Lancaster Farming,' SaturdayrSopt 14t 0974
THE OLD
J&MEJt
SEPT. 16-22, 1974
The air b clear, but sometimes cold, sometimes hot.
Watch out for hurricanes now . . . Mickey Mouse first ap
peared Sept. 19, 1928 . . . Rosh Hashanah Sept. 17 . . .
Average length of days for week, 12 hours, 23 minutes . . .
If there’s a south wind Sept. 21, Autumn will be warm . . .
First overland mail for Pacific left St. Louis by pony express
Sept. 16,1869 ... Harvard College founded Sept. 1636 ... An
>unce of judgment is worth a pound of wit.
Old Fanner’s Riddle: What has no beginning and no end but
&as a center? (Answer below.)
Ask the Old Fanner: What
are “dog days” and how
long do they last? J. L. t
York Pa.
It depends on where you
are. Dog days come in hot
weather. They are a spell
of hot, humid days and
nights when all life gets
parboiled. It used to be
supposed that such wea
ther would drive dogs mad.
Horn* Hlau: Cleaning under low dressers is easier if you take out the
iottom drawer and then insert the nozzle of the vacuum attachment through
Che opening , , . Riddle answer: A circle
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Pleasant to midweek, then heavy rain from
offshore hurricane to end of week.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Clear and warm to start, then
moderately heavy rain and cooler for remainder of week.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins clear and pleasant, then
some rain; end of week clear and cooler.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Mostly clear and hot all week ex
cept for light ram inland about midweek.
Florida: Rain to start in central and south, then mostly clear
to end of week.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Week begins clear
and pleasant, then heavy rains in northeast portion; end of
week mostly sunny.
Greater Ohio Valley: Clear and warm to start, then some rain
and cooler; clear and warm latter part.
Deep South; Mostly sunny and hot all week except for light
rain in north and east about midweek.
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Week begins partly clear
and warm, then rain; end of week rainy and cooler.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes; First part of week rainy
and cool; end of week mostly sunny and warmer.
Central Great Plains: Early week clear and hot; end of week
pleasant with some showers in east.
Texas-Oklahoma: Sunny and very hot all week in Central and
along Gulf; showers at first in north, then partly sunny and
hot to end of week.
Rocky Mountain Region: Sunny and hot most of week; shower
in east by weekend.
Southwest Desert: Generally clear and hot all week with highs
in mid 100 s.
Pacific Northwest: Generally sunny and very warm all week in
south; party sunny, then rain and cloudy in north.
California: Clear and hot all week except weekend showers in
south.
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Leesport
Livestock
Auction
Leesport, Penna.
Sept. 11,1974
CATTLE 284, Supply in
cluded 75 head feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market, slaughter
steers mostly steady, spots
SO cents lower. Slaughter
cows 25 cents to 50 cents
higher. Individual High
Choice slaughter steer at
48.25, Choice 43.85-46.85,
Good 38.00-45.25, Standard
32.00- Couple Choice
slaughter heifers 38.00 and
40.00, few Good 33.00-39.00,
few Standard 28,50-33.75, few
Utility 25.50-27.25. Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 25.00-27.00,
Cutters 23.00-25.10, Canners
21.25-23.35. Few Choice
slaughter bullocks 38.00-
40.75, Good 34.10-37.50,
Standard 30.50-34.10.1-21085-
1775 pounds slaughter bulls
30.00- Good & Choice
300-600 feeder steers 35.00-
39.00, Medium 400-600 27.25-
32.00; Medium & Good 250-
500 feeder heifers 25.00-33.00;
Good 300-600 feeder bulls
29.2535.00,
CALVES 168. Vealers
mostly $1 to |4 lower. Few
Choice vealers 60.00-66.50,
Good 50.00-61.00, Standard
35.00- Utility 90-120 lbs.
23.00- 70-85 pounds
18.00- Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-130 lbs.
26.50-38.00; holstein heifers
90-140 31.00-55.50; beef cross
bulls & heifers 80-125 lbs.
26.00-
HOGS 347. Barrows & Gilts
$1.25 to $1.50 lower. 1-3 195-
240 pounds barrows & gilts
37.00- 2-3 190-250 36.50-
37.00, 2-4 250-290 30.50-36.50,
105-175 30.00-36.50.1-3 300-550
sows 26.00-28.00, 2-3 300-600
22.00- Boars 19.00-25.75.
