818-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 23, 1988 Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser As I pondered as to what I should write about this week, the phone rang. It was another wrong number. People who get wrong numbers seem to be divided into two different groups. One will say, “I’m sorry” and hang up. The other Don’t Waste It! For fifty years BIG DUTCHMAN CHAIN has been carrying feed to chickens. And for fifty years poultry equipment companies, including Big Dutchman, have tried to find a better way. There isn’t one...only other ways. If you are a poultryman who is tiring of “pie in the sky” claims of extra cage rows per house and truckloads of feed savings... then look to Big Dutchman, the leader in poultry cage equip ment systems. Take a “hands on" look at time-tested fully proven cage systems, to find out why producers are putting over a million layers every month into new Big Dutchman instal lations. Then look to the really successful poultry farms world wide and you will find Big Dutchman Chain carrying the load. TUT HERSHEY EQUIPMENT PI [COMPANY, INC. Ditijnirr of Quality Syxtans for Poultry, Swino ond Groin Hindlinj kind will insist that “Sadie or who ever” is there and they want to talk to her. After all, they could not have dialed a wrong number! Personally, I don’t know how we would get along without a tele phone. Not only for the business of S & F USED FURNITURE Shop downtown Clay, PA * Sofas * Dinette Set * Hutch * Dining Room * End Tables Suites * Lamps * Coffee Tables * Dressers * Chest of Drawers * Twin & Double Box Spring Mattress 2460 W. Main Street, Ephrata, PA 717-738-0414 running a dairy farm but for keep ing in touch with a far-flung fami ly. It is reassuring to know that one can communicate so easily. But there are times when the phone seems to achieve too much importance. Suppose you are in a store or office and no matter the urgency of your business, if the telephone rings, you will be left standing while the phone is answered. Recently, I heard a woman complain that after paying for her merchandise, the phone rang and she was left to wait and wait for her change while the tele phone was answered. I’ll admit that somehow we did manage to live here, isolated from everyone, for several years with out a telephone. Every need for a phone meant a drive in the car for over a mile to the nearest phone at a garage. This was a definite disad vantage when the bam burned and CHICKEN FEED IS BIG MONEY SYCAMORE IND. PARK 255 PUNE TREE DRIVE UNCASTER, PA 17603 (717)393-5807 SERVING THE FARMERS FOR 116 YEARS Each depositor insured to *lOO 000 HAMBURG SAVINGS Enir and STKEfe TRUST COMPANY Hamburg, PA Phone: 215-562-3811 A FULL SERVICE BANK Call Us - - Your Biff Dutchman Distributor Route 30 West at the Centerville Exit, we had to hunt and hunt for a phone as people were not at home. After paying a high price and building our own line down a long lane, we finally were put on a line with nine other families. The kinds , IT’S MAGIC A PHONE How quickly L V 7 ”-*£°*7 i You Get Results or 717 6261164 Classifiedsll ll of rings that we heard were unbe lievable and at all hours of the night. One hardly appreciates a private line until one remembers how very busy that long ago phone was when we wanted to use it. SEE IT NOW! ■PTSTaHh. lie Bale Accumulator The Steffen Systems Bale Accumulator conveniently and easily packagestjp to ten 2-tie bales or eight 3-tie bales into a uni form arrangement which can easily be handled by one of the Steffen Systems loaders. The fully automatic electric over hydraulic controls operate the accumulator without the need of an operator. With its quick and smooth functions, there is no need to slow down the baler to allow for proper functioning of the machine. Also available for use in 2-tie bales is an optional tie bar. David O. Fink RD 1 Box 429-F Germansville, PA 18053 215-767-1408 <Txoyi>^'
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