Bergland wants beef advice
WASHINGTON, D.C. - costs of hay and mixed feeds,
Secretary of Agriculture Bob and, in some areas, expenses
Bergland hag sent telegrams of having to haul water
to members of the Cattle because of drought. Since
Adisory Committee asking February 1976 livestock feed
for ideas on “what action I prices have increased nine
might take as secretary or P* r cent, while beef cattle
what changes in legislation prices declined about three
might be beneficial” to per cent. Baled alfalfa hay,
livestock producers. for example, averaged $80.30
Reports reaching the U.S. a ton nationally in February,
Department of Agriculture compared with $69.90 a year
(USDA) indicate some beef earlier. Beef steers and
rattle producers are selling heifers marketed at an
off livestock due to rising average of $35.70 per cwt.
PUBLIC AUCTION
THURSDAY, APRIL 14,1577
V/z miles South of REBUCK in Lower
Northumberland County, Pa.; 3 miles East of
Red Cross and Route 225; 18 miles south of
Sunbury; (watch for sale signs along the Red
Cross to Rebuck Road on the day of sale).
5 - TRACTORS - 5
OUTSTANDING LINE OF FARM MACHINERY
MF 510 diesel combine, 14’ grainhead with pickup
reel, 23.1 x 26 tires and spacers, 4 row 30” 421 cornhead,
good condition; MF 1100 diesel tractor, double hyd.
outlets, pressure control, nice condition; MF 65 WFE 2
spool hyd. valve assembly, 1600 hours; Fannail M with
live hyd. PTO, hyd. drawbar; Farmall C with Super kit
and WFE; Oliver 70 tractor; 575 Oliver 5-16 high
clearance Semi-mounted auto-reset plow with spring
loaded Coulters and Cover boards; 74 MF 4-14 mounted
plow with cover boards; Oliver 100 3-14 hyd. trailer
plow; 10’ 3-bar chisel plow with spring loaded teeth and
gauge wheels, never used; Oliver 10’ transport type
disk; Int. 9’ disk; NH 479 haybine with floating cutter
bar, like new; Gehl FC72 flail chopper; NH 616 har
vester with cornhead; auger-type sQage blower with
pipe; NH 77 baler with electric start Wisconsin motor;
MF 135 heavy duty 7’ special hyd. all-angle mower; IH
7’ mower with power lift; AC PTO 4-bar rake; MH 2
row self-propelled cornpicker with 6 cylinder motor;
No. 16 McD 16 disk grain drill; MF 3 pt. 4 row corn
planter; NI twin spinner 3 pt. spreader; Int. PTO and
MH No. 15 manure spreaders; 4 section harrow; 10’i
cultipacker; 11’ wooden drag; scope with hyd. 6%’
bucket for M; 8’ blade; Oliver cultivator; wheel
weights; (8) 65 lb. front-end weights; sway-bar control
for 65 tractor; (2) flat-bed wagons; (2) hyd. dump 10’
corn traders; small side unloading silage trailer; PTO
hyd. dump; .tractor chains; 27’ bale and corn and 30”
single-chain elevators; single and double action
cylinders, some heavy duty with depth control; 550 gal.
water tank with hose; PTO seeder; 2 drum weed
sprayer'for Hor C tractors; 12” post bole digger 250
Amp. electric welder. Motor driven on trader
acetylene torch with tanks and cart; 110 volt DC
generator with motor; platform scale; lawn roller;
7:50 x 20 tires and wheels; electric fencers, posts and
wire; welding cable; hyd. jacks; wall drillpresses;
Bench grinder with sickle grinding attachment; 1% ton
chain hoist; gas heater; animal clipper pipe vise,
cutter and threader; electric motors; 6” endless belt;
tarps; rope blocks; log and truck chains; litter carrier
with track; 1%” galv. and plastic pipe; portable
pump; hillside hitch; plow shears; pulleys; cant hook!
Hay Hcok; ice tongs; saddler’s bench; farrier’s box;
flail; steelyard; wooden pulleys; gear oil; steel sash;
fence stretcher; misc. carpenter, hand tools, and
wrenches; electric brooders; chicken crates, feeders
and fountains; egg washer and baskets; dry cedar
lumber; other lumber; Bite-way milkers; Strainers;
other items not listed.
’57 Ford V 8 F5OO Truck with Cattle Rack
’4B Ford F 6 Dump Truck ’5O Dodge U-tag Dump Truck
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AMD COLLECTIBLES
Coal kitchen warmer (2) waterfall bedroom suites;
dinette set with 8 chairs; swivel rockers; tables;
stands; floor lamps; Smokers; high chair; crib; grill
with rotisserie; dishes; cooking utensils; jars; books;
swing-type butter chum; butter mold; meat saws;
drawing knife; wooden planes; agateware; huckster
scales; Avon bottles; trunk;, oil light; crocks; gas
camp stove; other items.
