814-Lancaster Farming, Saturdi Energy Issues How much does it cost to operate an electric blanket? The typical electric blan ket is rated at 150 watts, but runs only about 50 per cent of the time when switched on. If you use the blanket 240 hours during a cold month, or eight hours a day, it could consume 18 kilowatt hours. This costs about $1.44 at a rate of 8 cents per kilowatt hour. I close heal registers in unused rooms to save en ergy. Do / have to watch how many registers I close? Yes. Closing too many registers may cause your furnace to overheat. Fur naces need the cooling ac tion of room air flowing through them to cool the unit. Closing off too many registers will restrict airflow and reduce that cooling ac tion. Furnaces are usually equipped with a safety de vice that shuts off the main gas valve to prevent fur nace overheating. But it is not a good idea to use the safety switch as a control ler. No more than two out of 10 registers should be closed at one time. After you have closed them, watch the furnace go through a long heating pe riod. Turn your thermostat up to 80 degrees and check for anything unusual, such as the gas valve cycling off and on. If things don’t seem right, open the registers. Why don’t the fluores cent lights in my garage operate well when the temperature drops? 1116 light output of a standard fluorescent lamp depends on the tempera ture surrounding the lamp and ballast. The optimum temperature of the wall of the fluorescent tube is 100 degrees. When the wall temperature of the tube va ries on either side of this optimum point, the light output of the tube will drop. Will setting back my thermostat at night save money? A night setback of 10 de grees for eight hours will save from 7 to 12 percent on annual heating cost. Landscape, Turf Conference ALTOONA (Biair Co.)—The Altoona-Area Regional Land- scape and Turf Con ference will be con ducted Friday, March 7, at the Ramada Inn in Altoona, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There is a registra tion fee of $35 per per son for this year’s con ference and pre registration is re quired. Two core and two credits in catego ries 6,7, 18, and 23 will be awarded to li censed pesticide appli cators at the comple tion of the day’s program. For additional in- formation or to regis ter contact the Blair County extension of fice at (814) 940-5989. ly, February 22, 2003 Teen Veterinary Science Course Offered LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Penn State Cooperative Exten sion of Montgomery County in vites all teens to attend a 4-H Teen Veterinary Science course being offered in the Trappe area. The course is open to all youth ages 15-18, who are seriously in terested in learning more about veterinary medicine as a career. Online Grafting Course ITHACA, N.Y. If you’d like to learn grafting but never have time to attend a scheduled course or don’t live near Cornell, you can now learn this advanced gar dening technique on your own time, from any place you like. With access to a properly equipped computer and the In ternet, you can take The How, When, and Why of Grafting for Gardeners, a noncredit dis tance-learning course that in cludes web-based lectures and quizzes, video demonstrations, hands-on grafting with live plants, and interactive discus sions. The 10-week course requires Learn To Speak Pennsylvania German LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) —The Historical Society of fers a 10-week, Introductory Pennsylvania German Dialect class, intended for persons who wish to begin study of the dialect as spoken in the York and Lan caster Counties area. Instructor Stephen D. Miller will start this Ag Education Conference MILLERSTOWN (Perry Co.) The Annual Summer Techni cal Conference and In-Service Training for the Pennsylvania Association of Agricultural Edu cators (PAAE) and the Pennsyl vania Young Farmers Associa tion (PYFA) is scheduled for July 7-10 at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown. This year’s conference will be a special event, because Pennsylva nia is also hosting the National Association of Agricultural Edu cators (NAAE) Region VI Con ference. In addition to Pennsyl vania teachers, teachers from Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, and all of the New England states will at tend. For more information, contact Krista Pontius at Greenwood School District at (717) 589-3116. — Farm or Pet First Time ««« . Exclusive Limited Edition Print * TOm yOlir r llOtO Fite Bam . hath print is individually signed and numbered V “W m\ on 8 1/2 k 11 heavy slock, for (25.00 each. *** MM **For thirty years I've worked to capture glimpses of our rural heritage having grown up on a