Ida’s Notebook 'isser We have had a busy summer :re on the farm. We listen to iople tell of their trips to Eu pe or to California, and do not RED WING SHOES BOOTS that WORK OVERTIME WOR K HARD Allensville Shoe Shop Fisher Harness & Box 7 State Route Shoe Shop >NEY B Brandywine Shoe Shop 1620 Cambridge Rd. Timmerman Harness RD 2 Box 36 814-793-3961 KUTZTOWN Waynes Dry Goods 271-273 W. Main St. 215-683-7686 envy them as we’ve done our share of traveling. Instead, we plug along doing what we enjoy, and that is grow- Fitting You Right Is Our #1 Priority. MADISONBIJRC Star Route, Box 47 TINSBURG ,INTOWN Lost Creek Shoe Shop RD #1 Box 88 ing things. My husband put in eight plantings of sweet com. He has even helped to husk and freeze more than 50 quart. A lot of com was given away this year to friends and relatives. He helps on the farm by turn ing hay, filling silo, and mowing the meadow. I’m glad he keeps busy as it is difficult to just sit in a chair unless, of course, you are dead tired. We took our three grandchil dren, who live close by, fishing last week. So that we would be sure to catch fish, we went to a trout farm in a nearby county. Luckily, we all caught a fish and miller; Tall Pines Country Store 796 Kessler Rd 717-362-3024 (voice mail only) RERSBURG Leo’s Shoe Store _ %s& RaßJawro fifpiES" Ifg? pringf: Red Wing Shoe Store 511 Baltimore Pike 610-544-1664 one boy caught three. My catch was not a trout, but a big sucker. I think they were glad to have him removed from their ponds. On the way home, the children almost fell asleep until I an nounced that we would be stop ping for ice cream cones. That woke them up. Some of us got blueberry cones, and they colored everything blue including our tongues and clothes. The other week their dog ran away and later found in a work ing stone quarry. Through his li cense tag, he was traced to his owners by calling the courthouse. Some mishaps do have a good ending. ELD lih't6st£r Farming, Saturday, September 2, 2000-B IT'S WHAT YOU WAN Made in U.S.A. More Beef Contest Entries Next Week a II
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