88—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1978 Ladies Have You Heard? •By Doris Thomas Lancaster Home Economist LOOK FOR HIDDEN COSTS IN HOME OWNERSHIP “For $225.00 a month you could become a homeowner! ” Have you ever heard this phrase? It’s one often advocated by those interested in selling housing. It is only partially true. The money you are spending for rent could be invested unto purchasing housing but there are act ditional expenses associated with homeownership that are ignored when this logic is used. First of all, money is Farm Women Calendar Today, November 4 Lancaster Cc. Farm Women Society Convention at the Farm and Home Center, Lancaster. Tuesday, November 7 Lancaster Co. Society 23 meeting at Mrs. Jay Charles, Washington Boro HI. Program, book review. Wednesday, November 8 Lancaster Co. Society 14 meeting at 1 p.m. hosted by Martha Ranch. York Co. Society 7 meeting at 6:30 p.m. hosted by Mrs. Ray Hoover. Berks Co. Society 1 meeting at 8 p.m. hosted by Lena Eynch, Oley Rl. Sewing Machine Ex travaganza, 9:30-11 a.m. and 7-9 p.m. at St. Gregory the Great Church, Lebanon. Thursday, November 9 Lebanon Co. Society 18 meeting at 7:30 p.m. Program-hobby night. Lancaster Co. Society 9 meeting at 12:30 p.m. hosted by Mrs. George Trout, and entertaining Lebanon Co. Society 14. York Co. Society 35 meeting at 7:30 p.m. hosted by Gloria Holtzapple. Friday, November 10 Lancaster Co. Society 13 meeting hosted by Mrs. John Delinger. Safety program. Saturday, November 11 Lancaster Co. Society 2 meeting hosted by Grace Miller Lancaster Co. Society 6 meeting at 2 p.m. hosted by Marie Hotter. Lancaster Co. Society 19 meeting at 1:30 p.m. hosted by Yvonne Geib, East Petersburg. Lancaster Co. Society 25 meeting at 1:30 p.m. hosted by Mrs. Carl Gish, Landisville Lancaster Co. Society 1 meeting. Berts Co. Society 6 to serve refreshments at stand in needed, for the down payment and closing costs when you purchase a home. In addition, there may be considerable moving-in expenses, such as the pur chase of appliances, car peting and draperies, which are sometimes provided in a rental situation. Finally, in most rental situations you know what the monthly rent will be for 12 months. It is fixed. With owned housing, it is not so easy to predict because there can be fluctuations. As a homeowner, you will have to pay your own property tax, maintenance and repairs, property in surance and, possibly, water, sewer and trash collections. These can add a great deal to your monthly housing expenses. Homeownership has tax advantages and is a forced savings, but it does cost more on a monthly basis than renting due to hidden costs. When you are com paring renting with buying a house, it is important you don’t compare just the monthly rent with the monthly mortgage payment. WHEN POWER FAILS: FOOD PREPARATION When power fails, you have no heat, no refrigeration, and limited water. In addition, health risks from contaminated or spoiled food increase. There are ways to con serve fuel, water, and ob serve health precautions during a power outage. If you have limited heat for cooking, choose foods which cook quickly. Prepare casseroles and one-dish meals or serve no-cook foods. Try alternative cooking methods. Many foods can be skewered, grilled or wrapped in foil and cooked in the fireplace. Candle war mers and other devices such as fondue pots may be used if no other heat sources are available. Never use fuel-burning camp stoves or charcoal burners inside your home, even m a fireplace. Fumes from these stoves can be deadly. Do not cook frozen foods because they require con siderably more cooking time and heat than canned goods. It is also best to leave the freezer door closed to keep food from thawing. Observe health precautions by boiling all water used in food preparation for at least 10 minutes. If you are without refrigeration, open only enough food for one meal. Some foods can be kept a short time with refrigeration, such as cooked vegetables, meat and meat dishes. Do not keep these dishes for more than three or four hours at moderate temperatures. Stav away from foods that Jeffrey future dairy By KENDACE BORR Y KUTZTOWN - Jeffrey C. Miller, Kutztown R 3, is in volved m dairy cows. The 21 year old winner of the 1978 American Farmer Degree helps