2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. December 12. 1959 At Lancaster Yards Supplies About Steady ly less than last week’s 410 head count Trading was moderately active Wooled slaguhlcr tamos held steady Good and Choice 75-95 lb wooled lambs made 18 -21 and Utility sold down to 14 A few lots Cull to good slaughter ewes sold for 3-7 fames E. O'Hara. la Charge. Market New* Branch CATTLE The receipts this week will total about 2750 or some 25 head less than, last week The supply includ ed about 40 percent slaught er steers and 55 percent Stockers and feeders The adverse weather con ditions during the early part of the" week were a factor in die limited trade Trad.ng was on the slow side this week Compared with last week’s close slaughter steers wore 50 lower Cows closed out the week ,it steady prices Bulls and vtockeis and feeders were steady Several loads and lots of Choice S2l-1145 lb slaughter steei s sold for 26 50-27 50, Good to low Choice made 24 - 26 50 Standard and low Good brought 22 -24 Load Good grade heifers made 23 50 Utility & Com mercial bulls made 20-24 50 Good giade fed bulls sold up lo 25 50 Cutter and Utility cows ranged from 14 -17, and Commercial cows sold up to 17 50, Canners and low Cut ters commanded 12 25-14 00 Med'um and Good 600-900 lb feeder steers 21-25, Good to low Choice 850-1000 lb ranged from 24 -25 A few lots Good and Choice stock made 27 -30 CALVES In the calf divn ton this week trading was vnodeiately active on about 575 head of vealers or some 25 head less than last week Vealers sold at fully steady fates Good and Choice made 28-34, with Choice and Prune at 34 -39 with a lew at 40 and 41 Standard and low Good vealers brought 21 - 28 while Utility sold down to 17 HOGS In the hog division about 1125 head of barrows and gilts and sows cold at luily steady rates The sup ply last week totaled 1070 head Trading was model ate ly active U S 1-3 grade 190- 225 lb barlows and gilts brought 14 -15 and hogs more umtoini for weight and grade sncludmg 1-2 grade 190 220 lb hogs made 15-16, a few lots mostly no 1 made 16 25- 16 50 Few 230-250 lb butch ers made 13 50-14 300-600 lb sows ranged from 8 - 1 2 SHEEP The receipts m the rdieep division will be slights ai«a»Bsaaß«aßißi»BHaiaß)aa»»aßaaßaßa»ia, Better than hay...better than silage... 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SELLING DISCOUNT WATERSHED RESEARCH The nation’s only Univer sity - owned outdoor labora tory for instruction and re search in forest watershed management is operated by the School of Forestry at the Pennsylvania State Univer sity Under a cooperative pro gram, studies of water rela tionships are underway on throe experimental water sheds Three stream- gaging stations and two climatic sta tions have been established on the three watersheds mak ing up the Leading Ridge Watershed Unit The watci sheds are located on the south side of Tussey Moun tain near Masseyburg ip Huntingdon County. The studies concern the ef fects of forests and forestry practices on water yield, wa ter quality, and stream flow behavior Current tests are determining the hydrologic characteristics ol the forest in their present condition Later studies will concern the effects of various meth ods of timbei harvesting on limber and water supplies in the areas “Information from these studies, together with the re sults from other foresl-soil water studies, should provide a sound basis for integrated management of timber and water on the millions of acres of forest land in Penn sylvania,” states Peter W Fletcher, director of the School of Forestry Project leaders for the wa tershed studies are W E Sop per, W R Byrnes, and R E Melton, all of the School of Forestry Cooperating with Penn Slate's School of Forestry are the Northeastern Forest Ex penment Station of the U S Forest Service and the Penna Dept of Forests and Waters PHONE ELgm 4-2351 Chicago Cattle New Holland Monday Supply Snow Cancels Horse Sale Hlnf’iocl* SinC6 '56 Snow canceled the JDecv.m ignesi horse sale at the New Holland Sales Stables Impas- WEEKLY REVIEW fedblc roa ds m many parts of Cattle- Receipts 15 percent lho count y forced the cancel gicater than last week and ] r ,tidn of the sale and suspen largest regular market s , o n 0 t most of the activity at ply here since January this [j lG sa j e barn, year. Monday's supply larg- December 9 dairy cat est since November 1956, llc sale ba d rccepts of 113 while receipts remainder ol COWSj 3 k .tock bulls, and one the week of relatively norm- hel f er Frcsn cows were ac al proportions. Increased bve and steady Backward showing of western cattle in springers slow the aipply, these prmcipallv ji rcsb Cows, Hotsteins - slaughter steers and heifeis 5350-540, Guernsey - 250-275, ol Nebraska origin. others - 250-375, stock bulls Per centagcs of various jgg.fgo classes altered slightly from ijiio December 10 r J*le last week With around 75 ale bac j ve ceipts of 896 cat por cent slaughter steers, be- Jj c and 361 ca ives The steer tween 15 and 20 per cent m aikel was about steady on heifers and less than 5 per all bin d S , but buyers were cent cows very reluctant in their bid- Percentage o£ prune in Cow market was 25-50 slaughter steer a-un increased j oW er. Cow and calf market o\ er the 8 per cent of last about steady week and was estimated at Choice butcher steers - S-<- about 10 per cent, Percent 3 8, good - 26-27, plain to age of choice also increased medium - 23-26, heavy shoit over the 66 per cent of last f e d stoers -22 50-24 50 week while the percentage Good butener heifers - $2l - good was down from the 23 pi to med -18-21 22 per cent of last week. Good bulls - $25 50-27 2o Average weight of slaugh- pi to med _23 50-25, bologna tei steers promises to be a bulls - 22-25 35 httlo heavier than the 1152 Good butcher cows - $l6- average of last *l7 50, med - 15-16, canncis Trading was uneven on all and cutters - 13-15, shchs slaughter steers over 1,000 H'\ 3 . - , . pounds Steer yearlings bo- Stocker anc CCC * CI low 1,000 pounds scarce and $2l-25 25 unchanged through the week Choice to prime butc , As a result of the week s calves - $3B-40, good - 33- 3m Ar, a result oi me to - . 2 8-33, thm calves - decline, general steer trading monks ’. 14 20 lowest since January 1958, ’ and prime steers lowest sme^ November 1357. Bulk of the slaughter sleeis 25-50 lower with weights ov er 1,200 pounds grading av eiage choice and below most- ly 50-75 lower Cows steadv to 25 lower, bulls steady Calves steady. Stockers and feeders and steady to 50 lower Dozen. loads 1180 to 1340 pound slaughter steers - $2B Bulk high choice and mixed choice and prime steers - 525 50-27-75, with ' loadlots fi om 27 60-2 75 largely prime grade Loadlots prime 1300 - 1500 lb steers 26 -27 50 Most standard and good i eaters $22-38 00 Few good and choice - 28 - 30 00 Culls down to 11 00 Mixed good and choice 675 and choice 650 lbs $26 50 .. Oi of coi fctl ru< hei bu'. ings on to you os a BULL BRAND or MILK-MAID customer. It's just another way to save with dairy rations that keep replacement costs down, production up. If you haven't tried BULL BRAND or MILK-MAID yet, do it flow during this sensational special offer. M. S. 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