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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 26.1977
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NOV. 28-DEC 4, 1977
It's sad. but weather's pretty bad.
Time to don your woolies Holy Bible translated into English
Dec 4, 1611 Last quarter of the moon Dec 3 Geese now in
the south Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 18
minutes Boston's disastrous Cocoanut Grove fire Nov 28, 1942
The devil can cite Scripture for hts purpose (Shakespeare)
Ask the Old Farmer: My father
used to say that he could tell
whether a rough winter was in
store by the condition of the beets
in his garden He 1 would tell us a
little ditty about it, but I can't
remember how it went Can you
help 7 FE, Pontiac, Mich
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We remember one about onions,
nothing about beets It goes, "Onion skin is very thin, mild winter is com
ing in Oman skin is thick and tough, winter will be cold and rough "
Home hints: Vinegar is better than turpentine for keeping paint brushes
pliable
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Cooler with light ram to start, then fair at midweek
with a chance of 3-5 inches snow north, cold with light snow for
week's end
Greater New York-New Jersey: Scattered ram and colder through
Wednesday, remainder of week brings sleet changing to ram and
warming
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rainy and warm through Tuesday, then
cloudy and cold at midweek, heavy ram and warm for week's end
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; Cold with some rain and snow m
mountains through Wednesday, cloudy with light ram and flurries
west for remainder of week
Florida: Partly cloudy, hot, showers west through Tuesday, then
fair and cooler at midweek, cloudy with light showers over
weekend
Upstate N.Y.-Tdronto & Montreal; Ram changing to snow
through Wednesday, cold with flumes for remainder of week
Greater Ohio Valley: Colder and rainy through Wednesday, clear
ing and warming expected for the remainder of week
Deep South: Clear to start, then hot and showery spell, weekend is
cooler and rainy
Chicago & Southern Great lakes: Week starts cloudy and cool
through Wednesday, intermittent ram and mild promised for re
mainder of week
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Cloudy and seasonal with
light snow west and heavier snow east throughout week
Central Great Plains: Partly cloudy, seasonal, showery through
Wednesday, snow north, snow and ram south for week's end
Texas-Oklahoma: Week begins partly cloudy, cool, frost north,
few showers, then colder with showers south
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Chambersburg
Auction
November 17,1977
CATTLE 448. Compared
with last Thursday’s
market, slaughter steers
steady to 50 cents lower.
Slaughter cows $1.25 to $2
lower. Few Choice slaughter
steers 39.85-42.50, Good 36.60-
39.85, Standard 32.75-35.75,
Utility 28.00-32.50. Few
Choice slaughter heifers
35.75- Good 33.75-35.00,
Standard 30.00-33.25, few
Utility 25.25-29.00. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows
23.00- couple 26.25,
Cutters 22.50-24.50, Canner &
Low Cutter 20.00-22.50, Shells
Down to 18.00. Yield Grade
No. 11200-2300 lbs. slaughter
bulls 29.5033.00.
CALVES 726. Vealers
grading Good & Choice about
steady; Standard & Good 70-
110 lbs. $1.50-$3 lower. Few
Prime vealers 74.00-78.00,
Choice 623.00-74.50, Good
51.00- Standard & Good
110-130 lbs. 40.00-50.00, 90-110
lbs. 36.50-41.00, Standard 65-
85 lbs. 33.00-38.00, Utility 50-
100 lbs. 12.00-30.00. Farm
calves, hoMein bulls &
heifers 90-120 lbs. 40.0053.00,
couple to 55.00.
HOGS 130. Barrows & gilts
25 cents to 75 cents lower.
Few lots US No. 1-2 200-220
lbs. barrows & gilts 40.00-
41.00, No. 1-3 220-250'lbs.
38.75- US No. 1 300-500
lbs. sows 33.00-39.00, Utility
200-400 lbs. 24.50-30.50. Boars
24.75-
FEEDER PIGS 190. US
No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
13.50-20.50 per head, No. 1-3
3550 lbs. 20.00-27.00, Utility
20-30 lbs. 6.50-10.00 per head.
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S. K. SHOTZBERGEB. INC.
LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTATION
Gene Zwally, President
Marvin Johns, Secy.-Treasurer
P.O. Box, 925, Lancaster, Pa. 17604
Phone: 393-4641 (day or night)
BEEFALO SEMEN SALE
Dealer Close Out
$6 per ampule, 50 amps or approx. 200 amps
with tank included.