family farm. This barn reflects both the simplicity and solitary strength born of farm life." William Hughes S quth (Published Artist Scene Magazine, Keystone Veteran) Send Check or Money Order to: ~ William H. Squib 70 ir37 i r n o Hughes Run Farm //40j/“ JJOO R.D. #2 Box 32 Derry, PA 15627 According to County 4-H Coordinator Nancy Kadwill, “The program is geared to teens who are interested in veterinary medicine as a potential career. We hope to address how to pre pare for a career, look at school ing needs, and help participants experience some of the daily du about four to eight hours of work per week and will be offered March 17-May 23. Registered students will receive a password to access the course Website, from which they can read weekly lectures, view still images and video clips of grafting proce dures, engage in online discus sions with fellow students and the instructors, and take multi ple-choice quizzes. With live hi biscus plants and a grafting knife supplied by Cornell, students will practice hands-on grafting in the comfort of their own homes. Plants will be shipped about three weeks before class begins so they have a chance to acclimate. Last day for registration is March 10. year’s introductory class on Sat urday mornings, March 22 to May 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Historical Society. To aid learning and access to the instructor, class size will be limited to the first 30 applicants on a first-come, first-serve basis. Advance registration for the course at $75 per Society member and $9O per nonmember is re quired with Lola Lehman at the Historical Society. The registra tion fee covers handouts and course work but not the textbook. Open to the public, the sessions will be geared for those who have ties of a veterinarian or vet tech nician. We are very pleased to have the staff of the Animal Medical Center in Trappe volun teering to be our instructors.” Also covered will be basic ani mal first aid, determining animal health, animal handling and safe ty, and lab work such as learning Starts Soon Distance learning is no longer a lonely, isolating experience. The How, When, and Why of Grafting for Gardeners encour ages interaction among students and between the instructors and students. Through a web-based discussion board, students can pose questions, share an experi ence, or even post images. The in structors take an active, daily part in the discussions and re spond via the discussion board or e-mail. To register for the course, or for more information go to http.7 /instruct 1 xit.cornell.edu/courses/ hort494/mg/events/ registration.html. little or no knowledge of the dia lect or of German word order. The class will provide examples of the use for dialect words, word lists, questions on the lesson, and English-to-dialect exercises. Em phasis will be placed on pronun ciation, grammar, vocabulary and some oral reading in class. Call (717) 393-9745 to register. 221 Jalyn Drive • New Holland, Pa 17557 • 717/355-0779 about X-rays and parasite con trol. The course will start on Wednesday, March 26, and con tinue for four more consecutive Wednesday nights up to and in cluding April 23. Classes will be held from 6:15 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at the Animal Medical Center in Trappe, located on Route 113 (25 West Third Avenue) near Ridge Pike. Parents are invited to the final session for refreshments and presentation of certificates to those who complete the course. The 4-H program is requesting a $l5 donation per person to help cover the cost of materials and other needs. Enrollees need to send a check, payable to “Mont gomery County Ext. Special Acct” to Nancy Kadwill, 1015 Bridge Road, Suite H, Col legeville, PA, 19426 prior to the course. Be sure to earmark the check “Vet. Sci. Course.” Youth do not need to be in 4-H prior to the course but by enrolling in the program they will be listed as a member for the year. Also in clude your name, address, age and birthdate, phone number, and reason for wanting to be in the course along with the check. Pre-registration is required. Enrollment is very limited so you must call if you are interested in reserving a place in the program. Call (610) 489-4315 and leave your name, age, phone number, and address with the secretary during office hours or on the message machine after 4:30 p.m. The Animal Medical Center deals primarily with companion animals and exotics. If you need further directions to the Animal Medical Center, contact (610) 489-8982. Hawaii Farm Tours The Best Escorted Vacations You'll Ever Find 15 days AQQ 4 Islands hom... 9^U!fO Add $llO for some departure cities. 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