—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 16, 1973 6 THtQLD A JH&MIK Hill your corn now ... Summer begins June 21 at 8:01 a.m. . . . Average length of days for week, 15 hours, 19 minutes (longest days of the year this week) ... Last quarter of the Moon June 23 . . . Frogs lose their 'tails now ... No more pencils, no more books school is over for most kids this week . . . First U.S. baseball match, Hoboken, June 19, 1846 ... A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. Old Farmer’s Riddle: What grows shorter as it lives longer? (Answer below.) Ask the Old Fanner: A friend recently gave me a trivet, and it reminded me of an expression I was familiar with as a child, “Eight as a trivet.” Where did that come from? W. E. S., Lan sing, Mich. The “three-point landing" was known and appreciated long before aircraft were invented. The trivet is an example of dependable bearings. Horn* Hints * To kill worms in house plants, mix a pinch of snuff into the top soil ... To protect the wires of a piano from moisture, put a small bag of unslaked lime just under the piano cover .. . Riddle answer: A candle. OLD FARMER S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Heavy rain to start and cool, then clear and very warm by midweek; ram latter part. Greater New York-New Jersey: Week begins cloudy and cool, then clear and warm by midweek; end of week cloudy and hot. Middle Atlantic Coastal: First part of week generally clear and warm; cloudy and hot latter part, then rain on weekend. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Showery at first, then cooler by midweek; end of week rainy and hot. Florida: Cloudy and very hot to start, then rain and cooler through week’s end. Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Clear and mild to midweek, then increasing cloudiness and hot; light rain latter part. Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins clear, then intermittent rain beginning before midweek; end of week clear and very hot. Deep South: Rain all week; temperatures becoming very hot by end of week. Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Rain and cool to start, then partial clearing; rain again and warm latter part. Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Warm and rainy all week in east; in west, clear most of week, then rain on weekend. Central Great Plains: Most of week cloudy and hot; scattered showers end of week. Texas-Oklahoma: Week begins partly cloudy, then clear by midweek and very hot to end of week. Rocky Mountain Region: Intermittent showers most of week; clearing and hot on weekend. Southwest Desert: Good weather all week; clear with high temperatures in the 100 s. Pacific Northwest: Rain, heavy to start, through midweek; remainder of week clear and warm. California: Cloudy most of week; scattered showers latter part, then clear and warm on weekend. (All Riithts Reserved, Yankee. Inc., Dublin, HH. 03444) GET BARE GROUND WEED CONTROL Pramitol® liquid gets rid of weeds where you don’t want them. In fences. And around buildings, silos, feedlots, gas tanks, and pumps. It’s great for knocking out weeds where you can’t mow. Pramitol liquid works like a charm. One early spray keeps weeds down all season. Try Pramitol 25E liquid. You’ll find all kinds of usesforit. Or, if you prefer, use easy to spread Pramitol pellets. P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. Smoketown, Pa. JUNE 18-24, 1973 Summer is here! Ph. 397-: Pa. Auction Summary Weekly Summary 19 Livestock Markets Week Ending June 8 CATTLE 6564, compared with 5152 head last week, and 6903 head a year ago. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers steady to 25 cents lower. Slaughter cows $1 to $1.50 lower. Slaughter bulls uneven. STEERS: High Choice and Prime 47.35-48.60, Choice 45.70- 48.00, Good 43.00-45.85, Standard 40.75-43.60, Utility 39.00-40.85. HEIFERS: Choice 43.00-46.00, Good 40.00-43.25, Standard 38.50- 42.00, Utility 36.00-38.70. COWS: Utility and High Dressing Cutter 34.80-37.70, Cutters 33.00-35.75, Canners 30.25- 34.00, Shells down to 27.50. BULLS: Choice 43.50-45.50, Good 41.50-45.10, Utility and Commercial 40.25-45.60, Cutters 37.50-40.75. CALVES 3454, compared with 2240 head last week, and 3808 head a year ago. Vealers weak to $1 lower. VEALERS: Prime 71.00-76.50, Choice 67.00-72.50, Good 64.00- 70.00, Standard 60.00-66.50, few Utility 90-120 pounds 48.00-53.00, few 70-85 pounds 42.00-50.00. FARM CALVES: Holstein Bulls 80-130 pounds 60.00-86.00, Get faster starts, faster growth. Hk M | ■CARBAOOX Mecadox Th Q. What is Mecadox? A. It is a new swine feed medication that does an outstanding job of promoting growth and con trolling scours (dysentery, salmonellosis) Q.. What’s so special about it? A. Mecadox was developed specifically for use in swine by Pfizer research. It is unrelated to any medication ever used in animals It’s notan anti biotic, sulfa, arsenical or mtrofuran but a new kind of chemotherapeutic compound Q. Is Mecadox any better than other additives? A. Yes Mecadox provides both superior scours control and more profitable growth, while other single or combination antibacterials fall short on dysentery control or growth Q.. Who says Mecadox is better? A. More than 100 experiments with over 5,000 pigs Many experiments were conducted by in dependent feed companies, universities and re search veterinarians in pork-producing.regions Q.. What kind of results can I look for? A. Compared to feeding no medication, 30 ex periments with more than 1500 pigs show Mecadox at 50 gm /ton improved average daily gams over 21% and feed efficiency by 10 5% Mecadox pigs were an average of 6 2 lbs heavier Get it Red Rose PIG PRE-STARTER PELLETS PIG STARTER PELLETS PIG GROWER SUPPLEMENT Holstein Heifers 80-150 pounds 65.00-120.00. HOGS 6561, compared with 4253 head last week, and 8027 head a year ago. Barrows and Gilts 25 cents to 50 cents higher. BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1- 2 205-240 pounds 39.50-40.00, 2-3 195-245 38.60-39.70, 2-4 185-260 37.50-38.50, 3-4 250-300 34.50-37.50, 2-4 100-185 32.40-37.50. SOWS: US 1-3 300-550 pounds 31.00-35.00 St; in FEEDER PIGS 745, compared with 532 head last week, and 720 head a year ago. US 1-3 20-35 pounds feeder pigs 17.00-26.00 per head, 1-3 35-50 25.00-35,00 per head. SHEEP 1137, compared with 470 head last week, and 865 head a year ago. Spring slaughter lambs $1 to $2 lower. Choice 60-100 pounds 35.00-40.25, 40-70 38.00- 43.00, Good 60-85 30.00-37.00. Slaughter ewes 5.00-19.00. buy RED ROSE SWINE FEEDS from WALTER BINKLEY A SON ter BROWN St REA, INC. ELVERSON SUPPLY CO. HENRY E. GARBER Elizabethtown, Pa. E. MUSSER HEISEY & SON R.D 2, Mt. Joy, Pa. HEISTAND BROS. Elizabethtown RED ROSE FARM SERVICE, INC. N. Church St., Quarryville DAVID B. HURST G. R. MITCHELL, INC. MUSSER FARMS, INC. MARTIN'S FEED MILL Ephrata, Pa. #CHAS. E. SAUDER & SONS Terre Hill BOARS 24. Lititz Atglen Elverson Bowmansville Refton, Pa MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE Mountville Columbia H. M. STAUFFER & SONS, INC. Witmer E. P. SPOTTS, INC. Honey Brook
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