6 —Uncaster Farming. Saturday, April 6. 1974 ■.j£& INC OLD llNarme* i&UjfAKA Weekly Summary 19 Livestock Markets Week Bodlag March 29 CATTLE 5828. Compared with 4849 head last week, and 7403 head a year ago. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers 25 cents to 75 cents lower. . „„„ , , Slaughter cows 50 cents to APRIL 8-14, 1974 11.50 lower. Slaughter If wind follows sun’s course, expect fair weather. bullocks uneven. Slaughter Seed winter-killed grass patches now ... General MacArthur bulls steady to $1 lower, stripped of command April 11, 1951 ... Third quarter of the STEERS: High Choice & moon April 14 . . . Peppers arc peeping now . . . Average p-j—* 43 10.45 35 length of days for the week, 14 hours, 9 minutes .. . Salk .. 1 „ vaccine approved April 12. 1955 ... . Sardines are running « UOOd 40.WM4.25, now . . . Pony Express began April 9, 1860 . . . Safety pm Standard 38.50-42.60, Utility patented April 10, 1849 . . . Weather, wind, women and 36.75-40.00. fortune change like the moon. HEIFERS: Choice 41.25- that you wind up and put Standard 37.50-40.50, Utility on the dining table to keep 35.00-38.60. the flies away? Where might COWS: Utility & High I buy one? H. E., Sudbury, Dressing Cutter 32,50-35.80, Mass - Cutters 31.50-34.50, Canners sheets of “tanglefoot” that you had to haul apart to ex pose the sticky surfaces, and how the cats got into them. We believe they are still made, but ask your hardware man. Home Hint* • Next time you make a pumpkin chiffon pie, add a little grated orange rind along with the spices . < • To keep brown sugar soft, store it in a plastic bag in a 2-pound coffee can. OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS crease in the present New England; Light rain to start, then partial clearing; inter- assessment tn sunnort tho mittent rain latter part and light snow in mountains. Pennsy 1 v an iaal ole Greater New York-New Jersey: Week begins partly cloudy and „„„ mild, then storm arriving by midweek; end of week cool with f P Ogram was heavy ram. generally favored at a public Middle Atlantic Coastal: First part of week mild with inter- hearing held March 29 at the mittent spring showers; increasingly cloudy latter part, then Agriculture Building, rain and cooler. Harrisburg. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Early week warm and nice inland A proposed amendment to but partly cloudy and showery along coast; end of week cloudy the program would raise the and cooler with rain on weekend rate b growers on Florida: Cloudy with showers at first, then partial clearing, ann i M f nr f-p-v, oa i„ clear and very warm latter part, then rain. rr6Sn marKel „ , . , , t■ ~ , from three cents per hun- Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronfo & Montreal: Light rain to 5 , _ start, then clear and warm; cool light rain at week’s end. to five cents per Greater Ohio Valley; Week begins cloudy and rainy, then partly USae * ae , ra ‘ e , or sunny and mild; light rain latter part. processing apples would be Deep South: Partly cloudy and cool at first, then occasional raised from one cent a rain; cooler with ram continuing to end of week. hundredweight to two cents a Chicago and Southern Great/Lakes: Light rain throughout re- hundredweight, gion first part of week; end of week mostly sunny and spring- Hie hearing was called Ilke - following a request by the Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes; Early week partly cloudy State Horticultural Asso and showers in west, rain mixed with snow in east; partly .. w , sunny and cold latter part, then rain in east and 2-4 " snow ciatl . on / or . ta ® Depart m west. ment of Agriculture to Central Great Plains: First part of week partly sunny, partly con djJCt a referendum on a showery; end of week rainy and cool in east and fair followed rate increase as provided by by rain m west. the Agricultural Marketing Texas-Oklahoma: Clear and warm, except light rain along Act. Gulf, to start, then shower?, except clear and hot along Gulf; Seven growers said they rain throughout region latter part, then clearing and warm. f avo red the amendmopf a g Rocky Mountain Region: Cloudy to start, then light snow and nmnnsod Another coin he showers: rain latter part becoming mixed