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The gardens are finally planted.
First it is too wet to work the
ground and next it is too dry. We
have two gardens at our home and
two on the dairy farm and that
does not count the sweet com
patch. Every year I like to try
something new. Sometimes the
plnats that come in the mail are so
liny compared to the six foot ones
pictured in the catalog.
I’m still amazed that I could
grow such nice cotton plants last
year. Even their flowers are pretty
and the cotton is so very soft. The
safflower from the heirloom cata
log gave orange-red flowers and is
a substitute for expensive saffron.
This year I’m trying black salsify
and I’m told that the second year it
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will bear large daisy-like yellow
flowers. If you plant Job’s Tears,
to make into necklaces, be pre
pared for it to spread in following
years. My New Zealand spinach
reseeds itself from year to year
and this gives me early spinach.
My red and blue braided wool
rug is finally finished. This is a
rather small one as I need more
time to work outside and also time
to freeze the asparagus that my
husband brings from his plot.
When one of the 11 grandchildren
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for the rug, I watched some tapes
from our sbn’s family in Virginia.
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“gold standard” of spreads, is
enjoying a remarkable comeback.
It’s popularity is continuing to
increase as consumers discover
it’s taste, value, and versatility.
“In 1992, the commercial dis
appearance of butter reached a
know them a lot better.
The men have been picking up
stones in the fields. This is a never
ending job as this farm has been in
my ancestor's family since 1727
when they sailed from Rotterdam.
That will soon be 300 years and
still there are stones cropping up
along the ridges.
Some of our shrubs have died
over the winter and they are
expensive to replace. But, we have
so many people walking for exer
cise along our dead-end road that I
bought some new blooming ones.
The walkers appear to appreciate
my tulips and hyacinths.
Just had my 50-year old port
able typewriter cleaned and oiled
so I’d better sit down and type this
article. So far, I’ve written more
than 1200 of them that is a lot.
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15-year high of 944 million
pounds or 4.5 percent above 1991
levels,” reports Scott Higgins,
general manager, Mid East United
Dairy Industry Association. “For
1993, retail sales figures are up
10.2 percent for the first 11
months of the year.”
Quality/Value Equation
Why are more and more Ameri
can consumers buying butter these
days? Several factors are contri
buting to butter’s newfound popu
larity according to market watch
ers: Improved price/value percep
tions,- health concerns and a
growing trend among adult con
sumers to value the “quality of
life.”
Since 1989, the average price of
butter has dropped 30 cents a
pound, from $1.79 in 1989 to
$1.40 in 1992. During the same
time period, average margarine
prices declined only 4 cents, from
63 cents per pound to 59 cents per
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impomr.ee of value pricing, but
ter’s new economy has contri
buted to sales increases.
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Many observers believe that
recent medical studies linking
trans-fatty acids contained in mar
garine to certain health risks have
also been a factor in butter sales.
A June 1993 Wall Street Journal
article reported that several stu
dies have shown the hydrogenated
vegetable fats in margarine and
vegetable shortening actually
raise the risk of cardiovascular
disease. Some consumers who
switched to margarine because of
health concerns are now turning
back to butter as result of these
findings.
One of Life’s Little Luxuries
The “pleasure principle” pro
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tion for butter’s growing populari
ty. Futurists point to mounting
evidence that consumers today are
concerned with enriching the
quality of their lives in often
small, but meaningful ways. But
ter is one of the “common sense
luxuries” that consumers have dis
covered in their quest for the finer
things in life.
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