Show B BA A B SON S AUTHENTIC STATEMENT r r Y W a eroN Special to THE EXPRESS ERESS BABSON DISCUSSES BUYING HOUSEHOLD NEEDS BABSON PARK MASS MASS- S SNot Not for quite a long time have I discussed sed the best time of year to buy foods fuels and other household necessities Yet there is a best time to buy each item and you may save considerable money If you know when it is particularly particularly if you are responsible for a large healthy family Importance of Freezing Units The biggest part of the fam fam- family Ily bUdget goes for food so that should get the most at- at atten attention ten Food expenditures for the average family heavIly heavily Ily emphasize meat Of course you yo- cannot get really big savings unless you have a freezer of considerable capac- capac so ity I heartily recommend your buying one if you have not yet done so Otherwise you can rent a unit in a pub pub- public public lic freezing storehouse al although though that is not so cheap in inthe inthe I the long run nor so conven conven- convenient I nt as it is to have your own An emergency generator is probably a good idea too to protect your food in the event of a public power fail fail- failure ure First let us take a look at seasonal trends in meat and poultry prices The best time timeto timeto to buy is usually during No- No November November vember and December when of hogs hons cattle and chickens are seasonally very heavy The big in influx ux of supplies at this time forces price concessions at retail counters However if you want the finest grades of heavy steer beef I advise you to wait until late winter or even early spring The best cuts can usually be bought then at the lowest prices Watch for Wholesale Prices In the past few years there has been an Increase In count outlets where you can buy meat and poultry any at-any at any anytime time of the year considerably below the retail level Practically Practically every large city or community has at least one such dealer detler Cuts of pork lamb and beef are packaged in marked plastic containers so that you can easily see what you have in your freez freez- freezer er Poultry sections can also he be lv Iv and they are clearly label label- labeled labeled ed I with the sale of freezing units today there are often food buying programs I that will arrange e to keep our nut freezer stocked at prices well below the prevailing re- re retail t tail n rate Some of these systems tem are re Z genuine savers cost it if your family Is large but b be careful not to get tied un with a night fly I outfit if you go o in for such a al I tHo Personally under trader t ml renditions T I would ure ure- fer to do my mv own buying talon advantage e of seasonal d d Eq rs The h t laying season for hens f is still March April and May This means that eee prIces are at their seasonal 31 low low point usually during th the I spring Readers should also note that spring eggs are the most successfully stored I Prices or dairy products generally are closely related to the milk flow which reach reach- reaches es its seasonal high about June If you are interested in ini i storing dairy products the best buys In butter can nor nor- normally mally be expected in June or July Cheese buying opportunities are delayed because of the long curing period Now Nov November ember seems about the best time for this commodity Fuels Be Miscellaneous Items In fuels seasonal factors also play an an important part in terms of prices If you are heating with coal you will wUl save money by taking tage of summer reductions Heating oils and kerosene are usually cheapest during the summer because of mounting refiners stocks low demand and Intensive competition Gasoline prices generally dip I lowest In winter mid I Jot down the best seasonal buying time for a few other I items Canned peas June c nned corn July canned to- to August canned sal sal- salmon to-I to mon man usually August and Sep Sepo September dry beans November and late fall rice and flour August Augustor I or September lard Decem Decem- December ber citrus fruits January or orl early February furniture during February sales furs August and soft goods at January white sales But most important of all Study the advertisements in your local newspapers I wish every high school would have havea a compulsory course on Studying Newspaper Ads |