—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Feb. 14. 1976 8 V THE OLD FEB. 23-29, 1976 Pelting end melting. Order your seeds now Buffalo Bill bom Feb 26, 1845 New moon Feb 29 Spectacle* invented Feb 26, 1825 Average length of day* (or the week, II hour*, 2 minutes Republican Party started Feb 28, 1854 Mt Etna erupted Feb 26, 1947 Rotary Club founded Feb 23, 1905 Blame not. before you have ex amined the truth Old Farmer'* Riddle: What is the difference between a pretty girl and a mouse 7 (Answer below ) A*k the Old Farmer: I've asked all over but nobody seems to know Can you tell me why outhouses have crescent moons on their doors (as opposed to some other shape) 7 G A., Atlanta, GA It is the emblem of the squinted eye of a Peeping Tom, adopted by an evil minded elder Hone Hint*- Attach stick-on labels to appliances, just targe enough to record the date of the last service call or the repairman's phone number Kiddie answer One charms the he's and the other harms the cheese OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Quite heavy snow to start, turning to rain m south by midweek, latter part mostly sunny and warmer, with some light snow in north and mountains Greater New York-New Jeney: Week starts with light snow changing to ram or freezing ram, then warming, end of week dear with above normal temperatures, but cloudy on weekend Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clouding up and milder at first, then ram, generally fair and mild days, with freezing nights latter part. Piedmont lc Southeast Coastal: Light to moderate rain in north and south at beginning, then warming, sunny, becoming mild on weekend Florida: Ram and warmer with thunderstorms by midweek, scat tered light ram latter part, followed by cloudy and warm weather. Upstate N.Y.-Toronto k Montreal: First part of week milder and rainy, some snow in central, north and mountains, rest of week generally sunny and mild with above normal temperatures. MAXIMIZE HER PRODUCTION WITH THE young’s PROFIT BUILDING PRE - MIXES You know she needs top nutrition to produce her best. But you can’t afford to invest in minerals she doesn’t need or can't use. Young’s PRECISION NUTRITION PRE-MIXES are designed to de velop PEAK PRODUCTION with a minimum investment. These eco nomical pro f it builders provide exactly what she needs with no wasted ingredients. Whatever your ration mix of grains, legumes and non-legumes—Young’s offers a pre-mix to provide the pre cise nutritional complement. Only ingredients most biologically avail- able to her are used in the Young’s another PROFIT formulas BUILDING PLUS for you RAY BRECHBILL Utita.PA (7171626-5266 CASSEL MUMMAU Mt Joy, PA (7171653-4355 EARL UMBLE Lancaster, PA (717(393-3208 NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR LIVESTOCK AREA YOUNG'S REPRESENTATIVES Greater Ohio Valley: Week begin* with warming and light rain, then cloudy and cooler, tunny and considerably warmer latter part, but moderate to heavy rain by week'* end Deep South; Weather to midweek la tunny and warm at first, then rainy, then clearing and cool, heavy rain and warm latter part, then cold by weekend Chicago li Southern Great Lakes: Week begins seasonable, with light rain in south, tight snow in north, then clearing, rest of week generally clear and mild with some ram Northern Great Lakes: Mild to midweek, then cold wave, latter part of week snowy and very cold in central and west, light snow and mild in cast Central Great Plains: Sunny and mild through midweek, then blizzard in northeast and rain in central and cast, rain and snow continue through latter part, clearing and cold weekend Texas-Oklahoma: First part of week clear and warm, then light rain in central and south, rainy, freezing rain and sleet in east, lat ter part Rocky Mountain: Stormy m central and east, with rain, snow and winds at first, getting much colder midweek, partly sunny and cold in south and central latter part, light rain and snow in north Southwest Desert: Storm by midweek with light ram, duststorms and cold, rest of week very cold with heavy frosts. Pacific Northwest: Week begins partly sunny and colder, some in termittent light rain in north, latter part generally sunny but colder than normal California: Early week rainy over region, mixed with snow in mountains, generally cool and clear latter part CATTLE 261. Compared with last Monday’s market, slaughter steers steady to $1.50 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 50 cents lower. Few Choice slaughter steers 39.0041.25, Good 35.75-37.50, Standard 33.25-35.25, Utility 29.50-32.50. Few Choice slaughter heifers 35.25-37.10, few Standard 31.50-33.50, few Utility 28.50-31.50. Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 27.00-29.50, couple to 31.00, Cutters 24.75- FREE university forage analysis * and feed programming starts her on the PROFIT-BUILDING ROAD to PEAK MILK PRODUCTION. Regular consultation with your young MAN keeps her there. The local VOURg MAN has the training ana experience to provide nutritional guidance for ail your feeding needs. Give him a call today •With a specified minimum purchase young’s, inc. NATE BUCKWALTER Cochranvide, PA [2ls] 593-5752 JOHN S. RIEGEL Sinking Spring, PA |2ls] 678-2900 PAUL SHREINER Denver, PA (215 J 267-6235 (Alt Rights Reserved Yankee. Inc Dublin NH 03444) Dewart Auction Dewart, Pa. Feb. 9,1976 W" *■ 26.75, Canners 22.25-24.50, Shells down to 19.50. Couple Choice slaughter bullocks 40.00 and 40.25, few Good 34.75-37.00, couple Standard 32.75 and 33.00, few Utility 28.00-31.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1 1350-1700 lbs. slaughter bulls 29.75-31.75. Few Choice 400-650 lbs. feeder heifers 28.50- CALVES 230. Vealers grading Utility Si Standard $2 to $6 lower. Choice vealers 63.50- Good 49.0041.00, Standard 35.0047.50, Utility 90-110 lbs. 26.00-35.00, 70-65 lbs. 22.00-26.00. Farm calves, holstein bulls 95-120 lbs. 27.5042.00. HOGS 328. Barrows & Gilts 75 cents to $1 lower. US No. 1- 2195-215 lbs. barrows & gilts 49.5050.00, No. 1-3 200-245 lbs. 48.9049.70, No. 2-3 225- 255 lbs. 47.5049.00. US No. 1-3 300575 lbs. sows 42.0047.00. Boars 29.00-33.00. FEEDER PIGS 118. US No. 1-3 2035 lbs. feeder pigs 25.0037.00 per head, No. 13 35-55 lbs. 36.00-49.00 per head. SHEEP 21. Mixed Good & Low Choice 75-110 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 42.00-52.00, few Utility 65-75 lbs. 24.00-34.00. ERTH-RITE SOIL CONDITIONER MAXICROP LIQUID PLANT FEEDING • FEED-RITE Vitamin & Mineral for livestock and poultry ZOOK & RANCH, INC. RDI. Gap. PA 17527 Phone 717-442-4171 Olrlnlinmn lb - 31.5045.00, 400400 UKianoma lb lb February 12 33.5048.85; Mixed Good and Estimated Receipt# 10,400 Choice 300400 lb. 28.50-32.25, Same Day Last Week 4,742 500-723 lb. 30.2344.50, Good Trade active on feeder 340-595 i b . 28.00-29.50. classes, feeder steers and heifers steady with week’s FOR THE WEEK: Feeder advances. Majority receipts steers dosed the week 1.00- Choice 400400 lb. steers, 400- 2.00 higher. Heifers uneven, 700 lb. heifers. weights under 550 lb. 2.00- STEERS: Choice and few 3.00 higher, weights over 550 Prime 425-750 lb. 42.5043.50, lb. 1.00-2.00 higher. Choice 400-500 lb. 39.00-42.25, Slaughter cows sold mostly 500400 lb. 38.75-41.50, 600400 1.00 higher with most upturn lb. 39.25-42.00, bulk 40.50- noted on canner and cutter. 42.00, 800-975 lb. 39.5041.50. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00, mixed Good and Choice 323- mostly 1.00-1.50 higher. 500 lb. 36.00-38.25, 500-700 lb. Slaughter heifers not well 35.75-40.50, majority 38.00- tested dosed 1.00 higher. 39.50, few 700-925 lb. 37.00- Salable receipts this week 40.25; Good 500-750 lb. 34.50- totaled near 21,300 compared 36.00. to 14,417 last week and 18,302 HEIFERS: Few Choice one year ago. /T 7 COMBINATION HOG & CATTLE PRESSURE WATERERS with built-in long-life features^ Dl. Preset ther mostats. WE SELL, SERVICE, & INSTALL E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. RDI Willow St. 2 Porcelainized steel troughs. 3. Individual x floats. 4. Individual trough cleaning outlets. 5. Straight line heat elements. 6. Fully insulated with ' polystyrene sheet. Non-corroding Celcon valves and polystyrene floats are component parts of all our water valves. Individual drains for upper and lower troughs. Easy access for service. IN STOCK 717-464-3321
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