FEEDER PIGS 174.1-3 20-
35 pounds feeder pigs 10.50-
15.50 per head, No. 1-3 35-50
16.00- 1-3 70-100 23.00-
Sl.OOper head.
SHEEP 6. Couple Choice
55 pounds spring daughter
lambs 40.50 and 42.00. Few
Slaughter ewes 11.00-15.00.
Farm Youth
Calendar
Saturday, September 21
Lancaster Co. 4-H Dairy
Judging Team competing
at the Atlantic Rural
Show in Richmond
Virginia.
Sunday, September 22
Preparations for the All
American Dairy Show in
Harrisburg.
Pa. Auction Summary
Weekly Summary
13 Livestock Markets
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
September 6,1974
CATTLE 4854. Compared
with 7448 head last week, and
5103 head a year ago.
Compared with last week's
market, slaughter steers
mostly steady to 75 cents
lower. - Slaughter cows
steady to 50 lower. Slaughter
bullocks steady to 75 lower.
Slaughter bulls uneven, $1
higher to $1 lower.
STEERS: Few High
Choice & Prime 46.75-47.75,
Choice 43.75-46.90, Good
38.00- Standard 30.75-
37.85, Utility 27.00-32.50.
HEIFERS; Few Choice
39.00- Good 34.3039.25,
few Standard 28.0033.00, few
Utility 23.00-28.50, COWS:
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter 23.50-26.35, Cutters
22.25-24.50, Canners 19.00-
23.00, Shells down to 15.00.
BULLOCKS: Few Good &
Choice 36.00-40.75, Good
31.1035.25, Standard 29.85-
32.00, Utility 25.00-29.00.
BULLS: 1-21000-2000 pounds
28.35-35.00. FEEDER
CATTLE: Good & Choice
350-720 feeder steers 30.00-
37.00, Medium 400-730 lbs.
24.0030.75; Medium St Good
400-900 feeder bulls 27.80-
34.50.
CALVES 3161. Compared
with 4845 head last week, and
3977 head a year ago.
Vealers uneven, Standard &
Good $1 to $4 higher, Utility
$1 to $4 lower.
VEALERS: Few Choice
56.00-70.00, couple to 80.00,
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Good 45.0038.00, few to 76.00,
Standard 37.00-49.00, Utility
90-120 pounds 22.0037.00, 70-
85 15.00-28.00. Farm calves,
Holstein bulls 85-125 23.00-
46.50; Holstein heifers 85-140
23.00-41.00; beef cross bulls St
heifers 70-150 25.0032.00.
HOGS 5861. Compared
with 8211 head last week, and
SOSO head a year ago.
Barrows & Gilts steady to $1
lower.
BARROWS St GILTS: Few
1-2 205-230 pounds 39.2539.50,
13 190-240 37.5039.10,23 185-
260 35.9038.50, few 2-4 250-280
31.7537.85, 2-4 100-185 31.00-
35.00.
SOWS: 13 300350 25.50-
31.25, 23 300350 22.00-26.25.
Boars 18.50-24.50.
FEEDER PIGS 1131.
Compared with 1620 head
last week, and 1092 head a
year ago. 13 2035 pounds
feeder pigs 8.00-15.00 per
head, 13 353013.00-21.50,13
50-75 16.50-25.00 per head.
SHEEP 391. Compared
with 908 head last week, and
1442 head a year ago. Spring
slaughter lambs steady to $3
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lower. Choice 75-110 pounds
spring slaughter lambs 32.00-
41.00, Good 65-85 22.00-35.00
Utility 40-80 lbs. 19.50-28.50.’
Slaughter ewes 5,50-13.75!
IFYB To Speak At
County 4-H Council
Mr. Sadettin Unsal, IPYE
from Turkey, will be the
featured speaker on Sep
tember 18th at 7:30 P.M. in
the Farm and Home Center
at ameeting of the Lancaster
County 4-H Council. Mr.
Unsal, a County Agent in his
home country, will show
slides and pictures of his
work and 4-H clubs in
Turkey.
The International Farm
Youth Exchange Program,
4-H Caravans and other
international 4-H programs
will be discussed. Leaflets
and application blanks will
be available.
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