6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Sept 28, 1974
THE OLD
KRME«S
IMAH#
SEPT. 30-OCT. 6,1974
Fall foliage splendid, all gold and red.
This is harvest time in the apple orchards . . . Robinson
Crusoe marooned Oct. 5,1704 ... Full moon Oct. 1... Scallop
season now . . . Average length of days for week, 11 hours,
42 minutes . . . Movie talkies first popular this week in 1927
. . . End of six-day rain in Oklahoma Oct. 5, 1959 . . . First
World Series started Oct. 1, 1903 . . . Boston vs. Pittsburgh
. . . Anger is the weakness of understanding.
Old Fanner’s Riddle: What pierces and leaves no hole?
(Answer below.)
Ask the Old Farmer; As a
girl, my mother lived near
Moodus, Conn., where mys
terious noises were often
heard. Much effort is sup
posed to have been made at
finding the origin of these
noises, but I have not been
able to find any information *
about them. Can you shed
any light? C. N., NYC.
Some people claim that old mines in the area are responsible:
cave-ins , wind, and so on.
, 5 * *
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Horn* Hlau- Keep a piece of sandpaper handy in a kitchen drawer for
removint screw-on lids from class jars and bottles . . . Eiddlt answer;
Sound.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Beautiful fall weather all week; partly cloudy
but pleasant weekend.
Greater New York-New Jersey: First part of week cloudy and
warm; end of week partly sunny and very warm.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cloudy and warm most of week; clear
and hot by weekend.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Possible offshore hurricane to
start with rain to midweek; clearing to end of week.
Florida: Possible hurricane in northwest region with very heavy
rain about midweek.
Upstate Sc Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Cloudy to start,
then light rain; partial clearing and mild latter part.
Greater Ohio Valley: Early week cloudy and warm with light
rain; end of week partly sunny and very hot.
Deep South: Possible hurricane in east to start; end of week
clearing and very hot. '
Chicago and Southern Great Lakes; Partly cloudy and warm at
first with some intermittent rain; temperatures becoming
hot jjy weekend.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Cloudy with showers to
start, then mostly sunny and pleasant to end of week.
Central Great Plains: Week begins mostly clear and very warm,
then shower in east; end of week becoming hot.
Texas-Oklahoma: Clear most of week with chance of record
breaking heat wave.
Rocky Mountain Region: Mostly sunny and warm all week ex
cept for occasional showers after midweek.
Southwest Desert: Week begins clear and hot, then increasing
clouds; end of week cloudy and slightly cooler.
Pacific Northwest: Clear and warm to start, then rain; rain
moderately heavy latter part.
California: Partly sunny and warm all week,
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Pa. Auction Summary
Weekly Summary
19 Live*lock Markets
Week Ending
September 20,1974
CATTLE 5616. Compared
with 6247 head last week, and
6770 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers 75
cents to $1.50 lower.
Slaughter cows 50 to 75
lower. Slaughter bullocks
about steady, spots $2
higher. Slaughter bulls about
steady, spots $1 higher.
STEERS: Choice 43.00-
46.50, Good 36.50-43.50,
Standard 32.01W8.00 Utility
25.25-31.25.
HEIFERS: Few Choice
35.00- few Good 34J75-
38.60, few Standard 31.25-
34.60, few Utility 23.75-30.75.
COWS: Utility St High
Dressing Cutter 23.50-27.10,
Cutters 22.00-24.85, Canners
20.00- Shells down to
17.00. BULLOCKS: Choice
36.01W9.75, Good 32.00-36.00,
Standard 29.00-33.85, Utility
28.00- BULLS: Yeild
Grade 1-21000-1800 lbs. 28.40-
36.00.
FEEDER CATTLE; Good
& Choice 300-600 lbs. feeder
steers 30.00-37.00, Medium
22.00- Good & Choice
250-600 lbs. feeder heifers
30.00- Medium 25.00-
VITREOUS ENAMEL
STEEL SILOS
SEALED STORAGE
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SALES & SERVICES
Distributed By
STOLTZFUS SILO
EQUIPMENT
RDI, Box 77 Kinzer, Pa. 17535
Phone 717 - 768-3873
28.00; Medium St Good 300-
600 lbs. feeder bulls 28.00-
34.00, Medium 22.90-29.25.
CALVES 4181. Compared
with 4447 head last week, and
4226 head a year ago.
