6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13, 1974
THE OLD
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APRIL 15-21,1974
Changeable April, sprinkly still and chill.
Sprint; cleaning time about over ... Ernie Pyle died April 18,
1945 . . . Average length of days for week, 14 hours, 30
minutes ... If you haven’t paid your taxes yet, you’re late
. . . Dur.\ea gasoline buggy first in U.S. April 19, 1892 . . .
Paul Ueveie’s night rule April 18, 1775 (Battle of Lexington
next morning) . . . Safety matches first advertised April 20,
18(m ... “Almost” and “very nigh” save many a lie.
Troy, N.Y.
“A kid’s way," say you
well, nhy not ? That's u hen tie learned to do it! We wouldn’t
nail a couple o] days, then or now, if we wanted butternuts.
Horn* Hints If \our homemndi cream of tomato soup curdles, beat m a
pmfrh of baking soda Tr> coating fish with finely crushed onion or
u irlu j»ot »to chips befoie fomg
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: First part of week rainy with light snow in
mountains, hea\ j tain and rain mixed with snow latter part.
Greater New York-Neiw Jersey: Alternating rain and sun to
start, then moderately heavy rain by midweek; rain continu
ing to end of w eek and cool.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins partly cloudy and warm,
rain at midweek, then clear and warm; heavy rain latter part
and turning cooler.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Early week fair and warm inland
and shower> along coast; ram latter part, then clearing
and cool.
Florida: Partly sunny to start, except rainy in south, then
light rain throughout region by midweek; end of week rainy
but charing on weekend.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Sunny and warm
at fiist, then ram, end of week cloudy and cool in Montreal
and mixed rain and snow' elsewhere.
Greater Ohio Valley: Warm spell to start, then colder with rain
bj midweek; cool latter part with light rain in west and snow
in east.
Deep South: Week begins clear and very warm, then rain and
turning cooler; rain latter part, then cloudy and quite cool.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Fair and warm to start,
then light rain, end of week partly cloudy, then flurries in
east and showers in west.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Week begins colder with
light ram changing to snow; partly clear and cool latter part,
then rain in east and intermittent snow m west.
Central Great Plains: Ram to start, then clearing by midweek;
end of w eek fair and warm in west and light rain in east.
Te\as-Oklahoma: Clear and hot at first, then showers and
possible snow in north; end of week sunny and cool with
occasional showers.
Rocky Mountain Region: Week begins cold, then 5-7" snow in
east and central and light snow in north; cloudy and warmer
latter part.
Southwest Desert: First part of the week clear and pleasant;
end of week partly cloudy and hotter.
Pacific Northwest; Early w’eek rain except clearing in north
and w arm m south.
California: Partly cloudy to start, then rain; end of w’eek
partly cloudy and mild m south and cloudy with showers
in north.
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9 Ask us for dttmls and gunmnUe re/jistrahon card
Ask the Old Farmer: I was
disappointed that you recom
mend cracking butternuts in
a vise. That is a kid’s way.
You should have told your
readers to soak the nuts for
a couple of days in water
before they attempt to crack
them. This way the shells
crack more easily and the
nuts come out whole. E. P.,
guaranteed*
to flow freely
guarantee
CATTLE 5498. Compared
with 5828 head last week, and
5163. head a year ago.
Compared'With last week’s
market, slaughter steers
about steady, spots steady to
25 cents lower. Slaughter
cows steady to 75 cents
lower. Slaughter bullocks 25
cents to 91.75 lower.
Slaughter bulls uneven.
STEERS: High Choice St
Prime 40.25-42.00, Choice
39.75-44.25, Good 38.75-42.75,
Standard 38.00-41.10, Utility
36.10-38.50.
HEIFERS: Choice 40.00-
43.50, Good 38.00-41.50,
Standard 37.50-38.75, Utility
34.25-37.00.
