Calendar Keeps Apples Longer For Future Use
A brief note advises storing apples properly to extend shelf life. It mentions a ratio or method and quotes Helen L on how to avoid spoilage, emphasizing careful handling for longer storage.
Lancaster Farming in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1955
Page
12
Penn State Extension Advice Covers Home Arts Nutrition and Play
Penn State extension specialists advise on paint brush care drying methods and wrapping. They also discuss safe toy colors for children geometric play with blocks clay and sand and the benefits of books for early learning. Nutrition tips include parsley rice with meat or shrimp and a onion herb mix.
Yule Around World Theme for Lancaster Homemakers Meet
Lancaster County Home Economies Extension sponsors a county wide Homemaker Wednesday December 7 at the Lancaster YMCA. The program runs from 10 a m to 3 p m with inspirational services in the morning and Christmas decoration and gift wrapping in the afternoon.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster
New Apple Varieties Bulletin from Penn State
The Agricultural Experiment Station at Pennsylvania State University released Bulletin 605 reviewing 47 years of data on apple varieties. It lists growth and characteristics for 131 varieties, reflecting plantings from 1908, 1917, and 1935 at the station orchards. Copies are available from county agents or the University Park station offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Agricultural Experiment Station
Pennsylvania State University
University Park
Protect Woolens in Ice Wash With Insect-Repellent Wool
Protein washable woolens treated with EQ-53 in ice wash or rinse water gain an invisible DDT residue to ward off insects, according to Penn State extension home management specialist Sanna D. Bisch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanna D Bisch
Penn
Extension Home Management
Women’s Page Free To Women
One year subscription to Lancaster Farming offered to a housewife who submits the post letter. Includes recipe and home making hint. Send your letter to Lancaster Farming Quarryville Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Farming
Quarryville
Farm Society 14 to Give Christmas Party
Mrs Roy R Shelly was elected president of the Society of Farm Women 2 and will be installed with new officers in January at the home of Mrs Clarence Bell. Other officers include Mrs Victor Gish as vice president and Mrs Harry Longenecker as recording secretary. The group plans a children’s Christmas party at Penryn fire hall on Saturday, Dec 10, after a 28-member meeting where a $5 Muscular Dystrophy drive donation was approved and three area families received gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy R Shelly
Society of Farm Women
Clarence Bell
Secret to cooking frozen vegetables preserves vitamins
Marjorie J. Wormeck, a Penn State extension nutritionist, advises cooking frozen vegetables only until they are tender to retain vitamins, color, and fresh flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Micees
Masory L. Bessom
Penn State Extension Clothing
Marjorie J. Wormeck
Penn State Extension
AfroeAsian Conference Delegates Gather at BanDung Indonesia
In Ban dung Indonesia the AfroeAsian conference convenes with 60 delegates, all listed men, reflecting a male dominated gathering as no women appear among the participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandung
Indonesia
Counties Women’s Societies Visit County Home
Twelve members from Farm Women’s Societies 15 and 16 in Lancaster County visited the County Home on Friday, treating guests to cupcakes and dixie cups. Society 16 met Wednesday at Mrs Annie Graham’s Georgetown home with Harriet Graham co-hostess, opening with song, devotions, and flag salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Women’s Societies
Lancaster County
Society 16
Annie Graham
Georgetown
Harriet Graham
Katie Matthews
Rhoad
Spanish Tavern
Quarryville
Ice Cream Output Reaches 1955 Peak in Pennsylvania
The August 1955 ice cream production in Pennsylvania hit a monthly high of 9.3 million gallons, 22 percent above the five year 1949-53 average of 7.68 million. The state Department of Agriculture notes the volume was 1.7 million gallons above the local average.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
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