84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7, 1998 Consuming Thoughts by Fay Strickler Penn State Extension Home Economist For Berks Co. Winter days are great for tackling do-it-yourself projects around the house. Even though the weather has been mild, it's still too early to start working in the yard or garden, so devoting energy and enthusiasm to "get ting things done" in the house has almost no competition. The kitchen is probably a good place to start with some remodeling or refurbishing pro jects. After all, it gets heavier use, almost every day of the year, than any other room. • Before tackling any project, no matter how simple, do your homework! Read home decorat ing magazines for ideas. Explore kitchens in model homes. Investigate gourmet shops and kitchen accessory stores m your area. • Personalize your kitchen by choosing a "theme" that fits your lifestyle. For instance, create a country kitchen atmosphere by covering a bare wall with simulated brick. Hang cooking pots and utensils out in the open on wrought iron rods. Add wicker baskets, gingham curtains, and let your imagination go! Use herbs and bas kets as your theme with an herb border wallpaper and baskets for useable food serv ing or storing acces sories. • Get twice as much use from the space you've got For example, create a fam ily snack bar and memo center in one. Install a counter along one wall. Add a SANDBLASTING - SPRAY PAINTING-AERIAL LADDER EQUIPMENT HENRY K. FISHER & SONS, INC. 667 Hartman Station Road couple of stools underneath it, a bulletin board and calendar above it, and you've got yourself an information and planning headquarters the whole family will enjoy. • Follow common-sense safe ty precautions. Choose the right tool for the job and keep it well maintained. Make sure you have enough light, and wear work clothes suitable for the job. Keep tools, paint cleaners, etc., out of children's reach. Allow yourself plenty of time - most accidents happen because peo ple are rushing to finish the task. • Become familiar with the surface materials in your Mew John Deere Rotary MoCo’s Cut Cut cleaner. quicker. Four new John Deere Rotary MoCo's join our current 945 Rotary model for fast haymaking. They're great for making quick work of thick grassland or harvesting tangled alfalfa. Take your choke of five cutting widths, from the nimble new 8-foot 2-mch 915 to the whopping 14-foot 6-inch mid-pivot 955 - the widest rotary ever from )ohn Deere and perfect for large acreage. All five use a new disk rotation system that Improves cutting and reduces streaking. All disks rotate toward the center of the platform; there are no areas where disks rotate away from each other, so streaking is minimized. To further ease the stress of making hay, these new MoCo's run quieter. New cutterbar modules use a new gear design to keep decibels down. High-contact-ratio gears feature more teeth for more positive contact - less noise Of course quiet, clean cutting is just the start of good haymaking in Pennsylvania. That's why Visit Your John Deere Dealer Today! ADAMSTOWN EQUIPMENT. INC. Adamatown, PA 717-4*4-4391 DEERFIELD AG & DUNKLE & A.B.C. GROFF, INC TURF CENTER. INC. <“'£• Wattonlown, PA 717*726*3115 717-538*3557 BARTRON SUPPLY, INC. Tunkhannock, PA 717-839-4011 CARLYLE & MARTIN. INC. Hagaratown, MD 301-733-1*73 DEER CREEK EQUIPMENT, INC. 720 Wheeler School Road Whiteford, MD CARROLL’S EQUIPMENT Rout* 235 Dameron, MD 301-872-5553 CLUGSTON AG & TURF, INC. Chambersburg, PA 717-263-4103 ELDER SALES & DEER CREEK SERVICE INC. EQUIPMENT, INC. stowboro.PA , Oxford, PA 412-376-3390 610-932-8858 FINCH SERVICES* HANOVER INC. Hanover, PA 717-632-2345 410-452-5252 kitchen and how to maintain them. Use household cleaners that will protect their beauty and service. • An easy all-purpose cleaner can be made right in your kitchen. Here are three recipes from which to choose; 1. By combining 1 teaspoon borax with one quart of warm water. Add a splash of lemon juice or vinegar to cut grease. 2. Mix 2 teaspoons borax and 1 teaspoon soap in one quart of water. This mix can be stored in a spray bottle. 3. Mix 3 tablespoons of wash ing soda per quart of warm water. • Remember that powdered cleansers are the most abrasive and will scratch most surfaces with regular use. Always use a gentle, liquid product on fiber glass, marble, glass, and Formica surfaces. Apply the least amount of cleaner possible with a damp sponge and light touch on chrome appliances, stainless steel, and refrigerator doors. • Also use make-it-yourself polishes. Clean copper with salt and lemon juice or vinegar. Make your own brass polish by combining two tablespoons of salt, a cup of vinegar, and enough flour to form a paste. Cut quieter. Optional Endwise Transport Trailer helps you negotiate narrow gates or bridges by slimming a 955 or 945 MoCo to under 10 feet for transport No tools are required, loading/unloodmg takes less than 2 minutes these new rotaries offer a John Deere exclusive for faster drydown - impeller conditioning. Its unique rubbing action removes the waxy layer from stems so moisture evaporates faster, hay dries quicker, and you bale sooner. Or choose another John Deere exclusive - urethane-roll conditioning. The cold-formed urethane rolls stay arrow-straight for uniform conditioning, fast drydown, and increased durability. Stop by and see why nobody di better. Just ask your John Deere dei demo a new rotary MoCo. OUNKLE & GRIEB INC. Contra Hall, PA 114-364-1421 GREENUNE SUPPLY, NO. Unlontown, PA 412-439-1234 GUTSHALLS INC. RO #2 Box 74-A Loysvilla, PA 717-719-4343 GUTSHALLS INC. Carlisle, PA 717-249-2313 K & W EQUIPMENT INC. 502 Clements St Moorefield, WV 26836 304-530-6003 To obtain a copy' of Alternative Household Cleaning Solutions, a Penn State Cooperative Extension bulletin by Cathy F. Bowen, Consumer Issues Specialist, contact your local Cooperative Extension Office or send a self-addressed, Pa. Jersey Queen Candidates Sought LIBERTY (Fayette Co.) - It's almost spring; a time for watch ing that first brave flower poke its head through the cold earth and for looking forward to the long sunny days ahead. It's also the time that Pennsylvania Jersey breeders select a new Jersey Queen. Not only will the new queen represent Pennsylvania at vari ous fairs, sales, and activities, she will also be Pennsylvania's official representative in the National Jersey Jug Queen con test to be held in Louisville, Kentucky in November. All young women between the ages of 15 and 19 who are LOST CREEK (IMPLEMENT Oakland Mills, PA 717-463-2161 MILLER-LAKE INC. 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