—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 31,1977 8 IHAHK JAN. 2-8, 1978 Winds unruly, don your woohes. It's bad luck to leave Christmas decorations up beyond this week Calvin Coohdge died Jan 5, 1933 New moon Jan 8 Average length of days for the week, 9 hours, 11 minutes (days begin to lengthen now) Look for meteors after midnight Jan 4 This week in 1924 a car crossed Sahara Desert in three days vs a camel in nine days He conquers who endures Ask the Old Farmer: Can you tell me if this prod uct is still available 7 When I was a child it was used to fill scratches on wooden surfaces A putty knife was heated then touched to a caramel stick substance There were different colors for duferent woods PB, St Louis What you are talking abo it is stick shellac, which does come in different colors You can use a soldering iron to melt it into a scratch if you don't want to heat your best butter knife Check your local hardware store Home Hints Use either cigarette lighter fluid or nail polish remover to remove bumper stickers OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England; Gale winds, cold and snowy through Wednesday, then snow 4-6 inches in south to 10-15 inches in the north, clear ing Greater New York-New Jersey: Some sun to start, then seasonal but rainy at midweek, week's end brings rain Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins fairly warm with light showers, then colder with some snow at midweek, week's end is sunny and mild Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Seasonal with showers through Saturday, Sunday cooler and partly sunny Florida: Some rain to start with warm temperatures, Wednesday through remainder of week sunny and hot Upstate N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal; Generally snowv north, cold east through Thursday, snowstorm east, partly sunny west for weekend Greater Ohio Valley: Mild and mostly sunny then cloudy and some rain or snow for midweek, clearing Deep South: Rain to start, then warmer by Wednesday weekend is sunny and warmer Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Week begins clear and very cold Ihen turning cloudy with some light snow, seasonal, sunny and mild for week's end Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes. Cloudy, very cold, flurries through Wednesday, sunny with flurries east for remainder of week Central Great Plains: Expect light snow north, heavier southeast, then turning sunny and mild Texas-Oklahoma; Sunny with shower c at time 1 ; to start with variable showers southwest through Friday, expect a sunny weekend Rocky Mountain: Rainy and mild with snow in mountains through Tuesday, remainder of week clearing but cold Southwest Desert: Sunny and warm with some rain through Wed nesday, fair, warm north, clearing south for rest of week Pacific Northwest: Rain, heavy snow east through Thursday, mild, drizzle north, some sun south for week's end California. Rain, heavy snow in mountains to midweek, sunny, frost inland through week's end (All Rights Reserved Yankee Inc Dublin NH (H 444) Store Coffee Properly While coffee prices con tinue to concern consumers, you can stretch supplies with proper storing Any extra coffee you buy should be frozen until you need it GUARANTEED INCOME FOR FLOOR POULTRY HOUSES WE HAVE IMMEDIATE NEEDS FOR SEVERAL FLOOR HOUSES SUITABLE FOR RAISING CHICKS AND BREEDER FLOCKS ■yf the OLD Large cans of vacuum packed coffee (cheaper per pound than small jars) should be stored in the refrigerator Coffee beans can also be refrigerated until it’s time for grinding 1 I MAIL TO BOX 266 J 24, c/o LANCASTER FARMING Lititz, PA 17543 Name Address Town Zip Code CATTLE; Friday through Wednesday’s salable receipts 7,728, 5 days last week 7,429, same period last year 8,000. At mid-week slaughter steers being traded steady to 50, in stances 1.00 lower than late Wednesday of last week. Slaughter Heifers 50 lower than Wednesday of last week. There was a noticeable decrease in the supply of High Choice and Prime steers this week. This short supply semed to cause a good demand for that class of slaughter steers. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 34 1125-1325 lbs. 45.0045.75, One load 46.00 Monday 45.0045.50 Wednesday. Choice 24 1050- 1300 lbs. 43.2545.00. