6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan, the old WtILMM&m JAN. 28-FEB. 3. 1974 Anything the weather docs is heller than it was. Fill tiinher now First “I one Hanger" broadcast Jan. 30, I'Mt , . First quarter of the moon Jan. 31 .. . Groundhog ll.is I-»It 2, (If In stis Ins shadow there’ll he six more weeks of wintir) . Aierage length of-rlats for week, 9 hours, ">4 inimitos . . US. Income Tax huann law Feb. 3. I'M I. . . Hirnng spawning and raccoons mating now l . . If >ou sus|.oct a man, don’t (lupins him, if >ou employ a man don’t suspect him Old Farmer's Riddle; What has arms and logs, hut no head’’ ( Answer holnw) Ask (he Old Farmer: Whore does the <uymg "livmtr hijjh off the hoK" come from’’ J.D . St. Paul, Minn. Ciiililnl to Eth/ur I) i/m»w (Bill) Nye, hut probably oni/iiiithd ni mini ill Rome, uheie '.him ute pigi’ f<et mill loner In/i, hut the (/en try i/ot their rut > "hiqh on thi hoi/ ” Menu* f/oml lit mq Mhimf Hint- I-t ovin tltMif-r to «It m th« ouNiilr of m iron *ki!Ut I i-tr\ v\dl roll m«in * mmU if %«»ur iolUhk !“•> ia \ « h tir OLD I ARMFR’S WFATHFR FORFCASTS New England: Mixed ram and -.now to start, then just rain l>\ niidwiik, light snow and yery cold latter part Greater New York-New Jersey: Ram and cold at first, then luioiniug slightly wanner, moderately heayy rain changing to light snow l>\ week’s end. Middle Atlantie Coastal’ Vi eek begins rainy, then partly dear, modi rat< l\ hi aw ram latter part, then cold with inter in it t< nt flnrrii s Southeast t oasl.il-Pitdmonl: Rain filst part of week w ith high tun pi i ilnn s in low WK, iliar and cold end of week Florida: \\ ei k negms eh ir and sen warm, then rain, end of iiokili n and cool, th( n hi mining warmer. I'pslate i Western N.V -Toronto & Montreal; Partly cloudy at hi't, thin lam mixeel with snow, light snow lattir pait with ’> 7 in Mont rial Greater Ohio > alley Mild with light rain to start, then colder viith light rain la mining mixed w ith snow , week ends cloudy end mid ye ith flumes Deep South: Week begins partly sunny, thin lain, generally eh ir latte i pul ind hemming mild < hie ago and Southern Great I akes: I ight snow at first, then slum ehinging to inixid rain and-snoyy , flumes latter part, ihi it eh ir uid lintel Northern Great Plams-Great lakes: Mostly cloudy yeith light 'lime to stall, light snow esr intermittent flurries mntimiing lo i nd of yyee k ( enlral Great Plains: Partly cloudy yyith intermittent light snow at fii't, 1-i snow m west and north, yeeek ends clear uni y e ry ee u m *1 eyas-Oklalioma- Inereasing clouds to start, then lain, week i nd' i h ir and mild Wneky Mountain Region - Week begins yyith showers in east ind ninth and >-4 snow moe ntral, then clearing throughout, eh ii ind w inn latter part, then light rain in north anil slmwe rs in ee ntral Southwest Desert; Char ami waim first part of week with Injrhs m ir 8l), p.irtlj eloude latter part with hiphs near 70, tin n < h an up and < e« n wai m< r Pacific Northwest: Kam all week, heaej snow in northern mount uns he midweek and end of week ( jlifomu' First part of wt<k sunny and warm, showers m north latti r p irt and cooler w ilh ram in south * All Ku his Ktstivui lnc Dublin NH 03444) Pa. Auction Summary Weekly Summary 19 Livestock Market* Week Ending January 18 CATTLE 6255, Compared with 5986 head last week, and 6172 head a year ago. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers uneven, mostly 50 cents higher, with Instances on Choice & Prime 82 lower. Slaughter cows 25 cents to $1.50 higher. Slaughter bullocks steady to $1 lower. Slaughter bulls 25 cents to 75 cents lower. STEERS: High Choice & Prime 48.50-49.85, Choice 46.10-50.20, Good 42.50-47.10, Standard 40.00-44.00, Utility 37.00-41.00. HEIFERS: Choice 42.75- 46.00, Good 40.00-43.50, Standard 38.00-42.50, few Utility 36.00-39.25. COWS: Utility & High Dressing Cutter 33.00-36.25, Cutter 31.00-34.35, Canner 29.35-33.10, Shells down to 25.00. f.nWI. ioi,,i <i- BULLOCKS: Choice 44.85- 48.35, Good 42.50-46.00, Standard 39.75-43.60, Utility 36.85-40.85. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1000-2000 pounds 41.00-47.00. Good 300-900 feeder steers 42.25-53.50. CALVES 3744. Compared with 3805 head last week, and 3720 head a year ago. Vealers steady to $3 higher. VEALERS: Prime 76.00- 82.00, Choice 66.00-78.00, Good 61.00-71.50, Standard What is a Food Bargain? No food is a bargain or a body builder if it’s not eaten. Extension specialists at The Pennsylvania State University suggest that you make a collection of economical, nutritious recipes that your family likes. Serve them often. Introduce a new food product now and then. Scan your cookbooks and the food pages of magazines and newspapers for new low cost recipes and ideas. A new food often is well received if you serve it with a family favorite. If you did what everybody does at Christmas time, here's a little help from us to undo it. Everybody does it, That is, everybody overspends a little at Christmas. Then some of us find that contending with the overspending be comes difficult. If you know what wc mean—from re cent experience—here’s help: A post holidays, bill-payer loan from Farmers National. Visit the bank soon, and talk with a loan officer. (There’s one at both our lo cations.) He’ll ask a few questions. After which he’ll do his best to lend you what you need at our low, installment rates. Meaning that you’ll be paying off those Yuletide obligations faster, with greater ease and less worry. Shouldn’t you, and everybody, do it? 50.00- Utility 90-120 pounds 40.00-51.00, 70-85 35.00- Farm calves, Holstein bulls 85-120 44.00- 69.00; heifers 80-140 47.00- 93,00; beef cross bulls « heifers 70-119 50.00-70.00. HOGS 6574. Compared with 6407 head last week, and 5625 head a year ago. Barrows & Gilts 50 cents to $1.50 higher. BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2 200-240 pounds 44.20-45.00, 1-8 200-245 42.75-43.35, 2-4 190-255 41.25-43.60,2-4 250-300 39.25-42.00, 2-4 100-185 35.00- 40.60. SOWS; US 1-3 300-550 pounds sows 33.50-40.50, 2-3 300-650 32.00-35.00. Boars 28.00-33.00. FEEDER PIGS 1197. Compared with 1061 head last week, and 713 head a year ago. US 1-3 20-35 pounds feeder pigs 10.00-25.50 per head, 1-3 35-50 20.25-34.00, 1-3 50-75 25.00-35.00 per head. SHEEP 750. Compared with 619 head last week, and 730 head a year ago. Wooled slaughter lambs uneven, mostly steady to $2 higher, most advance on Good- Choice 70-100 pounds wooled slaughter lambs 39.00-43.75, Good 70-100 33.00-40.50, Utility & Good 50-75 28.00- 32.50. Slaughter ewes 9.50- 21.50. t*~~**~~~*~******** Would You Like to ce e the Latest in a Modern DAIRY SET-UP? IIMIMML &u MILKERS Farmers National Bank of Quarry vilie Member, I cdcrjl Deposit Insurance Corporation Dec. Milk A uniform farm price of $8.54 per hundredweight (46.5 quarts) for December milk deliveries to pool handlers under the New York-New Jersey marketing order was announced by the Market Administrator, Thomas A. Wilson. The uniform price was $8.70 hi November and $6.61 in December 1972. The butterfat differential was set at 8.3 cents for each tenth of a pound of fat above or below 3.5 percent. Receipts from producers totaled 730,682,230 pounds, a decrease of 31,390,402 pounds, or 4.1 percent, from December 1972, the ad ministrator reported. Class I use of producer milk totaled 414,613,156 pounds in December, a decrease of 10,493,492 pounds from the same month of the previous year. Sales of fluid milk products (Class I) for which handlers paid $9.89 per hundredweight made up 56.7 percentof the pool, compared with 55.8 percent in December 1972. Receipts at bulk tank units dropped 5,812,282 pounds to 688,635,807, Wilson noted. Their proportion increased from 91.1 to 94.2 percent of the pool. A total of 308,345,161 pounds, or 44.8 percent of tank receipts was used as WATCH FOR OUR OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR FEB. 14,1974 Shenk’s Farm Service RD4, Lititz, Pa Banking the way you’d do it. QUARRYVILLE WAKEFIELD West Fourth St. Rt» 272 S 222 Receipts Class II and suject to the transportation credit which amounted to $308,345.21. The number of tank producers was up 21 to 18,957 but the total number of producers in the pool fell by 1,478 to 21,434, Wilson pointed out. The December pool used reports from 127 handlers, 12 fewer than in December 1972. Average daily deliveries per producer increased by 27 pounds to 1,100 pounds. December deliveries had a gross value of $63,338,352.46. This included differentials required to be paid to dairy farmers but not voluntary premiums or deductions authorized by the farmer. All prices quoted are for milk of 3.5 percent butterfat received within the 201-210 mile zone from New York City. SEED OATS CLINTFORD OATS DEIST SEED GO. Mount Joy, Pa. 653-4121 Ph. 626-4355
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers