Flea Control
EBENSBURG (Cambria Co.)
You may be itching to get
home at the end of your vacation.
Just make sure your itch isn’t the
result of a house full of fleas.
Fleas may become a problem
whenever dogs, cats or other furry
pets share our homes. When the
house has been deserted by owner
and pet alike, flea eggs and larvae
that have fallen on the carpet or
furniture will continue to mature.
And, adult fleas will be waiting to
make a meal on the first warm
body to cross the threshold.
To control these pests in your
home, here are some suggestions
'A teaspoon cinnamon (option
al)
Vi to 1 cup sugar
4 cups flesh berries
Mix cornstarch with water or
fruit juice, lemon juice, and cinna
mon until smooth. Add sugar and
fold in berries. Pour mixture into
pastry-lined pie plate and cover
with top crust or lattice top. Bake
in preheated 450-dcgrec F oven
for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to
350-degree F and bake about
40-45 minutes or until pastry is
golden and the pie bubbles in the
center. Cool before cutting. Serves
8.
LANDIS BROS. INC. LOST CREEK NORTHERN TIER O.C. RICE, INC.
Labanon, PA IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENT CO. 104 North Main ».
717-2284060 Oakland Mila, PA RO #1 So* 277 ■lalarvllto, PA 17307
717-403-2161 Manalltld, PA 16033 717-0774136
717402-3200
LEHIGH AG BCHEFFEL
EQUIPMENT MILLER-LAKE INC. e P«EVILLE EQUIPMENT CO.
Mtntswn, PA fefevlll*, PA EQUIPRtNT IHC, Htd Qmm Rd.
610-368-2553 717-135-2335 OI«y, PA SomirMt, PA
510-067-8277 (14-445-5900
POLE TAVERN
LONE MAPLE MILLER'S EQ. SALES CORP. GEORGE V. SEIPLE
SALES t SERVICE EQUIPMENT 670 Rt*. 40 A SON
few Afenndria, PA RD #1 Rt 66 EHmr, Ml Edton, PA
412-661-7172 Fdrmount CHy, PA tN-365-2510 610-258-7146
Maximizer” Combines Deliver on Their Promise
• Bigger capacity, cleaner grain,
and more of it.
• Deliver in all harvest
conditions...good, bad, and
everywhere in between.
from Mm State Extension in
Cambria County.
Begin with a thorough vacuum
ing that includes baseboards and
carpets. Vacuum under rugs and
on furniture. Don’t forget other
areas where your pet sleeps or
rests. Dispose of the vacuum bag
immediately in an outdoor trash
can to dispose of fleas, eggs and
larvae.
Be sure to clean your pet’s bed
ding. If the pet sleeps on your bed,
wash these linens, too.
You can get a jump on flea sea-,
son by applying an insect growth
regulator to carpet in the spring.
Wait until after temperatures
reach 60 degrees F both day and
night and humidity is at least SO
percent.
Insect growth regulators ate
chemicals that imitate a hormone
produced by fleas and interfere
with their development. They
have low toxicity to people and
pets but can prevent flea egg hatch
and inhibit larval development
They are available in ready-to-use
aerosol sprays, usually in combin
ation with a synthetic pyrethtoid
insecticide.
Look for flea control products
containing methoprene, hydro
prcne or fenoxycaib. When apply
ing these products, concentrate on
areas where pets sleep.
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Even When Conditions Aren't Promising
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GOOD
DEALIN’
TODAY
Berks Society 1
The June meeting of Berks
County Society of Farm Women
Group 1 was held at the home of
Joan Haas, Douglassville. Special
guest speaker to the group was
Matthew Harley of Douglassville
who spoke and also showed slides
of his four-week trip to Holland,
which was part of his senior year
curriculum at Penn Slate Univer
sity where be is majoring in crim
inal justice. He will graduate from
the university in August
The business meeting was con
ducted by President Evelyn Hea
cock. Members present greeted
two visitors, Elaine Shannon and
Debbie Shirey.
The next meeting will be held at
6:30 p.m. at the home of Evelyn
Heacock, Boyertown. A doggie
roast will precede the business
meeting.
SMITH’S
IMPLEMENTS, INC
Mcretrsburg, PA
717-326-2244
S.P.E., INC.
Rd. 1, Boi 187
Towinda, PA
717-288-4440
TOBIAS
EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
Hillfu, PA
717-382-3135
• Larger, slower-moving cylinder
and large concave area give
more thorough, gentle
threshing.
• See new air-suspension seal,
lateral-tilt header, Combine
Data Center, and more.
