On Being a Farm Wife (and other hazards) i Joyce Bupp That was all that remained in the bag stored in the cool, moist cavern beneath the garage that is our ground cellar, hew new homes built today feature a ground cellar among their amenities. Only folks with old houses like ours stUI have these underground storage facilities. But, who stores fresh foodstuffs all winter anymore, anyway? In the days when our ground cel lar served a real purpose, its spa cious capacity would have been chocked full of containers of pota toes, apples, carrots, maybe a lin gering head or two of cabbage. And, if great-grandma had gone to her ground cellar in late March and came up with only three potatoes, she would have looked ahead with worry. 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AWD models have four wheel brakes for 40% better braking and an operator controlled front differential lock for tighter turns Learn more about the 5600 Series tractors or any of the “orange” line of AGCO Allis tractors ranging from 40 to 128 PTO hp, stop by or call us soon 'Shown with optional canopy AGCO ALLIS FARM EQUIP., INC. Annville, Pa. 717-867-2211 C.J. WONSIDLER BROS. Quakartown, P*. GRUMELLI 21S-536-7523 FARM SERVICE Naw Tripoli, Pa. Quarryvllla, Pa. 215-767-7611 717-786-7316 oiay, Pa. 215-987-6257 “You are so spoiled,” I mutter to myself. Out of potatoes? So what? Just put it on the list; there will be plenty at the supermarket No waiting three or four months for the new crop, while scrounging through dwindling supplies for the most edible remaining ones. Another scarcity Grandma may have incurred by spring was apples. If the crop had been short or they had not stored well for some reason, the basket bottoms might be showing through. Fall apple harvest was a long way from spring and there were few fruit alternatives. No one had even heard of a kiwi back then. We do still have a few apples, though they never made it to the ground cellar this year. Part of a basket of nice baking apples grown by a friend hung around all winter, in aplastic feed bag covered with a heavy piece of carpet, stored just outside the greenhouse. The ground cellar was sp warm last fall that I just covered them well and left them out on the coolness of the shady ground. And winter remained so mild that what’s left is still there in the bag smooth, firm and sweet. Wasting food grates against my nature, but, even if the few remain ing apples had not stored as well, it would not have been a catastrophe. The orchard markets a mile up the -road from us still have plenty. And HOLTRY'S EQUIPMENT Roxbury, Pi. 717-532-7261 tat very reasonable prices. 1 “Your are so spoiled,” my con science nags. 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