WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1969 By Max Smith LIVESTOCK grazing fizsh, lush pasture will be a common sight in many areas in the coming weeks. Own- ers are cautioned about the danger of bloating unless the livestock are acclimated to the fish grass gradually. Continued feeding of some dry matter such as hay or straw is strongly advised. Pairymen mus t pay strict attention to the management of their milking cows in or- der to prevent off-flavored milk; in this case the re- moval of the cows from the area at least 4 to 5 hours prior to the next milking is recommended. Pastures with wild garlic should ge grazed by other livestock than the milk cows. If weather condi- tions are favorable, and the forage gets ahead of the live- stock, then part of the area could be fenced off and this forage cut for hay or silage on THE FLY Season is approa- ching and many farms will carry heavy infestation. Good fly control begins with strict sanitation program; the re- moval of fly breeding places such as manure, wet straw or feed, or any type of filth is a prerequisite to a fly con- trol program. Box-stalls and pens should be cleaned fre- quently and the area treated with some fly insecticide such as cygon or diazinon; these materials will prevent the development of the fly maggots. If fly breeding plac- es are eliminated, there will be fewer flies to combat by other means. The use of resi- dual sprays in the barn is strongly recommended; ma- terials such as cygon, korlan, or rabon should give control, with alternate usage often necessary. THE PROPER time to plow a cover crop will be getting some attention in the near future; farmers are cautioned about permitting the crop to get too tall before turning down; in many cases this great amount of top growth will be difficult to get und- er and will impede moisture movement from the subsoil in case of dry weather, Win- ter grains should be plowed when 6 to 12 inches high and other grass cover Crops such as ryegrass and brome- grass turned when 4 to 8 inches high. The extra tep growth will do no good be- cause it is the massive root system that contributes most heavil,y to soil organic mat- ter. With lush growth it is recommended that the area be treated with nitrogen fer- tilizer and then disced in be- fore plowing; this will has- tien the decomposition of the green crop and help the cur- rent crop to utilize the fer- tilizer. IN ANSWERING the ques- tion whether or not shelter pays for feedlot cattle, I no- ticed a recent rleport on a research pro'ect at Iowa State University. Shelter is a broad term but in this pro- ject included protection from the wiather; the hot sun during thkiz summer and the snow and cold winds during the winter; in most cases the shelter provid~d was either an overhead slvlter or over- head plus the north and the west sides; total confinement was not intended at any time. The results indicate that wint>r protection gave about 1% pound more daily gain per steer and summer protection .20 pounds per gain, Feed cost was 3c per on cattle with pound less witl shelter. This reharch indi- cates that overhead shelter is a profitable investment. E. Pete Woman Gives Recital Elizabethtown College sen- ior Patricia Myers Brady presented an organ recital ‘Tuesday, April 22, in the chapel of the Masonic Homes in Elizabethtown. The recital included Guil- mant “Sonata in D minor, opus 56;” ‘“‘Piclude in A mii- or’ by J. S. Bach; “Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’ ” by Ralph Vaughn Williams; “Prelude and Fugue” by Cecil Effing- er, and the ‘Toccata from the Fifth Organ Symphony” by Charles Marie Widor. Mrs. Brady is the wife of Donald Brady of Elizabizth- town and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd B. Myers of East Petersburg. She has been an organ student of Dr. Carl N. Shull head of the music department at ,(Eliza- bethtown, for four years. Mrs. Brady is a music ‘educa- tion major at Elizabethtown. 4-H Club Organizes The Joys of All Trades 4- H Club of Manheim held its organizational meeting aid i2lection of new officers re- cently. New officers include: Mari- lyn Stauffer, President; Mary Ann Shelly, Vice-President; Marcia Shaffer, Secretary; Coren: Rohrer and Sherry Cassel, News Reporters; and Claudia Graham, Song Lead- er. Mrs. Doris W. Thomas, Ex- tension Home Economist, spoke to the club about the opportunities for travel and learning available to older 4-H girls. “KITCHEN CABINET” “Kitchen Cabinet.. was a nickname that the enemies of President Andrew Jack- son gave to a group of his political advisers. These ad- visers were not members of the president's official cabin- et. Would Relocate Successful establishment of ring-necked pheasants seems possible by trapping wild pheasants from overstocked areas and moving them to farmlands providing suitable feed and cover, a scientist in wildlife management stated recently during a game bird course at Penn State U, Dr. John L. George said that 15006 wild