t—Lancaster Farming, Saturd DEC. 5-11, 1977 Better do your shopping 'fore the snow starts dropping. Don't wait until last minute to send Christmas cards Cartoonist Rube Goldberg died Dec 7, 1970 New moon Dec 10 Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 9 minutes Hanukah Dec 5 King Edward VII abdicated Dec 11, 1936 He who prizes little things is worthy of great ones Home Hints; Kerosene will soften boots and shoes hardened by water OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Warm and rainy to start, then rain with snow north at midweek, week's end brings partly sunny, very cold with light snow in north Greater New York-New Jersey: Heavy ram and warm through Tuesday, then partly sunny with seasonal showers for week's end Middle Atlantic Coastal: Heavy rain and warm through Tuesday, remainder of week is partly cloudy with a few showers Pied- mt & Southeast Coastal: Rainy and warmer to start, scat tered howers, heavier in the north from Wednesday to week's end Florida; Week begins with showers in west, hot, midweek brings milder temperatures, some clouds, weekend is fair, cold, freeze north Upstate N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Rainy and mild to start, Wednesday brings colder temperatures, rain then snow for re mainder of week Greater Ohio Valley: Ram, then clearing and warm through Wednesday, light ram or sleet expected for remainder of week (All Rignt? Reserved, Yankee, Inc, Dublin, NH 03444) more Deutz does \t . ao d machined - , th air-cooled diesels s£&*** tr&w *** nee <SAV DOVTZ) . nQ head gaskets >=e*' h t 0 sr 2 e^he-«%e ,V Se<racw for yours* st«« a val ' at surpr' low P r '° Tractoi Decembers. 1977 old x Livestock market and auction news 'Ml* ■ , r. (ContmutfiJ itu"’ JSfs ofN - v ' if AH At Ask the Old Farmer: My father-in law used to request the amount of pie he wished with three sizes The one 1 remember is 'Tight smart chance" for large Can you fill in the other two 7 SK, Jackson, Wyoming It sounds like some of our hunting friends, sizing up a duck flock They used to tell about a good chance, a smart chance, and a fair chance STAUFFER DIESEL, INC. 312 W. Main St. New Holland, Pa. Ph. 717-354-4181 (ContmutfiJ uo'” Page 7) of N.Y. fresh 575-1590; load of Pa. fresh 630-830; load of Ti N.J. springers 410-800; bred heifers 275-400; springing heifers 475-625; open heifers 125-300; local cows 510-970; bulls 290-380; herd dispersal 32 "head in all stages of lactation 315-640; herd dispersal 15 Jerseys,in all stages of lactation 200-570; herd dispersal 30 head in all stages of lactation 325-550; herd dispersal 19 head in all stages of lactation 400-800. Baltimore USDA November2B, 1977 CATTLE 375; Slaughter steers and heifers steady oh limited test. Cows .50-.75 higher, not enough bulls on offer for a market test. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4 1000-1300 lbs. 40.0041.00; Good & Choice 2- 41000-1300 lbs. 38.2540.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 24 800-1000 lbs. 36.00- 38.00; part load mixed Good & Choice 2-3 900 lbs. 35.00. COWS: -Utility 2-3 23.75- 26.50; few low Dressing Utility 2-3 22.00-23.35; Commercial 34 22.10-24.10; Cutter 1-2 20.75-23.50. FEEDER CATTLE: Scattered lots Good & Choice steers 400-550 lbs. 32.00- 35.25; few Good & Choice heifers 475-575 lbs. 25.00- 28.00. HOGS 600: Compared to last Monday Barrows & Gilts $2.50 higher US 1-2 200-240 lbs. 42.50-43.00; US 2-3 230- 260 lbs. 42.00-42.50. SOWS: Steady to 50 cents higher. US 1-3 300-600 lbs. 31.50-32.00; few at 32.50. VEAL & CALF AUC TION 60: Prune Vealers 150- 250. lbs. 56.00-66.50; In dividual 68.00-73.00; -Choice 135-200 lbs. 49.00-55.00; Good & Choice 100-175 lbs. 35.00- 42.00; 75-100 lbs. 26.00-34.50. Belleville Auction Belleville, Pa. November 23,1977 CATTLE 165. Compared with last Wednesday’s market, slaughter cows 75 cents to $2.75 higher. Few Utility slaughter steers 27.25-27.85. Couple Standard slaughter heifers 30.00 and 30.10. