6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15, 1973
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Do last minute Christmas shopping this week . . . General
Patton died Dec. 21, 1945 . . Winter begins Dec. 21 at
7:08 PM ... Wright Brothers fly at Kitty Hawk Dec. 17,1903
. . . Average length of days for week, 9 hours, 5 minutes
(Shortest days of the year Dec. 22-24) . . . IJSS Pueblo
seized Dec. 23, 1968 . . . “Branding” horse thieves started in
1792 ... Tojo hanged Dec. 23,1948 ... Belong not just to the
~ hearth of your home, but the heart of your town.
these? D. 8., Woodstock, 111.
A “Trammer’ is a pot hook used in a fireplace and so rigged
that it could he lengthened or shortened. “Brock” or“brockle
faced” merely means that the critter has a white splash up
and down its face.
Home Hints; Pipe cleaners are handy to string matching
buttons that you put in your sewing basket. Bend the ends
together . . . Cigarette lighter fluid or nail polish remover is
the best for removing bumper stickers.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Cloudy and rain to start, then 8-10" snow in
mountains and 2-4" at lower elevations; cold with flurries
latter part.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Rain and mild at first, then
cloudy and colder; end of week cold with intermittent snow
flumes.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Milder temperatures to start, then
moderately heavy rain; end of week cloudy and cold with
flurries. /
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Quite heavy rain in east, showers
along coast to start, then turning cold; mostly clear and cool
latter part.
Florida: Ram, heavy in south, at first and cool, then sunny in
south and rain in central region; cool with light rain latter
part.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Week begins rainy
and mild, then rain changing to snow and colder; 8-10" snow
in west and flurries in east latter part.
Greater Ohio Valley: Rain at first, then rain changing to light
snow and very cold; cold with light snow latter part.
Deep South: Week begins with rain along Gulf and in east,
then mostly sunny and turning cold; end of week clear and
cold-with light snow in north.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Temperatures becoming
cold to start, then light snow in west and rain changing to
snow in east; snow continues latter part, then partial clearing
on weekend.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Snow at first, 3-5" in east
and 1-3" m west, then very cold; partial clearing and milder
latter part.
Central Great Plains: Week begins partly cloudy with flurries,
then cold with light snow; partial clearing and much warmer
on weekend.
Texas-Oklahoma: Increasingly cloudy and very cold to start,
then showers in central section; end of week clearing and
very cool.
Rocky Mountain Region: Light snow in central and north at
first, then clearing with clouds and flumes in east; end of
week clear and mild.
Southwest Desert: Most of week clear and increasingly warm
with highs approaching upper 70s; cloudy, cool and rain on
weekend.
Pacific Northwest: Ram and slight warming to midweek, then
generally clear and cool; end of week partly sunny and cooler,
then showers.
California: Week begins clear and very warm in south and
light rain in north, then clearing; end of week cloudier and
cool with showers in north.
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THE OLD
DEC. 17-23, 1973
Goodbye to fall.
Ask the Old Fanner: I was
checking through my family
genealogy and among the
items listed in the inventory
attached to an old mill
(1841) were the following:
2 “Trammels” (listed with
kitchen items), and 1
“Brockle-faced” Kaow
(cow). Ever hear tell of
Pa. Auction Summary
Weekly Summary
19 Livestock Markets
Week Ending December 7
CATTLE 5611. Compared with
4942 head last week, and 6103
head a year ago. Compared with
last week’s market, slaughter
steers 50c to $1.25 lower.
Slaughter cows steady to $1
lower. Slaughter bullocks
uneven. Slaughter bulls mostly
50c to $1 lower.
STEERS: High Choice & Prime
39.00-42.00, Choice 39.35-43.00,
New Engineering Facilities
for Sperry New Holland
A modern, computerized
engineering center is being
constructed by Sperry New
Holland at the firm’s world-wide
headquarters in New Holland,
Pennsylvania.
Facilities m the 140,000 square
foot structure will enable
engineers to perform feasibility
tests on ideas for new equipment
before an actual working model
is built.
The center is expected to be
completed sometime in 1974 and
will replace the firm’s present
engineering facilities which are
more than 20 years old.