LAWRENCE W. TROUTMAN
EFFIE J. TROUIMAN
R.D. 1, Dornsife, Pa.
(717)758-2953
Reason for sale—Fams have been sold.
This equipment is in excellent condition, ready to go!
Plan now to attend and be prepared to buy. Bank letter
required from out-of-state buyers.
Lunch Available.
Order of Sale: Small items off wagon, Farm
Equipment, Household Items.
Seiler and Deibert, Auctioneers
425-2180 or 425-3313
At 9:30 A.M.
Owners,
this February, $36.80 a year
earlier.
Although consumers have
benefitted from retail beef
price drops of about four per
cent over the past year,
heavy slaughter of beef
cattle this spring would
accelerate retail prices late
this year and into next year,
according to USDA
economists.
The Secretary’s telegram
says, One of the most
frustrating concerns to me
since taking office has been
the condtion of our livestock
industry... There are signs of
better times ahead for
livestock producers, but to
make sure, let’s, pursue
every means possible to
make this a reality. Please
study the situation and write
me your thoughts...! would
appreciate receiving your
answer as soon as possible.”
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
AD!
CONSIGNMENT SALE
6 miles south of Interstate 80 on Route 18 or
4 miles west of Route 60 on Route 208, 7/10
mile southwest of route 208 and 118
(cheeseplant), 3/10 mile west of Route 18 on
Heatherheights Road at David E. Byler’s Buggy
Shop.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16,1977
9:30 A.M.
Wanted: consignment of antiques, furniture, etc.
Horse drawn farm machinery, tools and
miscellaneous.
For information contact:
0. E. BYLER’S BUGGY SHOP
R. 1, Box 130
New Wilmington, Pa. 16142
W. E. “Buck” Miller auctioneers 216-534-1846
Bob White 412-652-1271
Dale Cunningham 412-924-2836
Bill Phillips 412-336-3092
PUBLIC SALE
POTATO FARMING EQUIPMENT
TUESDAY, APRIL 12,1977
At 11 A.M.
At 2376 Beliview Rd., Neffs, Lehigh Co., Pa.
(approx. 10 miles northwest of Allentown)
J. Deere 1520 gas tractor w/wide front end, etc.;
Ford 8N tractor; Farmall M tractor; MC No. 203
combine w/No. 227 com bead, no grain head; JD 3 bot.
16” plow; Iron Age two row by speed potato planter;
MC two row potato planter; Cummings potato splitter;
3 pt. four row weeder; JD two row level bed potato
digger; two row home made potato harvester built
around a JD level bed digger; Myers Mity Mist hy
speed PTO sprayer w/fan; Boggs potato grader w/all
attachments ind. rubber brasher; 26’ bin stagger;
Brownie potato packer; several rubber belt con
veyors; (4) 2 whl. dump trailers, 2 are PTO dump & 2
are direct from tractor; 1600’ of new 3” plastic pipe;
JD two row coil tooth tool bar cultivator; 3 pt. four row
weeder; Wood Bros. C-80 rotary cutter; spike tooth
"harrow; (2) JD hy pressure cylinders; lot of extra 26”
potato digger chain; lot of 24” rubber belting; (200) 5/8
baskets; 100 lb. burlap potato bags; PTO tractor grass
seeder; potato crates; 500 lb. platform scale; (3) air
drying fans; plus other articles too numerous to
mention.
Refreshments served.
Terms: Cash or check, day of sale.
Sale ordered by,
CHARLES W. HOFFMAN
Sale conducted by;
Ralph Zettlemoyer Auction Co.
Tele. - (215) 285-4616
FFA foundation
launches fund drive
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - In
a campaign to meet the
increasing financial needs of
the Future Farmers of
America, the FFA Foun
dation Sponsoring Com
mittee has launched a
program aimed at receiving
donations of $lOO, or more,
from a variety of in
dividuals.
FFA membership, at over
500,000 in 1976, is at a record
high this year which is
placing an additional burden
on the Foundation’s financial
resources. As a result, the
Committee is calling on
anyone who is interested in
the future of U.S. agriculture
and its youth to contribute to
this worthwhile cause.
“Youg people are
responding to the needs of
U.S. agriculture in ever
greater numbers,” says
Clarke A. Nelson, group vice
president of the Carnation
Company and the Chairman
elect of the FFA Sponsoring
Committee this year.
“The production of food
and clothing for the world’s
billions has an urgency
that’s unprecedented in
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 9,1977
history,” Mr. Nelson adds.
