—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, June 22, 1974
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JUNE 24 - 30, 1974
Lovely week for a dip in the creek.
Plant cucumbers for pickling now ... Molly Pitcher manned
a gun in battle near Freehold, N.J., June 28,1878 . . . First
quarter of the moon June 26 ... Trees stop growing for the
H'.ir this week ... Average length of days for week, 15 hours,
18 minutes . . . First air clipper took passengers to Europe
June 28, 193!) . . . Supreme Court no-prayer school decision
June 25, 1962 . . • Telephone first exhibited Centennial Exhi
bition, Phila., June 25,1876 ... To him that wills, ways are
seldom wanting.
Old Farmer's Riddle: Why are soldiers and dentists alike?
(Answer below.)
Ask the Old Fanner: Where did the expression “green thumb”
come from? F. K., Grunnell, lowa.
We believe it originated dur
ing the reign of the firtt
Edward of Saxon, England.
King Edward was very fond
of green peas and kept half
a dozen serfs shelling them
during the season. The one
who had the greenest thumb
won a prize of some kind. In
time it became an expression
denoting skill in growing.
Home Hint*. Tor best performance and longer wear from a zipper, make
sure the zipper is closed before washing, ironing, or dry cleaning , . .
Riddle anmur They both have to drill.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: First part of week partly clear and warm; rain,
heavy inland, fatter part.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Early week mostly clear and
hot, end of week rainy and cooler.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Warm showers to start, then mostly
clear and hot for remainder of week.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Ram at first, then partly cloudy
and very warm; rain again latter part.
Florida: Light rain at first, then clearing; rain and hot at
week’s end.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronfo & Montreal: Sunny and hot to
start, then scattered showers; end of week cloudy and cooler.
Greater Ohio Valley; Week begins rainy m east, then clear and
hot, good weather to end of week in west, but rainy and cool
latter part in east.
Deep South: Most of week generally clear and very hot; rain
at week’s end.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Week begins clear and hot,
then increasing clouds and cooler; showers latter part in
west.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Most of week sunny and
warm; ram on weekend.
Central Great Plains: Mostly sunny and hot all week in east;
rain on weekend m west.
Texas-Oklahoma: Hot and clear all week except intermittent
ram in north latter part.
Rocky Mountain Region: Mostly sunny and very warn all
week except rain to start in east and north; ram again on
weekend in east and north.
Southwest Desert: Cloudy to start, then clearing and very hot
for rest of week.
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Livestock
Auction
June 19,1974
CATTLE' 255: Compared
1 with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter steers
1 uneven, mostly $1 to $1.75
1 higher. Slaughter cows
steady to $1 higher.
Slaughter bullocks & bulls
uneven. Few Choice
slaughter steers 39.00-40.75,
Good & Choice 36.2539.35,
Standard 32.00-35.50. In
dividual Choice slaughter
heifer at 36.85. Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 31.00-32.85, individual
at 34.00, Cutters 29.00-31.00,
Canners 27.00-29.75. Choice
slaughter bullocks, in
dividual's 38.25 and 38.85,
Good 35.25-37.10, Standard
32.25- Yield Grade 1-2
1235-1825 lbs. slaughter bulls
33.25- individual 1025
lbs. 31.60. Good 290-380 lbs.
feeder steers 42.00-46.50,760-
860 lbs. 36.85-38.00; Good 300-
750 lbs. feeder bulls 33.00-
36.85, Medium 500-730 lbs.
29.85-31.50.
CALVES 117: Few Choice
vealers 62.00-66.00, Good
56.00- Standard 50.00-
56.00, Utility 90-120 lbs. 38.00-
45.00, 70-85 lbs. 35.00-38.50.
Farm calves, holstein bulls
90-125 lbs. 46.00-58.00;
holstein heifers 85-120 lbs.
