—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18,1978 8 me OLD j&mea tMAHK FEB. 20-26, 1978 The ice crackle* like grandma's cackles. Washington's Day Feb 20, a Monday holiday (his birthday, however, is Feb. 22) President Nixon arrived in China Feb 21, 1972 .. Full moon Feb 22 . Average length of days for the week, 10 hours, 58 minutes . Rotary Club founded Feb 23, 1905 .Mt Etna erupted Feb. 26, 1947 . They who love are but one step from Heaven (James Russell Lowell) pected to pay for his footing, or ‘acceptance Home Hints; Shine copper-bottom pans with a squeezed lemon-half covered with lots of salt OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Milder with moderate ram or snow south, snow north; week's end sunny and colder with a chance of snow Greater New York-New Jersey: Heavy ram and warm to start, end of week seasonal with some sun Middle Atlantic Coastal: Mild with ram to start, then seasonal temperatures and cloudy for rest of week Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Week begins rainy and cold, then sunny and seasonal through week's end Florida: Rainy and cool, then clear and very warm weekend Upstate N.Y.-Toronto tc Montreal: Fairly heavy ram and snow for the first half of the week, week's end partly cloudy with light snow Greater Ohio Valley: Rain with snow m mountains all week. Deep South: Week begins warm, with intermittent ram, then ex pect a cold snap at midweek, clear and very warm weekend Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Milder with rain or sleet to start, turning cold east, seasonal west, light snow Northern Great Plains: Week starts with snow east, then seasonal with some sun and snow east for remainder of week Central Great Plains: Ram to start, last part of week sunny and mild Texas-Oklahoma: Seasonal, showers and flumes north, then sunny and seasonal temperatures throughout remainder of week Rocky Mountain: Partly cloudy, cold with light snow northwest, expect clearing and very warm for week's end Southwest Desert: Clearing and hot throughout week Pacific Northwest: Partly sunny, milder, chance of showers, weekend promises ram, snow east California: Sunny and hot, weekend partly cloudy with some showers expected (All Rights Reserved Yankee Inc Dublin N H 03444) Lancaster Feeder Cattle Lancaster, Pa. Friday, Feb. 10,1978 Feeder Cattle 262 243 Today Last Friday TREND: Market not fully tested, few sales steady to 50 lower. Bulk of supply sold in lots of three or less. FEEDER STEERS- One lot Choice 465 lb. 44.25, couple lots 730-890 lb 40 75- 41.60; couple lots mixed Good and Choice 735-965 lb. 37.60-39.60; one lot Good 905 lb. 37 85 FEEDER BULLS One lot choice 485 lb 41.85. WE WILL HAUL HAY, STRAW, & GRAIN To Local Auctions or Buy Outright Paid at Scales MEADOW GREEN FARMS Call 717-933-4080 or 717-933-4377 Afk the Old Farmer: Where and when did the expression "foot the bill" come from 7 TJ, Wheel ing, West Virginia Comes from the word “footing "A very old custom decreed that a man entering a new employment, club, school, and so on, was ex- HERE'S THE LOADER ANYONE CAN OPERATE The allpurpose articulated loader. • articulated steanng Increase your production and profits with a loader that • (ront-raar frame oscillation anyone can operate With as little as a minute of • 4-wheel hydrostatic drive instruction most individuals can operate a Swinger-- • towsbie even if they have never run a loader Before Swingers • safe and ample operat.on articulated steering hydrostatic drive - there are no . . gears to shift and simple controls make Swinger easier • low operating cost f , to run than an automobile See us fooay for a aemonstrahon ana a 12 page color brochure illustrating the three Swinger models with numerous ophons ana 14 affachmenfs Suburban Rentals & Sales Inc. 1115 A Maugans Ave. Hagerstown, MD 21740 301-791-2143 Ask for John King G&M Livestock Market Duncanville, Pa. February 13,1978 Market steady to stronger than last week’s market. STEERS: Choice 