6— Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22, 1973
THE OLD
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Be of good cheer, live another year . . . “Silent Night” com
posed Dec. 24,1818 ... New moon Dec. 24 ... Annular Eclipse
of the Sun Dec. 24, visible as a partial eclipse from the
eastern two-thirds of the U.S. Maximum phase will occur at
10:09 AM EST . . . Average length of days for week, 9
hours, 5 minutes .. . First U.S. postage stamps used Dec. 30,
1847 . . . Battle of Wounded Knee Creek Dec. 29, 1847 . . .
What have you done? The year is gone.
Ask the Old Farmer: Can you
i tell me anything about the
te*™ “funeral chair?” I re
r cently purchased two chairs
A 'i>rS ' ll *yjr. t and found this written on
3* v' K''- “ v l'-AA?*£/ the bottom .
, -7- - , c/l* A.K., Batavia, N.Y.
When I was a small boy,
there were very few modem
conveniences in our section.
Many funerals were held in private homes and certain men
in the community had chairs which they would lend fdr such
occasions. They had to be in good, sound condition, with no
squeaky joints which might disturb the services.
Home Hints: Use marshmallows as candleholders to keep
birthday candle wax off the frosting . . . Moths won’t come
into your closet if you keep dried orange peel on the shelf.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Week begins partly cloudy and cold along coast
with light snow in mountains, then clearing; clear latter part,
then rain and snow along coast and 8-10" snow in mountains.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Mostly clear and raw to start,
then freezing rain; rain continues to end of week.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and mild at first, then cloudy
and colder with light freezing rain; end of week cold and
rainy.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Week begins clear and not as
cool, then clouding up; rainy and cool latter part.
Florida: Clear with slight warming at first, then light rain in
south; end of week mild with scattered showers in central
region.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: First part of
week partly clear and cold in east and light snow showers in
west; light snow changing to rain latter part.
Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins partly sunny and cool, then
rain; cold light ram end of week.
Deep South: Sunny with warming trend to start, then rain;
rain continuing to end of week.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes; Partly clear at first, then
increasing clouds; heavy rain latter part, then freezing rain.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Week begins partly clear
in east, then light snow throughout region continuing to end
of week.
Central Great Plains: Clear and mild to start, then rain in east
and south and 1-3" snow in west; light rain or freezing rain
in east and south latter part, snow in west and north.
Texas-Oklahoma: Rain to start, heavy inland, then very cool;
end of week rainy along Gulf and flurries in north.
Rocky Mountain Region: First part of week rainy or rain
mixed with snow; end of week unseasonably cold with 3-5"
snow in central and east.
Southwest Desert: Week begins generally cloudy and cool, then
rain; end of week cloudy, then becoming partially clear and
cool.
Pacific Northwest: Cloudy to start, then rain and 26-30" snow
in mountains; ram possibly mixed with snow latter part.
California: Heavy rain in north and heavy snow in mountains
at first, then mostly cloudy and light rain in north; variable
cloudiness all week in south.
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DEC. 24-30,1973
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MANURE
SPREADERS
Ph. 626-4705
Pa. Auction Summary
Weekly Summary
19 Livestock Markets
Week Ending December 14
CATTLE 4961. Compared with
5611 head last week, and 5385
head a year ago. Compared with
last week’s market, slaughter
steers uneven, spots $1 higher to
50 cents lower. Slaughter cows
mostly steady to $1 lower
Slaughter bulls & bullocks
unevenly steady.
STEERS: Choice 39.75-42.50,
Good 38.75-41.25, Standard 37.00-
39.25, few Utility 34.50-37.50.
HEIFERS: Choice 38.00-40.00,
Good 36.75-38.50, Standard 35.00-
37.50, few UtUity 32.00-35.00.
COWS: Utility & High Dressing
Cutter 32.25-34.35, few to 36.75,
Cutters 30.50-32.75, Canners 28.25-
30.75, Shells down to 22.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 43.00-
46.00, Good 41.35-43.50, Standard
39.00-41.00, few Utility 35.00-39.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 950-
1200 pounds 38.00-41.00, yield
grade 1-2 1200-2000 41.00-43.00,
few to 44.85.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good 285-
USDA Will Survey
Producers' Plans
The U.S. Department of
1 Agriculture (USDA) will have a
special planting intentions report
in January, with survey
questionnaires going to
producers in 35 major farm
states later this month, USDA’s
Statistical Reporting Service
(SRS) announced recently.
Survey results, for release Jan.
22, 1974 at 3:00 p.m., EDT, will
■provide state acreage estimates
as indicated by producers’ plans
about Jan. 1 for corn, barley,
oats, sorghum, rice, spring
wheat, soybeans, cotton, flax,
and sugar beets.
This survey will not replace the
annual SRS planting intentions
report issued in March
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550 pounds feeder steers 43.00-
50.00, Medium 300-700 38 00-45.00;
Good 300-450 feeder heifers 40.00-
47 00.
* CALVES 3903. Compared with
4208 head last week, and 4205
head a year ago. Vealers steady
to $2 higher
VEALERS- Prime 75 50-80.50
few to 85.00, Choice 70 00-75.50,
Good 62.50-70.00, Standard 55.00-
60.00, Utility 90-120 pounds 39.00-
48.00, 70-85 33.00-40.00 Farm
calves Holstein bulls 85-130 46.00-
60.00; holstein heifers 85-150
48.00-75.00
HOGS 5747. Compared with
6422 head last week, and 0 head a
year ago - (hog cholera
quarantine). Barrows & Gilts 50
cents to $1.75 higher.
HIGH PRESSURE
WASHING
OF POULTRY HOUSES AND VEAL PENS
BARRY L. HERR
1744 Pioneer Road, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone 717-464-2044
Formerly operated by Maynard L. Beitzel
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BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2
200-240 pounds 42.75-43.50, few to
44.00, 1-3 200-250 41,75-42.75, 2-3
200-260 40.50-41.75, 2-4 250-300
37.50-39.50, 2-4 130-190 36.00-39.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-550 pounds
33.75-36.76, 2-3 300-600 29 75-33.75.
Boars 26.00-35.00.
FEEDER PIGS 795. Compared
with 1544 head last week, and 0
head a year ago - (hog cholera
quarantine). US 1-3 20-35 pounds
feeder pigs 12.00-22.00 per head,
1-3 35-50 22.00-33.00,1-3 50-80 29.00-
37.00, Utility 15-40 7.50-15.00 per
head.
SHEEP 700. Compared with 694
head last week, and 726 head a
year ago. Wooled slaughter
lambs $1 to $1.50 higher. Choice
70-110 pounds wooled slaughter
lambs 34.00-37.50, few to 40.00,
Good 60-115 31.00-34.00, few
Utility 45-75 24.00-28.00. Slaughter
ewes 12.50-19.00, few 5.00-12.00,
From All of Us At
All of You Our Wishes for
A Merry Christmas and A