—Lancaster Far firing, Saturday, April 22,1978 8 J&i THE OLD ’&LMAHK APRIL 24-30, 1978 Longer light puts cold to flight. Daylight Saving Time begins April 30 (set your clock ahead one hour before retiring on the 29th) Japanese Emperor Hirohito born April 28, 1901 Last quarter of the moon April 29 Average length of days for the week, 13 hours, 56 minutes . Zip per patented April 29, 1913 Do not make a fence more expensive or more important than the thing that is fenced Ask the Old Fanner: In the days of steam locomotives, the railroad companies placed water towers at intervals for refilling the boilers How did they keep the water from freezing in the winter, especially during severe weather in northern states ? W.S, Worcester, Mass. From what we can find out (and the Lord knows old railroad men are scarce) they air-vented the water tanks by putting a good-sized pipe in, reaching from the bottom of the tank to above the water level It is claimed that with this arrangement the tank would not freeze solid florae Hint*: Remove indentations on rugs by holding a steam iron over them for a few seconds OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Warm and sunny to midweek, then light ram Greater New York-New Jersey: Clearing and warm to start, then some light showers Middle Atlantic Coastal: Sunny and seasonal to start, then showers and cool at midweek, sunny and warm over the weekend . Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Heavy ram and cool, last part of week sunny and hot Florida: Clear and hot to start, then seasonal weather with ram south for remainder of week Upstate N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal; Warm east, cloudy and cold west to midweek, then partly cloudy with light showers, seasonal. Greater Ohio Valley: Rainy, warm west, fair east, then very warm with ram central and north through weekend Deep South: Rainy to midweek, then seasonal, clear and hot Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Sunny and seasonal east, cold west, warm, clearing, but showers northwest for weekend (All Rights Reserved Yankee Inc Dublin N H 03-144) hisex doesn’t win Every Pennsylvania Cage Random Sample Test 1977 Hisex 2nd 1976 Hisex Ist 1975 Hisex Ist But In The Last 3 Years Hisex Averaged 37* lOFC Over Shaver 83* lOFC Over Babcock (THE MOST CONSISTENT LAYER ON THE PENNSYLVANIA MARKET) ★ L & L HATCHERY OF LANCASTER, INC. RD4, BOX 181 C MANHEIM, PA 17545 (717) 665-7014 (717) 626-8257 BATINKOFF HATCHERY BROOKS ROAD FERNDALE, NY 12734 (914)292-6850 Philadelphia Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Report FRUIT APPLES: Steady con trolled atmosphere storage unless otherwise stated. Ctn. tray pat*.. NJ Red Delicious US Fancy 56-€4s 9-9.50. PA US ExFancy Romes 56-113 s 10.50. PA Red Delicious 10.50 Staymans 9.7 S Romes 9.50. NY Red Delicious 9.60. NJ Red Delicious 8.40 Staymans 7.80-8.40 Regular Storage Stayman 7.20 Romes 6-6.60. STRAWBERRIES: About steady 12-pint flats. Calif, via air mostly med. 7.20-9.00 fair qual. cond. 4.204.80. Calif via truck 6-6.0 fair qual. cond. 3.004.00 poorer cond. low as 1.80. Fla. mostly med. fair qual. cond. 4.20 poorer cond. low as 3.00. VEGETABLES ASPARAGUS: About steady. Calif, pyramid crt. loose jumbo 23.00-25.00 few higher Ige. 20.00-21.00 mostly 21.00 sml. 18.00-19.00. BEAMS: About steady. Fla. bn. fampr. & bu, crt. Round Green type 8.00-9.00 few high as 10.00 fair cond. 6.00. BEETS: Tex. ctn. bchd. 24s 8.50. BROCCOLI: -About steady. Calif ctn. bchd 14s 12.00-12.5018 s 12.00. CABBAGE: About steady. l-% bu. crt. & ctn. med. Green unless otherwise stated. Fla. 5.50-6.00 one lot few 6.50 few low as 5.00. Tex. 5.75-6.00 Red Type 9-9.50. NY 50-lb sks. Danish Type 5.00. Holland 50-lb sks. Danish Type 6-6.50. CARROTS-TOPPED: Su pplies light. Calif. 