Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, June 05, 1976, Image 43

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as I am" with my
. at this time of year,
certainly glad we don’t
tobacco to add to the
hours.
len I was a teenager my
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MEN’S CANVAS' ' ’
CASUAL SHOES
BROWN
SMER SPECIAL
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father grew 15 acres of
tobacco on two farms. I and
my six younger sisters were
expected to help pull the
' plants In themorning and sit
on the planter behind the
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MEN'S & BOYS
iTBALL SNEAKERS
•E IN U.SA
.ORS: GOLD, BLACK,
'Y, GREEN & CAROLINA
SUPER SPECIAL PRICE
’2.98
& TEENS
CASUALS
D, BUCK, CHINO &WHI
SUPER SPECIAL PRICE
MEN S & BOYS STARKER
SNEAKERS
CUSHIONED INSOLE
COLORS: BLUE, BLACK,
GOLD, WHITE & GREEN
SUPER SPECIAL PRICE
horses all afternoon and
plant at the exact moment
that a squirt of water came
from the barrel above.
The' one nice thing about
pulling plants from my
Grandfather Shreiner’s
garden was looking forward
to the' big pitcher of
lemonade " which my
Grandmother always
brought us just as we thought
we couldn’t sit on that bard
board above the plants and
stretch for one more handful.
The afternoons hot and dusty
job was Interrupted by
frequent trips to the
Conestoga for water to fill
the big barrel on the planter.
One time I persuaded my
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sister to try walking on the Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June «v i
water with her barefeet in “ , '
five gallon buckets. It was, ~ Milk Distributors - - ~ ■■
fine as long as I helped her ‘ RTs estimated that there ' rri iHn«
keep her balance but when I are *bout 2,000 ILS. milk M n k *
releasedmy hold on her she distributing companies, e * c .ecordhSt? 1 li?
feU into tbe water end we proceaatag mitt, butter, SJgySj. *?. V
had to hide her wet clothes cheese* ice cream and other dSTWuSnS iJF it
from our father as he didn’t dairy products. SdSedSh2d£l
approve of any ‘‘fooling -From Dairy Council tte^dpoirt^lf o^
around.’So, die had to wear 11 ~ count QuaUtv <
a big coat all through the hot hoeing sessions that my
afternoon. - father informed me that I
Come to think of it, would be Allowed to attend
growing tobacco really Business College in the fall. CertlßedMflfc ’
played an important part in I’d always wanted to go to A m nv
my young life. Days and college and this was just a standard® rf to--
days were spent hoeing long substitute but at least it got «#-
row after long row-but I still me away from home at a
enjoy the job of hoeing. It time when I needed some VsvLn.l-,
was during one of these independence.
MENS & LADIES WATER BUFFALO LEATHER
ALS
HAND MADE IN INDIA
SUPER SPECIAL PRICE
■2.98
>XFORDS OR SLIP-ON
OLORS: NAVY OR WHITE
SUPER SPECIAL PRICES
SANDALS
iTHER UPPERS
ER SPECIAL PRICES
*5.98
*9.98
MEN’S DRESS
SOCKS
NT ACRYLIC, 25 PERCENT NYLON, 5
ORLON
iREEN, BROWN/ BLACK, NAVY,
1 & CRANBERRY
-From
MEN’S DECK
SHOES
•3.49