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 24.50-27.50, couple to 28.10, Cutters 22.75- 25.50, Canner & Low Cutter 21.00-23.00, Shells down to TRIPLE THREAT-RED TRIPLE PLUS RED HOT A daughter; Tora Triple Threat LuLu VG-87 2.01 2x 171 d 10.522 M 3.8% 404BFinc. 29H2775 HANOVER-HILL TRIPLE THREAT-RED R 1629391 VG-87 GM USDA 10-77 Rpt. 80% 102 D. 74H. 16.383 M 3.7% ’ 6098 F PD +s7o +6O4M +.07% +32BF HFA Vol. 11l PDT +1.56 Rpt. 70% TRIPLE THREAT HAS JUST RECEIVED HIS GOLD MEDAL RATING TRIPLE THREAT is a son of Telstar EX & EXTRA Dam: Tara-Hills Pride Lucky Barb EX 94 2E 5-05 2x 342 d 22.168 M 4.65% Now available at AMERICAN BREEDERS SERVICE POVERTY-HOLLOW GAY MAN EX-90 GM PD Milk +s73 +BOIM -.03% +2SBF Daus. ave. 19.420 M! PD Type +1.37 Sire: Selling Rockman Ex & Extra Bangor, PA Ephrata, PA Gap, PA Hoitwood, PA Landisville, PA Port Murray, NJ Reading, PA Richland, PA Shippensburg, PA Thomasvilte, PA Whitehouse Station, NJ West Grove, PA DBS 19.00. Few Yield Grade #1 1100-1900 lbs. slaughter bulls 30.25-33.00. Few Good 300-500 lbs. feeder steers 28.00-34.00. CALVES 170. Vealers grading Standard & Good 70- 110 lbs. $7 to $lO lower. Few Choice vealers 47.00-57.00, few Good 38.00-48.00, few Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 33.00- 90-110 lbs. 29.00- 34.50, Standard 70-85 lbs. 23.00- Utility 50-75 lbs. 5.00- Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 40.00- HOGS 269. Barrows & gilts 50 cents to sl.so'higher. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. barrows & gilts 42.10-42.90, No. 1-3 200- 240 lbs. 40.8041.90, few lots No. 2-3 190-265 lbs. 38,00- 40.75, No. 24 270-300 lbs.- 38.00*39.00, No. 1-3 160495 lbs. 34.00-36.85. US 350-675 lbs. sows 32.25-37.00, few No. 2-3 300-500 lbs. 28.00- 32.50. Few Boars 19.00-23.00. FEEDER PIGS 436. US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 9.50-18.50 per head, No. 1-3 35-60 lbs. 17.00-29.50, Utility 25-75 lbs. 7.50-23.00 per head. SHEEP 13. Few Good & Low Choice 50-100 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs Eric Heinsohn Darvin Yoder Lynn Gardner Paul Herr James Charles Robert Kayhart Robert Greider Paul Martin Jerry Babonis Ira Boyer Robert Colburn Maurice Stump 40.00-48.00. Few Slaughter ewes 8.00-15.50. Belleville, Pa. November 30,1977 CATTLE 226. Compared with last Wednesday’s market, slaughter cows sl'to $2 lower. Individual Good slaughter steers at 38.50, few Utility 29.00-31,75. Utility and Commercial slaughter cows 23.00-25.50, couple to 26.00, Cutters 21.75-24.50, Canner and low Cutters 19.50- Shells down to 15.50. Few Yield Grade No. 1, 1000-1550 lbs. slaughter bulls 28.75-32.50. Few dioice 400-600 lbs. feeder heifers 25.50- CALVES 199. Vealers grading Standard and Good 70-110 lbs. $1 to $3 lower. Choice vealers 58.00-72.00, Good 44.00-55.00, Standard and Good 110-130 lbs. 34.00- 44.00, 90-110 lbs. 25.00-33.50, Standard 60-85 lbs. 22.00- 27.00, Farm Calves; Holstein bulls 90-115 lbs. 30.0047.00. HOGS 289. 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