rain and snow. ““ . ne Southwest Desert: First part of week mostly clear with highs in mid 80s; end of week increasingly cloudy and cooler. CTtaseon tresi) apples DUt Pacific Northwest; Clear and warm at first, then showers by se f a higher midweek; end of week rainy and cooler. ra * e f° r processing apples. California: Early week generally cloudy and cool; cloudy latter part with showers in north (All RiichU Re»erve<i/Yankee, Inc., Dublin, N.H. 03444) TRY A CLASSIFIED AD PHONE 626-2191 or 394-3047 PROTECT AGAINST DET SE Ei PL 717-85! We remember. Likewise the YOUR BARN Middle Age is when someone says to pull in your stomach and you already have Pa. Auction Summary , pound* 'M.OO-WTOO, 7085 lbs. 54.00-42.00. Farm calves active, Holstein bulls 80*120 pounds 45.00*72.00; Holstein heifers 90-150 45.00-80.00; beef cross bulls & heifers 70-110 45.00 75.00. HOGS 6190. Compared with 7169 head last week, and 7563 head a year ago. Barrows & Gilts uneven 50 cents lower to |1 higher. BARROWS & GILTS: US 1-2 210-240-pounds 34.60-36.00, 1-3 200*250 33.70-34.90,2-3 190 255 31.25-34.00, 2-4 240-285 28.0033.00, 2-4 125-185 30.35- 34.10. SOWS: US No. 13 300600 Growers and Processors To Absorb Apple Hike Definition 29.00-32.75, Shells down to 29.00. BULLOCKS: Choice 42.75* 44.50, Good 40.00-44.50, Standard 39.9042.55, Utility 37,0039.70. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 5001200 pounds 37.85-40.-75, 12002000 39.0045.10. FEEDER CATTLE: Go6d 300600 pounds feeder steers 45.0053.00, Medium 38.25- 47.50; Good 300600 feeder heifers 42.5051.00, Medium 38.0042.50. CALVES 3315. Compared with 3489 head last'week, and 3947 head a year ago. Vealers mostly steady to $2 higher, except Prime $1 to $4 , lower. VEALERS: Prime 70.00 80,00, Choice 68.00-76.00, Good 62.0070.00, Standard 52.00-63.50, Utility 90-120 Those favoring the in crease spoke of the need to make Pennsylvania apples more competitive in the market place with western apples and other fruit. Two growers said they did not favor an increase until a proposal, based on marketing research, in dicated just how much money would be required to achieve identified goals. VAN DALE CALEB M. WENGER, INC. R.D.r DRUMORE CENTER, QUARRYVIUE, PA, PHONE 548-2116 BEEF SALES MONDAY 2:30 P.M. 1 | THURSDAY 12:00 NOON | 1 Sale Order - Fat Bulls, Steers, Stockers, Beef | i Cows and Veal Calves. 1 I NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. I | Phone 717-354-4341 I M Abe Diffenbach, Manager a « Field Representatives - Bob KHng I 1 Luke Eberly 215-267-6608 1 BHumiiiiiimmmiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiimiitiiiiiitimtiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiDiiiiniiiitimiitiiimiMal There's A Difference! Here s a rugged new breed of stlo unloader with 9 big difference from other machines - a difference that means belter performance The DA 1230 has double augers but more important thevre differ, ential augers The rear auger is larger than the front auger and the lu T at d,,ferent speeds The result is up io 9 30 S more essur S, for smoother performance m aff types of sifaae soft or frozen Silage flows into the impeller in an even stream no cioia/v P Th Cls nl, Sll ‘T i' r ’ at can cl * 9 olher machines and rob cipicny The differential augers break up compressed silaoe tn s , moolhe 1 [ operation and greater capacity You get Non Stop Feeding with the new DA 1230 unloader 9 ° pounds 20.00-33,00 2-3 300-050 25.00-29.50. Boars 22.00-27 So FEEDER PIGS 684' Compared with 845 head last week, and 883 head a year ago. US 1-3* 20-35 pounds feeder pigs 15.00-24.50 per head, 1-3 35-50 22.00-30.00,1.3 55-80 28.50-32.00 per head. SHEEP 964. Compared with 457 head last week, and 789 head a year ago. Spring slaughter lambs steady to 33 higher; wooled slaughter lambs uneven, steady to |4 lower. Choice 2040 pounds spring slaughter lambs 60.50- 80.00. 40-80 48.00-64.00, Good 4080 44.00-53.00; Choice 70-90 wooled slaughter lambs 35.0044.50, Good 60-85 32.00- 41.00. Slaughter ewes 10.00- 25.00. imnitiiiiinwiintimiitniiiittiiiKitmitfiiuuiiitiHMß If you have fat | cattle or | need feeders . . .| THINK i NEW HOLLAND I DIFFERENT SIZED AUGERS FOR SMOOTHER OPERATION! GREATER PACITY
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