—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 5,1979 104 Ladies Have You Heard? By Doris Thomas Lancaster Home Economist SPRINGTIME BARGAIN There is no time like the present to include potatoes in your daily menu planning. Marketing specialists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) report that this highly versatile food item continues at the top of the food supply list for May. Lock for potatoes that are fairly clean, firm, smooth, and regularly shaped to avoid waste in peeling. Also, avoid potatoes with wilted, wrinkled skin, soft dark areas, cut surfaces, or a green appearance. And choose potatoes of uniform size for even cooking. Weight watchers will be interested to learn that ounce for ounce, the potato is no more caloric than a typical apple. And, the calorie count is less than that of equal amounts of pears, avocados, rice or bran flakes. But if you are counting calories, here’s a delicious way to serve baked potatoes and not worry about extra inches. Twice-Baked Potatoes, Cottage Style 4 medium potatoes 1 cup low-fat cottage cheese % cup skim milk or but termilk 1 tablespoon minced onion % teaspoon salt dash pepper paprika dried parsley flakes Gently scrub potatoes under cold water with vegetable brush to clean. Pierce each potato in several places with tines of fork. Bake at 400 degrees for 45 minutes or until tender. Cut hot potatoes in half lengthwise. Scoop out potato, leaving skins intact for restuffing. With wire whisk, beat potato with remaining ingredients except paprika and parsley flakes until fluffy. Pile mixture back into skins. Sprinkle with paprika and parsley flakes. Bake 10 more minutes or until just golden. Makes 8 servings, about 75 calories each. NEW OR OLD HOMES MUST BE EFFICIENT ENERGY USERS All home heating bills have risen in recent years. And unfortunately, prices of energy will almost certainly keep rising. So if you’re building or buying a new home, or improving an existing one, make it energy efficient. Since beating accounts for the greatest use of energy in a home, house construction should keep heat less to a minimum. Generally, a square- or rectangular designed house has less heat loss than a ranch or “L”- shaped heme because it has less-exposed wall and roof areas. The number and size of the windows also affect heat loss. To keep this loss to a minimum, the total window area should not consist of more than eight to 10 percent of the floor area of the home. To further hold down heat loss, consider using triple glazed windows instead of double-glazed ones. Sliding-glass doors are another big source of heat lies. If you’re building, you may want to substitute a regular or a patio door for sliding-glass ones. You should install either in sulated exterior doors or storm doors. The home also should have adequate insulation to reduce heat loss. In most homes, water Grapes thrive in well drained soil UNIVERSITY PAiiK - Grape vines growing in proper soil will undergo stresses, such as drought, considerably better than plants growing in poorly drained soils, says Dr. Carl W. Haeseler, Extension pomologist, the Penn sylvania State University. Plant disorders occur less frequently when vines are grown in well-drained soils. The basic reason for a plant’s ability to function efficiently in well-drained Benefit dinner planned WILMINGTON, Del. - The New Castle County 4-H Livestock Judging Team has planned a benefit dinner for May 11. The purpose of the dinner is to help raise funds to send these 4-ITers to out of-state livestock judging competitions. The dinner will be held at Red Clay Creek Church, 5800 McKennan’s Church Road, Wilmington. This will be a five course dinner and the heating accounts for the second biggest use of energy. You can minimize this energy cost by locating the water heater close to the point of greatest use, such as the kitchen or bath. Any hot water that remains in a supply pipe after a tap or valve is closed, eventually cools off and is wasted. The shorter the supply pipe, the less wasted hot water. Other ways to save energy include the use of energy efficient fluorescent lighting in bedrooms and living areas as well as in the kitchen, bathroom, utilityroom, workshop and garage. Locate the refrigerator away from heating ducts, range, dishwasher and any other appliances that produce heat so it won’t have to work as hard. And if you are buying new appliances, select ones with energy saving features. Making your dream house as energy efficient as possible will not only save on your energy costs now, but you also can expect even greater savings as the price of energy rises. soil is that such soils are have adequate moisture- County agents of the well-aerated. holding capacity. Subsoil of -Cooperative Extension Consequently, the root well-drained soils is Service were recommended systems are well-developed uniformly brown or as the easiest and best and have a large volume of yellowish-brown in color. On sources of information on soil from which to absorb the other hand, the color of soils. Also, many counties water and essential mineral poorly drained subsoil is have soil surveys available, elements. In addition, roots light and highly mottled- Soil Conservation Service function best in soils that are containing gray, yellow, personnel of the U.S. well-aerated, explains orange, and whitish spots-to Department of Agriculture Haeseler. within 18 inches of the will assist in determining surface. soils of specific areas. Ideally, a soil should be well-drained for three or four feet and should contain enough organic matter to cost is $3 per person. Tickets can be purchased from Mr. Richard Klair, County 4-H Leader for the livestock team by calling 302-239-7332. Throughout the next few months the livestock judging team will put in many hours of practice time. Everyone agrees that practice makes perfect in livestock judging. This year’s team hopes to compete at the Maryland State Fair, Timonium, Maryland; Eastern National Livestock Exposition, Timonium, Maryland; and the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, Pa. ATTENTION POND & STREAM OWNERS! Is your pond doing its job in supplying water for: • Fire protection • Recreation is your stream eroding your land beyond hope? We are professional fish and wildlife biologists experienced in; • Pond design and construction. • Pond renovation, spillway and dike repair. • Pond sealing (chemical & physical). • Aquatic weed and algae control. • Stream rehabilitation/erosion control. • Impact assessment & aquatic bioassays. • Fish population management. • Fish disease problems. • Water quality analysis. • Wildlife management & landscaping for wildlife attraction. POND MANAGERS Sherwood E. 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