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1250 lbs. 40.0043.25. Some Mixed Good and Choice Holsteins 2 1250-1400 lbs. 36.50-38.50 Tuesday. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice, few Prime, 24 900- 1050 lbs. 41.0042.75, Mostly 41.5042.50, about 145 head up to 43.00 Wednesday. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 700-1000 lbs. 38.5041.50. COW: Mixed utility & Commercial 25.00-26.00, few 26.00-27.00 Wednesday. Cattle - for thw week: Final prices on slaughter steers and heifers were 75- LOO lower than at the close of the previous week. Cows were 1.00-1.50 higher and bulls fully steady. Three day receipts 14,100 as compared 15,100 for four days previous week and 14,700 a year ago. Fed cattle prices were forced sharply downward on the initial session m reaction to the largest one-day supply smce January 1974. The reduced midweek volume was increased by a moderate carryover from the previous day and there was no price recovery as </ •* 4*r\ ' i JLaSf ■~~ r s£a. /V Phone livestock market and auction news Joliet Cattle Joliet, Illinois December 29,1977 Omaha Cattle Omaha, Nebraska December 29,1977 State most buying interests had sufficient numbers on hand for immediate requirements and began looking ahead to another long non-slaughter weekend. The liberal Tuesday run included a fair percentage choice steers and heifers, but the midweek supply was mainly good to average-choice. Good to low choice steers 950-1050 lbs. and same grade 750-900 lbs. were in generally narrow demand. Slaughter steers made up approximately 46 per cent and feeders 6 per cent. STEERS: Six loads choice and prime 34 1189-1390 lbs. 44.2544.50, Few head 1023 lbs. 45.00. Choice 24 975-1275 lbs. ranged 42.7544.00, many late sales 43.0043.50. Mixed good and choice 24 closed 41.5042.75. Load 2-3 1250 lb. holsteins 39.50. Good 2-3 38.0041.50. Average of LS-214, detailed quotations, for choice 9001100 lb. steers this week 43.28; choice 11001300 lbs. 43.50. Average weight steers first two days 1118 lbs. as compared 1142 lbs. previous week. Average weight heifers first two days 976 lbs. as compared 986 lbs. previous week. HEIFERS: Short load choice and prime 341050 lbs. 43.00, modest showing same grade 975-1052 lbs. 42.50 42.75. Choice 24 875-1050 lbs. closed 41.0042.25. Mixed Andersens f good and choice 2-3 850-1000 lbs. 39.0041.00. Good 2-3 35.50-39,00. Small lots standard and good 2-3 32.50- 34.00. COWS: Utility and com mercial 24 26.00-27.50, few 28.00. Canner and cutter 22.50-26.00. BULLS: 1-2 1400-1800 lbs. 29.00- few individual 1 33.00- Middleburg Auction Middleburg, Pa. December 27,1977 CATTLE 422. Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter cows 75 cents to $2.75 higher. Choice 1050-1250 lbs. slaughter steers 44.00 45.85, Good 950-1375 lbs. 38.5043.50, Standard 35.00- 38.50, Utility 32.00-35.00. Choice 1000-1250 lbs. slaughter heifers 40.00-43.35, Good 950-1350 lbs. 35.0040.00, Standard 30.00-35.00, Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 28.00-31.85, one at 33.85, Cutters 25.75-28.75, Canner & Low Cutter 24.00-26.00, Shells down to 22.00. Choice slaughter bullocks 39.50- 39.85, Good 34.50-38.00, Standard 32.00-34.00. Yield Grade §1 1200-1985 lbs. slaughter bulls 31.50-36.75; yield grade §2 800-1200 lbs. 25.00-31.00. Good 400600 lbs. feeder steers 34.0042.00; Good 600800 lbs. feeder heifers 34.0038.75. CALVES 168, Vealers mostly $3 higher. Prune vealers 72.50-77.50, Choice 65.00- Good 55.0065.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs’ 40.0055.00, 90110 lbs. 35.00 40.00, Standard 7090 lbs. 25.00- Farm calves, holstein bulls 95-115 lbs’ 42.0054.00, HOGS 1002. (Monday, December 26, 1977). Barrows & gilts mostly steady. US No. 1-2 200230 lbs. barrows & gilts 47.20 48.10, No. 1-3 190250 lbs. 46.00-47.10, No. 2-3 200300 lbs. 42.0045.90. US No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows 33.0035.75, No. 2-3 200400 lbs. 28.00 32.85. Boars 200500 lbs. 24.5026.25. FEEDER PIGS 204. US No. 1-3 10-20 lbs. 12.00-20.00 per head, No. 1-3 20-40 lbs. 20.00- No. 1-3 4000 lbs. 30.00- SHEEP 20. Good 75-85 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 45.00- Slaughter ewes 14.00-
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