6-MLancaster Farming;' Saturday,-Octobers,' 1973
THE OLD
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OCTOBER 8-14,1973
It’s a joy to gaze on these beautiful days.
Set new trees now ... Wendell Willkie died Oct. 8,1944 .. .
Full Hunters’ Moon Oct. 11 .. . Cranberry harvest over .. .
Average lengtji of days for week, 11 hours, 19 minutes . . .
Old Farmer’s Almanac began Oct. 13,1792 ... First two-way
phone Oct. 9, 1876 . . . Columbus Day Oct. 8 . . . Trees are
blushing, leaves start falling . . . Lambing season now . . .
Larsen’s no-hit World Series game Oct. 8, 1956 . . . They
that buy cheap, bring home nothing.
poor, and even the middle
class of that day, the chest was used because of the difficulty
in building closets on a brick wall. They started building
closets and cupboards soon after they got wooden houses
where you could drive a spike into a joist.
Home Hints: Finely powdered borax will rid a house of
roaches if sprinkled where they live for a few weeks . . .
Fill dirty bathtub with hot water and two cups of laundry
pre-soak, let sit overnight, then drain for clean tub. No
scrubbing.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Week begins rainy and cool, then cloudy and
warm; rain latter part.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Cloudy and cool to start, then
rain; end of week partly cloudy and warmer.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cloudy at first, then rain by mid
week ; partly cloudy and warm latter part.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Hot to start, then rain and cooler;
mostly clear along coast, then rain on weekend.
Florida: Torrential rain in south at first, then mostly clear
and warm; ram again in south latter part and rain in north
and central on weekend.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Light rain and
cool to start, then partial clearing; end of week rainy and
cold.
Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins rainy and cool, then partial
clearing and warm; end of week very cool with ram.
Deep South: Increasing cloudiness and cool to midweek, then
clearing and hot, ram latter part and much cooler.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Showers and warm to start,
then cooler; cloudy and cold end of week.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Cloudy and cool for most
of week; flurries and cold on weekend.
Central Great Plains; Week begins cloudy and cool, then
scattered showers; end of week clear and cool.
Te\as-Oklahoma; Variable cloudiness and hot through most
of week; colder temperatures on weekend.
Rocky Mountain Region: First part of week clear and very
warm; cooler latter part.
Southwest Desert: Cloudy and hot throughout week; clear and
cooler on weekend.
Pacific Northwest; Most of week clear and hot; cloudy and
cooler on weekend.
California: Clear and hot to start, then overcast and cooler;
partial clearing end of week.
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Ask the Old Fanner: Why did
early Americans use chests
and trunks in place of
closets and cupboards? F. J.,
Clayton, Missouri.
After the log cabin era,
most Americana grew up in
houses made of stone and
brick. In the homes of the
Pa. Auction
Weekly Summary
17 Livestock Markets
Week Ending September 28
CATTLE 4290, compared with
6770 head last week, and 6738
head a year ago. Compared with
last week’s market, slaughter
steers $3 to $3.50 lower. Slaughter
cows $2.75 to $3.25 lower.
Slaughter bulls mostly $3.50 to $4
lower.
STEERS: Few High Choice
and Prime 42.10-43.60, Choice
41.25-44.75, Good 39.50-43.50,
Standard 38.00-41.50.
Heifers; Choice 42.00-44.35,
Good 38.00-42.00, standard 37.00-
40.50.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 32.00-36.70,
Cutters 30.75-34.00, Canners 27.00-
32.00, Shells down to 23.25.
BULLOCKS: Choice 42.00-
43.50, Good 40.00-43.00, Standard
38.00-40.90.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2 900-
1350 pounds 37.10-42.00, 1350-2000
39.00-44.70.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good 550-
800 pound feeder steers 45.00-
50.00.
CALVES 3621, compared with
4226 head last week, and 4956
head a year ago. Vealers mostly
$2 to $5 lower.
VEALERS: Few Prime 70.00-
80.00, Choice 64.50-71.00, Good
60.00-67.00, Standard 54.00-62.00,
Utility 90-120 pounds 45.00-58.00,
70-85 40.00-50.00.
FARM CALVES: Slow,
Holstein bulls 90-120 pounds 52.00-
84.00; Holstein heifers 90-140
57.00-89.00; beef cross bulls and
Over 20 years ago,
Curler Pig Starters to the swine industry
and took much of the work and worry out
of starting and weaning pigs.
Wayne Pre-Starters are rich in natural
milk products and other sweet-tasting,
palatable ingredients that appeal to baby
pigs. All three Tail Curlers, Tail Curler
Rockets . . . Tail Curler Junior and Tail
CHARLES E. SAUDER
&SONS
RUI, East Earl
HERSHEY BROS,
Reinholds
WHITE OAK MILL
R D 4. Manheim
S I EVENS FEED MILL,
INC.
Stevens. Pa
PARADISE SUPPLY
Paradise
Summary
heifers 80-150 53.00-67.00.
HOGS 5955, compared with 6100
head last week, and 7299 head a
year ago. Barrows and Gilts $1 to
$2 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US 1-
3 200-240 pounds 42.40-44.80, 2-3
190-250 41.50-43.60, 2-4 120-180
34.00-40.50.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-550 pounds
37.00-41.75, 2-3 300-600 35.50-38.00.
Boars 31.75-37.00.
FEEDER PIGS 980, compared
with 1156 head last week, and 1002
head a year ago. US 1-3 20-35
pound feeder pigs 12.25-27.00 per
head, 1-3 35-50 20.00-26.00, 1-3 50-
SDID
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FEATURES THE MODULAR
CONCEPT TO CHAIN SAW ENGINEERING
All Components are Organized in Functionally Correct
Sub-Assemblies, easily serviced or replaced. Four
components make up a complete Dew Body, exclusive
of Chain and Bar. AVAILABLE IN 3 and 6HP MODELS.
COME IN AND SEE THE NEWEST CONCEPT IN
SAW CONSTRUCTION.
SOLD AND SERVICED BY
LESTER A. SINGER Ph 687-6712
Ronks, Pa
Curler Pig Starter, contain the ideal bal
ance of essential ingredients and move
gently through his delicate undeveloped
system, easing him into solid food the
"natural" way.
[reduced Tail
The Wayne Pig Starting Program pffers
the "difference" that comes only with ex
perience. Tail Curlers were good 20 years
ago... 20 years better today.
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R D 2, Peach Bottom
H.M. STAUFFEH
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Witmer
JE’MARFARM
SUPPLY INC.
Lawn —Ph • 964-3444
ROHRER’S MILL
R D.l, Ronks
HAROLD H. GOOD
Terre Hill
100 29.00-36.50' per head,
SHEEP 907, compared with
1181 head last week, and 1038
head a year ago. Spring slaughter
lambs $1 to $3 lower. Choice 70-
100 pounds spring slaughter
lambs 28.00-34.00, Good 60-100
25,00-31.00, Utility 40-80 19.00-
24.50. Slaughter ewes 9.00-19.00.
Most powerful electric fish
is the electric eel (Elec
trophorus eiectricus). An
average-sized specimen can
discharge 400 volts at 1
ampere, but measurements
up to 650 volts have been
recorded.
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R.D.2, Columbia
DUTCHMAN FEED
MILLS, INC.
R D.l, Stevens
GRUBB SUPPLY CO,
Elizabethtown