6—Lancaster Farming Saturday, March IS. 1975
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MARCH 17-23, 1975
Spring if Anally here!
Mend your stonewalls now , . , St. Patrick’* Day March 17
. . . First quarter of the moon March 20 . , . Spring begins
March 21, 1:57 AM EDT . . . Average length of days for
week, 12 hours, 5 minutes .. . Night equals day on Tuesday
(each is 12 hours long) ... If the 19th is clear, it’ll be a
fertile year ... California Zephyr trains stopped March 22,
1970... Beware equally of a sudden friend and a slow enemy.
Ask the Old Farmer: I have
heard the expression several
times, “He or she is on
cloud nine.’’ I know it means
to be very happy about
something, but I have not
been able to discover where
it originated. Can you help?
C. H., Miami.
We can only guest, a couple
of flights above Seventh
Heaven.
il«m« Hiaiit The iron-on mending tapes are wonderful for labeling
children** clothing.
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Early week generally clear and warmer; heavy
rain, and sleet and snow in central and north latter part.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Generally clear and mild to
start, then turning cooler; rain occasionally mixed with snow
at end of week.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins cloudy and chilly, then
heavy rain in south and snow or rain in north; rainy and
cool latter part.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Clear and dry at first, then be
coming unseasonably warm; end of week rainy and much
colder.
Florida: Rain in central and south to start, then clearing and
much warmer; scattered light showers and warm latter part.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: First part of
week mostly sunny with some flumes; storm latter part
with rain or freezing rain.
Greater Ohio Valley: Clear and nice to start, then rain in west?
and flumes in east; week ends with occasional shower and
colder.
Deep South: Week begins clear and warming up, then be
coming very warm; end of week rainy in central and north,
then clearing and much colder.
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Rain or sleet in west by mid
week, then flumes in east; end of week overcast and cold
with flurries.
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Clouding up to start, then
snow; end of week clearing and cold in west and snow in
central and east.
Central Great Plains: Sunny and mild to midweek, then snow
in northeast and showers in east and south; clear and cold
latter part.
Texas-Oklahoma: Clear at first, then becoming hot; cold snap
at week’s end with lows in 20s in central and north.
Rocky Mountain Region: Early week snow in central and
north, and clear and mild in. south; end of week generally
clear and milder.
Southwest Desert: Clear and very warm to start, then much
cooler; pleasant and warmer by weekend.
Pacific Northwest: Cold to start, then light snow m north and
rainy in south; occasional light rain latter part.
California: Light rain in north and drizzle in south at first,
then clearing in north but cloudy in south; end of week clear
and mild in south and cool in north.
(All Right* Re*erved. Yankee, Inc.. Dublin, N.H. 03444)
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SPECIAL PRICE
BALER
TWINE
PURCHASED BEFORE
MARCH 31, 1975
REGULAR *34.00
Refund
•5.00 $ 29.00
LANCASTER STORE NEW HOLLAND STORE SALUNGE STORE
394 0541 354-4526 898 2248
653 1864
(aGWAy) QUAR 786 I 2126 STORE (aGWAY)
, 19 Livestock Markets
> Week Ending
March 7,1975
; CATTLE 6005. Compared
I with 6082 head last week, and
; 5820 head a year ago.
i Compared with last week’s
’ market, slaughter steers
mostly 25 cents to $1 lower.
Slaughter heifers 75 cents to
$2 lower. Slaughter cows
uneven, spots 50 cents
higher. Slaughter bullocks 25
cents to 81 higher. Slaughter
bulls about steady.
