12—Lancaster Forming, Saturday, April 18, 1959 • Lane; Yards (From page 2) Choice 523 lb sold at 37 00 Medium and Good Stock ers brought 27 50-29 50.g00d grade stock calves made 31 - 00-35 00 Trading was active for about 700 head of veal ers, supply about 125 head less than last week Vealers were steady to strong Good and Choice vealers 29 00-38 - 00, Choice and Prime com manded 38.0(t-40 00, with a lew Prime at 41 00, Stand ard and low Good made 24 - 00-28 00, while -Utility sold down to 19 00 - Hog receipts totaled about 22 00 head or about 75 head more than last* week Trad ing was moderately active Barrows and gilts compared with last week s close were fully 25 higher Sows held about steady U S 1-3 grade 190-22 S lb ‘barrows & gilts sold for T 7 25-17 75, hogs more uniform -for weight & grade including' 1-2 grade 190-215 lb ranged from 18 - 00-18.75, with a few lots No I at 19.00 230-250 lb made 16 50-17 00, arid 250-280 lb brought 16 00-16 50 300-600 lb sows sold for 11 00-14 0 Shoep receipts will total a bout 100 head less than last week’s 336 head count Wool ed slaughter lambs were steady but spring slaughter AMERICA’S BEST SELLING WEED KILLER ESTEKON Here is effective control for even your toughest weeds! And ESTERON 99 actu ally costs less per acre than the tractor gasoline you use in spraying it. For small grains, corn, pastures, get Esteron 99-most farmers do l OF THE DOW CHEMICAL COVPAM EBY’S MILL, 3S NORTH CEDAR STr-r.L.T esh sea ess ws§ na bss essj bb sa bhb mb no Announcing JOHN DEERE Industrial Equipment Repiesented and Serviced in Lancaster City and County by LANCASTER DO. INDUSTRIAL SALES,Inc. SEE 1959 MODELS NOW lambs were steady to 100 higher. Trading was active on the small supply. Good & Choice wooled slaughter lambs made 21 75-23 50, and Utility and low Good brought 19 75-21 75 Good & Choice spring lambs com manded 29 00-31 00, with a few lots mostly Good grade sold down to 28 00 ® Del.-Geo. (From page 3) went to market, 17% more than previous week and 27% more than in 1958. Georgia volume and price. Fri - Sat —At farm, 1,132,000 at 14 5-17, FOB plants, 173,- 000, 16 Mon —at farm. 961, 000, 14 5-16; FOB plants, 89- 000, 16 Tues —1,075,000, 14 5 -16, mcl 323,700 on Geo Ex change. Wed —at farms. 840- 000 14 5-16, incl. 284,500 on Exch Thurs —at farm, 1,194- 000, 15-16, incl 364,400 of 404,000 offered on Exch Fn- KILL GRUBS IN LOWNS -Mole runways in lawn and gardens may-be an indication of a while grub infestation in that area, says Stanley Gesell, Penn State extension entomologist Treating the area with chemicals to eli minate the grubs will make the lawns and gardens loss attractive to moles NEW HOLLAND, PA, Pbone. ELgin 4-8004 99* Inc. LIT IT 2 Flory Herd Sells With $297 Avg. The registered Ayrshire herd of Abram K Flory, of Manheim RD 3, was sold Monday at auction for a to tal of $19,335, for the high est per-head price average of a dairy dispersal sale in the region so far this year More than 500 buyers from Penna, Maryland, the New England states, and Canada were on hand for the auction The average price includ ing young stock, was $297t75 with the top 10 cows averag ing $505 50 The top price of $7OO was paid by Milton Brubaker, Lititz RD 1, for a three-year-old cow, “Moun tain Valley Dixie Royal”. 1,194,000. 15-16 at farm; FOB plants, 214,000 at 16 MMSSEY-FERGUSON FIRST 5-PLOW TRACTOR WITH THE FERGUSON SYSTEM Now ... a big Ferguson System tractor. . . and it works more fully mounted implements than any other in its power class. Performs better and does more work than many other higher priced tractors. Yet, for all its big power, it maneuvers and handles as easily as a light tractor. It’ll lug, too ... right along with even bigger, heavier tractors. -_We’ve Got It!...Come See It!.. .Come Drive It your MASSEY-FERGUSON DealerJ Field Demonstration Ik Displa OF THE 1959 LINE OF MASSEY-FERGUSON FARM EQU TOES. Evening Program Starts At 7:00 P. M. RAIN DATE APRIL 22nd TO BE HELD ON NEIGHBORING FARM AT R. M. Brubaker, Inc. SALUNGA, PA. • Chicago Yards lb. cutter grades 22.50. Two loads - mostly prime! 1043 and 1060 lb heifers 32, these fcedlot mates of 32 00 heifers last week when the price equalled the highest paid for heifers since 1952, load high choice and prime 1093 lb heifers 31.50, few loads and lots high choice & grades mixed choice and pr- SOW OATS EARLY If you want good yields of oats, sow early. Elmer Pifer, Penn State extension agrono mist, reports that tests m Pennsylvania over several years show that delay in se eding spring oats has decre ased yields as much as one bushel per acre for each day seeding is delayed Sow when ground is fit to work. > * • - APRIL 21 - 1:30 P. M. (From page 2) '' '. " '' ime hellers 29 75.3; good and choice gr ’ 29.50, most utiHy at dard heifers 21-25 -Few standard Cov 23 50, utility and co! al cows 19-2150 v' canners and cutr et ' heavy Holstein Cllt < utility cows mixed Un '? few light and shell*., as low as 13 Uhhn £ mercial bulls closed .f 24, these prices ocjuJ lowest of the yoru on Bulls. Few choice vocy, standard and good c 27-34, bulk cull vealers 15-26 Load good 485 % steer calves 34 60, l 0 !. 583 lb stock stec.r, ad good and choice f wgts 30 50, median, stock steers 29 50, n f , choice 800-1025 lb f steers 26 50-29 25 good 600 lb. stock heii 26 75. Hj i:l . Al '^l
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