C4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 17,1981
Ladies
Have You
Heard?
By Doris Thomas
Lancaster Extension
Home Economist
ABOUT FABRIC
SOFTENERS
Static cling is a winter
annoyance with synthetic
and permanent press
fabrics To reduce static
cling, add fabric softener to
your laundry It will also
give softness and fluffiness
to those fabrics you launder
There are two basic types
of fabric softeners They are
liquid softeners, which you
add to the rinse cycle of your
washer, and the tear-off
sheets which come on a roll
and are used in the dryer. If
you do not have a fabric
softener dispenser on your
washer, you will find the
tear-off sheets more con
venient.
The tear-off sheet is
basically a carrier of the
softening formulation You
can get the same effect by
saturating a wash cloth in
liquid fabric softener and
adding it to the load in your
dryer
It is not necessary to use
fabric softener in every
wash load, occasional use is
adequate In fact, using
fabric softeners regularly
with towels can cause them
to become less absorbent.
Never add any kmd of
fabric softener to a bleach
dispenser or a detergent
dispenser These features
are not equipped to handle
softeners.
Be careful not to pour
fabric softener directly onto
fabrics as it may cause
staining. The stains can
attract soil and rust in
water, and you will end up
with stains that look like
grease. To remove fabric
softener stains, wet the
areas, rub it with a bar of
hand soap, rinse in warm
water, then wash the entire
garment in the usual
manner If you still see the
stain, it may be from rust. In
that case apply a rust
remover
HOW TO CLEAN
BRASS, COPPER
AND BRONZE
As you clean your home
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after the holiday season, you
may uncover an antique
candlestick in need of polish,
a dull bronze statue or a
copper bowl covered with
tarnish And while most
metals need to be cleaned
and polished to retain their
beauty, each metal is
usually cared for dif
ferently, using the wrong
polish may even damage the
finish Some metals have a
protective lacquer coating
and harsh cleaning may
remove the lacquar.
To clean unlacquered
brass, wash it in hot suds,
dry carefully, then polish
with a commercial brass
polish. Finally, use a flannel
cloth to get a high gloss
finish Lacquered brass is
never polished. Just dust it
or wash it in mild lukewarm
suds and wipe dry. Brass
with an antique finish can be
rubbed with a little lemon
oil, then with a dry cloth
For tarnished copper, use
commercial cleaning
products Or, make your own
copper cleanser with equal
parts of salt, flour and
vinegar Apply and rub, then
wash with hot soapsuds,
rinse and polish. Lacquered
copper can be dusted or
washed m mild soapsuds,
rinsed and dried thoroughly.
If bronze needs more than
dusting, wash it with mild
soapsuds, hot vinegar or hot
buttermilk. Rinse im
mediately and thoroughly
dry the piece. Just use a
damp cloth to wipe
lacquered bronze.
Remember, metals will be
easier to clean and polish if
they are cared for regularly.
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Partnerships
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To prove she enjoys building, Melinda speaks of her
latest venture “I just bought seven acres of my own
woodland on which to put a house
She plans to build a solar home of her own on this land
desite the fact that they killed two rattlesnakes there this
past summer
Melinda s sense of humor is one of her chief
assets. Here she gives a little cheese cake beside
her John Deere tractor.
“Funny thing. Now that Fm in college, I’ve got the same
kind of checking account as my Grandma.”
When I went off to college Dad opened a checking account for me at our
bank, Farmers First. Every month he puts a little money in there so college
doesn’t have to be all work and no play. Which means, just like Grandma, I
only write a few checks every month. I didn’t need one of those fancy NOW
Accounts or one of those checking accounts like Mom has with minimum
balance requirements. All I needed was a Simple Checking Account. No frills.
No fuss. I only pay $l.OO per month and 200 a check. That’s it. No minimum
balances to worry about. And I get an easy to read statement every month.
Dad read about Simple Checking in this special booklet Farmers First sent
him. It’s called the Guide to Preference Checking, because Farmers First gives
people 5 different kinds of checking to choose from. I figure anybody with a
question about checking accounts should read it
...so even if
you don’t bank
at Farmers First,
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to Preference
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“That just proves it’s a woodland area,” Melinda
laughs ”
Though her sense of humor seems to be her chief asset,
her love of animals is also an admirable quality. She owns
- besides a few Holstein calves and cows - 25 cats, 2
chickens and 2 dogs.
Her dogs, D.J and Tigger, are a Saint Bernard and a
“Heinz 57 dog, because Tigger is a little bit of
everything,” she says.
When she’s not working in the field (her favorite job), or
milking the cows, Melinda can be found doing most
anything from riding dirt bikes to, on the the other ex
treme. sewing “I like to make my own clothes It’s
cheaper too,” she added.
Of her future, Melinda says, “I’m content now If I’d
ever go back to school, I’d like to get a degree in dair>
production. But I’m not sure I need it My dad teases me
now that he sent his hired hand to school so I could come
back and teach him Instead be ended up I aving to teach
me things I never learned at college' ”
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