain varieties despite overall crop IS percent
below 1974’5. Dry peas, plentiful due to large carryover
from 1974 crop.
Wheat ... plentiful. Unchanged for past 2 months,
forecast is for a record crop 19 percent greater than
previous high in 1974 and 27 percent above the 1972-74
average.
Corn... plentiful for food use. Record 1975 production
25 percent more than a year earlier and 10 percent ahead
of 3-year average.
Terminology used: PLENTIFUL More than enough
for requirements. ADEQUATE Enough to meet needs.
LIGHT Less than adequate; not enough for normal
needs.
Decorating series slated
Arranging • Ms. Ganley will
show how to select carpet
around color schemes and
give tips on arranging fur
niture.
If you’re your own interior
decorator you may get some
tips from the “Do It Yourself
Decorating” classes spon
sored by the Cooperative
Extension Service of Penn
State University. Mrs. A.
Joan Lamberson, Extension
Home Economist, states that
the series will cover; color
schemes, floor coverings,
furniture arranging,
wallpapering and painting
and small repairs for things
around the home. The
classes will be held at the
York Mall Community
Room, 9:30 - 11:30 ajn. on
the following dates:
MARCH 11 - Do It Yourself
- Kristine Ganley, from a
well known floor covering
manufacturer will give ttys
on doing your own
decorating and selecting
hard surface floor coverings.
MARCH 18 - Carpet
Selection & Furniture
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MARCH 25 - Decorating
With Paint and Wallpaper •
Rhonda Hershner and Ted
Lenker, from a local
decorating center will show
how to decorate with these
materials and how to apply
them yourself.
APRIL 1 - Make It Do -
This program 'will cover
small repairs to do yourself,
such as burns in carpet,
dents and scratches in
furniture, repairing elec
trical plugs, sticking
drawers and others.
These classes are open to
anyone without regard to
race, color, or national
origin. You must register in ,
advance by calling die York
County Extension in the
Court House. Phone 848-3301,
ext. 222.
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