Holiday decorations made from foil containers - COLUMBUS, Ohio - If one 'is looking for something new in holiday decorations, this is for them. The idea comes from indiaj-but the look is American - and the making is easy agjue! In fact, these decorations are made from foil pie plates, or any other throw-away foil containers one might happen to have around. The inspiration is an In dian folk craft called “rangoli” - little tin boxes punched with patterns of holes. For special holidays, villagers decorate the IOJ have a j • nice weekend,.. ) Efficient manure hamping that can generate extra income. te - IfIsTRU from Surge. If you’re a dairyman, check out the rugged, new TRU manure handling system from Surge The TRU converts raw dairy manure into two valuable, easy-to-handle by-products A high nutrient liquid fertilizer, and a low-moisture near-odorless solid that can be used as a source of quality bedding or sold as garden mulch Incoming manure is agitated in a process pit beneath the TRU The agitated slurry is then pumped through 4 sets of pressurized rubber rollers and perforated steel drums to separate solids from the liquids The solid has the consistency of commercial peat moss The liquid contains approximately 85% of the fertilizer value, and because of its water-like consistency can be easily transferred to a lagoon or field with no further agitation With a 100 cow herd, the TRU could easily convert a messy, smelly problem into $5OOO-88000* worth of high nutrient fertilizer, plus 36,000-54,000 cu ft of quality bedding or saleable soil conditioner per year SEE YOUR DEALER NOW iSUREEr SHARTLESVILLE FARM SERVICE ROl, Hamburg, Pa. Ph.(215)488-1025 LONGACRE ELECTRICAL PEN W. HOSTETTER BRICKERVILLE SVC. INC. RD 2. Annville, Pa EQUIPMENT Bally. Pa. Ph (717) 867-2896 Lester 8011, Prop Ph (215)845-2261 Bnckerville, Pa 11 Ph (717)626-6198 ground with designs they make by sifting colored sand through the rangoli. The patterns of the holes - flowers, scrolls, and such - act as stencils to produce the designs on the ground. Now, American designer Constance Spates has borrowed the idea and - substituting spray paint for sand - come up with an en dless source of decorations for tree, table, and much more! She starts with clean discarded foil containers. They’re thin enough to cut ■ with scissors, yet firm. From them, she cuts simple shapes - a bird, a bell, a 'Manure production per animal and manure nutrient values will vary based on animal weight feed ration and methods of manure handling BRANDFS FARM SUPPLY INC. 601 E High St. Elizabethtown, Pa. Ph (717)367-1221 DONALD UPPERMAN Rt 3 N. Franklin St. Chambersburg, Pa Ph (717)264-6007 heart. (Any ridgeain the foil can be smoothed out with the blunt edge of a knife or ruler). Then using a darning needle, she punches a pat tern of holes. Constance advises pinning the shape to a piece of corrugated card board so ttie needle can be punched through cleanly and safely. Now comes the fun. Using spray paints in different colors, she creates her “rangoli stencils” - for greeting cards, party napkins, even wall hangings. And - as the foil shapes take on their new shiny new color, they become ornaments in themselves! JIM’S SALES & SERVICE Oak Bottom Rd , Box 37 Quarryville, Pa Ph (717)786-1533 Who would guess these pretty ornaments were made from foil pie plates, a darning needle, and spray paint? Shapes were cut out of foil, punched into lacy patterns, then sprayed with a variety of colors. The bird and heart doubled as stencils: they were placed on old white sheetwhich was sprayed cherry red - and turned into a lively party tablecloth. mcaster Farming, Saturday, November 25,1978 '* / /AS // '//Sj. I / / * , s U.* ' ' ~ l[ * * - ♦ 't % * hnjmt KiffiV'-"' f'f ' (•- s 51
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