On being
a farm wife
-And other
hazards-
Joyce Bnpp
Look out. Temptation is ham
mering away at the door again.
Now, understand, there aren’t
all that many material things that
tempt me any longer. Big cars use
too much gas and fancy-dancy
clothes are hardly fitting for
feeding calves. Boats have to be
scraped and painted every other
month and the only fur I really
care to have draped around my
shoulders belongs to the Christ
mas-ball loving house kitten.
Then those doggone seed
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PETERMAN
FARM EQUIPMENT
717-249-5338
Chambersburg, PA
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717-263-4103
Harrisburg. PA
HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT
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'COMFAJtfY
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catalogs start rolling in. And set
against the background of snow
layered with ice and ten-degree
afternoons, all my anti-temptation
will power turns to so much mush.
Ah. Those flawless photos of
dewkissed red tomatoes, crispy,
pink melon flesh, crunchy lettuce
and sweet com dripping with
butter. To say nothing of balloon
bouquets of zinnias, pansy faces
smiling winsomely from a cen
terfold and beds brilliant with fat
red geranium blooms.
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JANUARY 12-17, 1986
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Hatfield. PA
LCL CONSTRUCTION EQUIP.
SALE CO.
215-362-2510
Wilmington, DE
302-998-0128
Honesdale, PA
CHARLES H. SIEPIELA, INC.
717-253-3334
Honey Grove, PA
NORMAN 0. CLARK
ft SON INC.
717-734-3682
AU brought to you direct from of zero interest to me are the ads
the magical never-never land of
toe seed catalog: never a slug hole Both already find
m the cabbage; never a leaf coated their way -free-into this
with fuzzy gray mildew; and hail household . manure arrives
never hammering the hollyhocks. daily (and not always dried) on a
What really fascinates me in score 0 f boots, and our Christmas
today’s seed catalogs, virtual g re€ ns came bearing a potential
shopping malls for the novice as praying mantis invasion,
well as the serious gardener, are I might be more interested in the
the pages and pages of gardening offering by one catalog of coloring
gadgets and gimnuckery. books featuring birds, cactus,
How about an mflatable owl or houseplants, herbs and similar
scarecrow or snake to startle the topics. They’re tempting to those
starlings out of your strawberries. / who never outgrew OU r
No guarantees, though, that they’ll .-»-c o i o rine” stages
work on the flock of barnyard L gadget I heartily
bantams. recommended if vou’re into Wj
Or some beeswax creme for
softening gardener’s hands? A
popcorn popper, cement mixer or
knee kneeling pads? Or something
called a Hooker Hanger for
displaying your prized hanging
baskets?
A couple of years ago, seed tapes
brought us perfectly spaced seeds,
saving the need to thin fledgling
carrots and baby beets. Now, one
catalog has introduced something
called Plantlettes: embryonic
plants already germinated and
shipped in watertight capsules.
Martinsburg, PA
Burchfield's we.
814-793-2194
Mill Hall. PA
OUNKLE ft 6RIEB
717-726-3115
Myerstown, PA
SWOPE ft BASHORE INC.
717-933-4138
Palm, PA
WENTZ
FARM SUPPLIES INC.
215-679-7164
Offer Good Through
March 31, 1986
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Quarryville, PA
GRUMELU’S
FARM SERV
717-786-7318
Slatington, PA
SCAT ENTERPRISES INC.
215-767-1711
Towanda, PA
S.P.L INC.
717-265-4440
Tunkhannock, PA
BARTRON FARM SUPPLY
717-836-4011
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4,1986-B9
Equine scholarship available
in Montgomery Co.
CREAMERY - The Mon
tgomery County Equine Council
announces the availability of the
Tom Campbell Memorial
Scholarship to a deserving youth
between the ages of 12 to 20 who
batches of canning tomatoes is the
Victorio strainer. It’s a winner not
only because it makes pureeing
large batches of tomatoes, ap
plesauce, etc., easier, but the
teenagers seem to think it’s a toy
and actually fight over turning the
handle. That alone makes it worth
its weight in hybrid seeds.
Still, nothing is perfect and
reality strikes even in seed
catalogs.
A glowing description of one
particular seed item ended with
this rather terse comment: crop
failure.
Gee. Seed catalogs are human,
too.
resides in Montgomery County.
The scholarship has been set up to
honor Tom Campbell, a former
member of the Equine Council
Board, a long-time horse en
thusiast and a member of the 4-H
Advisory Board.
Tom always liked to work with
youth who were interested in
horses. He tried to provide op
portunities for youth to better
themselves as riders, horsemen
and women and as teen leaders. To
recognize this interest, the Equine
Council is offering an annual
scholarship of $2OO in Tom’s
memory.
The scholarship is to be awarded
to a young horse enthusiast with a
special financial need, be it for
college, horsemasters courses,
veterinary fees, lessons or
anything of a similar nature
dealing with horses.
An official application form
must be obtained from Chris Ludt,
111 Mine Run Road, Sch
wenksville, Pa. 19473 or the 4-H
Office at Box 20, 1015 Route 113,
Creamery, Pa. 19430 (4894315).
Completed forms must be returned
to Ms. Ludt by February 4,1986.
After careful review of the ap
plications, the Equine Council will
select those to be interviewed. The
winner will be announced and the
scholarship presented at the spring
annual meeting of the Equine
Council.
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