42.00-
HOGS 230: Barrows &
Gilts $6.50 to $7 higher. US
No. 1-3 205-230 lbs. barrows &
gilts 32.60 33.35, No. 2-3 195-
250 lbs. 31.8533.00. US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs. sows 20.00-21.25.
Boars 18.00-22.50.
FEEDER PIGS 204: US
No. 1-3 2035 lbs. feeder pigs
11.50-16.50 per head. No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 18.00-24.00 per
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Cutters 28.00-29.75, Canners
26.00- Shells down to
23.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 34.50
36.50, Good 33.50-35.50,
Standard 32.50-34.50, Utility
31.75-33.50.
SLAUGHTER BULLS:
Yield Grade 1-2 1100-2000
pounds 32.90-37.00, Choice
feeder steers 650-800 pounds
36-50-41.50, Good 350-850
pounds 33.00-48.00, Medium
300-500 34.50-39.00, Medium &
Good feeder bulls 300-750
pounds 31.75-36.00.
CALVES: 3003. Vealers'
mostly 1.00-2.00 lower,
Prime 68:00-73.00, Choice
59.00- Good 53.0069.00,
Standard 47.00-53.00, Utility
90120 pounds 42.0047.00, 70
85 pounds 36.00-42.00.
Farm calves, Holstein
bulls 90125 pounds 45.00
56.00. Holstein heifers 90125
pounds 48.00-59.00, beef cross'
bulls & heifers 70130 pounds
48.0061.00.
HOGS: 6879. 1.25-2.00
lower, US 1-2 200300 pounds.
BARROWS & GILTS:
Weekly Summary
19 Livestock Markets
Week Ending 9-14-74
CATTLE: 6536. Slaughter
steers ' 75-2.00 lower.
Slaughter cows 25-50 lower.
Bulls and bullocks 1.00-2.00
lower.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
High Choice 4 Prime 36.50-’
38.00, Choice 36.00-38.00,
Good 34.50-37.00, Standard
32,50-34.50, Utility 31.85-
33.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 34.00-35.75, Good
32.25-34.50, Standard 31.00-
32.75, Utility 300.00-32.00.
COWS:' Utility & High
Dressing Cutter 29.00-31.00,
Growing
Degree
Days
In Lancaster, the average
temperature for the week
was 69 degrees, 1 degree
from the normal. Growing
degree days for crops that
start at 40 degrees totaled
1534, 128 more than the
normal average.
For crops starting at 50
degrees, growing degree
days totaled 810, 104 more
than the average.
Rainfall for the week was
1.06 inches. Rainfall
measured from April 1, was
10.36 inches, ,73 inches more
than the normal average.
SHEEP 24: Few Choice 20-
100 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 45.0050.00, two Utility
55 lbs. 35.00. Slaughter
ewes 10.00-15.00; Yearlings
19.00-25.00. -
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Your cows may have the bred-in capacity to pro
duce an extra ton of milk per year—if you feed
them high efficiency Purina Milk Chow Special.
Milk Chow Special contains carefully selected in
gredients blended together in “just right” amounts
to help' your cows produce all that’s in ’em. In fact,
many local dairymen report increases of over 2,000
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Chow Special!
Keep accurate records and prove to yourself that
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' 27.50-28.00,&•»180-24Q pounds
25.75- 2-3195-280 pounds
24.50-25.75,2-4 250-300 pounds
21.75- 2-4150-180 pounds
21.85-24.00.
SOWS: US 1-3 300-600
pounds 17.25-19.25,2-3 300-750
pounds 15.75*17.25. Boars
15.00-19.50.
FEEDER PIGS: 1128, US
1-3 20-35 pounds 9.00-18.00 per
head, 1-3 35-50 pounds 15.00-
23.00 per head, 1-3 50-85
pounds 20.00-25.00 per head.
SHEEP; 868. Choice
Spring'lambs 80-105 pounds
43.75-48.00, Good 45-90
p0und5.36.8542.00. Slaughter
ewes 9.50-15.75.
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