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OCT. 17-23, 1977
Wind and rain whips, trees are stripped.
Dogs bay most now Albert Einstein arrived in U S from Ger
many Oct 17, 1933 First quarter of the moon Oct 19
Average length of days for the week, 10 hours, 52 minutes
Barometer invented Oct 19,1644 USS Constitution (Old Iron
sides) launched in Boston Oct 21, 1797 To live is to change and to
be perfect is to have changed often (Cardinal Newman)
Ask the Old Farmer: Can you
tell me the origin of "Cambric
Tea," which was a Sunday
breakfast treat when I was a
young girl in the '2os 7 It was
weak tea with sugar and milk
WH, Lincoln, Nebraska
Cambric tea, as we have known
it, was hot water, a few drops of
milk, and maybe sugar The name originated, as far as we know, with a
Methodist parson, Rev John Patterson, who reckoned that cambric indi
cated something delicate 'Twas so
Home Hints An extra cookie sheet can be improvised by stretching a piece
of aluminum foil o\er the top of an empty muffin tin
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England Cold and rainy with 3-5" snow in north through
Thursday warm, sunny but cooling at end of week
Greater New York-New Jersey Sunny and pleasant with some
cold days throughout the week
Middle Atlantic Coastal Sunm and warm to start, then cloudy
and cold by Tuesday, variable with light showers for week's end
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Clear and mild through Saturday,
Sunday brings partly sunny with showers west
Florida: Fair with a few showers south through Friday, weekend
promises showers
Upstate N Y.-Toronto & Montreal Some showers and cold
through Thursday, mild weekend expected
Greater Ohio Valley. Cloudy and mild through Wednesday, re
mainder of week clear and warm with light showers Sunday
Deep South. Sunnv through Friday, week's end hotter and sunny
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes. Week begins cloudy and cool
through Wednesday, remainder of week clear and pleasant
Northern Great Lakes Mostly sunny and hot through Thursday,
rainy and cooler for weekend
Central Great Plains Mostly clear and very warm to start, then
cloudv and ram west through Friday, week's end rainy and mild
Texas-Oklahoma Sunm, warm with showe-s north through
Wednesday cloudv and hot centra! for lemamder of week
Rocky Mountain Rain with mountain snows through Thursday,
expect cooler temperatures and ram o\er weekend
Southwest Desert Clouds w.th mattered showers all week
Pacific Northwest PartK cloud\ with some ram cooler all week
California Cloudier and tool thiough Thursday, ram hea\ y south,
snov\ in mountains at end of week
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It has been estimated that the Great Salt Lake in Utah
■>ntain 400 millions tons of common salt
Saturday, Octabar IS, 1977
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CATTLE 224. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market;
Choice slaughter steers
39.10-40.85, Good 35.85-39.00,
Standard 32.25-36.00, Utility
27.00-31.50. Good slaughter
heifers 38.60-40.25, Standard
34.50-37.00, Utility 27.50-
32.00. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 24.35-25.85,
Cutters 22.25-24.50, Canner &
Low Cutters 19.50-23.00,
Shells down to 16.00. Good
slaughter bullocks 34.00-
36.50, Standard 28.60-32.25.
CALVES 152. Choice
vealers 63.50-67.00, Good
42.50-60.00, Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 37.0046.50, 90-110
lbs. 28.50-38.00, Standard 70-
90 lbs. 23.00-29.00.
HOGS 260. US No. 1-2 190-
230 lbs. barrows & gilts 41.00-
42.35, No. 1-3 200-230 lbs.
39.60-41.25, No. 2-3 190-230
lbs. 37.00-39.50. US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs. sows 37.50-39.50,
No. 2-3 300-600 lbs. 31.25-
32.00 Boars 23.00-26.75.
FEEDER PIGS 330. US
No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
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Carlisle
Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
October 11,1977
Middieburg
Auction
CATTLE 351. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter steers; Choice
IDSO-1350 lbs. 42.00-43.85,
Good 950-1375 lbs. 40.00-43.10,
Standard 35.0040.00, Utility
30.00- Choice 1000-1150
lbs. slaughter heifers 40.00-
43.10, Good 950-1250 lbs.
35.0040.00, Standard 30.00-
35.00, Utility 25.00-30.00.
Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 24.00-28.25,
Cutters 23.00-26.50, Canner'
and Low Cutters 21.50-23.00,
Shells down to 17.00. Good
slaughter bullocks 34.00-
37.75, Standard 32.00-34.00.
Yield Grade No. 1, 1200-1900'
lbs. slaughter bulls 32.00-
35.75; Yield Grade No. 2,800-
1200 lbs. 24.00-32.00.
CALVES 205. Prime
vealers 70.00-72.50, Choice
60.00- Good 55.00-60.00,
Standard and Good 110-130
lbs. 38.00-55.00, 90-110 lbs.
32.00- Standard 70-90
16.50-22.50 per head, No. 1-3
30-50 lbs. 24.00-29.00 per
head.
SHEEP 11. Good woled
slaughter lambs 42.5048.50.
lbs. 25.00-32.00. Farm
Calves: Holstein bulls 95-115
lbs. 35.00-52.00.
HOGS 535. (Oct. 10, 1977)
US No. 1-2 210-230 lbs.
barrows and gilts 42.2543.40,
No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 41.00-
42.25, No. 2-3 250-300 lbs.
40.0041.00. US No. 1-3 300-650
BEEFALO HYBRID
CATTLE
45 LIMOUSIN-HEREFORD CROSS COWS
Bred Beefalo For Sale
- Rapid gams on grass and roughage
- 55-65 lb. Births - up to 1100 lb yearling
- Test data show 62 percent carcass dress out
- We stock and distribute Pureblood Beefalo
Semen and Half-Blood Beefalo heifers and
bulls.
- Visit our farm and see our animals.
SEMEN *l2 an ampule
NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR 3 /< BULLS & HEIFERS
BEEFALO N & J
4270 Quakerbridge Road
Princeton, NJ 08540
609-896-0336
Member World Beefalo Association
lbs. sows 32.00-38.25. Boars
200-710 lbs. 25.50-30.50.
FEEDER PIGS 359. US
No. 1-3 10-15 lbs. feeder pig s
8.50-15.00 per head, No. 1-3
15-25 lbs. 15.00-23.00, No. 1-3
25-40 lbs. 23.00-35.00 i'«
head, Utility 40-60 lbs. 35.01®
42.00 per head.