Brenda Bo+he's world (Continued trom Page C 26) Sporting rubber boots, with a bucket crooked in her arm, she has gathered golden rod, walnut hulls, coreopsis, and other wild flowers and weeds for making natural dyes Her trial and error ex periments have filled a wicker basket with wool yam samples, showing how one flower or nut can produce various colors depending on when it was picked and how it was prepared Her skills in shearing sheep and sheep management, she said, were learned by attending Penn State woikshops at the Berks County Agricultural Center. “Steve and I work-hard to keep the fleeces clean because we sell to nandspmners. We’ve built special feeders so the hay doesn’t fall on their necks as they eat “When I’m shearing, I strive for no second cuts. And, 1 make sure the sheep are clean when they’re shorn, taking time to pull off the manure “Otherwise it’s basic sheep management, flushing the ewes before we breed them and rotating our pastures for parasite control. ” As part of her busy craft career, Brenda represents eastern Penn- We Have The Answers To Your Faim Building Problems! Specializing In All Types Off Farm and Commercial Buildings! ★ DAIRY BARNS * HORSE BARNS ★ GENERAL * GRAIN STORAGE STORAGE ★ MACHINERY STORAGE ★ DO-IT-YOURSELFERS ★ We Can Furnish You With A Complete Building Materials Package And Blueprints Erect it Yourself and Save Labor Costs 1 Ready to Serve You Throughout Penna., Maryland, Delaware, And New Jersey l If you need any type of farm or commercial building, call collect or send the coupon for more information. REP ROSE BUILDING SYSTEMS P.O Box 366 Call Collect Manheim, Pa. 717-665-7150 r Please contact me with information on the followmc LF I ■ FARM BUILDINGS COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS _ _ I DO-IT-YOURSELF BUILDING PACKAGES ■ B Fill Out And Mail To Red Rose Building Systems. I ■ PO Bos 3**, Monhelm. Pe. 175A5 " ■ Name __ _ _ | Address or RD ■ Town ■ Pt-one (include area code) *■ * , * Brenda’s latest effort in ‘growing’ her own silk, called mawata (she's holding some), and natural fibers has been raising 100 silk worms, will spin it into yarn for all-silk garment, like She will be processing the cocoons into rough the sweater she made, shown here. sylvama in the Natural Colored Wool Growers Association, an organization formed about eight years ago in the western states. She also is a 2-year jury member of the Pennsylvania Guild ot Craft smen, which signifies her work has met the group’s rigid standards of quality and workmanship. Taking her natural fiber hats, sweaters, and coats to craft fairs throughout the state is one way Brenda markets her wares. She also does special orders for people asking for a certain color or style garment. So the spinning wheel goes round in Brenda’s world The ‘shuttle’ on her modem loom zings across the wires as it knits a sweater from homespun wool, mohair or silk. Making clothing from natural fibers, with colors warmed from State Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 11,1981—C27 J v _ japr natures plants Brenda Bothe cra ft alive in Berks County with keeps this ancient art and pioneer the help of partner Steve Day. District to sponsor youth conservation school LANCASTER - The third an nua! Youth Conservation School, sponsored by the Lancaster County Conservation District and the Lancaster Federation of Sport sman Clubs, will be held the week of July 26 to August 1,1981. The co education resident school, open to boys or girls, age 14 to 16, will be held at the Northern Lancaster Fish and Game Association The cost of the school will be $65 and students must be sponsored by a sportsman club, service or civic organization, or conservation related group. A wide range of conservation related topics will be covered including soil and water con servation, energy conservation, forestry, fish and wildlife dM^YOMMjan Shift on th Yanmar brings big to size with Powersl PTO in compact tractors Powersoft means clutrhless on the go shift mg to keep you going where others bog down 2-Speed ‘Live’ PTO keeps imple ments working at full power even when tractor is stopped Plus mo r e standard features and Yanmar’s dependable 3 cylinder diesel engine MARTIN HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT CO. Rt 501, IVz Miles South of Schaefferstown, PA Phone 717-949-6817 . Open Mon -Fn Bto 8, Wed. Bto 12, Sat. 8 to 5 ‘a- * management, survival, and aquatic biology For more information, contact the Lancaster County Con servation District at Room 6, Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster, PA 17601, or telephone 717/299-5361. faxnaX.
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