—Lancaster Farming, Saturda; 8 J&MEJt IMAHK NOV. 21-27, 1977 East or West, home's best. Repair tools now Robin Hood died Nov 24 1247 Happy Thanksgiving (Nov 24) Full Moon No\ 25 Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 28 minutes If foul or fair on the 25th, so will February be Disastrous Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston Nov 28, 1942 When wean happy we an always goad but when we are good we arc not always happy (Osiar Wildi) Ask the Old Farmer On hot days you often hear something making a buzz ing sound When I was a child people told me that it was a hot bug Could you tell me exactly what it is that makes this noise 7 PT, Miami Locust or cicada They arc cussed things if they get too numerous Home Hints To keep glasses or jars from cracking when boiling water is poured into them, place a si!ver_spoon in first OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Warm and sunny to start, cooler and light ram for week's end Greater New York New Jersey: Week begins clear and frosty, then clear and warm at midweek, scattered ram and colder at week's end Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear with a warm spell through Friday, rainy and warm for weekend. Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Warm spell, clear but clouding up by Saturday, cold, rainy, snow in mountains on Sunday Florida: Sunny and warm with showers south through Thursday, week's end is partly cloudy, hot, showers west Upstate N.Y. Toronto & Montreal: Clear and very warm through Wednesday, mild and some ram for remainder of week Greater Ohio Valley: Sunny, hot with showers south through Fri day, week's end rainy and colder Deep South; Cloudy, warmer, showers in mountains, rainy and cool at week's end Chicago & Southern Great Lakes; Clear and warm through Tues day, then thunderstorms except southeast, warm for remainder of week Northern Great Plains Great Lakes; Week begins sunny and mild, then mild with snow west, rain east by Saturday, cloudy Sunday Central Great Plains: Very warm, ram east, showers west, turning cold at end of week Texas Oklahoma: Cloudy, hot, heavy ram for most of the week Rocky Mountain: Clear, warm south, ram north, then ram and snow at midweek, week's end brings ram, snow north and west Southwest Desert: Intermittent light ram and cool through Friday, then sunny north, variable south at week's end Pacific Northwest: Ram with snow in mountains throughout the week California: Heavy ram and cool through Thursday, clearing with showers north and east for week's end (All Rights Reserved, Yankee, Inc, Dublin, N H 03444) (Continued from Page 7) 30.00- Standard Good 27.00- Feeder Steers - Good and Choice 35.50-36.00; Standard Good 32.00-33.50; Utility 30.00-31.50.8u11s - Good and Choice Com mercial 36.00-37.50; Stan dard to Good 35.00-35.50; Utiltiy to Standard 28.00- 33.00. Cows - High Yearling November 19,1977 mOLD Commercial 26.00-27.00; Cutters 25.00-25.50; Canners Low Cutters 23.00-24.50; Shells 18.00-22.00. CALVES 151 Calves - Choice and Prime 70.00- 74.00; Good and Choice 62.00- 66.00; Standard and Good 54.00-60.00; Utility to Good 110-140 lbs. 45.00-50.00; Utility 90-110 lbs. 32.00-40.00; Culls 24.00-30.00. HOGS 239 Hogs-U.S. No. 1 and 2,190-229 lbs. 39.75-40.25; U.S. No. 1 and 3,190-230 lbs. 39.25-39.50; U.S.No. 1 and 3, 180-250 lbs. 38.00-39.10. Sows - 250-375 lbs. 32.00-34.00; 400- 500 lbs. 28.00-31.00. Boars - 300-500 lbs. 25.00-27.00. SHEEP 6 Lambs - Good to Choice 42.00-50.00; Medium and Good 35.00-40.00. Ewes - 5.00-12.00. Private Treaty Fat Hogs, Select No. 1 and 2, 200-215 lbs. 39.00-39.50. Private Treaty Fat Hogs, No. 1 and 2,220-230 lbs. 38.50- 38.75. Private Treaty Fat Hogs, No. 1 and 3,220-250 lbs. 38.00- 38.25. EARL GERLACH - 717-367-1545 FOR MORE INFORMATION LIMITED NUMBER OF UNITS AVAILABLE. GET THE WHOLE FAMILY INVOLVED BROILER BREEDING HATCHING EGG UNIT LONGENECKER’S HATCHERY, INC. LONGENECKER'S HATCHING EGG UNITS ARE SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR EFFICIENT OPERATION. Dewart Auction - Dewart, Pa. November 14,1977 CATTLE 380: Compared with last Monday’s market, slaughter steers about steady. Few High Choice and Prime slaughter steers 41.85-42.50, Choice 2-4, 1000-1200 lbs. 39.50-41.60, Good 36.50-39.35, Standard 32.00- few Utility 30.00- Few Choice slaughter heifers 37.35-38.35,. few Good 33.35-36.25, Stan dard 28.00-32.50. Utility and Commercial slaughter cows 24.00- couple to 28.00, Cutters 23.00-25.75, Canner and low Cutter 21.00-23.25, Shells down to 16.00. In dividual Good slaughter bullock at 36.50, few Stan dard 29.50-34.50. Few Yield Grade No. 1, 1400-1800 lbs. 29.75-33.25. Good 275-500 lbs. CONSIDER A ELIZABETHTOWN, PA ESTABLISHED SINCE 1920 feeder steers 34.50-41.50. Mixed Medium and Good 250-500 lbs. feeder heifers 19.00- CALVES 222. Vealers about steady. Couple Prime vealers 74.00 and 75.00, Choice 56.00-65.00, Good 46.00- Standard and Good 110-130 lbs. 43.0047.00, 90-110 lbs. 39.0043.00, Stan dard 70-85 lbs. 37.0040.00. Farm Calves: Holstein bulls THINK AND THANK! We all have much to be grateful for to our God. “Forget not all His benefits.” Psalm 103:2 S. K. SHOTZBERGER, INC FOR CONTACT LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION Gene Zwally, President Marvin Johns, Secy.-Treasurer P.O. Box 925, Lancaster, PA 17604 Phone: 393-4641 (day or night) 90-115 and heifers 40.00-50.00. HOGS 287: Barrows a gilts $1 higher. US No. 1 200-230 lbs. barrows and gill 40-70-41.00, No. 1-3 200-24 lbs. 39.40-40.70, No. 2- 195-265 lbs. 38.00-39.70. U No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sov 33.00- No. 2-3 300-61 lbs. 28.75-32.50. Boai 24.00- Ibi IS ini
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