Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser We hear a lot about getting back to the basics of our lives. We are told to recycle newspapers, glass and cans We are also told to eat more natural foods without preservatives. And to save gasoline by carpooling and by taking local vacations Of course, it is always easier to apply these principles to others than to ourselves L.B. WHITE fe| ■))■“'- HEATERS PI ft" J Swine Systems Farmer boy m. 457 E MAIN AVE , MYERSTOWN PA 17067 Vi Mile East of Myerstown 717-866-7565 YOUR GRAIN EQUIPMENT HEADQUARTERS FOR SALES, SERVICE 8 PARIS DULY OHO DISCOUNTS IN EFFECT 'jl^l VWi f READ FEED BINS FEATURING: ■ All galvanized steel with G-90 galvanized coating, including galvanized doors. ■ Our steel is A 446 Quality or a min- r WT 1 Jrl 3 Recently, I’ve been thinking of my youth when it was almost ef tortless to live a simple life We had no electricity to waste We didn’t ever have a telephone in my home so we couldn’t even waste time talking on it Our kit chen stove burned corncobs that the chickens had picked clean and also wood from our meadow which my father sawed each Fall We had GSI BINS imum yield of 40,000 pounds per square inch. ■ Walk around steps on top of roof. ■ Equipped with safety rings. a parlor stove that burned coal and we gathered around it to dress in our long underwear and heavy cotton stockings The food which we raised and cooked was kept on a hanging shelf in the cellar And the milk cans were put into a trough with well water pumped on them to keep them cool As my fct*'™ - wa« only driver in the family, we only went away on Sunday when he was free from the fieldwork. We were almost self-sufficient. Last Fall at a meeting a group of women were each given a large piece of paper and told to make a poster. They also each received an envelope with one, two or more “paper” corns. The idea was to buy pictures and glue to make a design There was a center where the supplies were stored and personnel were there to give out welfare funds and also a minister to counsel us Such a rush of women clamoring for supplies you never saw As I had no “money” in my envelope, I decided to make my poster without help from anyone So I quietly headed outdoors and f ound some red, yellow and orange le«. < - which I put on the paper with sap i; 'm a tree We Specialize In Aerial Work , Using Our Twin; Bucket Boorrt Truck electrical \ / / CONTRACTING \ saFt / Specializing In I \ / AGRICULTURAL J WIRING I ISSuB' Also Residential Industrial / /jy" And Commercial Work / A/- Estimates^^ ^ //' C. M. HIGH CO* 320 KinfSt We Have Poles In Myerstown PA 170*7 Stock 25 30 35 145 Phone 7X7 B€t-7544 m ■No welding any where on roof, pre vents rust. ■ Slotted holes to raise & lower roof for air movement for drying Maybe I defeated the purpose of the “game” - to show us how we’d feel getting chanty-but I was too Block to speak at Pork Congress DES MOINES, lA. - Secretary of Agriculture John Block will be a featured speaker at the 1981 American Pork Congress in Kansas City, Missouri, March Il ls. Block is scheduled to speak on “The New Look In Agriculture” Friday, March 13, as part of the Issues and Answers for Challenging the Future seminar. Block’s background as a hog and soybean fanner and recent policy statements have strongly suggested a re-onentation of future USDA policy under the new administration. Block is said to favor less government intervention and regulation of agriculture, ending embargoes, and curbing inflation through spending cuts rather than regulating retail prices. Friday’s seminar also,features Congressmen Tom Foley and Thad Cochran on the subject of farm legislation in the 80’s Foley, a democratic representative from Washington’s sth District, is the third ranking' democrat in the House. He surrendered his chairmanship of the House Agriculture Committee to assume that post as Majority Whip, but is expected to be named as Vice-Chairman of the House Ag Committee. Foley also serves as chairman of the House Livestock and Grains Subcommittee. Cochran, a republican senator from Mississippi, is the chairman < ?» mjuagnn ' r' i EOUIPMSNT.IMC. tksmt homk sumr *». t wi wwnuwi ymuowtnm.r*. M»0n*:(717)4*4-«21 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 7,1981—€13 Serving The Industry Over 20 Years independent to succumb to th« circumstances and beg. The simple life has a lot to be said for it. of the Senate Agriculture Ap propriations Subcommittee. This panel must approve funding levels for all USDA and FDA programs. Cochran is also a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Food safety and the abolition of the Delaney Clause are the subject of presentations by Represen tatives Wampler and Jim Turner during the Wednesday seminar entitled “Challenging the Direc tion of Government.” Wampler, a republican representative from Virginia's 9th District, is the ranking minority of the House Agriculture Committee. He is also the author of a bill to create a National Science Council to decide, on a scientific basis, whether suspect chemicals are actually hazardous to human health. Turner is an attorney with Swankfn and Turner in Washington, D.C. and was one of the first Nader-associated con sumer activities in the foods area. Turner is also the author of the book “Chemical Feast” which attacked the red meat and poultry inspection system He is an adamant supporter of the Delaney Clause. TO EM HERR « SUPPLY DIRECTION! 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