“Because this country is the
world’s greatest producer of
food and fiber,
agriculture has taken on an
importance unheard of a few
years ago.” Donations can be sent to
FFA activities are entirely Donald N. McDowell,
funded by member dues and executive director, FFA
outside contributions. Foundation Sponsoring
Donations to the FFA Committee, P. 0. Box 5117,
Foundation are used for a Madison, Wisconsin 53705
Sale reports
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Sechrist
Sales Company, Inc.
Livestock Auction
Stewartstown, Pa.
April 4,1977
Cattle 188 Steers - High
Choice- and Prime $37.50 &
38.25, Good Choice $37.00 &
37.25, Good $ 35.00 & 36.50,
Standard Good $34.00 & 34.75,
Holsteins Good $32.00 &
33.50, Standard to Good
$30.00 & 31.50.
Heifers - High Choice and
Prime $32.00 & 33.50, Good to
Choice $31.50 & 31.75, Good
$31.00 & 31.25, Standard Good
$30.00 & 30.75, Holsteins
Good $29.50 & 29.75, Standard
Good $28.00 & 29.00.
Feeder Steers - Good and
Choice absent, Standard
Good $39.50 & 40.25, Utility
$35.00 & 37.50.
Bulls - Good and Choice
PUBLIC sale
OF FARM EQUIPMENT, '
DAIRY CATTLE, HOUSEHOLD GOODS
THURSDAY, APRIL 14,1977
At 10 A.M.
Located along Maple Grove Road (between
Fivepointville and Bowmansville), Brecknock
Township, Lancaster County, Pa.
17 HOLSTEIN COWS
7 HEIFERS (4 months to springing)
410 Massey Combine (14’ head); John Deere B
tractor (on steel); OC 3 tractor with loader and parts;
IHI6 harvester; 2IH blowers and 8” pipe; 2 false end
gate wagons (grove); flat bed wagon; 3 bottom Oliver
trailer plow; IH 203 2 bottom plow (3 point); Oliver 2
bottom plow (3 point); Stauffer 2 row tobacco planter;
IH horse cultivator; Ferguson 3 point cultivator; John
Deere 24 KBA disc; JD 490 corn planter; 331 New
Holland manure spreader; IH 100 balance mower (3
point); IH 46 baler; AC bale thrower; Oliver grain
drill; Bear Cat Hammermill; 2-1500 gallon water tanks
(1 with trailer); 3 point sprayer; tobacco hoer (self
propelled); grain auger (6” x 25’).
10 TON HAY
5 TON EAR CORN
7 hp. Pettie Diesel with generator; 250 gallon Esco
bulk tank; stainless steel tubs; 2 Surge milkers; S.S.
strainers; 2 SP 11 pumps; 25 milk cans; cream
separator.
Farrow crates; hog self feeder; bale box; egg
grader; grind stone and motor; tobacco lathe.
Lumber-12” bam siding - 4 in. x 4 in. - 3 in. x 5 in. - 2
in. x 4 in.; window sash; table saw; Wisconsin
engine(lohp.).
Poultry dressing equipment; Pick-Wick solder
(S.S.); Pick-Wick basket type picker (S.S.); Toledo
scales (electric); hanging funnels; 100 half bushel
baskets; parts - 203 IH combine; Oliver haybine; hay
rake; discs; scrap metal; electric motors; tires; bolts;
pipe fittings; parts bins, Remington 754 Chain Saw.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Double and single beds; box spring and mattress (2
single); 2- oil space heaters; 2 cribs; Columbia Cook
Stove; wash machine; porch chairs; dated canning
jars and many other articles to be sold.
Sale at 10:00 A.M.
Terms by,
AMMON M. ZIMMERMAN
T. Glenn Horst, Auctioneer
859-1331
Not responsible for accidents
REFRESHMENTS
variety of FFA programs
including proficiency
awards, contests, leadership
development, and many
oilier national and local ac
tivities.
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Commercial $34.00 & 35.00,
Standard to Good $32.00 &
33.00, Utility to Standard
$29.00 & 31.00.
Cows - High Yearling
Commercial $30.00 & 30.50,
Cutters $29.00 & 29.75,
Canners Low Cutters $27.00
& 28.50, Shells $22.00 & 25.00.
Calves 111 Calves - Choice
and Prime $70.00 & 75.00,
Good and Choice $65.00 &
68.00, Standard and Good
$55.00 & 62.00, Utility to Good
110-140 lbs. $50.00 & 54.00,
Utility 90-110 lbs. $30.00 &
45.00, Culls $15.00 & 25.00.
Hogs 132 Hogs - U.S. No. 1
and 2 200-220 lbs. $36.25 &
36.50, U.S. No. 1 and 3 230-240
lbs. $35.50 & 35.75, US.S No. 1
and 3, 180-250 lbs. $35.00 &
35.25.
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