H.G. “Mac” McCarty, Sperry
New Holland vice-president for
engineering, explained that
engineering’s contribution to
product innovation is a key factor
in the company’s plans for
growth. An increased world-wide
demand for food, he said,
requires further mechanization
of agriculture as evidenced by
strong demand for farm equip
ment in recent years.
Companies like Sperry New
Holland, McCarty said, must
produce more machines that will
harvest more crops in less time
and with less labor than in the
past.
“The farm equipment business
is on the move,” McCarty said,
“and signs are that it will con
tinue to grow for those companies
which provide the farmer with
better, more efficient, more
productive machines through
engineering innovation.”
CLEAN-BURNING DIESEL ENGINES
The new power in tractors.
IS4-25hp
BRITISH
Leyland
Tractors
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more work for each tankful of fuel. You can stretch your fuel with dependable
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Good 37.8541.50, Standard 36.75-
39.50, Utility 34.00-37.00.
HEIFERS: Few Choice 38.75-
41.85, few Good 36.60-39.00, few
Standard 36 75-38.75, few Utility
34.25-36 90.
COWS: Utility & High Dressing
Cutter 32.50-36.50, Cutters 30.50-
33.80, Canners 28.00-31.75, Shells
down to 23.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 42.60-
45.35, Good 41.0043.85, Standard
39.0042.00, Utility 37.00-38.50.
BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2 900-
Sperry New Holland entered
the light industrial equipment
field last year with a line of utility
loaders and has since expanded
this line to mclude another loader
and three trenchers.
“Our new building will allow us
to bring engineering expertise
and the advantages contained in
this facility to bear on develop
ment of these new products,
also,” McCarty said.
The new engineering center
will be located on the company’s
300 acre complex in New Holland,
adjacent to the baler manufac
turing plant.
The new center will house
development and product design
engineering, field and laboratory
testing facilities and drafting
departments as well as
engineering administration and
the engineering shop.
24547 hp
GIVE THE ULTIMATE
IN FUEL ECONOMY
Waiver of Finance Charges til Spring
SALES & SERVICE
SHEWS FARM SERVICE
R.D.4, Lititz
ARE
255-SShp
pounds 37.40-39.10, 1200-2000
40.00-45.10'.
FEEDER CATTLE: Choice
300-500 pounds feeder steers
50.00- Good 300-700 ’3 00-
50 00, Medium 300-900 36.00-40 85
Choice 300-450 feeder heifers
48.00- Good 300-600 40.00-
49.00, Medium 300-600 35.00-38 10
CALVES 4208. Compared with
4090 head last week, and 4593
head a year ago. Vealers uneven
about steady.
VEALERS: Prime 73.50-86.00,
Choice 68.00-73.50, Good 60 00-
70.00, Sandard 52.00-62.00, utility
90-120 pounds 39.00-48.00, 70-85
30.00-40.50. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 80-120 42.00-71.00; holstein
heifers 80-140 45.00-76.00.
HOGS 6422. Compared with
5554 head last week, and 7371
head a year ago. Barrows &
Gilts: 50 cents to $1.50 lower.
BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2
205-240 pounds 42.00-43,00, 1-3 200-
235 40.00-42.25, 2-3 190-250 39.00-
41.00, 2-4 250-300 37.00-38.75, 2-4
120-185 35.00-40.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-600 pounds
31.00-40.00, 2-3 300-600 30.00-35.00.
Boars 28.00-38.50.
FEEDER PIGS 1544. Com
pared with 942 head last week,
and 927 head a year ago. US 1-3
20-35 pounds feeder pigs 10.00-
22.50 per head, 1-3 35-50 18.50-
29.50, 1-3 50-75 26.50-36.00 per
head.
SHEEP 694. Compared with 541
head last week, and 761 head a
year ago. Wooled slaughter
lambs 50 cents to $1 higher.
Choice 70-100 pounds wooled
slaughter lambs 32.75-36.00, few
37.50, Good 60-100 29.00-33.00.
Slaughter ewes 10.00-20.50.
27070 hp
Ph. 626-4355