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OCT. 29 NOV. 4
It’> somewhat forlorn with the leaves all gone.
Split firewood now ... Will Rogers Day in Oklahoma Nov. 4
... First quarter of the Moon Nov. 3.. . Most small animals
now in hibernation . . . Average length of days for week,
10 hours, 17 minutes . .. Pollsters eat crow, Truman elected
1948 . . . Shoe rationing ends 1945 . . . Lower man’s
metabolism only 8 degrees, he’ll live as long as maple trees
.. . Mormons convicted of polygamy Oct. 29,1878 ... Stock
Market crashed this week in 1929 . . . Things one forsakes
another takes.
wise, a man making a
landfall in daylight wouldn’t know whether he was hound
for Portland, Maine or Timbucktoo. So some are black,
some white, some red, and some striped. Still others have
a toweralongside, or pyramid, if you prefer, usually painted
white. These pyramids have varying uses. Some of them are
bell-towers supporting the bell which sounds in thick
weather.
Home Hints: Put a small piece of cotton in the fingertips of
rubber gloves to prevent holes from fingernails . . . Cotton
tipped sticks are fine to use in those hard-to-get-at comers
when washing windows or woodwork.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Week begins clear and mild, then partly cloudy
and cool; light snow on weekend.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Clear and warm to start, then
partly cloudy and cool; light rain latter part.
Middle Atlantic Coastal; Mostly clear and warm to start, then
becoming cool; showers end of week.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Week begins warm with coastal
showers, then clear and mild with highs in 70s to end of week.
Florida: Rain throughout week in south becoming torrential
latter part; ram to start in north and central, then mostly
clear to end of week.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Week begins
cloudy and warm, then partial clearing and mild; light rain
or snow latter part.
Greater Ohio Valley: Mostly clear and unseasonably warm
all week.
Deep South: Partly cloudy and warm to start, then clear and
very warm; end of week cloudy and much cooler.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Very warm at first, then
clear and mild; cold with flumes latter part.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Most of week generally
clear and warm; cold snap end of week.
Central Great Plains: Clear and very warm through midweek,
then increasing cloudiness and much cooler to end of week.
Texas-Oklahoma: Week begins clear and very warm, then
increasing cloudiness; much cooler temperatures latter part.
Rocky Mountain Region: Partly cloudy and warm all week;
cooler temperatures in north over weekend.
Southwest Desert: Clear and warm all week with highs in
upper 80s to low 90s.
Pacific Northwest: Light rain and cool to start, then partial
clearing; end of week mostly clear in south and partly
cloudy in north.
California: Light rain at first, then clear and warm; end of
week clear and mild in south and light rain in north.
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Pa. Auction Summary
Weekly Summary
18 Livestock Markets
Week Ending October 12
CATTLE 5010, compared with
4290 head last week, and 6794
head a year ago. Compared with
last week’s market, slaughter
steers unevenly steady.
Slaughter cows $1 to $1.50 lower.
Slaughter bullocks steady.
STEERS: Choice 43.25-46.75,
Good 41.25-45.00, Standard 40.00-
Heffner Elected
To Agway Board
Ralph H. Heffner, Pine Grove
farmer, was elected to a three
year term on the board of
directors of Agway Inc. at the
annual meeting October 18-19, in
Syracuse, N. Y.
He represents Agway members
in Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster,
Lebanon, and Schuylkill Coun
ties.
With his father, Heffner farms
450 acres, maintaining a 100-cow
dairy herd, raising forage crops,
grains, and fruit, and operating a
roadside market.
He is a graduate of the Penn
sylvania State University with a
bachelor of science in
agricultural education and the
University of Delaware with a
master of science in agricultural
economics. He serves on Agway’s
Blue Mountain Zone committee.
Heffner is president of the
Schuylkill Country Fruit Growers
Association, vice chairman of the
Wayne Township Planning
Commission, and a director of the
Schuylkill County DHIA and the
Friedensburg Fish and Game
Association.
43.50, few Utility 35.75-41,85.
HEIFERS: Few Choice 40.00-
45.75, few Good 39.50-43,60, few
Standard 38.00-42.50.
COWS: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter 34.00-38.75, few
to 40.00, Cutters 32.00-37.00,
Canners 29.85-34.75, Shells down
to 25.25.
BULLOCKS: Few Choice 44.25-
49.25, Good 43.00-45.00, few
Standard 40.00-43.10.
BULLS: Few Yield Grade 1-2
900-1200 pounds 40.00-44.75, 1200-
2000 40.85-46.50, few to 47.35.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good and
Choice 300-500 pound steers 49.00-
65.50.
CALVES 4071, compared with
3621 head last week, and 4683
head a year ago. Vealers
unevenly steady.
VEALERS: Prime 73.00-86.00,
Choice 65.00-76.00, Good 61.00-
74.00, Standard 58.00-67.00, Utility
90-120 pounds 48.00-61.00, 70-85
45.00-54.00.
FARM CALVES: Were active.
Holstein bulls 90430 pounds 54.00-
80.50; Holstein' heifers 90-150
60.00-98.00.
HOGS 3388, compared with 5955
head last week, and 5563 head a
year ago. Barrows and gilts
steady to 51 higher.
BARROWS AND GILTS: US I
-2 200-225 pounds 42.80-45.50, 2-3
190-250 42.00-44.75, 2-4 185-255
41.50-44.25.
SOWS: US 1-3 270-600 pounds
34.50- few to 43.00, BOARS
31.10-36.00.
FEEDER PIGS PER HEAD:
Compared with 980 head last
week, and 1161 head a year ago.
US 1-3 20-35 pounds feeder pigs
10.00-21.00 per head, 1-3 35-50
18.50- 1-3 50-100 25.00-41.50
per head.
SHEEP 997, compared with 907
head last week, and 1035 head a
year ago. Wooled slaughter
lambs $2 to $4 higher.
WOOLED LAMBS: Choice 60-
110 pounds 32.50-37.50, Good 60-
100 29.00-33.25, Utility 50-75 18.00-
25.00. Slaughter ewes 9.00-19.50.