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looks at how you’ve been buying apples and plants the kind you seem to want most. So, as you do your weekly shopping and pick up a bag of apples, you may or may not feel like a “queen for a day" but you are. In fact, you’re more than a queen just for the day. You’re acting as queen for the year and often, as in the case of the farmer,planting apple trees, for many,many years. j

Homemaking Hints

How can I can get a frozen pie to bake uniformly? Often the top crust is fully browned before the pie is thoroughly bqked. Why? These are questions which are giving concern to homemakers. One solution is to thaw, the pie slightly before you put it in the oven. The slight thawing tends to reduce overbrown ing of the top crust before the pie is fully baked. Also it will allow the bottom crust to bake more thoroughly. Remem. ber, too, that if you use a dull pie pan for the baking, the bottom crust will brown more rapidly and uniformly. A shiny pan will reflect a great deal of the radiant heat of the oven and thus slow down cooking.

A ******** Homeowners who use salt to Clear their sidewalks and driveways should be careful where they sweep it. The salt can damage lawn and shrubs. Although grass is dormant at this time of year, the roots are still active. Too much salt in the soil may cause the plants to die. In the case ■ of shrubs where snow with salt may have been tossed on , them, you may note a browning or burning of leaves. ■' When salting your sidewalk . use no more salt than is ; heeded. Direct the slush con, taining salt into the street rather than sweeping it aside . and onto your lawn. If you use r a snow blower, avoid deposit ing the salt-filled snow on shrubs and turf.

Around The County

Things are hustling and bustling on the county scene in the next few weeks and > everyone seems to be en, joying the activity. This week i on Monday and Tuesday, Ami issville ladies got started on their sewing classes. The ber ginner sewing classes will be i held as day meetings and the t basic sewing group will meet - on Monday evenings.

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