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With the instinct bred of
years of seasonal shivering,
I dug out the “fuzzies” last
week.
“Fuzzies” is our family’s
label for sheet blankets, die
lightweight flannel-like
bedding often sold for use as
summertime covers.
But at our house, we install
them on the beds when a nip
settles in the air as soon as
the fading sun slips behind
the hillside cornfields and
the thermometer hints about
falling into the frost zone.
Soft, napped sheets are a
necessity in our century-plus
log, stone and brick farm
home, since no predecessor
ever saw fit to install central
heat in the upstairs
bedrooms.
Frankly, we prefer it that
way. I vividly recall waking
in the middle of the night
during my last maternity
hospital stay, when it took
nurses a good twenty
minutes to halt .my
nosebleed from the un
commonly hot and dry air.
Unheated bedrooms
prevent such problems. In
fact, the midwinter humidity
in our upstairs is maintained
quite adequately through the
steam that occurs when we
merely breath in the near-
On being
a farm wife
-And other
hazards
Joyce Bnpp
freezing temperatures on
bitter, windy mornings.
But, back to the fuzzies.
There’s never been a set.
date for their arrival, just a
feeling that a lifetime of
unheated bedrooms brings
on naturally.
What final triggers my
brain to dig in the blanket
chest for the winter sheets is
the sudden dread of crawling
into bed, knowing that those
ice-cold cotton-polysheets
will resemble the pond in
January and it’ll take ‘til
toward morning for the
supersize goosebumps to
fade.
Our clever ancestors came
up with a variety of solutions
to combat the cold-sheet
shivers. sometimes they
warmed bncks before the
fire, then wrapped them in a
towel and placed them near
the foot of the bed to warm
chilly toes. Those who were
more well-to-do might have
bought a brass bedwarmer.
The shallow, dish-like
containers were filled with
hot coals from the old kit
chen stove, covered with the
warmer’s lid, and run back
and forth over the cold
bedclothes until the sheet
were bearable.
Who know’s Maybe
1980 forage conference
to focus on silage
HERSHEY New aspects
of silage production in the
1900’s will be one of the
features of the Forage
Conference to be held
November 24 and 25 at the
Hershey Convention Center,
Hershey.
Silage, The Succulent
Forage is the theme of the
program the morning of
November 25, points out
John E. Baylor, extension
agronomist at Penn State.
Registration for the entire
conference will be held from
9 a.m. to noon on November
24. Second-day registration
will be held from 8 to 9 a.m.
on November 25.
Program speakers and
their topics for the silage
sessions are: J. W. Thomas,
dairy nutritionist at x
Michigan State University,
Silage in the 80’s; A. Roger
Grout, Penn State extension
agricultural engineer. Silage
Packages for the 80’s; and
N. P. Martin, extension
forage agronomist at the
University of Minnesota, A
Critical Look at Additives
and Preservatives.
someday, we’ll find our
selves back to such methods.
But for now, twentieth
century softie that I am, I’m
perfectly content to settle for
a set of fuzzies and their
treasured companion, a
good, sturdy electric
blanket.
Grandma’s said it time
and agin, but it bears
repeating: Those good old
days weren’t always what
they’re cracked up to have
been.
R. S. Adams, Penn State
Extension dairy specialist,
will speak on “Improving
Com and Hay Crop Silage as
a Feed; and Harold Harp
ster, of the Penn State
Animal Science Depart
ment, will answer the
question High Moisture Cora
and Ground Ear Corn-
Silage or Concentrate?
Monday , afternoon
sessions will focus on
producing high quality
alfalfa and Tuesday af
ternoon, new ways to
avaluate and market hay.
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