his father farm a 1450 acre dairy and cropland farm that has 390 Holstein cows and 175 heifers. And Jeff loves showing cows and going to cow sales. All his life, he stated, he wanted to be a dairy farmer. He likes being in the show ring, and strives to be at the top of the class. It gives him a sense of pride and ac complishment, he told, and makes the hard work in volved pay off. This past year was his best for showing. At the Allen town Fair, he showed five animals in the FFA division and each placed first in its class. He also had the FFA Junior and Reserve Junior Champion, the FFA Senior and Reserve Senior Champion, as well as the grand champion over all the FFA animals. In the open classes, his Junior and Senior Champion were firsts m those classes. He has his future planned. spoil easily, such as ground meats, creamed foods, custards, meat pies, and any food containing mayonnaise. They are potential sources of botulism poisoning. Canned and powdered milk can be substituted for fresh milk. Canned milk will keep safely for a few hours after the can is opened. Water should be boiled or disinfected before it is mixed with powdered milk. Prepare and eat foods in their original containers, if possible. This cuts down on dishwashing if water sup plies are limited. cUO Pk FARM DUTY, SINGLE PHASE ELECTRIC MOTORS 1750 R.P.M. TOTALLY ENCLOSED FAN COOLED 1 H.P., 143 Frame 1.5 H.P., 145 Frame 2 H.P., 145 Frame 3 H.P., 184 Frame 5 H.P., 184 Frame 7.5 H.P. 10H.P. Prices in effect for Current Stock Large Selection Of Reconditioned 3 Phase Motors BLUE BALL MACHINE WORKS MiUer’s is with cows expecting to build his stock slowly towards the best, and continue to climb, moving towards better quality each year. In the FFA program, he was the State Star Farmer in 1975, and the national regional crop proficiency winner in 1975 as well as tne national regional dairy proficiency winner in 1976. In 1974 and 1976 he won the Penn State record keeping award. And in 1974 and 1975, he won the Interstate Milk Producers award. At the Reading Fair in 1975, he was /picked the outstanding FFA boy. He was also involved in public speaking dntests and has won several awards on different levels. Besides being active in the Kutztown FFA Chapter,he is a member of the Kutztown Young Farmers, the Berks County Junior Holstein Club, the Virginville Grange, and the Hamburg Jaycees. He is a former 4-H member. His senior year in high school he won the Dekalb award. His list of honors and accomplishemtns could go on and on for hfe has com peted in local contests, judgings, and showings, with many prizes and awards to his credit. He said it all started for him when he was in the eighth grade and he came to the Young FArmer meetings with his father. From there, he enrolled in the vo-ag courses, joined FFA, and started on his way to his farming career. He thinks being involved in FFA is a good way to meet people, and he stated that he has gained leadership ex perience through hie par ticipation in the activities. He hopes to be able to use *102.20 *130.20 *158.20 *187.60 *252.00 *378.00 *406.00 BOX 176, RT. 322 BLUE BALL, PA. 17506 Jeffrey Miller, a member of the Kutztown FFA, has been named one of the recipients of the 1978 American Farmer awards. this leadership skill in being active in groups in the future. Looking to the future, he hopes to get a partnership set up with his father, very much liking the dairy end of the farm operation. Or he thinks about ''possibly starting on his own, and renting his own farm. STOLTZFUS MEAT MARKET RETAIL MEAT MARKET RIGHT ON THE FARM. • FRESH CUT BEEF & PORK • FRESH EGGS RIGHT FROM THE FARM ★ OUR OWN COUNTRY CURED HAMS, BACON and SWEET BOLOGNA Orders Taken For Beef Sides, Wrapped And Ready For Your Freezer. Attention Farmers: We Do Custom Slaughtering For Your Freezer, PH: 768-7166 Directions: 1 block east of intercourse on Rt. 772 Reg. Hours: Thurs. 9-5; Fri. 9-8; Sat. 8-5 10* on 10-‘/ 2 H.P. POWER TOOL MOTORS REG. $4O NOW *36 But presently he keeps busy, his work this year including the planting of 600 acres of com by himself, of which about half is now harvested. He will continue to maize the most of the opportunities presented to him and will look to dairy farming for his future. v
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