COWS: Utility St High
Dressing Cutter 32.50-35.10,
Liberace, that world
famed legend of the
keyboard, is scheduled to
bring his stage-show, to the
Hersheypark Arena for two
nightly concerts on Thur
sday, May 2 and Friday,
May 3, at 8 p.m.
Liberace first sky
rocketed to fame and fortune
through his Emmy-Award
winning TV show in the 50’s.
Today he spends some 30
weeks each year making
personal appearances across
the country and overseas.
One of the five highest paid
entertainers in the world,
Liberace has broken his own
long-standing box-office
records whenever he’s ap
peared. Recently, he com
pleted a four-week
engagement at the Las
Vegas Hilton’s Showroom
Internationale where he
played to capacity audiences
nightly.
It’s easy to understand
why Liberace’s audiences
Pa. Auction Summary
Weekly Summary
19 Livestock Markets
Week Ending Aprils
Liberace to Perform at
Hersheypark May 2,3
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Cutters 31.00-33.50, Canners
28.50-32.00, Shells down to
24.00.
BULLOCKS: Few Choice
41.75-44.85, Good 39.75-42.75,
Standard 37.75-42.00,
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
900-1200 pounds 36.60-39.25;
1-2 1100-2000 39.80-44.60.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Medium St Good 300-600 lbs.
feeder steers 38.50-47.00;
Good 300-600 pounds feeder
heifers 41.25-45.00.
CALVES 32.74. Compared
with 3315 head last week, and
3103 head a year ago.
Vealers uneven averaging
about steady.
VEALERS: Prime 70.00-
76.50, few to 84.00, Choice
68.00-75.00, Good 64.00-70.00,
Standard 51.00-62.00, Utility
90-120 lbs. 40.00-51.00, 70-85
lbs. 34.00-41.00.
Farm calves, Holstein
appreciate his brand of
humor. With some of the
world’s most fabulous
custom-created jewels in his
collection, a Liberace ap
pearance is an event even
before he begins to play.
Liberace loves his audience
and often says to them, “I’m
glad you want to see my
jewels... because let’s face
it... you bought ’em!”
Liberace and his- all-new
show for ’74 will be staged m
the-round at the arena.
Thin Ice
Thin ice is alna.vs a hazard for
iceboats Experienced sailors
keep a pair of sharp, six-inch
nails in their pockets Clenched
in each fist, the nails can be
driven into the ice to give a
dunked iceboat racer a handhold
enabling him to pull himself out
of the water
Ounce Of Gold
In South Africa some 2'a tons
of rock must bo processed to
produce an ounce of gold and a
sliver of silver
bulls 85-120 pounds 44.00-
73.00; Holstein heifers 85-145
50.00-86.00, few to 104.00;
beef cross bulls St heifers 60-
100 50.00-81.00.
HOGS 8061. Compared
with 6190 head last week, and
4450 head a year ago.
Barrows & Gilts 25 cents to
$1 lower.
BARROWS St GILTS: US
1-2 210-240 pounds 33.25-35.00,
1-3 200-250 32.60-34.25, 2-3 195-
255 31.00-33.20, 2-4 240-300
30.70-32.50, 2-4 120-185 27.50-
31.50.
.*owing CORN
NEEDS NITROGEN
We Con Supply Your Needs
call ZOOK & RANCK, Inc.
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Phone 717-442-4171
SOWS: US 1-3 300-550
pounds 26.00-31.00,2-3 300-600
25.00- Boars 23.00-28.00
FEEDER PIGS 68s!
Compared with 684 head last
week, and 466 head a'year
ago. 1-3 20-35 pounds feeder
pig 19.50-28.00 per head, 1-3
35-50 24.00-31.50, 1-3 50-80
28.00- per head.
SHEEP 3431. Compared
with 964 head last week, and
787 head a year ago. Bulk
spring slaughter lambs for
the Easter trade. Choice 25
pounds & under spring
slaughter lambs 86.00-125.00,
25-10 50.00-96.00, 40-70 42.00-
73.00, 70-100 39.50-65.00.
Slaughter ewes 10.00-21.00.