B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct. 25,1975
OCT. 27-NOV. 2, 1975
Drip, drip, plents of precip.
Boner mend sour broken windows now Rita Has worth born
Get 27, IPIB Last quarter of moon Oct 27 Veterans Das
Oet 27 Average length of dass lor the week, 10 hours. 2b
minutes Most small animals in hibernation now First e\pcn
mental "Using Fortress" (XB-17) crashed Oct 30. 1935 Statue
ol Liberts unseiled Oct 28. 188 b Fisc inches of snow fell on
Georgia mountains Oet 28, 1973 Neglect ol agriculture causes
most of the world's ills
Old Farmer’s Riddle; How
can sou make a skirt last’
(Answer below )
Ask *> ,e Old Farmer; Aren't a
spider and a skillet both frsmg
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the spider heme larger than the
skillet Onemalh. try mi; pans
sure designed tor use in a fire
plate, and had lone legs. like a
'spider ' Skillet, hc think is a distorted form ol "skellat," whnh ssos a
sort ol handbell or rattle
Home HinK Rub i brush i\pe hair roller lighilv mer window screens and see how it
easily pijys up hm and duM Riddle answer Make the blouse hrM
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Mosi of week fair with normal temperatures, except
lor scattered showers in north
Greater .\e» Vork-Ne» Jersej: Generalh dear and cool all week,
becoming warmer b\ week's end.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rain ends beginning of week, then
general clearing and mild
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; Entire week is clear and quite cool
o\er the region. '
Florida: GeneralK dear and \er> warm in central and north, parth
sunn> with occasional ram m south
Lpstate & Western N A .-Toronto 0, Montreal: Thundershowers to
start, then dear and cool
Greater Ohio \alle>: Weather is generally clear and cool
throughout the week.
Deep South: First part of week is mosth clear, then thun
dershowers latter pan. subsiding somewhat bv week’s end
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Sunm skies and abo\e-normal
temperatures continue throughout the week
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Earh week milder, with
some clouds in the west, snow latter part
Central Great Plains: Variable cloudiness and mild temperatures
at first, then moderate to hea\\ rain in central latter part
Texas-Oklahoma: Week begins clear and warm, thunderstorms
latter pan. with moderate!) heaw ram on the Gulf
Rock) Mountain; Intermittent ram in north and steady showers m
central earl) part of week, clear and mild latter part.
Southwest Desert: First clear and warm, then becoming cloud)
with showers m the east, showers m the west bv week's end
Pmsfic Northwest: Mosth cloud) and ram) all week, hea\) m the
south and moderate!) hea\) in the north
California: North is general!) sunn) and pleasant all week: south is
partial!) overcast
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Greencastle
Greencastle. Pa.
Oct. 20.1975
CATTLE 219. Compared
with Monday’s market, two
week's ago: Couple Good
slaughter steers 44.00 and
44.50. Utility and High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 22.25-24.85, one at 25.60.
Cutters 19.75-22.60. few
Canners 18.50-19.85. Shells
down to 13.50. Few Yield
Grade No. 1, 1070-1480 lbs.
slaughter bulls 26.00-31.25,
few Yield Grade No. 2, 880-
1240 lbs. 23.85-25.50. Good
and Choice 330-700 lbs
feeder steers 22.50-33.50,
Medium 520-775 lbs. 22.00-
26.75.
CALVES 215. Few Choice
vealers 53.50-59.00, few Good
46.00-54.50, Standard 29.50-
36.00, Utility 90-120 lbs. 23.60-
29.00, 70-85 lbs. 21.50-24.00.
Farm Calves: Few Holstein
heifers 90-115 lbs. 26.00-38.00.
HOGS 18. Lot US No. 1-3
225 lbs. barrows and gilts at
60.00, lot No. 2-3 220 lbs. at
58.60. Few US No. 1-3 330-460
lbs. sows 45.00-54.50. One
Boar at 40.25.
1 Oewart Auction
Dewart, Pa.
Oct. 20,1975
CATTLE 255. Compared
with Monday’s market two
week’s ago; Few Choice
slaughter steers 44.75-46.00,
Good 40.00-44.25, Standard
35.00- Utility 26.75-
31.25. Few Good slaughter
heifers 34.00-37.00, few
Standard 29.50-33.75, Utility
25.00- Utility and High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 24.00-27.00, Cutters
22.50-24.25, Canners 19.50-
22.75, Shells down to 18.00.
Few Good slaughter bullocks
32.00- few Standard
28.75-31.25. Few Yield Grade
No. 1, 900-1900 lbs. slaughter
bulls 24.00-29.50.
CALVES 232. Choice
Thomasville Auction
Thomasville, Pa. vealers, individual’s 50.50
Oct. 22,1975 and 54.50, few Good 39.00-
CATTLE 103. Compared 45.50, few Standard 36.50-
with last Wednesday’s 40.00, few Utility 115-120 lbs.
market: Few Choice 27.00-29.00, 90-110 lbs. 22.50-
slaughter steers 46.10-46.75, 27.00, few 65.85 lbs. 20.00-
few Good 40.00-45.50, few 21.50. Farm Calves: Few
Standard 32.10-39.75. Good Holstein bulls 90-110 lbs.
slaughter heifers, in- 23.00-26.00; few Beef cross
dividual’s 36.75 and 37.00, bulls and heifers 80-85 lbs.
one Standard at 24.85, few 23.50-25.00.
