—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Fab. 7, 1976 8 fkRMEft IMAUK FEB. 9-15, 1976 Hoarse and sullen, Ihe night wind* blow. There's always one fine week this month (but this isn't it) Hauptman found guilty of Lindbergh kidnapping Feb 13, 1935 Full Snow Moon Feb 15 Average length of days for the week, 10 hours, 25 minutes San Francisco earthquake Feb 15, 1856 . Fireball missed New York City Feb 9, 1913 Yalta Conference Feb 11, 1945 A man may be strong yet not mow well Old Farmer's Riddle: What has ears, but can't hear 7 (Answer below) Ask the Old Farmer: Could you please the source the blue dye woolen blankets 7 have one least four generations old and the blue is still bright and clear Indtgo they gathered and dried seed pods and got a beautiful dye but the process of making it, as it was anciently done, is not a pleasing sub ject Home Hints: To remove wallpaper, mix together one heaping tablespoon of saltpeter and one gallon of hot water Apply freely to wallpaper, keeping the water hot Riddle ansuxr A cornstalk OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Snows somewhat to midweek, near record cold, warmer latter part, scattered rain and snow Greater New York-New Jersey: Snow, moderately heavy at first, then partial clearing and very cold, increasing cloudiness and wanner latter part, then heavy rain or sleet on weekend Middle Atlantic Coastal: Milder and rainy at first, then cleanng and very cold, milder again latter part, then rainy on weekend Piedmont <c Southeast Coastal: Week begins with light rain spreading east, then some clearing and much colder, latter pari sunny and cold, but rainy and warmer weekend Florida: Early part of week dry and warm in west and north, below normal in south, rain over region rest of week. Upstate N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Light snow at first, then par tially clear and much colder, latter part seasonable, then some rain in south and lower elevations, snow in mountains Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins with mild rain, then turning very cold, heavy weekend rains with warming temperature Deep South: Most of week rainy, heavy in some areas, and very cold Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Some light snow and seasonable at first, then much colder, snow, changing to rain in some areas, then cloudy and mild over weekend Northern Great Lakes: Light to moderate snow over region throughout most of week, except clearing and milder at week's end Central Great Plains: Week begins with storm bringing quite heavy snow, sleet and strong winds, storm ends latter part, clear and cold in north, some clearing and mild in central and south Texas-Oklahoma: Sunny and mild at first, then heavy rams con tinuing through latter part, except clearing and cold in north Rocky Mountain: Week alternates between storm with light to moderate snow and clearing with very cold temperatures Southwest Desert: First part of week scattered light ram, then cold with frosts by midweek, heavy frosts with daytime warming con tinue throughout weekend Pacific Northwest: Cloudy and cold at first, with drizzle turning to light rain, then milder, heavy rain and snow in mountains latter part California: Week begins with light rain and snow in mountains, then clearing and cool midweek, sunny with below normal tem peratures throughout rest of week (All Rights Reserved Yankee Inc, Dublin N H 03444) Carlisle Carlisle, PA February 3,1976 CATTLE 250. Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter cows strong to $1 higher. Few Choice slaughter steers 37.50-40.75, Good 34.00-37.50, Standard 28.50- Utility 25.50- 30,00. Few Choice slaughter heifers 33,50-37.75, Good 28.00- few Standard 24.75-27.50. Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 26.75-29.85, one at 30.50, few Commercial 27.10-29.50, Cutters 24.50-27.25, Canners 21.85- Shells down to 15.25. Two Standard slaughter bullocks 28.25. Few Yield Grade No. 1 1350- 2080 lbs. slaughter bulls 33.85- CALVES 222, Vealers uneven, mostly $1 to $5 lower. Few Choice vealers 67.50- Good 50.00-67.00, Standard 40.00-49.50, Utility 110-120 lbs. 36.0043.50, 90-115 lbs. 28.00-35.00, 60-90 lbs. 20.00- few 50-65 lbs. 15.00- Farm calves, THtOLD holstein bulls 95-120 lbs. 38.5045.00, HOGS 188. Barrows & Gilts 25 cents to 75 cents lower. US No. 1-3 200-235 lbs. barrows & gilts 49.50-50.50, No. 2-3 195- 245 lbs. 49.00-50.00, few No. 2- 4 250-275 lbs. 47.75-48.10, lot No. 24185 lbs. 48.85. US No. 1-3 285-530 lbs. sows 40.25- 47.00, few No. 2-3 315-515 lbs. 35.0041.00, few Utility 280- 515 lbs. 25.00-29.00. Few Boars 35.60-36.00. FEEDER PIGS 85. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 19.00-23.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 30.00-32.00, No. 1-3 50-65 lbs. 38.00-48.00 per head. SHEEP 22. Few Good 65- 105 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 34.00-46.50, few yearlings 100-155 lbs. 18.00- 22.00. Slaughter ewes 5.50- 16.50. Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there. The trouble with the guy who talks too fast Is that he often says something he hasn’t thought of yet. CATTLE 283. Supply in cluded 78 head feeder cattle. Compared with laat Wed nesday's market, slaughter steers strong. Slaughter cows 50 cents to $2 higher. Few Good & Choice slaughter steers 41.5tM2.79, Good 38.25-12.00, Standard 32.35-37.75, few Utility 28.75- 32.25. Good slaughter heifers 32.50-37.50, Standard 28.35- 31.60. Utility Sc High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 28.00-31.10, few Utility & Commercial 32.25-33.00, Cutters 28.00-28.35, Camera 22.75-26.25. Couple Good slaughter bullocks 37.00 and 37.50, Standard 31.0034.50, few Utility 27.00-29.00. Couple Yield Grade No. 1 13gS and 1685 lbs. slaughter bulls 31.50 and 37.25. Good 435-810 lbs. feeder steers 28.00-35.00, Medium 300-740 lbs. 21.50-28.50; Medium 375- 580 lbs. feeder heifers 18.50- 23.50; few Good 3504)40 lbs. feeder bulls 28.50-33.25, Medium 390-790 lbs. 22.25- 27.75. CALVES 120. Vealers mostly (2 to (5 higher. Couple Choice vealers 65.00 and 66.00, Good 52.0066.00, Standard 42.0065.00, Utility & Low Standard 100-125 lbs. 30.0040.00, 80-100 lbs. 26.00- 30.00. Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 31.0039.00. HOGS 180. Barrows & Gilts Chambersburg CATTLE 365. Compared with last Thursday’s market, slaughter steers mostly (1.50 to (3 lower. Slaughter cows mostly 75 cents to (1 higher. One Choice slaughter steer at 40.50, Good & Low Choice 34.00- Standard 29.35- 35.00, Utility & Low Standard 26.25-28.75. Few Good slaughter heifers 32.35-35.00, Standard 28.75-31.00, few Utility 24.25-28.25. Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 27.00-30.00, one at 30.35, Commercial 24.50- Cutters 24.75- 27.35, Canners 23.50-25.10, low Canner 20.00-22.75, few Shells down to 18.00. One Good slaughter bullock at 33.85, Standard 27.50-33.85. Yield Grade No. 1 1300-1680 lbs. slaughter bulls 30,85- 33.50; one yield grade No. 2 1382 lbs. at 32.35. Common & Medium 280-660 lbs. feeder steers, heifers & bulls 19.25- 27 50 CALVES 523. Vealers grading Standard to Choice firm tot l h higher, Utility (2 $7 higner. One Prime vealer at 80.00, Choice 75.00-78.50, Good 58.00-75.00, Standard 48.00- few to 68.00, Utility 105-125 lbs. 39,00- 47.00, 90-110 lbs. 32.00-42.00, 65-90 lbs. 25.00-36.00, few 55- 65 lbs. 17.00-25.00. Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-110 lbs. 35.50-46.50. HOGS 113. US No. 1-2 220 240 lbs. barrows & gilts 48.35- 49.50, No. 1-3 195-260 lbs. 47.50- lot 50.00, few No. 2-3 195-260 lbs. 46.00-47.50, lot No. 1-3180 lbs. 43.00. US No. 1-3 250-500 lbs. sows 41.75- 44.50, couple No. 2-3 350 and 425 lbs. 38.25 and 38.50. Few Boars 30.50-34.85. FEEDER PIGS 31. US No. 1-3 25-40 lbs. feeder pigs 22.00- per head, lot No. 1-3 65 lbs. 47.00 per head. SHEEP 29. Couple Choice 72 and 120 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 48.00 and 49.00, Good 70-95 lbs. 33.50- 39.50, Few Slaughter sheep 12.00- Lees port Auction Leespart,PA February 4,1978 Chambersburg, PA January 29,1976 Mardnsburg Marttasbwg, Pa. Feb. 2,1171 CATTLE 154. Compared with last Monday's market, Good slaughter steers 38.00- 40.00, Standard 32.0037.00. Good slaughter heifers 31.00- 34.00. Standard 28.0032.00. Utility It High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 27.50- 31.00, Cutters 27.00-29.00, Cannera 23.50-27.00. One Chbice slaughter bullock at 39.00. Yield Grade No. 1 slaughter bulls 30.00-33.00. CALVES 250. Cboice vealers 70.00-75.00, Good 63.50-71.00, Standard 44.00- 56.00, Utility 110-130 lbs. 27.00-43.00. HOGS 272. US No. 1-2 200- 230 Iba. barrows & gilts 49.00- 50.80, No. 1-3 200-230 lbs. 49.25-49.75, No. 2-3 195-230 lbs. 48.75-4950. US No. 14 300-500 lbs. sows 3850-47.00. FEEDER PIGS 48. US No. 1-3 3550 Iba. feeder pigs 36.5039.00 per bead, lot No. 1-3 65 lbs. 41.50 per bead. strong to 25 cents higher, US No. 1-3200235 lbs. barrows & gilts 51.85-52.60, No. 2-3 US -240 lbs. 50.25-51.60, few No. 2- 4 275-325 lbs. 48.0057.00. US No. 1-3 300550 lbs. sows 42.00-49.00, No. 2-3 400700 lbs. 40.0041.00. Boars 300630 lbs. 35.0038.00, few 200250 lbs. 45.0048.50. FEEDER PIGS 221. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 18.0028.00 per head, No. 1-3 3550 lbs. 30.0041.00, No. 1-3 40-65 lbs. 45.00-56.00 per head. SHEEP 12. Good 70-115 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 36.5049.50, few Utility 80115 lbs. 25.0035.00. DO YOU NEED BALANCE IN YOUR FARMING OPERATION? BROILER BREEDER HATCHING EGG UNIT LONGENECKER'S HATCHERY, INC. Stanley Saylor, RDI, Elizabethtown, PA says that Longenecker’s broiler breeder hatching egg program works well with his hog and steer operation. Saylor’s two-thirds slatted floor house is specially designed for efficient operation. EARL GERUCH - 717-367-1545 JWh.it ,s A/cwvJ NEW TENORAN FACT SHEET AVAILABLE FROM CIBA-GEIGY A new Tenoran fact sheet for early postemergence weed control in soybeans Is available from the Agricultural Division of Clbs-Geigy Corporation. Tenoran is the firm's chloroxuron selective her bicide available as a wet table powder to control annual broadleaf weeds in soybeans. The new fact sheet in cludes new . recom- PLAN NOW FOR THE 1976 SEASON WE WILL • APPLY LIME ON FROZEN GROUND 0 • REVIEW SOIL TESTS • ANALYZE FERT. REQUIREMENTS • ARRANGE FOR FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE NEEDS INSURE A CROP WITH PROPER FERTILIZATION. Authorized Dealer HEISEY FARM SERVICE RD2, Mount Joy, PA Phone 653-1568 ± ( BUUK BLENDS 1 ORGANIC Sbrnd PLANT FOOD { QQ 2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster, PA Ph. 397-5152 Consider a FOR ELIZABETHTOWN, PA CONTACT: FOR MORE INFORMATION mendations for aerial ap plication of Tenoran plus oil in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina and Tennessee. Additional information Includes weeds controls/ ( when and how to use, rafts and precautions. Tenoran is also registered for use on strawberries, carrots and celery. For copies of the fact sheet request CGA 350-029 from Ms. Betsy Wood, Agricultural Division, Ciba- Geigy Corporation, P.O. 11422, Greensboro, N.C. 27409.
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