—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 16, 1973
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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
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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