1976 insight [Continued from Page 96) Young women from towns "'nd cities joined the Far ■fnettes-a joint venture of USDA and the U.S. Food Administration-who canned and dried food and worked in commercial processing plants. During the war years, many young women came to Washington, D.C., to work in USDA or the U.S. Food Administration. Generally, they were in low-grade clerical positions. One ex ception was Mary Pen nington, who came to USDA to head the Food Research Lab in 1908. USDA representative Later that year, despite protests within the Depart- GEORGE PURCELL ESTATE AUCTION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1976 11:00 A.M. Location-Turnoff Rt. 14 I mile South of Gillett, Pa., 3 miles on Mott Town Road. Watch for Auction Arrows. John Deere H tractor with snow plow, cultivators, mower, plow, chains, parts for John Deere H tractor; Oliver 5B trailer plow; N. H. ensilage cutter and blower; 1953 Ford stake body truck; 1957 Ford automobile; N.I. trailer mower; A.C. round baler; IHC com harvester; J.D. com harvester; Superior Grain Drill; (2) Farm trailers; round baler twine, etc. TOOLS AND MISC. ARTICLES Sears chain saw; (2) good 20” truck tires; 12 volt battery charger; compressor; work bench, metal tool cabinet, log chains and grabs; carpenter tools of all kinds; bench grinder; quantity telephone poles; nearly new Craftsman snader; electric fencer; chain hoist; extension ladders; racks for pickup truck; large .assortment of nuts, bolts, nails, etc. and many articles 'too numerous to mention. OLD ITEMS - Hand com meal grinder; (2) 1 horse 'cultivators; harnesses, buggyfills, pony cart, crocks, wooden barrel, chum, hay saw, buck saw, leather punch, buzz saw, homemade wooden cabinet, 2 cobbler shoe lathes; RR lantern; cow bells, milk cans, oil stove, ice tongues, iron tea kettle, model T coils, (2) hand augers, collection of old tools. 3 acres of husking com. Terms - Cash or good check. Lunch available. Tent Owner MRS. GEORGE PURCELL Robert M. Shaylor, Sales Troy, Pa. 717-297-3278 AUCTION ANTIQUES, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, FARM & TRUCK FARMING EQUIPMENT, TRACTORS For Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Gersch, New Hope Rd., Between Rt. 413 & Forest Grove Rd., Pineville, PA THURSDAY, OCT. 21,1976 at 9:30 A.M. (Household items sell first) Tone root lifter 3 PTH, 2 Meka harrows, 1960 Ford F. 500 rack body good rubber, hand drill press, vise, grinder & motor, lanterns, iron horse trough, tool chest, tools, garden tools, hand rooters, 2-IHC 2 row com planter, truck chains, 250 gal. gas tank and pump, 5’ Terrain rotary mower 3 PTH, Log Chains, approx. 3 ton bagged limestone, burlap bags, % HP air com pressor, cabbage crates, hand dusters, platform scales, peg tooth harrows, NI side rake 0.5., Celery Hillers circular saw, side dresser for cultivators, chicken crates, hand cultivator, 6 row 125 gal. fiber glass sprayer used little; 3 PTH, 6 row veg. cultivator 3 PTH., IHC 5’ mower, ext. ladder, lime & fert. spreader, 6 row veg. seeder Plant Jr. 3 PTH, 4 row veg. drill; 3 PTH, 15 disc Ontario grain drill, O.S. bent side china closet, Hand com shelter, 2 bottom plow & plow pack, 9’ cidtipacker, 2 8’ discs, iron bull pens, grindstone, F. 20 Farmall Tractor horse plow, tractor mount duster, J.D. 2 bottom 3 PTH plow, cutting torch, propane heater, 2 row transplant, flat wagon, 100 Vz bu. baskets, Ford 800 tractor good rubber; 3 PTH, IHC R.T. flat wagon, turnip washer, Ford 6* mower 3. P.T.H. Conditions: Cash or Acceptable Check Auctioneers - Henry K. Freed 'Ralph D. Freed Apprentice - Ronald D. Freed ment over the selection of a woman, she was designated USDA’s representative to the first International Congress of Refrigerating Industries in Paris. In 1919, she left the Department to enter private industry, at twice her Government salary. Dr. Pennington’s work in sanitation and refrigeration led to revolutionary changes in the egg and poultry in dustries. A member of 12 professional organizations and 3 honorary societies, she was the first woman ac cepted in the American of Refrigerating Engineers. In 1940, she received the Francis Garvan gold medal, awarded to MACHINERY American women for distinguished service in chemistry. A USDA first. Secretary Henry C. Wallace was in strumental in recruiting the first and only woman to head a major USDA research agency. In 1922 he an nounced his intention to expand the Department to include a new bureau of home economics to be led by a woman. Louise Stanley, head of the Home Economics Division of the University of Missouri, was selected. At USDA, she directed im portant studies in nutrition, clothing, and housing. Probably the most significant of these efforts was a landmark nutrition study conducted in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s to determine scientifically what makes up a well balanced diet for humans at different levels of ex penditure. More than a million strong During 1943-45 more than a million women were recruited