ring-necked pheasants were released in a study area near Centre Hall, Centre County, duriig a 3- year period of 1964, 1965 and 1966. The pheaants raised broods, and offspring of the original pheasants have es- tablished themselvies. In 68 the pheasant population in the study area was the high- est on record. Surveys showed that the number of pheasant in the area increased 20 per cent from ’'65 to '66. Rrom the spring of 1966 to the spring of 1967, the pheasants in- creased by 80 per cent. And from ’67 to ’68, they increas- ed 65 percent. “There are now about 400 per cent more pheasants in the area than .there were four years ago,” Dr. George affirmed. “The trend has been one of steady incriaase. However, the numbers are still below those of prime habitat for pheasants in the southeast'arn Pennsylvania. We have every hope that the numbers will continue to in- crease.” The pheasants remained relatively close to the areas where they were first releas- ed as indicated by observa- tion of marked birds. Of leg bands returned by hunters, all wwere recovered within two and one-half miles of the release site. Pheasants cap- tured at the site, marked, re- leased—and later observed— were all noted wihtin one and three-tenths miles of their capture point. The wild pheasants werk moved from the southeastern and north central districts of the Pennsylvania Game Com- mission. Game protectors and Wild Pheasants game farm personnel hand- led the pheasants under ar- rangements with Fred E. Hartman, leader of ring- necked pheasant investiga- tions for th Game Commis- sion. Dr. George indicated the studies will be continued. The work is coordinated by the Agricultural Experiment Station at Penn State in co- operation with the Game Commission, KEEP PREPARED FOODS IN FREEZER FOR QUICK MEALS By Mrs. Rpth J, Buck For quick meals and en- tertaining, use your freezer and have foods on hand. Before stoeking up on ready-to-eat or convenitnce foods, plan the shopping and prepare and buy the foods carefully. Remember that freezing does not improve th> quality of any food. It won't destroy organisms that bring about food spoilage, but freezing will inhibit the growth of such organisms. Most frozen products are best if used within the rec- ommended period of storage tim2 for the specified food. Low temperature is the key to high-quality frozen food. Keep the temperature at zera or lower to prevent loss of nutritive value, flavor, col- or, and texture during stor- age. Yeast breads and rolls freeze well, whether you bake your own or buy them. Cool homemadi2 bread or rolls to room temperature, package in airtight, moisture-proof wrapping, and freeze to zero degrees. When ready to use them, thaw in original wrap- ping or wrap in foil and heat 10 to 15 minutes. Maxi- mum desired storage for these products is three months. Caklas are best if baked before freezing and frosted after thawing. Cookies freeze well in any form but the dough is easier to package and tak'>s up less freezer space than baked cookies. Fruit pies are at their best if Prayer Of Th Week The evening prayer this week is by John Baillie: “Gracious God, I seek of another day, beseeching Thy presence at the close Thee to create a little pool of heavenly peace within my heart ere I lie down to sleep. Let all the day’s excitement and anxieties now give place to a time of inward recollection, as I wait upon Thee and meditate upon Thy love . . . “Dear Lord, if at this evening hour I think only of myself and my own condition and my own day’s doings and my day's record of service, then I can find no peace before I go to sleep, but only bitterness of spirit and miserable despair. Therefore, O Father, let me think rather of Thee and rejoice that Thy love is great enough to blot out all my sins. “And O Holy Spirit, do Thou think within me, and so move within my mind and will that as the days go by I may be more and more conformed to the righteousness of Jesus: Christ my Lord; to whom be glory for ever. Amen.” THE BULLETINMOUNT=JOY, PA. frozen unbaked, then holes cut in the upper crust just befor: baking, Chiffon pie in a baked crust freezes well, but must be used within two or three weeks. However, cream pies, custard type pies, or meringues do not freeze satisfactorily. School Reunion Invitation Given Former teachers, pupils and patrons of the Pleasant View school (formerly Bloch- ers), located in Penn town- ship, are cordially invited to attend a school reunion, to be be held in the Penryn Fire Hall, Saturday, April 26. The program will begin at 2 p.m. Principal speaker for the aftornoon, which will in- clude reminiscences and oth- er activities, will be the Rev. John Bixler, himself a form- er pupil at Pleasant View school. SAFETY IN NUMBERS At sight of a peregrine fal- con, a flock of starlings in flight will crowd together. The falcon can catch a bird only by swooping down at enormous speed, but when the birds are densely flocked it will veer off to avoid a collision. EVERY 12 DAYS