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Or a farmer whose blood pressure shoots sky high when a bottle goes flying through a forage chopper, contaminating the entire load with glass slivers. Metal cans pose similar threats, although they may eventually deteriorate faster than glass. They shred quite nicely - and flatten fabulously ~ when run through chopping and baling equipment So how about some bacteria that munch aluminum and steel cans? And others which fatten off piles of tires dumped in your woodlot by a sneak in the night? Or refrigera- - r% WORLD’S FINEST OOALBRDpKDALE COAL STOVES. 2533 Old Phlla. Pk., Rt. 340, Smoketown, PA Tues., Thun. ft Fri. 104; Wed. ft Sat. 10:5; Closed Mon. (717) 397-7539 Unitfi Fhpku Peors~ Residential istrial Barns-Riding Arenas With or Without Stalls isAf The Lowest Costs! tors, dishwashers, stoves and related miscellaneous large appliances often “donated” to iso lated areas and distant Held comers? There are a few other farm residues which would likewise beneflt from methods of fast, tidy, bacterial-aided deterioration. Aging, forgotten stretches of barbed wire top my list. These enter the environment due to heif ers, like our Holly, who haven’t yet found a fence they couldn’t flatten. While barbed wire has long been discharged here in favor or safer fencing materials, ai .dent residues are still occasionally resurrected from weedy corners of old pastures. These are generally only found by your best cows, recently fresh and milking about a hundred pounds a day. Discovery of the results of this “toxic residue” will come at milking time, when you’re greeted with a slashed and bleed- PA Egg Recipe HARRISBURG Ten Penn sylvanians have been chosen as finalists to compete for $ 1,000 first prize in the 1987 Pennsylvania Egg Recipe Contest The finalists were chosen by a panel of judges who rated each recipe on nutrition al quality, ease of preparation, taste appeal and creativity. The finalists are Rebecca Dono van, Hermitage (Mercer County); Tony DeSantis, Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); Marlene McCall, Baden (Beaver County); Gwendolyn Gray, Schellsburg (Bedford County); Blanche Kinch, Dillsburg (York County); Lissy Weirich, Carlisle (Cumberland County); William Wilson, Marys ville (Perry County); Deborah Yandric, Middletown (Dauphin County); Margaret Bittner, Ger mansville (Lehigh County); and Gloria Bove, Bethlehem (Lehigh County). Cowfawn Rodto Cowtown, NJ. Hal of the P tF “Cl Located on U.S. Route 40, eight miles east of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in Salem County MY23fIStPT. Every Saturday Night * ★ 7:30 Rain or Shine Admission $6 Adults * ★ $3 Children 12 and under Free Parking ★ ★ ★ Refreshment Stands Group Rates Available: Call 609-769-3200 ing udder or sliced teats. Some days I would opt to add baling twine to the list Except that baling twine often self-destructs, usually an hour or two after it’s used to tie a gate Shut Otherwise, the stuff lies in wait in the heifer feed alley to snag the foot of some farm wife in a great hurry to finish chores. A need also exists for rubber-- barn-boot-dissolving bacteria. Boots with gaps big enough for a cat to crawl through tend to accu mulate around farms, just in case anyone ever has a need for foot protection on a dry day in a grassy field. Ditto for bam sneakers with flapping soles, toe ventilation and well-cured coatings of feedlot residue. And maybe farm shop grease rags. Or maybe not ‘Cause everyone knows that farm grease tags never die. They just frayed away. Contest The stage is now set to select the top egg dish in Pennsylvania for 1987, according to Ronald Gaskill, Director of the Bureau of Market Development, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The finals will take place on Saturday, September 12 at the Northern Lebanon High School, Fredericks burg, PA. Contestants will prepare their dishes for a panel of judges. The dishes will be judged on a staggered basis as they are fin ished. The winner will receive a check for $l,OOO and will be auto matically entered in the National Contest sponsored by the Ameri can Egg Board. Prizes of $4,000, $2,000 and $l,OOO will be awarded to the top three National finalists. The state 1987 Egg Recipe Con test is sponsored by the Pennsylva nia Department of Agriculture, the Pennsylvania Egg Marketing Association and the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation. ntr
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