QUESTION Amos Stoltzfus is looking for “Got-A-
Minute," a word game by Selchow and Righter. It must be
complete and in playable condition. Please do not send the
game without contacting him first at R.R.I, Box 106 SR 17,
Blain, PA 17006-9714.
QUESTION Rose and George Plitt of Painted Post,
N.Y., grow mint in their garden. They would like to know how
to package it as a dry tea. Are the leaves stripped from the
plant and put on a screen to dry in the sun or the oven and for
how long? How long can it be stored after drying? How much
is used for a cup of tea?
QUESTION—A reader is looking for two products that she
was able to purchase years ago but can no longer find them:
Pine Jelly Disinfectant and Musterol, a salve to rub on your
chest when you have a cold.
QUESTION Coratie Grant, Coopersburg, would like to
find an outlet for old colored feedbags, and an outlet for wool
remnants suitable for making braided rugs.
QUESTION—Mrs. Snyder of Fleetwood writes that she is
desperate to find out how to get rid of an army of bats that live
in her attic. Every summer the bats manage to squeeze
through a tight door that leads to the downstairs and terrify her
small children, in their beds. It is a summertime nightmare.
Editor’s Note: Contact the state game commissioner. We
understand they will come to your home and help eradicate
the bats. If someone else has a solution, please write.
QUESTION—Norma Jean Yankey, Mt. Solon, Va., has a
Burpee pressure canner Model #AR 1525. The screw in the
control valve is weak and the pressure will not register proper
ly. Does anyone know where she can find another control
valve? The canner is approximately 40 years old.
QUESTION—J. Keith O’Leary would like to know how to
eliminate voles without gassing them. They seem to be too
smart to trap and gassing is not only expensive but it can kill
other ground-dwelling animals.
QUESTION Jeff Connors, Perryville, Md., would like to
know where a good FFA school is in Lancaster Co. or a good,
clean Christian family farm, or a Virginia-style dairy barn.
WALTEMYER'S
SALES A SERVICE
R*d Lion, PA
717-2444166
QUESTION —Jeff Connors, Perryville, Md., would like to
know where he can purchase a toy Farmall 5601958 NFAN
1456.
WINELAND
EQUIPMENT, INC.
Mirtimburg, PA
814-783-2108
QUESTION—L. Zimmerman, Stevens, would like to Know
where to get coal grates for a Frank’s FWCI4O wood and coal
furnace.
QUESTION—HaroId Stoudt, Hamburg, would like to know
where to buy a continuous timer that can be set to turn a fan on
and off at preset intervals of 20-30 minutes.
M.B. YEARSLEY
A SONS
Wm( Ch««l«r, PA
810488-2880
QUESTION —Mrs. Joseph 8011, Harleysville, would like to
know where to purchase mendettes, a small disc with a screw
that fits a small hole in pans and holds the other side on.
QUESTION—Joan Francisco, Stroudsburg, would like to
know where to purchase oil of cassia, used in Italian cooking.
QUESTION Yvonne Lawrence, Newburgh, N.Y., would
like to know where to purchase a rhubarb and soda mixture
used for indigestion. She used to purchase it in a pharmacy
but finds the New York pharmacies don't stock it anymore.
QUESTION—Mrs. William Pierce, Palmyra, would like to
know where to purchase antique two-bottom dishes for crock
type chicken water fountains. Must be white with 10-inch top
and 8-inch bottom.
QUESTION Maxine Tutton, Fort Royal, Va., would like
the address for a mail order company that sells patterns for
clothing that fits cement lawn geese that are so popular now.
ANSWER Esther Miller, Coatesville, and Edgar Jack
son, Ligonier, wanted to know how to puff wheat, rice, corn,
and other grains for making cereal. Thanks to Allen Hoover,
Ephrata, who writes that puffing wheat and other grains is not
a home process as it is too dangerous. Here is one way that it
is done.
The grain is wetted and put in a long narrow sealed cannis
ter. The cannister is heated until the steam pressure reaches
100 to 160 psi (depending on the cereal). The pressure is
instantaneously released by opening the lid on one end. The
resulting explosion puffs the grain and shoots it out of the can
nister with terrific force, usually through a cooling tube and
into a holding compartment.
ANSWER Alma Grady, Falls Creek, wanted to know
how to get in touch with sewing factories in the Harrisburg
area to get fabric salvage suitable for weaving rag rugs on a
loom. Thanks to Leona Simko, Shamokin, who writes that she
has material that may interest her. Please call her at (717)
797-4712.
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