Utility 23.60-24.35. Utility and HOGS 67. Lot US No. 1-2
High Dressing Cutter 210 lbs. barrows and gilts at
slaughter cows 24.00-26.00, 60.35, No. 1-3 200-230 lbs.
Cutters 21.25-24.10, few 59.85-60.25, few No. 2-3 190-
Canners 17.50-21.25. Few 260 lbs. 58.00-59.00. Few US
Utility slaughter bullocks No. 1-3 220-475 lbs. sows
21.25-23.00. Individual Yield 48.85-57.75. Few Boars 38.60-
Grade No. 1, 1380 lbs. 46.75.
slaughter bull at 29.25. FEEDER PIGS 55. US No.
Medium and Good 390-630 1-3 20-30 lbs. feeder pigs
lbs. feeder steers 33.25, in- 20.00-26.00 per head, lot No.
dividual at 38.50; few 1-3 35 lbs. at 36.00, lot Utility
Common and Medium 445- 15 lbs. at 11.00 per head.
580 lbs. feeder heifers 15.00- SHEEP 11. Couple Good 65
15.25. Few Common and lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
Medium 365-845 lbs. feeder at 25.50. Few Slaughter ewes
bulls 13.25-18.60.
CALVES 93. Choice
Pennsylvania has become voluntary basis prior to 1969.
the third state in the nation, in 1969, it became man
following New' York and dotory for all first-time
California, to join the hunters under the age of 16 to
National Rifle Association’s complete a hunter education
500,000 Club by training over course before being eligible
half a million persons in its to purchase a hunting
hunter education program, license.
The Pennsylvania Game in the past six years, about
Commission’s hunter 350,000 youngsters have
education program had completed the course in
about 150,000 graduates Pennsylvania,
while being presented on a
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vealers 50.00-54.50, Good
39.00- Standard 32.00-
39.50, Utility 90-110 lbs. 24.50-
29.00, 70-85 lbs. 22.00-24.50.
Farm Calves: Holstein bulls
90-115 lbs. 26.00-31.50.
HOGS 283. US No. 1-3 195-
230 lbs. barrows and gilts
60.40-60.80, No. 2-3 185-255
lbs. 59.90-60.50, few lots No.
1-3150-165 lbs. 56.00-59.80. US
No. 1-3 350-650 lbs. sows
49.00- Boars 38.00-45.50.
FEEDER PIGS 187. US
No. 1-3 20-25 lbs. feeder pigs
25.50-39.50 per head. No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 45.00-49.50 per
head.
SHEEP 15. Utility 50-65
lbs, wooled slaughter lambs
20.00-31.00.
8.50-16.50.
State Joins
500,000 Club
Leesport Auction
Leesport, PA
Oct. 22,1975
CATTLE 374. Supply in
cluded' 106 head feeder
cattle. Compared with last
Wednesday’s market: Few
Good and Choice slaughter
steers 45.00-47.00, Good 40.25-
45.35, Standard 32.00-40.25,
few Utility 29.40-30.00.
Choice slaughter heifers
39.1043.00, Good 33.75-39.10,
few Standard 23.60-27.00, few
Utility 20.00-22.85. Utility and
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 23.85-27.10,
one at 27.75, Cutters 21.60-
24.00, Canners 18.00-21.10,
Shells down to 13.75. Few
Good slaughter bullocks
30.25-35.00, Standard 26.00-
30.25, few Utility 22.50-25.00.
Few Yield Grade No. 1,1180-
1690 lbs. slaughter bulls
26.00-29.75. Lot Choice 465
lbs. feeder steers at 37.50,
Good 350-750 lbs. 28.00-33.50,
few Medium 450-550 lbs.
18.50-24.25. Good 280-580 lbs.
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feeder heifers 18.50-21 5o
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' CALVES 133. Choice
vealers 53.00-60.50, Good
45.00-55.00, Standard 32 00-
42.00, Utility 90-115 lbs. 24.50-
30.00, 70-85 lbs. 18.00-2500
HOGS 270. US No. 1-2 205-
225 lbs. barrows and gilts
60.85-61.10, No. 1-3 200-250
lbs. 60.10-60.75, No. 2-3 190-
220 lbs. 59.00-60.25, No. 2-4
280-360 lbs. 51.00-57.75. US
No. 1-3 400-580 lbs. sows
43.5047.75. Boars 480-570 lbs
44.8545.25.
FEEDER PIGS 160. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
25.0045.00 per head, No. 1.3
35-50 lbs. 40,00-53.00 per
head.
SHEEP 17. Choice (few)
75-100 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 36.00-46.50. Few
Slaughter ewes 14,00-14.50.
Few Yearlings 25.00-32.00.
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