Scientists say that, on the average, all the water in the air falls and is replaced every 12 days. When in need of printing remember The Bulletin. PAGE SEVEN Which Type Of Sleeper are You? “Ask a person what he thinks about sleep and you can get a good idea of his personality and even his age”, said bedroom planning consultant Sally Ames. Miss Ames, who works with the Spring Air Mattress Company, Chicago, said that most people fall into one of three categories in their at- titude toward sleep. There are sleep-haters, sleep escap- ists, and sleep rewarders. In a recent survey, 41 per- cent of respondents fell peo- ple waste too much time sleeping. They were typical- ly busy executives, home ma- kers and young people. The sleep escapist falls in- to two categories: the one who is bored, and the one who uses sleep to escape from annoying presures and prob- lems. The largest group 7 per cent — look forward fo sleep as a reward for hard day’s work and as a restora- tive to prepare them for the next day. CLEANING WALLPAPERS Use a warm iron and a clean blotter to remove the grease stains from wallpaper. Hold blotter over stain and press in place for several minutes. Heat will soften grease and blotter will re- move it. Some 4,000 operations are needed to manufactur and assemble a watch. Patronize Onir Advertisers In Washington Scott Bills to Aid Senior Citizens By U.S. SENATOR HUGH SCOTT Our senior citizens living on retirement income often find it difficult to get by on their monthly checks. We should provide Increases in social security payments and in the amount of outside earnings recipients can bring home, so they are encouraged to con- tinue contributing their valu- able talent and experience to our society. Our older 3 citizens should be able to en- joy the leisure of their retire- ment years without hav- ing to worry constant- ly about mak- ing ends meet. I joined in & sponsor- Sen. Scott ing three bills which would help stretch their budgets. One would provide drugs under Medicare to hospital out-patients. Now only pa- tients confined to hospitals and some nursing homes are eligible. Another would au- thorize half-price fares on the nation’s airlines for elderly people—as well as students, military personnel, and the handicapped—on a stand-by basis during off-peak travel hours. The third would pro- vide free admission and the use of facilities for senior citizens in our national parks and recreation areas. Armed Forces ~Thanks to the National Association for Uniformed Services for listing my name among those who ‘secure leg- islation beneficial to person- nel of the Uniformed Service.” We must make certain that the men and women who guard our Nation's defense do not get shortchanged. I joined in sponsoring legis- lation to increase educational assistance payments under the GI Bill to help veterans meet the spiraling costs of higher education. Today an unmar- ried veteran attending college full times receives only $130 a month for tution and living expenses. Under this bill, the assistance would be increased to $196 a month. Comparable increases would be provided for married students with de- pendents. I also cosponsored a bill to create a Supreme Sacrifice Medal, which would be pre- sented “to the widows or parents of members of the Armed Forces who have lost their lives as a direct result of armed conflict. As the poet Milton wrote, “They also serve who only stand and wait.” All Volunteer Army President Nixon has just appointed a Commission to study the concept of an All- Volunteer Armed Force. The proposal is almost identical to my bill of January, S.781, to establish a Commission to consider means for ending the draft. I am pleased that the President has followed the guidelines of my proposal by including civilian as well as military members on the Commission. Pollution Control I cosponsored the Water Quality Improvement bill. It provides strict standards to prevent the dumping of waste and oil from ships into our lakes, rivers, and shore areas. It would also assist the states in eliminating the pollution of our water supplies by acid mine drainage. This is a par- ticular problem in some aban- doned mines in Pennsylvania, Erie In a recent speech in Erie I called for funds to equip airports with instrument land- ing systems, Some 300 air- ports across the country, in- cluding several in Pennsyl- / vania, still today do not have adequate safety equipment. I also urged the Senate Com- merce Committee, of which I am a member, to hold air safety hearings. I also wrote to Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop- ment George Romney urging funds te complete Erie's Mar- tin Luther King Memorial Center, a recreation project which I visited. Money to build the center, was raised from all over Erie, but funds have run out because of ris- ing construction costs. I hope we can get the funds needed to complete this worthy com- munity project. *
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