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Show Remember when the last thing your lady friend, mother or sister did, before going out, was to check to see if the seams on her stockings were straight? If you do, you're fastly approaching 40 or have already al-ready passed that milestone. Ladles just don't worry about seams anymore. - 0 That's not all that has changed in the past 40 years. As a youngster, after working work-ing at the old Union -Tribune, we went home and milked milk-ed the old cow or cows, fed the chickens, gathered eggs and fed the other stock. After supper, (you eat dinner din-ner at noon in Iowa) the ol' Redhead had a milk route. We had regular customers, and peddled mom's homemade home-made cottage cheese door -to door. We don't remember being paid for doing the chores, but did get a commission on our milk and cheese sales. Enough to keep us in comic books and candy bars. - 0 - That's hardly relevant to anything, except that the day of the small acreage, that provided for the family, with the surplus sold to the neighbors neigh-bors is long gone. This was evident as we made an excursion through the Beaver County farming district last Saturday. Farms may still be family operations, but they're not small. Fancy new dairy barns where one man can handle up to six cows at a time, and get six more ready while the milking machine does its work. Most are milking from 60-200 cows, and there Is no straw for bedding, or manure to pitch, everythng is cement, and washed down spic and span. Most work two to a shift, and milk up to a dozen cows at a time. And some milk up to three times a day to increase production. pro-duction. , . And ditch irrigation though there is still a lot of it has been replaced by gated pipe and fancy sprinkler systems, that sets one back a pretty penny. - 0 -Farming technology has changed drastically In the last 40 years. This we knew, but we couldn't believe be-lieve the change that has come about in just the last three years. And its not that we weren't aware of what was going on but rather, we just hadn't taken time to give a close Inspection. If you've been as negligent negli-gent as we have, why not take a tour, and see for your -self how things have changed. We're sure you'll find the farmers happy to have you look over their efficient operations. - 0 - Most of the alfalfa looks really good, and first crop should be a real bumper unless we get a bad snow in May, which is very possible. The sprinklers come In many sizes and shapes. They are supposed to be more efficient ef-ficient on water, a necessity with today's pumping costs. - 0 - Don't forget the School Carnival on May 4. Its'aball for the kids and if you're not energetic, there is always the cake walk, and plenty of goodies to eat. - 0 -Speaking of goodies our ace Milford in Motion correspondent cor-respondent Terry Mad-sen, Mad-sen, brought us a strawberry pie last year. Now we'd always been of the opinion that strawberries were meant for shortcake, and all attempts to put them in pie bordered somewhere near sacrilage. That is until we tasted Terry's. So we coaxed her into making mak-ing another one this year, just as soon as Jeffersons got them on sale. Just a dollar dol-lar for three cups last week. Again it was delicious so much so that Steve wanted another one. The problem is that Terry and husband are moving to New Mexico where he will teach seminary next year, and so the end to this once a year treat. Ah so! The cunning Redhead Red-head talked Terry into leaving leav-ing us a copy of her recipe. (Continued on Page 2) HERE'S MORE ABOUT Just Between Now Steve can have all the strawberry pie he can make as long as he saves us a piece. "-" 0 - Terry will be missed more f than just for her strawberry pie. She has been a super correspondent, always going the extra mile. She will be hard to replace. In fact, the whole Madsen family will be missed in Milford, though they've been here only a few years, they made a nitch that touched many lives, with their friendliness and cheerful cheer-ful willingness to become a part of the community. - 0 - Billy Carter says he's on the wagon for good. Says he's found out that water can be imbibed straight. What, no chlorination or flouride in Plains, Georgia? When the EPA learns about that they'll probably get the FDA to label peanut butter "dangerous "dan-gerous to your health" if it sticks to the roof of your mouth. |