—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 17,1977 28 »* * " “ -- - Boys ask Santa for bag-man truck, birdie that don’t bite Santa Claus is getting lots of mail these days, and among the letters is one the little Kneg boys dictated to their Mommy recently. Karl began the letter: Paul Order 4 November milk price $10.59 ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Market Administrator Joseph D. Shine recently announced a November 1977 base milk price of $10.59 per hundredweight for the Middle Atlantic Marketing Order and an excess milk price of $B.BO. The weighted average November price is $10.43 and the butterfat differential for the month is 11.6 cents. The November base milk price is up 13 cents from October and is 18 cents above the November 1976 base price. Order No. 4 prices are announced for 3.5 per cent milk £.o.b. plant location within 55 miles of Philadelphia, Pa. and also within 75 miles from the nearer of Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, Md. There is a 6-cent direct-delivery dif ferential applicable to producer milk received at plants located within 55 miles of Philadelphia. Shine reported that November producer milk receipts totaled 461.9 million pounds, an increase of 1.9 SAVE Vj OF 1 I 8! THE COST OF § \ SPRAY PAINTING BARNS m I• By having il done right' J • Like you want it done p p • With latest equipment 1 •Crushed properly with the f. % real 6” paint brush |j i;«By one who is self-£3 f employed i & • Using the original proven g H barn paint 4 • Check with my recent § near your place. -' | PHARESS. HURST % i' RDI, Box 420 ", % Narvon, Pa 17555 % 215 445-6186 -M Dear Santa Claus “I’m three now. Paul is five My name is Karl. We just go to see Santa Claus with grandpa last year " At this point, Paul interrupted and & per cent from October, on a daily basis, and 6.0 per cent above a year ago. Class I producer milk accounted for 60.40 per cent of total November producer deliveries, compared to 59.54 per cent ui October and 64.76 per cent a year ago. Base milk represented 91.31 per cent of total November production. A total of 7,971 dairymen supplied Middle Karl Atlantic Order handlers during the month and the average daily delivery per producer was 1,931 pounds, 7.3 per cent above the November 1976 daily average rate. Middle Atlantic Order pool handlers reported Class I in area milk sales of 7.73 million pounds per day during November. When adjustment for variation in calendar composition is made, November fluid milk sales were down 0.6 per cent from October and were 2.7 per cent below last November. wasted no time in ordering what he> wants. He didn’t even bother to introduce himself. “I want a different bicycle -- not like Jennifer’s. Just dnly a two-wheeier.” (Jennifer is the 4-year old next-door). “I want a bag-man truck,” Karl added quickly To be sure Santa’s list didn’t get filled before he got his own orders m, Paul took command again with: “And a car with a hook on it to take it to the station to fix it, and then take it back to the traffic. And know what else I want? A fire truck. And know what else J need? A nose to squirt out the fire." Karl is back with: “I waqt a marble thing that you pull it back and shoot the marble and it goes round, round and round. “Me too, one that's not the broken one,” Paul chimed in excitedly. "I want a duck on it,” Karl added. "Know what else I need? A record," said Paul. “And then a radio. w “I want a record too," Karl ex claimed. “How about a birdie that ddn’t bite, just a toy one, Do yog have that?" asked Paul. “And get grandpa a toy,” Kar. requested generously, but offering no suggestions. Paul kept going with his list, by asking for “Eggs that have Silly Putty in, I want that for Christmas." [CXB32SH3 The DeLaval Compact Combine can keep you in daiiying. The DeLaval Compact Combine gives you all the labor-saving, time-saving, better-milking of a tull pipeline at half the cost. Or about the same cost as a bucket and transfer system. With a Compact Combine, there are no more buckets to lug and no more buckets to scrub. The DeLaval Compact Combine was designed and built by DeLaval to meet the needs and the pocketbooks of dairymen milking up to 50 cows. See your DeLaval Dealer about our “Compact” today. It costs about half what you’d expect to pay for a pipeline. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: J.B. MERMAN & SONS Life on the farm By DIETER KRIEG - Karl got his last request in: “I want a tractor,” before letting Paul steal the show once and for all. Paul began his final marathon of requests by approving the tractor idea and suggesting that Santa bring him one which is called a steam roller. just for her. And then Uncle Steve. I want the same everything that Karl 1 wants for Uncle Steve to keep for all day and for me too. And I want'to give them to him. That’s all for now.',' WEST OF BLUE BALL, PA. ON ROUTE 23 Phone (717) 354-4955 "I want Silly Putty,” younger brother. “Me too,” Paul continued, following it with “Know what I’m going to make with Silly Putty/ A ball and then some animals.' And I need some little cars -- not all of them - just a couple. And a boat that goes in the water, and winds up. And know what else I need 7 A new big wheel that’s very nice and beautiful and clean." “Know what I ne'fed for Daddy?” he then continued. “A cracker screwdriver for him to fix something. They’re the ones that you can eat and they don't make you sick. And I want an airplane that’s not real, just a new one. And I want to buy a brand new Heidi that’s only a toy." (Heidi is his 1 year old sister). “You should visit us sometime,” the nursery schooler suggested. "Know what I want for Tante Hilke? Crayons and a coloring book echoed his
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