STEERS: Choice 34.00-
37.00, Good 29.00-34.50,
Standard 24.75-30.25, Utility
21.00-
HEIFERS: Choice 28,50-
32.00, Good 25.00-29.00,
Standard 22.75-26.50, Utility
20.00- COWS; Utility 6c
High Dressing Cutter 19.50-
22.50, Cutters 18.00-20.75,
Canners 16.00-19.00, Shells
down to 12.00. BULLOCKS:
Choice 28.00-30.75, Good
25.00- Standard 22.75-
27.00, Utility 19.75-24.75.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1200-
2000 lbs. 24.50-28.00; yield
grade 2 1000-1600 lbs. 21.00-
24.85. FEEDER CATTLE:
Few Choice 600-800 lbs.
feeder steers 28.00-30.50,
Good 300-700 lbs. 22.00-28.00,
Medium 19.50-24.00, Good
300-700 lbs. feeder heifers
23.50-28.00.
CALVES 4107. Compared
with 3878 head last week, and
3920 head a year ago.
Vealers steady to $2 lower.
VF.ALERS: Few Prime
Weekly cattle review:
Receipts 6400, last week 8800,
year ago 5100.
Compared with '■ last
Tuesday, slaughter steers
and heifers 1.00-1.50 higher;
cows steady to 50 higher;
bulls steady. Supply near 40
percent steers mostly choice
1000-1250 lbs. yield grade 2-4,
near 20 percent heifers, 18
percent cows and 20 percent
feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Load and part load choice
including prime 1100-1175
lbs. yield grade 2-4 36.50.
Choice 950-1250 lbs. yield
grade 24 34.50-36.00, mostly
35.00- Mixed good and
choice 900-1200 lbs. 33.00-
34.75. Good 30.00-33.50, load
mostly good 850 lbs. muddy
28.50. Standard and good
Holsteins 1100-1300 lbs. 28.00-
31.00. Standard 900-1100 lbs.
24.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Two loads and part load
choice including prime 925-
975 lbs. yield grade 34 34.50.
Choice 850-1050 lbs. yield
grade 24 33.00-34.25, mostly
33.50-34.00. Mixed good and
ON
Pa. Auction
Summary
HOGS 7623. Compared
with 7641 head last week, and
7707 head a year ago.
Barrows & Gilts 50 cents to
81 lower.
BARROWS & GILTS: US
No. 1-2 200-230 lbs. 40.75-
41.60, No. 1-3 190-245 lbs.
39.50- No. 2-3 185-260
lbs. 38.70-39.75, No. 2-4 250-
300 lbs. 36.00-39.00, No. 2-4
120-185 lbs. 33.00-38.70.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 300-550
lbs. 33.00-39.00, No. 2-3 300-
650 lbs. 31.00-34.50. Boars
20.25-28.50.
FEEDER PIGS 1123.
Compared with 892 head last
week, and 730 head a year
ago. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs.
feeder pigs 14.00-34.00 per
head,. No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 21.00-
36.00, No. 1-3 50-90 lbs. 27.00-
45.00 per head.
SHEEP 509. Compared
with 366 head last week, and
645 head a year ago. Wooled
slaughter lambs about
steady. Choice 70-110 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs
40.0044.00, Gpod 60-90 lbs.
30.0042.00, Utility 50-80 lbs.
22.50- Choice 40-50 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 60.00-
68.00, 60-80 lbs. 45.00-57.50.
Slaughter ewes 5.00-13.00.
St. Louis Weekly
March 13
choice 800-1000 lbs 31.50-
33.50. Good 29.00-31.50. Few
standard and good 650-850
lbs. 26.00-30.00. .
COWS: Utility and com
mercial on Wednesday 18.00-
20.50, few 21.00. Cutter 16.00-
18.00. Canned 13.00-16.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1600 lbs. 23.00-25.00, few
1000-1200 lbs. 20.00-23.00.
VEALERS: Choice 32.00-
38.00.
FEEDERS: Supply in
cludes near 1000 at Thur
sday’s auction. Feeder
steers steady to weak, feeder
heifers generally steady.
Supply primarily good and
choice 350-600 lbs. steers and
300-500 lb. heifers.
