This year we expect most of our children to come home for Easter. And, I shall attempt to cook a meal for twenty people. I’ve just counted and I do have enough plank-bottom chairs to seat that many. One of my daughters usual ly made a big bunny cake and I expect to make one too if I can remember how to do it. Speaking of traditions, my mind goes back to years ago, when all six children were home, and we always tried to find time to color eggs on Saturday afternoon. They would compete to see whose eggs were Ihe most fancy. We 9 QUESTIONS? • USE THIS PROBLEM SOLVER WITH DRAG AUGER FEEDERS PROBLEM System Stalls System runs, stops then reverses Feed on floor at row ends Feed line is not running Auger jumped out of trough (and is wound all over the walk ways). Too many smaller sized eggs Too many cracks Wasted feed in the walk ways DON’T PUT UP WITH PROBLEMS! TT€RSH€V hh mKm EQUIPMENT CO. 255 PLANE TREE DRIVE LANCASTER, PA 17603 (717) 393-5807 Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser would do two dozen and they were eaten in no time. Some eggs were dyed with onion skins the same as my Grandmother Landis did before there were paints for sale in stores. Now I go to the grocery store and see that they actually sell dry onion skins for dying eggs. And, no longer do some people take the time to have their children paint eggs and make a mess. Rather, now you can buy ready-to-eat, hard-boiled, egg six-packs already colored. Consumers demand con venience as they fill Easter baskets. CAUSES Bad braze Kinked auger Feed level too high Too many feed cycles Foreign object in trough Bad braze at drive Elbows worn through again Failed motor Auger broke Birds not getting enough feed Feeder runs too often causing excess bird movement in the cage during laying periods. Feed trough lip is not high enough BUY BIG DUTCHMAN SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS File or grind excess braze Cut out kink and re-braze Lower feed level Delete a feed cycle Find and remove object Make sure feed cleaner is working Determine drive and repair Cut auger, remove elbows and couplers, replace and re assemble Determine which motor(s) out of the four are bad, replace and reset. Gather a welder, torch and grinder. Replace auger in trough, and braze. Be careful not to stretch auger. Add yet another feed cycle. (May require at least 8 per day.) Delete feeding during laying period. (Beware that reduction may result in smaller eggs.) No solution <Wt Tafe Customer Satisfaction (Personalty One fun time in our family was Easter morning when the baskets were hid in the dryer, behind the piano and other hard to find places. After everyone had found their basket, we would have a breakfast of soft-boiled eggs and smoked beef tongue The meat was a once a year treat and after we no longer used our smokehouse, I used a liquid smoke but it simply wasn’t the same flavor. It takes some work to keep fam ily traditions alive, but I think it is worth the effort. WITH BIG DUTCHMAN CHAIN FEEDERS Chain never needs brazing Chain does not kink Chain runs at high or low levels of feed Chain virtually is unaffected by foreign objects. Feed cleaner is unnecessary and system cannot run backwards Chain feeders have no elbows to wear out. Only one motor per feed line. If chain breaks, it is easily repaired with a hammer and chain breaker tool. Chain does not stretch. Chain feeders provide 2'A times more feed space than drag auger feeders allowing it to be run as few as 3 times per day. More feed space allows less feeding cycles, which means you don't have to feed during laying period. Big Dutchman has high-lip trough. ijli Uuj Dutchman, Lncnter Farming, Saturday, April 10, 1993-B9 Peanut Butter (Continued from Pago Bt) • CHIPS O’CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE 2% cups flour '/> cup butter, softened 2 cups brown sugar 1 cup peanut butter 1 cup milk 3 eggs 1 teaspoon baking powder '/> teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla 6-ounces chocolate chips In large mixing bowl, combine flour, butter, brown sugar, and peanut butter until crumbly, using mixer at low speed. Reserve 1 cup crumbs for topping. To remaining crumbs, add milk, eggs, baking powder, baking soda, and vanilla. Blend at low speed until mois tened; beat 3 minutes at medium speed, scraping bowl often. Generously grease bottom of 13x9x2-inch pan. Dust with flour. Pour batter into pan; sprinkle with reserved crumbs. Top with choco late chips. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until done. PEANUT BUTTER BALLS 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 cup coconut 1 pound confectioners’ sugar Mix together and add: 1 cup peanut butter 'A pound butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla Roll into balls. Melt together 'A stick parafin and 1 large package chocolate chips. Dip balls in chocolate. Lona Heyd Nauvoo EASY PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE 4 cups confectioners’ sugar Y I teaspoon salt 1 cup creamy peanut butter 'A cup white com syrup 'A cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla Combine all ingredients and mix well. Press into a buttered pan and refrigerate. April Walker Mercer Co. Dairy Princess Lona Heyd Nauvoo PEANUT BUTTER VANILLA NO BAKE COOKIES Boil for V/i minutes: 1 cup sugar 'A cup butter Vi cup milk Remove from heat and add: Vi cup crunchy peanut butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 3Vt cups rolled oats Drop by teaspoonful onto wax iaper. Cookies will stay soft. April Walker Mercer Co. Dairy Princess RICE KRISPIES BALLS 2 cups peanut butter 'A cup butter, melted 1 pound confectioners’ sugar 3'/iCups Rice Krispies 1 cup chopped nuts, optional Mix together and form into balls. Melt 12 ounces semi-sweet chips and dip balls into melted chocolate. Contributor writes: “They are delicious.” DOUBLE CHOCOLATE CRUMBLE BALLS Cream together 'A cup butter % cup sugar Beat in: 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla Stir together. Va cup flour 1 tablespoon cocoa /* teaspoon baking powder 'A cup chopped nuts Add this mixture to egg mixture. Spread in bottom of greased 13x9-inch pan. Bake 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes (until bars test done). Immediately sprinkle with 2 cups miniature marshmallows. Bake 3 minutes or more. Combine in small saucepan; 1 cup chocolate chips 1 cup peanut butter Cook over low heat until chips are melted. Stir in VA cups crispy rice cereal. Spread over cooled bars. Chill and cut into bars. Lucy Higgins Port Deposit, MD. Elsie Denney Colora, Md. Janice Lehman D. Burkholder Fredericksburg Mary L. Martin Greencastle
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