48-1 lb. NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, Inc. 12 Miles East of Lancaster on Route 23, New Holland, Penna. WEEKLY FEEDER PIG SALE EVERY WEDNESDAY Sale to Start Promi We Will Receive Your Pigs Anytime From 7 A.M. Wed. Morning State Graded Until 12 Noon. All pigs inspected by State Approved Veterinarian. State tags available at our office for you to tag pigs at home to save 25 cents tagging charge. Tags delivered if you call 717-354-4341 our office in advance. Calf Sale To Be Held In New Sales Pavilion Every Thursday At 4:30 P.M. NORMAN KOLB ABE DIFFENBACH 717-397-5538 717-393-4464 AN IMPORTANT NOTICE J&a- TO Mi CONSIGNORS OF LAMBS ON MONDAY. APRIL 24th. which is the Monday before the Greek Easter, all lambs will be sold at auction beginning at noon. All these lambs will be sorted and weighed upon arrival and we recommend that Monday, April 24th, you have your lambs on the market. Your consignments are respectfully solicited. For further information contact Horace Plank. Tel.: Area 717-397-5136 (office), or Area 717-392-2304 (residence). film bags one label film sks. 8.50 50-lb sks. Ise. Ige. 5.50. CAULIFLOWER: No -supplies. - CELERY: Higher. Calif, crt. 2 doz. 13.00. Fla. crt. & ctn. 2 & doz. 10.00-11.00 mostly 10.50 Hearts film wrpd 24s 10.50. CORN-SWEETr Steady. Fla. wirebound crt. 4% dozen Minimum yellow 8.25- 8.75 mostly 8.50. CUCUMBERS: Lower. 1- 1/9 bu. crt. & ctn. waxed med. unless otherwise stated. Fla. 12.00-13.00 few 15.00- fair qual 9.00-11.00 few 13.00-14.00 ord. qual. 8.00 Ige. 9.00-10.00 one lot few 12.00- fair appear 8.00. ' ENDIVE: Higher. Fla. 1- 1/9 bu. crt. 6.00-7.00 fair appear 5.50 fair qual. cond. 44.50. - GREENS: Steady. Va. 1- 2/5 bu. crt bchd. Collard 4.506.00 few 4.00 Kale loose 4.506.00. NC 1-2/5 bu. crt. bchd. Collard 56.50 loose Rape Turnip Tops Mustard & Kale 6.50 bu. bkt Turnip Tops & Mustard 56.50. Tex. ctn. bchd. Collard 66.50 Dill bchd. 24s 8.00. NJ Vz bu. bkt. Dandelion Frame Grown 2.562.75 Broccoli Rabe 1-1/9 bu. crt. loose 4.006.00. LEEKS: Slightly lower. Carton Bunched 12s NJ 6-6.50 mostly 6.50. Calif 9.00. LETTUCE: Iceberg steady. Ctn. 245. Calif. 15.06 16.00 mostly 16.00 fair cond. 12.00. Ariz. 16.00 film wrpd Standard ctn. fair cond. 14.0614.50 poorer cond. 12.0613.00. ROMAINE: Higher. Fla. 1-1/9 bu. crt. & cnt. 7.568.50 few 9.00 fair appear 6.567.00 ctn. 24s 9.5610.00. BIG BOSTON: Fla. crt. & WAITCR M. DUNLAP and SONS Lancaster Stockyards ctn.-24s 7.00-8.00 few 8.50. BIBB: Fla. 12-qt. bkt. & ctn. 3.504.00. LEAF: Fla. 4/5 bu. crt. & ctn. £>.so-6.00. MnyT: Fla. ctn. 12 bun ches 4.20. MUSHROOMS: Steady. PA 4-qt. bkt. med-lge. 4.50 fair qual 44.25 sml.-med. 3.50. ONIONS-DRY: Steady. 50- lb. sks. US#l or Generally Good Quality Yellow unless otherwise stated. Tex. Granex Ige. 8.50-10.00 few 10.50 Grano Ige. 11.50-12.00 White Ige. 10.00 Repacker Sz. 5.50- mostly 6.00. NY Ige. 6.50- med. fair cond. 3- 3.50 ord. cond. 1.25-1.50 ctn. 20-2 lb. film bags 5.505.75. Mich sml.-med. 4.50. ONIONS-GREEN; Lower Carton Bunched 48s unless otherwise stated. Ariz. 7.00- 8.00. Calif. 7.50. NJ 4/5 bu. crt. bchd. 36s 6.50-7.00. Mez. 7-7.50. * PARSLEY: Steady. Bunched 5 dozen Curly unless otherwise stated. Fla. bu. crt. 64.50. Ariz. ctn. 8- -8.50. Tex, ctn. 8,00 Root bchd. 24s 15.00. PEPPERS: Supplies Light. Fla. bu. ctn. California Wonder Type Green Ige. 24.00-25.00 some low as 20.00 sml.-med. 12.00- 15.00 sml. 8.00-10.00 Mixed Red med.-lge. 15,00; med. 13.00-14,00 sml.-med. 11.00- 12.00 sml. 9.00-10.00.
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