42.00- 44.10; good to choice 38.00- 42.00; standard to good 36.00- 38.00; others 32.00-36.00. HEIFERS: Good to choice 37.75-40.50; others 28.00- 36.00. FEEDER STEERS: Good to choice, 300 to 700 lbs. 38.00- 44.50; standard to good 32.00- 38.00; other 28.00-32.00. BULLS: 1000 to 1642 lbs. 38.50-41.00; 900 to 1200 lbs. 36.00-38.50. COWS: High choice to prime 32.50-34.40; good 30.00- 32.50; Utility 26.00-30.00; canners, down to 22.00. DAIRY COWS: 300.00- 660.00. CALVES: Choice 80.00- 84.00; good to choice 60.00- 70.00; standard to good 40.00- 60.00; Utility 20.00-40.00; farm bull calves, 90 to 120 lbs. 50.00-60.00; farm heifer calves, 90 to 120 lbs. 48.00- 58.00. HOGS: 200 to 240 lbs. 49.00- 51.35; 170 to 200 lbs. 42.00- 48.00. SOWS: 32.0042.50. BOARS: 24.00-33.00. FEEDER PIGS: 35 to 50 lbs. 22.00-32.00. LAMBS, MEDIUM; 54.00- 59.00. Middleburg Auction Middleburg, Pa. February 14,1978 CATTLE 384. Compared with last Tuesday’s market; few High Choice & Prime slaughter steers 46.75-51.00, Choice No. 24 950-1250 lb. 43.8546.50, Good 38.5044.00, Standard 35.5040.75. Choice slaughter heifers 40.5043.85, One at 44.75, Good 36.50- 40.75, Standaid 32.00-35.00. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 31.00-33.85, couple 34.50, Cutters 28.75- 32.00, Canner and Low Cutter 25.50-29.50, Shells down to 17.50. Few Choice slaughter bullocks 40.00- 42.50, few Good 39.7541.25, F*ew Standard 36.75-38.75, few Utility 34.00-37.00.' Yield Grade §1 1100-2500 lb. slaughter bulls 38.2541.50. Few Good 300-5501b5. feeder steers 37.75-41.75; Few Common & Medium 300-500 lbs. feeder hieifers 23.75- 28.75. CALVES 340. Few Prune vealers 82.00-83.00, Choice 67.00- Good 55.00-69.00, Standard & Good 110-130 lbs. 45.00- 90-110 lbs. 42.00- 47.00, Standard 70-85 lbs. 33.00- Farm Calves, holstem bulls 90-120 lbs. 50.00- HOGS 901. (Monday, February 13,1977). US No. 1- 3 200-230 lbs. barrows & gilts 50.00- No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 49.00-50.00, No. 2-3 190- 270 lbs. 48.00-49.00. US No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows 40.0044.75, No. 2-3 300-500 lbs. 36.00- 39.00. Boars - 28.00-29.75. (202). - Tuesday, February 14, 1978 - US No. 1-3 49.325- 50.35. FEEDER PIGS 163. US No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs 28.00- per head, No. 1-3 35-55 lbs. 34.00-44.00, one lot 49.00, Utility 2040 lbs. 7.00- 21.00 per head. SHEEP 14. Few slaughter ewes 13.00-25.00. Valley Livestock Valley Stockyards Athens, Pa. Monday, February 13 Reported receipts of 524 calves, 211 cows, 42 hogs, 30 heifers, 12 bulls, and 11 steers. Cattle market high and calf market steady. Veals 68.00-79.50; bobs, 90 to 110 lbs. 40.0048.00; bobs, 80 lbs. and down 34.00-38.00; grassers and feeders 28.00- 39.00; hogs, 200 to 250 lbs. 45.0048.50; sows 36.00-38.00; boars 25.00-27.00; pigs 12.00- ( ATTEHTIOM Ppj PROOUCERS I IS Consign your hogs and feeder pigs at Lancaster Stockyards to M. McCoy where they will be handled by a young capable and ambitious staff. We also take orders for fat hogs and feeder pigs and will fill them to your specific needs. NEXT FEEDER PIG SALE FEBRUARY 28, 1978 Tags will be delivered to your farm on request. I FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: | MAIN OFFICE-717-397-1411 j HOG DIVISION-717-291-8912 f ED PROSSER HOME - 717-259-0988 immt *mm<*mm**>*am**mmK>*mm* >«»< >*■»<>«■»< >«■»(>«■»< >«»<h«hxi 32.00; heifers 29.00-33.50; steers, good 34.00-36.50; steers, common 32.00-33.00; bulls 36,00-37.75; cows, good 33.00- cows, medium 30.00- cows, poof or small 24.00-26.00; pomes 10.00- goats 10.00-20.00. HUBBARD LEGHORN Dedicated to the Profit Principle. The Hubbard Leghorn is a high performance layer yo can depend on to get the job done. Good early egg size. More Grade A’s for better returns. Excellent feed conversion. Produced in cooperation with Longenecker’s Hatchery, Inc., Elizabethtown, Pa. HUBBARD FARMS Telephone 717/569-2654 LANCASTER. 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