$7 per ampule, 25 amps or more
$8 per ampule, 10 amps or more
Semen from Basolo sires HG-13, HB-14 & HB-9
WALNUT HOLLOW FARM
Creek Road, Pipersville, Pa. 18947
215-795-2452
Every Wednesday at 12 Noon
At David Good’s Farm Equipment Sale
North Maple Ave., Leola, PA
Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
November 21,1977
CATTLE 347. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter steers 75 cents to
$2 higher. Slaughter cows 25
cents to $1.50 lower. High
Choice & Prime slaughter
steers 43.00-45.50, Choice
42.50- Good 38.50-41.50,
Standard 35.00-38.00, Utility
28.00- Choice slaughter
heifers 37.00-40.00, Good
33.50- Standard 29.00-
33.00, Utility 23.50-2i8.50.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 24.00-26.50,
few to 27.50, Cutters 22.00-
24.00, Canner & Low Cutter
21.00- Shells down to
16.00, Good slaughter
bullocks 32.00-36.00, Stan
dard 30.50-34.50, Utility 26.00-
29.00, Yield Grade #1 1000-
2000 lbs. slaughter bulls
32.00- yield grade §2
900-1600 lbs. 29.00-33.00. Few
Medium & Good 400-600 lbs.
feeder steers 28.00-35.00; few
Medium & Good 400-600 lbs.
21.00-
CALVES 434. Vealers 50
cents to $1 lower, instances
$3 lower. Choice vealers
66.00- Good 57.00-68.50,
Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
50.00- 90-110 lbs. 47.50-
54.00, Standard 70-90 lbs.
33.00- Farm calves,
bolstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
49.00- holstein heifers
85-115 lbs. 45.00-58.00.
HOGS 203. Barrows & gilts
$2.50 to $3.25 higher. US No.
1-2 200-240 lbs. barrows &
gilts 42.00-44.25, No. 1-3 200-
250 ,lbs. 41.00-42.00, No. 2-3
200-260 lbs. 40.50-41.50, No. 1-
3 150-180 lbs. 32.50-36.00. US
No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows
33.00-36.00, No. 2-3 400-600
lbs. 30.50-33.00. Boars 22.00-
28.00.
FEEDER PIGS 65. US No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 8.00-
20.00 per head, No>l-3 35-50
lbs. 12.00-25.00 per head.
SHEEP 20. Good & Choice
70-110 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 44.00-51.00.
Lancaster.
Feeder Cattle
Lancaster, Pa.
Friday, November 18,1977
Feeder Cattle
1421
1327
Today
Last Friday
TREND: Compared to last
Friday feeder steers mostly
steady. Majority of cattle
sold in lots of three or less.
FEEDER STEERS;
Choice lot 425 lbs. 38.50, 630-
905 lbs. 36.85-38.00, lot 860
lbs. 39.00; mixed Good and
Choice 535-1005 lbs. 34.00-
37.00, couple lots
Good few lots 8454125 lbs.
32.60-33.25; Holsteins two
lots Standard and Good 820-
855 lbs. 29.25-30.10.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Few
Choice 465-760 lbs. 28.00-
30.50, lot Good 540 lbs. 25.75.
Baltimore
USDA
November 21,1977
CATTLE 500: Slaughter
steers steady, slaughter
WE WILL HAUL
HAY, STRAW, &
GRAIN
To Local Auctions
or Buy Outright
Paid at Scales
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FARMS
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or 717-933-4377
I For higher production...
15H177 Shade-Acres WILLIE Star VS
Production: USDA Summary (Sept/77)
54 Daughters in 44 Herds Average 16.670 M 3.7% 612 F
Predicted Difference (69% rpt.) +939M+572 +IBF
The Willies are tall and dairy, have nice udders, and good
legs and feet. After calving, they get right to work! He's an
I vanhoe Star son out of a VG Apollo.
He’s available daily from all our Professional Technicians.
correction: the Bnntian Acres cow listed in last week's ad was not sired by ivanhoe Star
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heifers |l.OO higher on
limited test, cows steady,
bulls - not enough fro a
market test.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 2-4 1000-1300 lbs.
40.0041.50; Good & Choice 2-
438.0040.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 24 36,00-38.50.
COWS: Utility 2-3 22.50-
25.00: Cutter 1-219.75-22.35.
HOGS 900: Compared with
Thursday Barrows & Gilts 50
cents higher. US 1-2 200-240
lbs. 40.0040.50; US 2-3 230-
260 lbs. 39.5040.00.
SOWS: Steady to 50 lower.
US 1-3 300-600 lbs. 31.00-32.00.
VEAL & CALF AUCTION:
130: few Prime Vealers 200-
250 lbs. 52.0086.00; Choice
200-300 lbs. 40.00-50.00; Good
190-300 lbs. 28.00-39.00; Good
& Choice 75-100 lbs. 32.50
40.00; 100-125 lbs. 35.50-43.00.
Special
Sales
Abingdon, Va.
November?, 1977
There were 1281 head sold.
Ail steers were graded by
Representatives of the
VDAC’s Division of Markets,
Livestock Section on VDAC
standards and sold by the
hundredweight.
STEERS: Choice & Fancy
400-500 lbs, 39.50-42.50; 500
600 lbs. 38.25-39.75; 600-700
lbs. 38.00-39.90; 700-800 lbs.
37.25-38.40; 800-900 lbs. 36.00
37.30; 900-1000 lbs. 36.00
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