Vealers steady to $3 lower.
VEALERS: Few Prime
70.00-77.00, Choice 53.00-
64.00, Good 45.00-56.00,
Standard 32.00-47.00, Utility
90-120 lbs. 22.00-36.50, 70-85
lbs. 18.00-25.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-125 lbs.
24.50-44.00; Holstein heifers
90-140 lbs. 25.00-44.00; Beef
cross bulls St heifers 70-140
lbs. 27.00-48.00.
HOGS 6241. Compared
with 7435 head last week, and
6100 head a year ago.
Barrows St Gilts mostly $1 to
$1.50 lower.
BARROWS St GILTS; Few
US No. 1-2 200-230 lbs, 36.00-
37.50. No. 1-3 220-240 lbs.
34.70-36.60, No. 2-3 185-255
lbs. 32.50-35.60, No. 2-4 245-
320 lbs. 28.10-35.00, No. 2-4
120-185 lbs. 26.00-34.50.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-550
lbs. 24.50-30.50, No. 2-3 300-
650 lbs. 22.00-25.60. Boars
18.00-24.75.
FEEDER PIGS 1103.
Compared with 1460 head
last week, and 1156 head a
year ago. US No. 1-3 20-35
lbs. feeder pigs 7.50-14.00 per
Baltimore
USDA Report
September 23,1974
CATTLE 375. Limited
sales slaughter steers &
heifers $1 lower. Balance
being held for AM Auction.
Cow weak to 50c lower; bulls
50c to $1 lower. Supply 30
percent slaughter steers &
heifers, 50 percent cows,
balance feeders St bulls.
STEERS: Package Good St
Choice yield grade No. 31140
lbs. 40.00, Good yield grade 2-
4 900-1200 lbs. 33.50-38.50,
Standard St Low Good 29.75-
32.75. HEIFERS: High Good
St Choice yield grade 2-4 850-
915 lbs. 40.50-41.00. COWS:
Utility 21.75-25.85, Cutters
19.50-22.35, Canner St Low
Cutters 16.00-19.50. BULLS:
Yield Grade No. 1 1270-1820
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 10.00-
20.00 per head.
SHEEP 787. Compared
with 1349 head last week, and
1181 head a year ago. Spring
slaughter lambs weak $1.50
lower, spots $4 lower. Choice
70-105 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 33.50-38.00, few to
42.00, Good 60-90 lbs. 25.00-
34.00, Utility 45-80 lbs. 15.00-
24.00, Slaughter ewes 5.00-
14.00,
Get big litters of
husky pigs... Feed
Purina Sow Chow
A sow is a pig factory. She has the big job of producing
and nursing two litters of pigs every year.
Like any other factory, she has to have raw ingredients
to produce the products (pigs) and maintain the factory
(her own body). If she doesn’t get proper nutrition, she
may actually resorb some pigs into her system, causing
you to lose pigs you will never even see; or she may
farrow weak, unthrifty litters.
Purina Sow Chow has what it takes to help the sow keep
her own body, farrow big litters and have plenty of milk
to start them right. Purina Sow Chow is available as a
supplement to your gram or as a complete sow ration.
Ask us for Purina Sow Chow soon.
Wenger’s Feed Mill he.
James High & Sons
Ph 354-0301
Gordonville
West Willow Fanners Assn., he.
John 1. Hess, 11, Inc.
Ph. 442-4632
Paradise
0. Kenneth McCracken & Son
2 New Charlotte St., Manheim-
Ph. 717-665-2186
lbs. 31.50-32.35, individual
yield grade No. 2 26.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: Few
Good & Choice bull calves
320-380 lbs. 29.25-30.75, Good
St Choice heifers 415-000 lbs.
23.00-26.00.
HOGS 600. Barrows &
GUIs: $1 to $1.50 higher. US
No. 1-3 200-230 lbs. 36.75-
37,25, No. 2-3 230-250 lbs.
36.25-36,75, No. 2-4 250-270
lbs. 35.25-36.25. SOWS:
Steady to $1 higher. US No. 1-
3 3004300 lbs. 25.00-27.00, few
under 300 lbs. 27.50.
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Americans
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Ph ; 387-1195
Rheems
John B. Kurtz
Ph: 354-9251
R D 3, Ephrata
Ph: 464-3431
West Willow
Ira B. Landis
Ph: 665-3248
Box 276, Manheim RD3