STEERS; Mostly choice
450-650 lbs. 25.50-28.00, small
lot 593 lbs. 29.25. Mixed good
and choice 400-650 lbs. 23.50-
26.50. Good 350-625 lbs. 19.00-
22.75, part load standard and
good Holsteins 602 lbs. 17.25.
HEIFERS; Few choice
fleshy 600-737 lbs. 25.50-28.75.
Mixed good and choice 300-
500 lbs. 19.00-22.50. Good
16.25- few 593-635 lbs.
18.25-
60.00- Choice 48.00-
61.00, Good 42.00-52.00,
Standard 28.00-42.50. Utility
90-120 lbs. 17.00-30.00, 70-85
lbs. 14.00-19.50. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-115 lbs.
19.00- beef cross bulls 6c
heifers 70-110 lbs. 22.00-39.00.
Carlisle Livestock
Carlisle, Penna.
March 11,1975
CATTLE 326. Supply in
cluded 180 head feeder cattle
sold by the head. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter cows steady to 82
higher. Few Good slaughter
steers 32.50-34.00, Standard
25.50- Utility 6c Low
Standard 22.00-24.75. Couple
Choice slaughter heifers
30.75 and 32.75. Utility 6c
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 20.50-23.35,
Cutters 18.75-21.00, Canners
17.00-18.75. Standard
slaughter bullocks 24.00-
25.35. Few Yield Grade 1
1395-1585 lbs. slaughter bulls
25.50- two Yield Grade
2 1105 and 1160 lbs. 19.60 and
23.25.
CALVES 173. Vealers
about steady. Few Good 6c
Choice vealers 49.00-56.00,
Good 45.0049.00, Standard
31.0043.00, Utility 90-110 lbs.
18.00-23.50, 110-130 lbs. 22.00-
29.50, 7045 lbs. 15.00-17.50.
Farm calves, holstein bulls
90-110 lbs. 22.00-29.50.
HOGS 329. Barrows 6c Gilts
fully 50 cents higher. US No.
1-3 195-240 lbs. barrows 6c
gilts 41.0041.50, No. 2-3 190-
250 lbs. 40.5041.10, No. 24
250-290 lbs. 36.2540.60, few
m lb.
NORTHWESTERN QMS
PLUMP * CLEAN
To Be Sold Directly for Cash
Upon Arrival of Rail Car
++ Prices (Net/ - F. 0.8. Our Mill ++
, (100 Bu. Minimum Purchase)
BULK *2.00/Bu. (6.25/100)
BUYER’S BAGS _
’2.08/Bu. (6.50/100)
OUR BAGS 5 2.16/Bu. (6.75/100)
(Prices Good While Supply Lasts)
ADD 10c-Bu. for Delivery to you.
ADD Bc-Bu. for lOO’s Weighing.
WALKER COMPANY
FEED - GRAIN
Gap, Pa. Phone (717) 442-4169
290-300 lbs. 30.00-30.75, No. 2-
4 150-180 lbs. 29,0008.00. US
No. 1-3 300-595 lbs. sows
35.00-37.25, Utility 200-300
lbs. 24.0030.00. Couple Boars
25.00 and 28.00.
FEEDER PIGS 172. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
15.0022.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 26.0034.00, few No.
1-3 5070 lbs. 37.0039.00 per
head, No. 1-3 100130 lbs.
38.0046.50 cwt. Utility 2030
lbs. 6.0010.50 per head.
New Holland
Dairy
Wednesday, March 12
Reported receipts of 106
cows, 14 heifers and 5 bull*,
Load of Franklin County
cows fresh 600-620 and
springers 550-605; load of
Wisconsin cows, fresh 725-
780; load of Pa. cows
springers 430600; load of Pa.
cows springers 345-480 and
load of Pa, cows fresh 700
800.
Herd dispersal of 30 head
from 215-570; locally con
signed cows 275-720; bred
heifers 310-485 and bulls 130-
230.