** Bl nol yt.biijtr.2 amfint/l loteroncj 6—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Jan. 18. 1975 TH£ week Ending with 3532 head last week, and * I'D Vil* r- A^ n r UO ni y ol o ’r 7s . 5086 head a year ago. miMC. CATTLE 0420. Compared compared with last week’s /% ,i' market, slaughter steers i w .. f* Wv*fe ureencastle , m ° sti y steady to « lower. IZjif Livestock $2.75 lower. Slaughter “• A 4i» A ~ .sjfajyJjQjl * _ j.• bullocks 50 cents to $1 lower. Mi V MUCH Oil Slaughter bulls stcady to $2 January 13. 1975 lower. CATTLE 150. Compared STEERS: High Choice & with last Monday’s market, Prime 39.50-41.60, Choice slaughter cows stcady to 50 37.00-39.50, Good 33.00-37,00, cents lower. Few Good Standard 28.00-33.00, Utility slaughter steers 32.50-37.85, " 21.00-28.00. HEIFERS: few Standard 27.35-28.25, one Choice 33.00-35.00, Good Utility at 27.25. Commercial 29.00-33.00, Standard 25.00- slaughter cows 16.00-19.85, 30.00, few Utility 19.00-25.00. Utility & High Dressing COWS: Utility & High Cutter 19.35-20.10, few 21.25, Dressing Cutter 18.00-21.00, Cutters 18.00-19.25, few few to 22.00, Cutters 17.00- Canners 15.25-18.10. Few 19-00, Canners 14.50-17.50, Standard slaughter bullocks Shells down to 12.00. 25.85-28.35. Few Yield Grade BULLOCKS: Choice 33.00- No. 1 1420-1890 lbs. slaughter 35.00, Good 27.00-33.00, bulls 27.00-30.25; few yield Standard 24.00-29.00, few grade No. 2 1130-1350 lbs. Utility 21.00-25.00. BULLS: 25.25-26.25. Few Good 350-600 Yield Grade No. 1 1000-2200 lbs. feeder steers 24.75-27.25; lbs. 27.00-30.00; yield grade few Good 770-820 lbs. feeder No. 2 900-1600 lbs. 22.00-28.00. bulls 23.25-26.25. FEEDER CATTLE: Good CALVES 167. Vealers 300-800 lbs. feeder steers grading Utility steady to $2 22.00-29.50, Medium 325-850 lower. Few Choice vealers lbs. 19.00-26.00; Good 300-600 48.0050.00, few Good 40.00- lbs. feeder heifers 19.00- 49.00, few Standard 25.00- 28.00, Medium 250-600 lbs. 40.00, Utility 90-120 lbs. 19.50- 18.00-23.00; Good 300-500 lbs. 25.00, 70-85 lbs. 18.00-20.00. feeder bulls 24.50-30.00, HOGS 42. Few U.S. No. 1-3 Medium 350-900 lbs. 18.00- 215-245 lbs. barrows & gilts 24.00. 40.50- one lot No. 2-3 255 CALVES 4164. Compared lbs. 40.25, one lot 185 lbs. with 300 head last week, and 38.00, Few US No. 1-3 295-525 3805 head a year ago. lbs. sows 32.00-34.10, couple Vealers mostly steady to $2 No. 2-3 540 and 635 lbs. 31.25 lower. and 33.25. One Boar at 26.00. VEALERS: Prime 60.00- FEEDER PIGS 10. Few 69.00, Choice 50.00-60.00, US No. 1-3 50 lbs. feeder pigs Good 42.00-52.00, Standard 17.00-18.00 per head. 28.00-42.00, Utility 90-120 lbs. SHEEP 25. Few Good 75-90 2 1.00-28.00, 7 0-85 lbs. 15.00- lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 22.00. Farm calves, holstein 28.50- Few Slaughter bulls, 90-120 lbs. 20.00-35.00; ewes 10.50-11.25. few holstein heifers 100-135 JAN. 20-26, 197 5 CJcl out >our thovcl or stay in your hotel. It’s not too c.'irlv to »;et jour income tax information . . . Winston ('huichill ilnil ,(an. 21, 100 a . . . First quarter of tl)i* moon Jan. 20 .. . Hod snails in haile> to chip that Jamian conch . . . -Vserace length of days for the week, !) hours, !7 i nmites . . . (lohl discovered at Suitor’s Mill, Cali fornia Jan. 21, 18-18 . . . (1.1. Joo started yomy o\oisoas in laijte nunihors tan. 20, I!H2 .. . Kaeroons arc nialiny now ... This cold mu omfoi tahle weather makes Jack ami Jill lie close toyethei. Old Farmer's Riddle: Wh.il does a person have, Init c.m'l hold for ten minutes? (An swer nelow.) Ask the Old Farmer: Is dew a weather indicator? H.F., San Diego, Calif. For tin very *hoit term. Dew on qnivt fit niff lit or m emly iitiiYnnirj is /i sir/n of fint iieolhti.lt tm mi only o hen on i* ihy, ikiei arc elan. Ilomr Mini* To fish from sticking to the inn uhen fiwnpr '•pnnklt Ji little '•Ut in tht >killtt Ihlotc placing the fish in it Jitddlt ansuer His breath OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Snow to start, then partial clearing and very cold; light snow and wanner latter part. Greater New York-New Jersey; Snow at first, then clear and very cold; light snow latter pait, then clear hy weekend. Middle Atlantic Coastal: Snow all week except snow changing to hea\> ram in south latter part. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Rain to start, then clear and cold; heavy ram inland latter part, then partly clear weekend. Florida; Week begins with cold spell and frost in north, then cloudier and milder; end of week showery. Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronfo & Montreal: Light snow at first, then clearing and very cold; subzero cold snap and clear latter part. Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins cloudy, then rain in south and snow in north and east; clearer and milder by week’s'end. Deep South: Cold snap and clear to start, then rain central and north; rain ending latter part and warmer. Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Very cold to midweek, then warmer with scattered flumes; cold snap latter part and partly cloudy with flumes. Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Very cold and partly cloudy to start, then some snow; occasional snow and extremely cold at week’s end. Central Great Plains: Week begins \eiy cold with light snow in north and west, then milder with ram in east; end of w r eek sunny but \ery cold. Texas-Oklahoma: Showers and quite cold for first part of week; continuing showers but warming latter part. Rocky Mountain Region: Light to medium snow for most of week, deal and mild in south and central by week’s end. Southwest Desert: Some light lain and cool at first, then partlj sunny and warming to end of week. Pacific Northwest: Cloudy and cold to start, then snow in north and rain in south, snow latter part, 10-12" in north and 4-6' in south. California: Rain at first, hea\y in south, then clearing anc‘ mild; ram continuing to end of week. (AH RijchU Reserved, Yankee. Inc.. Dublin, N.H 09444) Know Where the Activities Will Be? Read the Farm Women Calendar. BYLERS DIESEL and REFRIGERATION SHOP . DISTRIBUTOR fetWnflft'. IISTtR PENNSYLVANIA MOTOR OIL SALES and SERVICE GIRTON BULK MILK COOLERS Automatic Diesel Engine or Electric Operation Equipment PTO or Diesel Drive Stand-by Alternators In Stock 20 - 7-16” thick steel tanks 1690 gals can be used for air pressure WE INSTALL COMPLETE MILK COOLING EQUIPMENT IN SUGAR VALLEY, BRUSH VALLEY & FRANKLIN COUNTY DANIEL H. BYLER STAR ROUTE 655 BELLEVILLE, PA 17004 -dO ||( mil o/r-'" •» oi Pa. Auction Summary lbs, 27.00-46,00; few beef cross bulls it heifers 70-100 lbs. 22.00-35.00. HOGS 6818. Compared with 4711 head last week, and 6407 head a year ago. Barrows it Gilts steady to $1.50 lower. BARROWS it GILTS: US No, 1-2 200-235 lbs. 41.50- 43.00, No. 1-3 200-245 lbs. 40.50-41.50, No. 2-3 190-260 lbs, 39.00-40.50, No. 2-4 235- 330 lbs. 36.00-39.00, No. 2-4 125-190 lbs. 30.00-36.00. SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-580 lbs. 31.00-35.00, No. 2-3 300- This 7-day-old pig's stomach is exactly this size The little dry feed it takes to fill this tiny "fuel tank" must be LOADED with POWER It takes mighty little pig starter and sow’s milk to fill the "fuel tank" of a week old pig Yet, it must provide quick energy, fast growth and protection agam'st disease. It must contain all vital nutrients sow’s milk may lack—and in just the right balance Most important of all, pigs must like it No matter how great a pig starter may be, all is lost if pigs won’t eat it. Pigs love Purina starters-Baby Pig Chow, Early Weaning Chow Pig Startena And Purina starters offer "built in" livability, plus grow and go power to bounce pigs off to a fast, thrifty start Keeps’em going, too Fed Purina all the way, hogs have raced to market weight in five months (often less) and make pork for remarkably low cost. Folks around here are finding out... Pigs start, grow, finish fast on Purina Call us soon and order Purina Hog Chow James High & Sons John B. Kurtz Ph 354-0301 Gordoimlle Wenger’s feed Mill Me. McCracken’s Feed Mill, Inc. 2 New Charlotte St., Manheim Ph, 717-665-2186 Ira B. Landis John J. Hess, 11, me, r r , Ph. 442-4632 Box 2/6, ManheimßDS Paradise West Willow Fanners Assn., Inc. GOO lbs. 28,00-32.00. Boars 22.00- FEEDER PIGS 1854. Compared with 511 head last week, and 1001 head a year ago. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 8.00-19.00 per head. No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 12.00- 28.00, No. 1-3 50-125 lbs. 18.00- 34.00, Utility 15-50 lbs. 5.00- 12.50 per head. SHEEP 729. Compared with 465 head last week, and 619 head a year ago. Woolcd slaughter lambs $1 to $2 higher. Choice 75-110 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 38.00- Good 60-100 lbs. 33.00- Utility 40-80 lbs. 22.00- Slaughter ewe; 5.00- Ph-354-9251 R D 3, Ephrata Ph 367-1195 Rheems Ph: 464-3431 West Willow
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