for seasonal work, and over 32,000 for the year round, primarily on dairy and poultry farms. Women also worked in food Housing program announced by USDA WASHINGTON, D.C. - A two-year demonstration processmg plants-canning, freezing, and drying foods. The major changes in American agriculture during World War II and the postwar years greatly af fected the life of farm women. Most homes now have running water, central heating, electricity, telephone, radio, television, freezers, and other labor saving appliances. Because of the trend toward large scale, specialized farming, fewer farms keep a large garden, a cow for butter and milk, and a few chickens for eggs. Thus, these chores have been largely eliminated from the farmwoman’s daily routine. Nonetheless, farmwomen still do their share. Besides housework, they can and freeze foods, sometimes run tractors during planting and harvest time, and often do the paperwork that keeps the farm running. Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Oct. 16.1976 program to find better ways of providing community development and housing assistance for “hard-to reach,” low-income persons in rural areas is being sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Three to six state govern ments will be selected jointly by USDA nad HUD to receive grants to develop the systems for delivering federal and other resources. -USDA’s Farmers Home Administration will provide up to $35 million for rural housing loans and up to $5 million in community program funds for the demonstration. HUD will provide $2.5 million for community development block grants and $500,000 to pay administrative costs. Technical assistance will be available for application processing, planning, and financing, and to help ap plicants obtain assistance Super potatoes feasible Super potatoes with higher protein content are expected to be ready for commercial growers in the next three to five years. Breeding stock from South America, where potatoes were first known, is currently being used by Minnesota plant scientists to develop the new varieties. While the average tuber has a protein content of about five per cent, scien tists hope to double this amount through selective breeding processes. At the same time they’re seeking to develop plants that will be adaptable to this climate with yields com parable to varieties now grown. By crossing parent potatoes whose protein content is about 20 per cent with a variety adapted to Minnesota environments, scientists have already produced potatoes with 50 Acre East Hempfield Twp. Lane. Co. Farm To be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION Wednesday October 27, 1976 at 2:p.m. Located on Colebrook Rd. just north of Lan disville Rd. and 1 mile south of Lancaster Junction. The farm totals 50 acres and 66 perches. Ground is in high state of cultivation bounded to the north by Reading Railroad and the Lititz Chiques creek. The farm house is of Brick and Frame construction having four bedrooms and bath on the second floor. Four rooms bath, kitchen on the first floor. Attached butcher furnace-room, and storage area. Two wells. Concrete celler floor with outside entrance. Other buildings include a large bank barn, tobacco shed, chicken house. Block milk house shop. This farm is very desirable for Steers or Dairy. Terms of sale 10 per cent down. 15 per cent by December 30,1976. Balance and Possession April Ist 1977. Inspection of house Saturday October 23rd 1:00 to 3:00 P.M. Sale by Henry W. Stauffer 717-898-7327 Conducted by J. Omar Landis Real Estate Auctions 717-733-7917 Peter K. Honaman Attorney under other federal programs that can be used to complement the demon stration projects. Rural areas generally are defined as nonmetropolitan, with less than 50,000 population. Some federal programs included in the demonstration effort are subject to specific population limitations which are less than 50,000. “Hard-to-reach” individuals or families in clude those who are unaware of, or have had no op portunity or capability of applying for, assistance offered under federal programs. The elderly and handicapped are included. More information and applications are available from: Howard Ball, Director, Office of Policy Planning, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Room 7158, Washginton, D.C., 20410, or Administrator, Rural Development Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 20250. about 10 per cent protein. Commonly grown varieties now have only about 5 per cent protein. Potatoes already rank second to soybeans in protein yield per acre. Since potatoes’ total yield per acre is so much higher, however, scientists say doubling their protein content would give them a higher protein yield per acre than that of soybeans. The development promises to provide better nutrition not only in fresh potatoes but also in processed forms like potato flakes or chips. TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! 97
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