6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 1, 1977
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THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS More government
l.Confimied from Page 9| _ HOGS
'* poultry production in recent months indicates that turkey . c ° ntinu e low. During the
m. tsr \ marketings during the first quarter of 1977 may be about the I^i^^..P?? uctlon ,° nay dochne seasonally sto 7 per
SkOAH % 4 same as hi 1976 cent, which could move hog prices into the mid-ISO’s at that
LIVESTOCK and MEAT time, according to the ERS.
Economic Research Service of USDA provides the ® Jj™ g ***** W**? f?S
« s following outlook- increase by a fourth over January-March of 1976. Pigs
f/t \ I “Feedlot placements this fall ran near to slightly below f pig crop-will
Hi mW/ V those of October-December 1975. Earlier this fall, un- SU^ y f^„ of i h '-^f r ’* alaughter hog ?;„ ,
favorable beef-corn price relationships did not encourage under pressure. Prospects, for a
Then was Jesus led up of the spmt into the wilderness expanded placements. However, harvesttime com prices stn ?2? er hog market early next year may well hinge on how
to be tempted of the devil and more favorable steer prices are expected to raise first ”^ l^ o C^^.f^ ot _J n Y entories K ff e tinned. H heavy
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, half 1977 placements five to six per cent over early 1976. «*““* *» « substantial percentage of
he was afterward an hungred. while this noints to more fed beef later in 1977 the lower feedlot Placements this fall and placements continue near the
And when the tempter came to him, he said, if thou October 1 inventory of lightweight cattle on feed and fall year earlier > beef supplies could be somewhat larger than
command,MO*,, tone, to no* jL%bStot£ “
m.! he amwtred art ,««i. ll„ mate*, Ha* stall M tlcalariy Md th. spring It nonfrf slaighUr cornu's to P" O6
St Matthew 4 1-4 pounds each quarter, and beef consumption would be 2-3 P®[ k production should slow, seasonally output may be
pounds per person below this past summer and fall. reduced five to seven per cent.
With moderate supply reductions, beef and cattle prices
are expected to increase gradually throughout the winter and KPOW Wh6f6 th© ActlvitiGS Will
spring. Choice steer prices likely will average in the low to _ . , ,
mid-s4o’s per cwt., with the bulk of their strength coming KG3u ImG reHTTI WOfTIGn C3i6Dd3r.
with seasonally strong demand in the spring.
Calendar ———
[Confinued from Page 10] Loan office, Butler, 10 Uvm OA OH OO
come tax. Holiday Inn, ajn. to 3:30 p.m. Ad- . IfliTV TH. /I), / | //.
Meadville, 10 a.m. to 3:30 vance registration J 9 9 9
registration required, Jan. 7 FOLIf CI3VS tllSt COLIICI
contact your county No-Till Convention for ■ I '■! V ! -
Jan. 6 gabber on co. change your work habits.
ancaster County com and Delaware at Gettysburg w J '„ - “
tobacco show, 12 noon at Sheraton Inn, program [rpy Rpn]
the Farm and Home begins at 9:45 a.m. and U CA " bU J _ _ _
Center lasts through mid af
ancaster County FFA temoon. fcuol Phinfl MMVVCI B^fl
small gasoline engines Sunday, Jan. 9 heating oil B ~ »ir>lk /ir~K ITB
contest, 1:30 p.m. at Annual meeting of the IHEAT,NGl HEAT,NG ° ,L J ■ EQUIPMENT"
Elizabethtown High Pennsylvania Junior .»yi. 1+ I
School. Guernsey Breeders, 1:30 AIR CONDITIONING MUStGDQ QO6S ft better. LOHQSr.
rea meeting on farm in- " p.m. in Parlor Aof the MO^JT^ y ’ PA ' Division of A& C Equipment Co.. 780 East Main Street, New Holland, Pa. 717/354-4241
come tax at Friendship Farm Show Building, Ph. 653-1821
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